Baba help me in knowing "how to love you?"

[Sushma1]

Please anyone among the members can tell me how i can be loving and caring b'coz all of you are so caring and selfless. I don't know how to love.

When i asked myself , "how do i love you Sai"   then the answer i got was "If our thoughts are one and moving in same direction " but again another doubt was raised "how will i know what is Sai's direction?" then there was a long silence and is still like that..............

I know all this looks ........ after me writing so much for everyone but the other day when i sat for meditation a question was raised asking "Sai, how come Annamayya , Tyagaraja , Meera bai and many devotees could pray continuously without thinking about the worldly things and with so much devotion" then an answer came saying, " B'coz they love Him so immensly that they can do anything ". Then i asked myself ,"Do i love Sai" the answere was "yes i do, but how am i showing Him that i love Him" thats when a doubt raised, "How do i love you Sai? what is love? How will i know that i love Sai? Will meditation tell me about you ? Will i know you thru' meditation?"

I don't have answers for this......sometimes i ask  " will the problems that we face in daily life and if those problems get resolved then we love Him otherwise we don't . Do we do this to our own parents ? Do we love them only b'coz they give us whatever we ask for ? I don't think so ..............there should be something that we say we love them , What is that? "

Tell me what is that? Why do we get annoyed on Sai if anything in life is not answered ? Why can't we love Him for what He is and bear all the problems by ourselves. For example , we have exams and if we did not read then we don't get good marks then it is our own fault and in such a situation what will your parents do... they just say " try next time . Can they change anything for the faults that we do? No.......then why Sai is blamed for that? blame yourself for your own acts. Like your parents have given food, shelter and studies so did Sai ,He gave you the knowledge, mind to think and capability to live , then why do you blame Sai why don't you blame your parents?

I am sorry if i am asking something wrong but i am writing what i am feeling but please do suggest how i need to think?

There are 2 questions :
1. Why can't everyone of us love Sai for what He is without asking for anything but just accepting for what He is giving us like how you love your own parents without you asking for anything but just accepting whatever they give you?

2. If we are ready to give that love How do we love Him?

Sushma.

[Prasanthi]

I think we all Love Sai. We might be pestering HIM for our wishes, we might always be probing HIM on our problems, and what not, we might be a greedy lot. But deep in our heart, we acknowledge HIM. We know how great HE is, we know how lovable and benevolent HE is. We always feel like hugging Him, looking at HIM, feel like 'My baba, my love, my everything.' We feel for love. We quarrel with HIM not because HE doesn't grant our wishes, we are angry only because HE doesn't talk to us or respond to us the way HE usually does. That irritates us much than an unanswered prayer. We are used to HIM as such, if HE doesn't talk with us, we feel lost. Then saitan comes into play. We feel we have authority, a right, on HIM. We feel we own HIM.

There is no need to ask a question like 'how to love you?' nor there is any need to ask 'how to express?'. HE knows how much we love HIM. That is why HE plays with us, he pinches us and says 'You are all there with us from the past so many births. I never hurted you and taking care of you. Why do you get angry if I pinch you?'.

Asking for wishes, we can't help because whom else we ask, whom else we can share our sorrows and joys with. But I am confident even if HE DOESN'T grant our wishes, deep in our heart we still love HIM. We know HIM. But outwardly we pretend anger.

Baba we all love you. LOVE YOU SO MUCH. FEEL LIKE HUGGING YOU. FEEL LIKE CARESSING YOU. WISHING THE SAME FROM YOU. TAKE US INTO YOUR ARMS. SHOWER YOUR MOTHERLY LOVE ON US. WE LONG LIKE ANYTHING TO FEEL THE NECTAR OF YOUR LOVE, TO DRINK THE AMBROSIA. COME TO US BABA. HUG US. WE LOVE YOU. WE LOVE YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH.

YOU ARE GOD. YOU ARE OUR FRIEND. YOU ARE OUR LORD. YOU ARE EVERYTHING TO US. LOVE YOU BABA. I COULDN'T STOP TYPING. I WISH TO SAY AGAIN AND AGAIN......... 'BABA I LOVE YOU.... I LOVE YOU THE MOST. I WANT YOUR COMPANY......... LOVE YOU BABA. LOVE YOU SO MUCH'.

Prasanthi

[Prasanthi]

What is Love? Immersing in the thoughts of loved one and always be with him/her no matter where we are in this world. Feel like soul mate. Feel like talking to and sharing our each and every thought without any hesitation. Feel like a fish out of water if ever we have to estrange from our loved ones. The heart beats only for the ones we love, it only chants their names.

The same applies to baba also.

