Om Shri SaiNathaya Namah!Sai Baba have said, "I give people what they want so that I can give what I want to give them."
"My treasury is full, and I can give anyone, what he wants, but I have to see whether he is qualified to receive what I give. If you listen to Me carefully, you will be certainly benefited. Sitting in this Masjid, I never speak any untruth." ---- Shri Sai SatCharitra Chapter 16.
When i started writing this post it was titled something else. Then the experience in the following paragraph happened. At that time, with about 4 hours sleep in about 60 hours, i needed some sleep badly. So i left this post after couple of paragraphs more and hit the bed. As i tried to sleep with my mind on Sai Baba's grace and chanting of Baba's Name. The title kept harassing me. Could not sleep for about three hours more. Got up changed the title and then sleep. The title was copy pasted from few emails i received with much negative emotions about Sai Baba, i can't write it. i know the results. So; being in love with Sai Baba, if we do something wrong, the result is instant. Then we stay away from it.
(following was written with that title and i'll keep it the way it was)
For me it's quite a painful experience to write or even read that title of this blog post. It's too painful an experience. Drops of tears are wetting the eyelids, a subtle pain is felt from head to toe.
But have to write as i feel there might me some similar misguided souls, who might enter the above lines in search engine, end up here and might find some solution with the help of Sai Baba's grace.
(Then i continue writing this post next day with Baba's grace)
In past recent month i have been receiving few emails with lot's of words which a person, devoted to Sai Baba will not be able to write. The person even claims to have written similar emails to many dedicated devotees of Shirdi Sai Baba, who put their love and devotion for Shirdi Sai Baba on either blogs, websites, web forums, groups.
So as a devotee and lover of Shirdi Sai Baba i should be remembering the words of Sai Baba and should act accordingly. So below is the mail from a distressed person and with the help of Sai Baba's grace, i'll try to point out few things from Sai Baba's stories, words and teachings. It should be helpful to people in distress and devotees who might face this situation, and be helpful.
Dear Mr. alpesh,
I had written some mails to you regarding my negative experiences with baba. I tried to write in your web site also, but what I wrote was not getting approved. It is my request that people should be allowed to register even negative experiences with Baba. I understand that your site is for spreading baba's blessings and helping people to cope up with problems in life by creating hope among them saying baba will take care. I was one of such persons who had immense faith in baba and lived with such hope. Because of that I am totally broken today and I am struggling to control my feeling for ending my ordeals. I wish people should not have such blind faith that baba will take care, instead I would like to request all these sites to teach people to be alert and handle things in life carefully and learn to accept everything that is happening, instead of telling people that baba will fulfill our desires. That is a total lie. How i curse baba and how I am shocked that baba could destroy my life so much, I am sinking everyday slowly, I wish people should learn from my experiences also. Kindly allow me to write my experiences in your site.
Experiencing Sai Baba.
The reader says my negative experience with Baba. i'd like to question this one. The one who writes this or feel this way should do some self-research. It is, does the negative experience comes because one is experiencing the grace or presence or love of Baba? It is impossible. It is like saying, i see the darkness when the light bulb has been switched one. May be the light bulb is switched on or you have tightly covered your eyes with black cloth. Nothing negative can stay when one is totally with Baba's grace. Or does the negative experience comes due to some desires that does not get fulfilled. Then it should be understood well that the negative experience is the result of some unfulfilled desires and not due to Baba. The cloth of desires are covering the eyes, grace is not seen, the desires are.Purpose of this site dedicated to Sai Baba.
Next thing from mail is, I understand that your site is for spreading baba's blessings and helping people to cope up with problems in life by creating hope among them saying baba will take care. Certainly yes. Baba will care and Baba is there to care. Baba has been caring for innumerable devotees, guiding them, protecting them. Otherwise why should so many devotees go to Shirdi? Why so many temples of Sai Baba around the world? Why so many devotees sing the glories of Sai Baba? The writer feels His grace and compassion and so many devotees have felt this and feels this. The word hope can be dangerous if misunderstood.
If our hopes of fulfillment of desires, have a much higher place than what Sai Baba says, or to what He is pointing to. We should understand that we are devoted to our own hopes and not Baba. i was one of such persons who had immense faith in baba and lived with such hope. Because of that I am totally broken today and I am struggling to control my feeling for ending my ordeals. Faith and patience. Along with Faith Sai Baba have given most importance to patience. Lets see what Sai Baba says on patience. Baba says 'Unswerving faith (Shraddha), is Patience (Saburi) own sister, both being to each other, dearer than life itself.'
