Come what may, leave not but stick to your Guru: Shirdi Saibaba

Sairam friends,

The difference between having a Vision, planning and actually working for it without being bothered about result

The past few days I am gradually working on my ideas. I am getting started, have a good vision and planning in my mind. I do sketches of what I am supposed to do and create. Sometimes, Sai also gives me few hints in dream. I add it to the ideas and keep planning. I keep thinking about creating what I wish will be one of the popular media but for that I have to work on a day to day basis. I have to keep myself active irrespective of results.

I must do this to make my life good and make my parents happy. On the other side, every week end my parents want me to go to University and see if I can join for a Phd. They keep telling me that like my Sister, they wish I too must have a phd which will really help me. I am planning to do it in Corporate Social Responsibility or Social Entrepreneurship. The problem is I wonder if I will ever cross the exam and interview process. Am not sure if its possible as I simply studied in the last minute for MBA exams and wrote.

I have this thought of creating such a media for the past 15 years. I have spent money. Started and I leave when things doesn’t seem to happen immediately. This time, I keep asking Saibaba to show his grace on me. May be the problem is in me because I expect results immediately.

I was writing about Goddess Lalithambigai’s Lalitha Sahasranama few days. During these time, I kept asking myself if Sai expects me to write about him and his glory in StarSai. I personally feel a sai devotee must follow the Gods/Goddess of his religion and also have Sai as Guru. We can’t forget our tradition in the name of Sai. Sai himself has encouraged many devotees to follow the Gods/Goddess their ancestors has followed.

At the same time, Sai will take hold of us when he wants us. Yesterday, I had a dream as if one of my friend is coming home and I am asking him to read Sri Sai Satcharitra about the leela of saibaba. I woke up and opened the Saibaba’s book near me to see the below chapter.

Sai Satcharitra Chapter 26

Bhakta Pant

Once it so happened that a devotee by name Pant, a disciple of another Sad-guru had the good fortune of visiting Shirdi. He had no mind to go to Shirdi, but man proposes one way and God disposes the other. He was travelling in a B.B. & C.I. Rly. train where he met many friends and relations bound for Shirdi. They all asked him to accompany them and he could not say nay. They alighted at Bombay while pant got down at Virar. There he took the permission of his Sadguru for the Shirdi trip and after arranging for the expenses, left with the party for Shirdi.

They all reached the place in the morning and went to the Masjid at about 11 A.M. Seeing the concourse of the devotees assembled for Baba’s worship, they were all pleased, but Pant suddenly got a fit and fell senseless. They were all frightened, still they tried their best to bring him to his senses. With Baba’s grace and with pitchers of water which they poured over his head, he regained his consciousness and sat upright as if he was just awakened from sleep.

The omniscient Baba knowing that he was a disciple of another Guru, assured him fearlessness and confirmed his faith in his own Guru, by addressing him as follows :-

“Come what may, leave not, but stick to your Bolster (support, i.e. Guru) and ever remain steady, always at-one-ment (in union) with him.”

Pant at once knew the significance of this remark and thus he was reminded of his Sad-guru. This kindness of Baba he never forgot in his life.

Hope you like this leela friends. This doesn’t mean Sai is asking us only to worship him. It shows how Sai expects us to remember him as a Guru even during difficult times. Even when the worst thing happens in life, we must hold on to Shirdi Saibaba.

I get tensed even if little things goes wrong in my life. By sai grace, I am surviving.

Hold on to Sai.

Sai will show a way.

Love,

Venkat

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