2nd Saying The distressed and destitute will be safe and happy, if they enter Dwaraka Mai

[Guest guest]

In front of the mosque, Baba planted a Tulsi plant. He used to call the

mosque as the mother and Dwaraka Mai.

 

Baba declared that the entry into Shirdi would end every anguish. The

same Baba said if you enter Dwaraka Mai, you will enjoy all peace and

prosperity. That means Shirdi drives away all sufferings. Dwaraka Mai is

not different from Shirdi. It is around Shirdi. This universe is in the

form of body. Shirdi is its head and Dwaraka Mai is its heart. There is

no mother without a kind heart.

 

Now, let us try to understand the nature of Dwaraka Mai. Mother gives

birth to children. Cosmic mother Dwaraka Mai gives birth to the entire

universe. All the Jeevas are her children.

 

People who can't visit her will not get true peace and prosperity. Baba

once told Shyama, " My dear Shyama, you can't understand Philosophical

statements. You are but a small boy. What can I do? We find at last one

woman and man to be the first cause of creation. Such first parents are

the original couple. They are Parvati Parmeshwara. That Shiva is Sai

Baba and that Parvathi is Dwarakamai. We should thus understand Dwaraka

Mai and Baba to be our parents.

 

Without the blessings of Baba, we can't enter Shirdi, it is only after

entering Shirdi we can get permission to enter Dwaraka Mai. We don't

know why the children of Dwaraka Mai are separated from the mother. The

separated children are like orphans on account of their ignorance.

Mother never drives away her children. In this regard, Baba once said,

" Sea never throws away the rivers which come to it. Does any mother

throw away her children? " People have forgotten the mother Dwaraka Mai

and the reason is their ignorance.

 

If they are free from their ignorance, they will recognize and return to

their mother. Having forgotten the mother, they have gone astray into

the world of Maya. They have been wandering about in the world of

polarities, for several births. This is but a story of ignorance.

(to be contd..)

(Source Eleven Holy Sayings of Shirdi Sai Baba by Pujya Shri Ananda Sai

Swamy)