sairam friends,
This is not really a article about shirdi sai baba but inspired by a dream i got this morning. It was like this..
I see me with my friend kanna and we both are going to a place where he is supposed to get some big amount in cash. He is supposed to show identification card to get the money. Since he dint have any ids , i offer to show mine, sign the documents and give the money to him. He goes to his home and me to mine.
somehow theifs think the money is with me and try to enter our house but i catch them, tie them with rope and advice them. Ha ha….His companion is telling ,see because of this greediness we are now in bad state. The police then takes them out ..while walking i say to myself, i would have not signed the documents.
( Though its little thing, i told all my friends not to sign any documents/be careful in money issues )
Thats the dream…
Now i dint saw sai in dream . Some may feel this dream very stupid but trust me , there are many innocent sai devotees who will be ready to do anything for their friends, relatives and co wokers in office or even strangers.
May be sai wants me to tell this message to be careful in money issues :
Always keep this policy – Give what you can afford . If someone asks a big amount as loan and if you are not willing to give, dont hurt them but give little you can afford. Meaning even if the amount is not returned by your friend, you must not feel burden. This way you also get satisfaction that you helped someone in need .
“Do not sign any documents unless its your whole responsibility to do so and never trust even close friends in money issues. I keep requesting to help the poor and needy which includes your friends and relatives too. But at the same time you must also be careful that you wont carry the burden on yourself and your family”
Sai devotees have tendency to help which is being misused :
There are numerous shirdi sai baba devotees who with a helping heart , do good to their friends and relatives only to face hurdles in the end. At the same time i wish to say a leela of sai baba.
A sweet Sai leela during his life time in shirdi :
I forgot the name of the devotee but it goes like this…A devotee keeps telling baba ,
” Sai, i gave 1200 rupees to my relative years back, he stays in village . Untill now he has not taken any steps to give the money back nor the interest”
Sai always consoles him saying “Be calm and sit , the money will come to your door step”
The devotee says “Baba , even when i go to his house, he wont bother, how will he come on his own to return money”
Baba keeps asking him to be calm and the money will come to his door step.
Sai’s words come true :
To his surprise the relative comes to shirdi and requests him to take the money borrowed around 1200 rs. The devotee was greedy and asks him to give the sum along with interest. Finally the matter was considered to be solved by saibabas guidance.
Sai asks the devotee to be humble and accept the money with out interest i.e 1200 rs and be happy with it.
Thus the matter was solved by sai grace.
This story asks us not to be greedy and also don’t jump and hurt yourself too much giving huge amount ( 1200 rs those days is equal to lakhs today ) and then asking saibaba to help you. Be precautious …Think how much you can afford to help and do that alone.
Note : At times we are indebted to do big favours for others which can’t be avoided. Bear it. Probably you are supposed to loose money and you did. Now focus on Sai bhakti and be happy.
I pray sainath to guide all sai children with good heart to be broadminded, help others but the helping heart must never bear burden.
Aum sri sai ram
C.Venkatraman
20 :11 :2010
