THE GLORY OF SHIRDI SAI
- Enters 3rd year
Published Bi-Weekly
Issue 4/2005
17-02-2005
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THIS ISSUE CONTAINS:
1.
SAI A BEACON FOR HUMANITY
2. SAI’S NEWS FROM TIME MACHINE
3. SAI PHILOSOPHY
4. SAI IN DREAMS
5. SPIRITUAL GEMS FROM SAI SATCHARITRA
6.
QUINTESSENCE OF SRI SAIBABA'S PHILOSOPHY
7. DEVOTEES EXPERIENCES
8. SAI WITH
CHILDREN
9. ARTICLES
FROM SAI DEVOTEES
10.LETTERS
FROM SAI DEVOTEES
11. TELUGU
SECTION
12. FROM SAI
ORGANISATIONS
13 EDITOR'S
DESK
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1. SAI A
BEACON FOR HUMANITY:
You can get your copy at http://www.ebeacon.indiainabook.com
Sai Sevak-Vijay Agarwal vijishvanya@yahoo.com
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2. SAI'S NEWS FROM THE TIME MACHINE:
February 22, 1914: A Sadhak of Yoga
(Swami Ram Baba) visited Shirdi and seeing Baba eating Roti with onion got
suspicious and disappointed. However Baba proved His power of Omniscience by
reading his mind and the Sadhak returned highly satisfied and blessed
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3. SAI
PHILOSOPHY:
SAI PHILOSOPHY
FROM THE DIARY OF SAI.BA.NI.SA.
These messages
are the outcome and essence of the dream sequences of Saibanisa as given by
Lord Sainath, which reflect the Sai Philosophy and his high thinking. They
carry a sense of deep meaning and are generally thought provoking, enough to
set one’s thinking process.
Translated and
presented by RAGHU RAMAN SATULURY.
186) 4th
September, 1997: However, bad a person might be, he can still be reformed to
lead a happy and peaceful life as I do with my children (his devotees).
187) 8th
September 1997: "JAL TARANG" produces different sound notes depending
upon the quantity of water in the containers. In the same way the extent of the
peace we get in life depends on the depth of desire.
188) 25th
September 1997: My devotees pray at my holy FEET. I do not use footwear to
enable them to recognize them and express their requirements.
189) 9th
October, 1997: A blind person can sing in the praise of "LORD", if
you are unable to do the same, you are a vision less person with normal sight.
190) 29th
October 1997: Excess of food invites all sorts of bodily disorders and excess
of talk invites differences of opinion. Choose a middle path.
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4. SAI IN DREAMS:
These are the
dream sequences and messages as received by SAIBANISA from our beloved GURU
LORD SAINATH OF SHIRIDI. In Anticipation that this feature will help in one’s
spiritual growth are hereby compiled from his personal Diary and presented to
SAIBANDHUS.
Translated and
presented by RAGHU RAMAN SATULURY.
Dated: 13-09-1992.
Yesterday Sai
appeared in the form of a Madhari (One who performs certain fetes and earns his
livelihood) – Roadside magician. Typical is the one in which he walks over a
rope balancing him with a long bamboo. Sai has shown to tread the path of life
on a rope (life) and bamboo is symbolic to the quality of having faith. He
assures to offer protection any time the control is lost. “I shall spread the
spider like net and save you”. I shall not only convince but also thrive to put
you again on the rope for continued performance. As puts a check on his
devotees by appearing in some form or other.
He offers guidance and protects in the events of crisis.
Dated: 24-09-1992.
I have gone
through a peculiar video sequence. It was in the early morning hours; I set out
for my Office, instead of getting in to my Office Bus I wrongly boarded in to
an old Bus (old Bus here is symbolic with love, affections and related Worldly
affairs). The occupants were mostly my friends and relatives. I requested the
driver to turn back and he in turn has advised me to get down in the midway,
which I did. The bus continued it’s onward journey and soon was out of site.
