Devotion!

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Devotion

 

Devotion means unflinching faith and love in God or Guru. Until, unless the

faith is mixed with love, it is difficult to sustain it all the time. Some

times, in difficult situations, the faith is put to severe trials. This can be

seen in the lives of the great saints and sages. Because of their unshakable

love in God, they survived through the trials without losing the balance. The

love for Guru can be for the physical form or for the change less essence

present behind the physical frame. Sri Sai mentions about both in his teachings.

Sai advises his devotees about seeing his (Sai's) form in the living beings

(Bhakti), meditating on the essence behind the form (Jnanam). It is very

important to have faith in Guru and his teachings. If some thing goes in a

different way, other than expected, it does not deny the Grace of the Guru.

Acceptance of results for the actions (after doing one's personal best) is the

basis of faith. For the heart breaking and difficult problems of life, there may

not be ready made answers. But, it is vital in those times to hold on to the

torch of Faith, other wise there is every chance to fall into the deep abyss of

doubting mind. The doubting mind never allows anyone to establish in any thing.

A great saint in one of his compositions ironically laments, " What can I do with

my tricky mind? If some thing goes rightly, I feel that it is mainly because of

my effort and partly because of God's grace; if some thing goes wrong, I feel

that mainly it is due to your lack of Grace and partly due to my lack of proper

effort. Kindly show Grace on me and make my mind steady on your Lotus feet in

both pleasure and pain " . Let us pray to Sri Sai to grant us steady faith and

love on him.

 

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