Surrender to Lord Sai By B. Umamaheswara Rao

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Surrender to Lord Sai

By B. Umamaheswara Rao

(Founder Editor - 'Sai Prabha and Editor 'Sainatha Prabha')

It is not Easy

IT IS NOT EASY

- to apologize

- to begin again

- to admit error

- to be unselfish

- to face a sneer

- to be considerate

- to endure success and prosperity

- to keep on trying in difficulties

- to profit by mistakes

- to forgive and forget

- to think and then act manfully

- to make best of what is God-given

- to shoulder deserved blame

- to subdue an ugly temper

- to master a critical tongue NO IT IS NOT EASY AT ALL.

 

'Shraddha' and 'Saburi' are the two-paisa dakshina that Lord Sai asked

his devotees to give him to be led to His holy feet. The devotee loves

Sai, as the child its mother, as the servant his master with complete

dependence on Him.

 

Let us open out our hearts fully before Lord Sainath. Let us lay our

hearts bare, confess all our shortcomings and weaknesses and appeal for

strength to conquer them.

To increase bhakti in Sai, three things are necessary.

1. Constant repetition of Sai-nam 'OM SAI SRI SAIJAYA JAYA SAI'.

2. To see Lord Sai in all objects and beings.

3. To undergo all difficulties and sorrows in a spirit of resignation

and renunciation.

 

All our weaknesses are destroyed the moment we surrender ourselves to

Lord Sainath. The self surrender should not be only for a time. It must

be continuous and the consciousness of the ego must leave us entirely

and forever.

 

1. Acknowledgement of Sai-will as supreme:

Our ego refuses to submit to this truth and makes us suffer from

disappointments and doubts. Let us always remember that Sai is the

sole-doer and we are all merely instruments in His hands.

2. Realisation that Sai is always good, loving and compassionate:

So Sai-will works only for good. He is kind and compassionate. This

gives us the necessary strength to patiently endure every trial and

grief, seeing in it the hidden good, as in the apparent harsh treatment

of the child by its mother when she chastises her child for its good.

3. Every moment is a part of Sai-eternity: Acceptance of the

fact that Sai has assured the form

of the Universe of all creatures, of all beings and things in it. Let us

consider every thing and every being as manifestation of Lord Sai. Then

we have nothing to dislike or hate. Here we create an ocean of love in

which we immerse ourselves and enjoy eternal bliss. " BE EVER IN SHIRDI

SAI-BE-THUS IN SAIJOY " .

4. This is an ideal that every Sai-devotee must have. Let us

all strive to achieve it one

hundred percent.

 

Diamond-Life

In this age of affluence many people........ When they meet

obstacles....... give up and take the course of least resistance. They

refuse to stand up and face their problems eye-to-eye.

 

Little do they realize that sometimes the things against which they

rebel most in life and look upon as obstacles are what they need most to

develop their highest usefulness and efficiency.

 

If a diamond could talk, it would undoubtedly express resentment against

the abrasive, grinding contact of the jeweler's wheel that grinds and

polishes its facets. Yet.... without the jeweler's grinding wheel, the

diamond has little commercial value. The swiftly revolving wheel cuts

into the surface of the diamond and from a common-appearing pebble

produces a gem of beauty that is admired and sought after. There is no

other way to make a diamond except by grinding and polishing.

 

In the same way, human life must be subjected to difficulties,

adversities, and discipline in order to bring out those qualities that

will make life of value to the owner.

 

Prayer

Charles V called his son one day and showing him a beautiful sword and a

sacred book, said, ''Choose between these two objects. " The son

preferred the breviary, and when the Emperor asked the reason for his

decision, he simply replied, " My Father, with the sword I could conquer

a kingdom, but with prayer I could gain Heaven which is more lasting and

happier. "

 

 

(source Shri Saipadananda Special Magazine)