I could cite a
big building with a saffron colored flag flying atop. From there I could see
the last journey of my beloved parents. I shrieked fear-gripped and got up from
my bed. I prayed to Sai and again went to sleep. I now entered the interiors of
the building. It was a big School. All the students were dressed in white robes
and were almost of my age. I saw the Guru coming out. He was aged around sixty
years. He was stunningly attractive, also dressed in a white Kafni and white
headgear. He gave me food, shelter and rest. I got up from my sleep and
reminded myself of the words by SAI from the 32nd Chapter of Sai
Satcharitra – “ My Guru has looked towards me with love and affection and took
me in to his School”.
In every body’s life there is a turning point. Closely monitor and wait
for the opportunity to continue.
*Train travel-
Journey through life.
All the materialistic attractions are short – lived. Only God is
permanent.
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5. SPIRITUAL GEMS FROM SAI SATCHARITRA :
Due to unforeseen reasons, we are not in a position to
publish Spiritual Gems from SaiSatcharitra in this issue.
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6.QUINTESSENCE
OF SRI SAIBABA'S PHILOSOPHY:
(By Late Sri Bharam UmamaheswaraRao)
"Shashi":
shashi_31@yahoo.com
15. Baba’s method of treating sick persons with His
recipes.
a. Police inspector S.S.D.Nimonkar was
on his way from Pune to Nimmon, where his brother’s wife had given birth to a
child. He stopped at Shirdi to see Sri Sai Baba. As he was leaving, Baba gave
him UDHI, saying ‘Save the child’s life’. On arrival at Nimmon, he found that
the newborn child’s breathing had almost stopped and the parents had lost hope.
He looked for the udhi Baba had given him, but he could not find it. He took
the child into his lap and prayed to Sri Sai Baba to give life to the child.
Within 15 minutes, the child began to recover and became normal. It is evident by this that Baba not only
cares but could foresee ailments also. Sri Sai Baba’s help was also available
frequently in granting children to the childless. Usually, He would give a
coconut. Sometime He gave fruits.
b. A devotee by the name D.S.Rasne of
Mumbai had no children. He married a second time. This marriage also remained
barren. One day Rasne came to Shirdi. Sri Sai Baba gave him four mangoes
saying- ‘Take these mangoes, eat them and die’. He could not understand the
symbolism in Baba’s saying. Someone nearby explained to him the inner meaning
of this. This was to beget a son is equivalent to dying and being replaced by
another. Baba told Rasne not to eat them himself but to give them to this wife.
Baba asked him to give this to his second wife, saying she would get two sons.
The first was named Daulut Shah and the second one Thana Shah.
c. Sapatnekar, a lawyer, who had no
faith in Baba, had only one son. The boy died. He decided to go to Shirdi and
see Baba and apologize to Him. Sri Sai Baba shouted at him and drove him away.
About a year later, Sri Sai Baba appeared to Sapatnekar’s wife in a dream and
invited them both. He went to Shirdi and apologized to Baba for his past
conduct. Baba turned to someone who was standing near by and told him pointing
out to Sapatnekar: “This man blames Me because he thinks I killed his son, but
now I am going to bring that same soul back into his wife’s womb”. When
Sapatnekar was taking leave from Sai Baba, he gave him a coconut and asked him
to tie that coconut in his wife’s shawl. A year later he brought his child to
Sri Sai Baba. That boy’s name was D.M.Sapatnekar. He is still alive. He is aged
now about 85 years and retired as Sr. District Judge and settled in Pune. His
address is:
Sri D.M.Sapatnekar,
Retd. Sr. Dist Judge,
25- Shivaji Nagar,
Pune – 411005.
He used to write letters now and then
to the writer of this book. If any body
wants more information about his birth and other particulars, they can
correspond with him.
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7. DEVOTEES
EXPERIENCES:
karlapudi99@yahoo.com
1/31/2005 11:50:07 +0530
"sairam". Where shall I start saibabas leelas? He is in all walk of my life. Every thing in my life is so critical at first instance and later by babas miracles its just piece of cake. The most recent miracle is marvelous. I got Australian visa and came here to do masters in information science, which is 1.5 yrs. After doing two semesters the government here changed the rule for applying permanent residency, and increased the points to 120 and have to study two years. So I had to change the course in between to master of computer science and have to study three more semester apart from what I previously completed the course in our university is very very tough and the fee is very high like $11000 a sem (3 months). My sister and me are working here and making the fee, as it’s difficult