Fairy tales we read or hear in childhood stay with us long after. They take us to the realms of wonder and awe. Stories have such healing powers. One such tale is the Grimm brothers’ German folk tale ‘Rumpelstiltskin’ where a poor miller, in order to appear important in front of the king, boasts that his young daughter can spin straw into gold.
The king summons the daughter to his castle and makes her sit with a heap of hay. He orders her to transform it into gold by the next day, or else lose her life. As she sits thinking about it in the night, an imp-like creature appears before her, saying he can do it provided she gives him something in return. She gives him her necklace. The king’s happiness knows no bounds upon 
seeing so much gold and he gives an even bigger quantity to her. As she sits contemplating the second night, the same imp appears and in exchange for a gold ring does the job for her.
On the third day a thrilled king tells the miller’s daughter that if she manages to accomplish the same task once more, he will marry her…but that night she does not have anything to give the imp, so the imp tells her that he will take her firstborn after she becomes the Queen.
When the time actually arrives, she is most reluctant to part with her baby and offers him all other riches which he has no interest in. The imp then tells her then to guess his name within three days or else he would most definitely take away the baby. She resolves to find out his name and sets out towards the woods where she finds him dancing around a bonfire taking his name. The next day he excitedly comes to her and she spells out his name with much joy – Rumpelstiltskin!
Did you figure out who Rumpelskiltskin really was? He was the miller’s daughter’s subconscious mind. When she sat in the room she was actually mulling over the possibility of spinning straw into gold. What appears impossible to the logical mind finds possibility in the creative mind. Joseph Murphy in his classic work’ The Power Of Your Subconscious Mind’ says “You can bring into your life more power, wealth, health, happiness, and joy by learning to contact and release the power of your subconscious mind.”
For devotees of Sai Baba, he is the regulator of subconscious mind. The conscious mind is where reason resides and the subconscious mind or deeper mind is where Sai Baba as our ‘Parabrahman’ controls our emotions and creativity. Sri Narasimha Swamiji in his masterpiece ‘Life of Sai Baba’ states once the ‘Anugraha’ of Sai Baba is on us, he fulfills our needs and we are in Sai-bliss. When we rely solely on reason ourselves, all we end up with is straw. But, when we have a creative collaborator, Sai Baba taking our control, it is like Rumpelskiltskin, who knows how to spin straw into gold, there is magic. Instead of a necklace or ring, we surrender ourselves to Sai Baba – our pride and our control. Instead of our firstborn, we surrender our ego, admitting that we cannot do it alone.
When you find yourself stuck, turn to deeper wisdom beyond your reasoning that is Sai Baba your regulator. Harness the incredible power of Lord Sainath your Parabrahman guiding in the subconscious mind. Hold the vision of the completed action in your mind. Offer grateful thanks in advance. Don’t ask how it will come to pass, just know that it will. And with Sai-will you will begin to spin straw into gold.
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