Blessed Souls in the Service of Sai

When Baba first came to Shirdi to attend the wedding of Chand Patil's nephew, it was Mhalsapathy, Baba's fond devotee who first addressed, "Welcome to You, Sai".

What a wise soul that Mhalsapathy was to sense the Divinity of Sai and became His blessed devotee by making known Baba to the world as 'Sai'. It is again he, who initiated the practice of applying sandal paste to Sai's forehead and perform Pooja.

Another great devotee Radhakrishnamayi, never saw Baba's face but adored Baba as her Beloved Lord Krishna and initiated the daily worship of Sai by singing hymns in Baba's praise, sheltering, feeding the devotees and arranging royal honours to the Cosmic King, Sai. Gajanan Pathekar served Baba and became, Baba-blessedly, a mystic of fame by the name of Gajanan Maharaj.

Though Kashinath, an orthodox Brahmin, suspected Baba to be a Muslim and distanced Him, the All-Knowing Baba took care of his spiritual evolution and groomed him into sainthood, to be later adored by all as Upasani Maharaj.

When Vaman Rao, an ardent Baba devotee, was freed of house-holder attachments, he became a recluse by Baba's blessings and changed his name as 'Sai Sharan'.

From the very day of His Avataric Advent on the earth, Sainath has been blessing His devotee children to grow and glow in the Light of Wisdom and Divine Delight. 

We are Never Alone when God Dwells within Us

For the people who believe in the Omnipresent God, the entire world will stand in support. They are not alone. When we have the treasure of God's love with us, what more is needed? Believing in God, wherever we are, we will be in His safe hands. 

 

God is eternal. It depends on our point of view to speak about His existence or non-existence. God will be with us only when we believe in His presence and dwell in His consciousness. 

 

As long as we are devoid of His consciousness and float in the earthly thoughts, He is not visible to us. Just because Baba has not appeared the moment we thought of Him, can we say that He is non-existing? He is in His Divine State of Ever-New Delight. 

 

It is, indeed, our folly not to remember Him and should not think that Baba did give us up. He will not desert his devotees once He holds them in His Hand. Baba makes us come closer to Him when we try to move away from Him. It may take some time, but Baba will be behind our back and will draw us closer to Him.

 

 It is our weak faith that causes delays, and not Baba. Our assumption of being alone is caused by our failure to acknowledge God in the form of Baba. 

 

Hence, we should behold Baba in our inward eye and hold Him in our heart.