Beloved Children,
Aum Namo Sainathaya
A mother was hurt and shocked to hear her son telling lies. So, she took the boy to ‘Gurusthan’ at Shirdi and told him about the perils of telling lies. “When you tell a lie, Lord Sainath will send a demon with red eyes and a horn on his head who will drag you from your bed in the middle of the night and punish you badly. Then, I am sure you will never lie,” she continued.
“No Mother, from now on, I will never lie,” assured the son, and then he added, “Mother, tell me about ‘Awareness’ of Sainath Parabrahman so that I will look for him always.”
The mother narrated that in 1917, one Christian devotee by name of Toser asked Sai Baba the same question – What is awareness? Toser was carrying a copy of the Bible at that time. Sai Maharaj took that Bible and randomly opened a page and asked him to read it aloud.
The page that Baba opened in the Bible states, “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!” Our eyes, senses, and minds are not passive entities that must grapple with whatever is presented. Rather, they are powerful entities that can choose what to take in, when, how much, and when to stop.
Toser got the reply from Sai Baba for his question on ‘Awareness’. The mother asked her son to
contemplate Lord Sainath as he is close behind our thoughts.
Let us begin by becoming conscious of our body and its associated physical sensations. The body sends strong signals when it is at ease and when it is in distress. We need to receive these signals, nourish them with care and love, and make sure that we are not subjecting it to toxic stimuli. we realize it and seek Baba’s ‘ASHIRVAD’
The learned mother told the boy – “Anyone can understand that there are different levels of knowledge, but only few can understand that there are different levels of Being. Being is your presence – a good, pure, inspiring, and transparent essence. One should not confuse existence with Being. The stone exists, the plant exists, a man exists, but they exist quite differently. It is here the idea of Being comes in. For example, the Being of a plant, stone, animal, man, or the divine are all at different levels”.
So, you become a sincere devotee of Baba. Let’s resolve right now to make a beginning to transform with Baba’s guidance in transformation in our daily lives.
Yours SAI BABAly
Sai Aura Team
The world is a play of mind. The mind creates various feelings. It gives shape to shapeless things. Mind alone attaches importance. Fill it with thoughts of Sai Baba
Dada J. P. Vaswani
“Loving means being open to miracles, to victories and defeats, and to everything that happens each day as the grace of Sai Maharaj, as we walk on the face of this earth.
– Sri Narasimha Swamiji
“Love of Lord Sainath is a thrilling experience
With Recitation of Vishnu Sahasranama daily”
– Sri Radhakrishna Swamiji
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