11 assurances of Shirdi Saibaba

Sairam friends,

I wonder why these eleven assurances of Shirdi Sai baba alone were picked though Sai must have uttered thousands of words and assurances. I took photo of these assurance in the board kept in Sai mandir.

11 assurances of Shirdi Saibaba

10 years back, on the same day, I was sitting near my Computer and thinking about doing something for Shirdi Saibaba. Those were the days when I was really dreaming big. I still had a big life ahead of me to live. My love for Sai made me think of doing a little work for Sai. Sai inspired me with a thought to create “StarSai.com”.

So that’s how StarSai was born on 23rd December 2004.

By Sai grace, we are stepping into 11th year.

After creating StarSai, I printed 1000 post card size Saibaba photos with quotes

“Give food to the hunger, water to the thirsty and clothes to the naked, then God will be pleased” .

I started giving this Sai photo to few devotees in Shirdi Saibaba temple in my hometown coming around holy fire of Sai Dhuni. It continued for the next 2-3 years.

I wonder how time passed on so fast? I can’t believe 10th year is already over and my little baby StarSai has grown up to 11th year.

Initially, I never used to write articles regularly. I just wrote some spiritual articles and kept calm. Over the days, I felt devotees must be connected with StarSai on a day to day basis and started writing regularly.

I never wanted to repeat the same stories of Saibaba because most Sai devotees are aware of it. They can always buy various good books about Sai leela and also read Sai Satcharitra.

I wanted to relate my life, other devotees life and experiences Sai gives me with Stories of Saibaba. This way, I will be able to give a fresh experience to devotees. To write everyday isn’t an easy task.

Tell me what can I write about?

If I had lived with Shirdi Saibaba, I can write for life time about various Sai leela’s.

Further, I named it “StarSai Temple of Humanity”. So I wanted to touch few social issues and also write about my life.

Gradually, StarSai became my platform of expression and what I am going through.

Somewhere in the line, I might have expressed my disappointments more than the happiness I got from Saibaba. Well. I can keep praising Saibaba and I do it but reality is different and I have to express reality if I am true as a writer and also as a ordinary devotee.

Today evening, One of my friend at work had read StarSai and commented about it, some advice and some criticism with laughter. I did not expect anyone to visit my site especially since I know they are not that interested in Sai.

I was deeply injured since I am not writing here for them just because I write about my workplace often. I write as an expression of what ever I am going through. Tell me what else can you write on a day to day basis? I am not a scholar or highly educated.

As long as I don’t mention any names, I am respecting everyone’s privacy and just sharing my experiences.

Anyway, I don’t know why the world hurts me like this.

I did not got what everyone else got in their life at the right age.

I did not do what everyone else does.

All these years, I just dream something and get nothing.

I neither got a place in the career as a filmmaker nor I am doing anything worthy in my current job.

I accepted life as it comes and living like a fool.

Now, even the freedom of expression I have in StarSai is questioned which makes me feel if I don’t have rights to do anything I wish in this planet.

I feel deeply injured.

I am planning to see if I can avoid all these topics and write something else. I don’t like to repeat stories of Sai found in Sai Satcharitra instead I can collect good experiences from Sai devotees. So if you have any good experiences, do write it to me.

I have tears in my eyes now because what ever I do is only criticized irrespective of the thousands of people who have been benefited by StarSai. I did not do anything much but what ever little I do came from my heart and soul which I wrote in below article.

Tell me what you desire most and I will tell you what I do in StarSai

I just wish to show this beautiful Photography courtesy of Shirdi Saibaba Sansthan.

Look at the divine Samadhi of Saibaba covered in silver white cloth.

I believe Sai is listening to my heart and will bring happiness to my parents.

May Saibaba bless all of you regular readers of StarSai with good health, peace and harmony in family.

Aum Sai Ram

Venkat

Little Servant of Shirdi Saibaba

23rd December 2014.

Edit: This morning I woke up and read this post. I felt its OK for people to comment on what I do. May be they are right. I might change my way of writing. Just wish Saibaba guides me. I wish to do something good for lifetime. Tata

Happy Birthday StarSai. Kisses and Hugs to my Sai.

Venkat