Forbearance or patience (Saburi) alone, succeeds, it scuttles calamities away in all directions.
This forbearance (Saburi) (Patience) is the essence of manliness in a man that overcomes sin, suffering and adversity, averts disaster ingenuously and drives away all fear.
Unswerving faith (Shraddha), is Patience (Saburi) own sister, both being to each other, dearer than life itself.
Forbearance (Patience) (Saburi) is a mine of Virtue, the queen of the noble , virtuous thought.
''Have faith and patience. Then I will be always with you wherever you are."
Forbearance and patience (Saburi), never cast it away. Whenever faced with a difficult situation , it will take you across safely.
Parayans of Sai SatChritra holds so much importance for devotees of Shirdi Sai Baba. It has Sai Baba's grace and love and much valuable advice. The grace of Baba makes it very easy for us to imbibe those advice if we do it regularly. From Sai SatCharitra Chapter 18 and 19 we know calamities for some devotees can be eased with few readings or few have to have much more patience.
Our hopes and ending of the ordeals.
We move on to next point from the email. Because of that I am totally broken today and I am struggling to control my feeling for ending my ordeals. How to pass through ordeals is what Sai Baba is teaching us and what this website or blog promotes. It is done through Sai Baba's stories, words, actions and grace. If only we have time to ponder on these things.
On the other hand if we have Faith and devotion towards Sai Baba we will never ever think of ending the physical life or suicide. In Sai SatCharitra Chapter 26 we know through a story, that this action of ending life does not lead to end of pain. It multiplies and prolongs the pain. Best course is to go through it. Going through it while doing Naamsmaran, or worship of Sai Baba, or parayan of Sai SatCharitra, Meditaion on Sai Baba picture, talking with Sai Baba from the depth of the heart, asking for Baba's love and grace. It is best during these times, to get the invisible support of Sai Baba and His grace during these difficult times. Sai Baba says any form of spiritual activity, dedicated to any form of God-Goddesses, Guru or religion helps. Sacred literature dedicated to any forms of Gods, Goddesses, Guru or religion will help.
This is one way of going through ordeal, which helps us to lead on right way. It removes much of the ordeal. There is another way, don't do all this and go through ordeals. Nobody and nobody having physical body can escape the ordeals all together.
Be alert - accept everything
As we move forward with the email, instead I would like to request all these sites to teach people to be alert and handle things in life carefully and learn to accept everything that is happening, instead of telling people that baba will fulfill our desires. Above topic answers this. Still i'd like to few links from this blog that points to this same things. There are many more but i'll put few.
Divine love the answer to anguish
Baba why don't you listen to my prayers?
Shirdi Sai Baba and the gold
Asking from Baba His grace and miracles
Can we understand Sai Baba's activity?
On finding faults with others
i think all the contents of the email have been answered. Baba is there for us because we can easily and anytime start shrinking, can be attacked by unfavorable conditions, go through ordeals. We have to listen to Baba and go through it. Going through it as Baba says will put it to end. Our own efforts can multiply them, prolong them.
Saint Kabir : भटक मुआ भेदी बिना, कौन बतावे धाम ?
चलते चलते जुग गयो, पाँव कोस पर गाँम ।।
Meaning : Without a guide (Spiritual Master) I search life time in search of beloved (God or divine) (all the inner miseries ends here) with no one to guide me; i was worn out and tired while the manzil (destination) was right there.
Om Sai Om Sai Om Sai!
Interesting e-mail & probably the first of its kind expressing total anguish over the modalities of Life. Good answers, Faith & Perseverance absolutely a must, however it is easier said than done specially for people in extreme adverse conditions. As Baba said CAST YOUR BURDENS ON ME & I SHALL CARRY THEM, ONLY BURDENS NOT KARMAS.
ReplyDeleteWhatever happens is due to your past Karma, no use blaming on anyone, you have to go through it, the stories, teachings of Baba make the impact more bearable.
I think we should stop seeing Baba as some sort of Magician who give everyone everything they wish just because they are his devotees.
ReplyDeleteWe should also understand that workings of Saint are mysterious. Sometimes what appears to be working against us is actually beneficial to us. Its like a bitter medicine which seems to aggrevate our problem but in long run gives us a permanent solution . This is my personal experience.
At the end we should not forget the primary aim of all saints is to put us in path of spirituality and to do so he does now and then offer "candies" in form of materialistic desire fulfillment but that is not his primary job.
Yes Suraj,
DeleteWhat you say, make sense.