We just be in one-ness with HIM being aware that HE knows our every thought and more so there is an urge to talk to HIM, to speak our heart to HIM. We all do the same. We all Love HIM.

Just be in HIS company in whatever you do. How? Just talk to HIM. Keep Him in our thoughts always in all ways.

Prasanthi

[san2004]

OM SAI RAM,

What has been expressed by Sushma Ji is so pertinent to getting close to SAI.The yearning is there....
But what you talk about love for SAI is not only to be expressed in words and thoughts but more importantly in actions.
Love, I feel is an abundant,never ending stream of positive energy starting from the heart and encompassing all and sundry whom we think off,see or know.It is accompanied by a radiance,a grandeur,a softness which is recognized from far off.It is transmitted in our daily conduct.
It is not easy to exhibit love.. It is not easy to love.Fortunate are those souls who are blessed with Baba's love.
The love that mortals like me have is not a true love it is a love with conditions.. It is a love which has as its  greatest hinderance.....MAYA.....MAYA ...which even sometimes encompasses the GODS.SO many forms of MAYA have been there since time immemorial..greed,lust,selfishness,ego,pride... and what not..all these take us away from Love ..they take us away from BABA.
NOT all flowers turn into fruits..this is mentioned in SAI SATCHARITRA.

This is our Karma Bhoomi.Here we have come to atone for our sins.Every endeavour should be to try and do something good for others.When we do good,talk good it brings us more closer to SAI.When our path is right HE will Help us cross the Hurdles.HE is our GURU.HE will know when the time for us to arrive has come.

I feel it is important for us to be on a path which leads us to abundant love,its important not to divert from that path.We will find that by constantly following the teachings of SAI we will attain HIS LOVE. HE then will tell us whatever we want to know,HE will carry us whereever we want to go.
Let us have Sharddha and Saburi.Let us pray for HIS help in calming our minds.
JAI SAI RAM,
SANJIV

[Astrid]

Sai Ram,

Sushma, my dear little sister, this morning my daughter Sonja said something that was so cute that I just hugged and kissed her. George, my youngest son, saw it, smiled his broadest smile and said: "You always get these hugging attacks". When I read your post, I feel another one of these "hugging attacks" come. So before I say anything let me just take you into my arms and give you a very big, warm hug and a kiss on your forehead ....
And then let me say: Just go ahead and love Him, just allow the feeling to flow, whatever flaw the mind my find to it. Just tell that naughty little guy to shut up, because he (the mind) doesn't know anything!
You know you love SAI and SAI knows you love Him and He loves you! That is all it takes! Before we think of how to show Him our love, He knows already that we love Him and has accepted our love. And He loves us already before we're even aware that He's there.
Never worry about others, everybody shows love the way he or she is able to. A first step may be to feel love and gratitude when something good has happened to us, we will start to love him, want to love Him the more, and then there might be some setbacks like anger on Him, when things don't work out the way we hoped for ... and we'll start all over again. Everybody moves at his or her own pace. And everybody needs a guiding light like you are to arrive at a point where he or she can love Him just for what He is, beyond His miracles ...
Love is neither shown nor measured by words and actions, they are its mere effects, and afterglow if at all of something far greater ....
So love Him and feel loved by Him, abide and rejoice in the silence of your love - and if He wants you to do something, say something, He will always let you know ;-)

OM SAI RAM

Astrid

Restless was my heart till it found rest in THEE

[Sushma1]

Thank you Prashanthi ji, Sanjiv Ji and to my elder sister Astrid ji.
It was so nice to see everyone expressing your love in so many different ways as Atrid ji has mentioned that everyone loves in different ways.

Sister Astrid thank you so much for your hugs and kisses, my eyes are filled with tears and just want to come running to you to give a big hug and never leave you. I have learnt one important thing during this that we need to love everyone no matter what they do and see only love in them and express that love thru' lots of hugs and kisses.

Thank you Sai for telling me that you love me so much.

Sai Ram "I LOVE YOU"

Sushma.

[vaishali]

Om Sai Ram Sushma ji, Astrid Ji, Sanjiv Ji and Prashanthi ji...

I guess i am too young or too immature to write or understand all this big things........but let me tell you something

When i was reading this, i was crying and i guess it is LOVE......LOVE for BABA and LOVE For all his devotees who have helped me and helping me.

Baba, I love you ....please give us strength and blessings so that our love become eternal and it keeps flowing

Vaishali

[rbpmalar]

Dear Sushma ji. I have read all the messages here and I think we have a good explanation about love towards Sai. I just want to touch on the second question. Why can't we pray to sai without asking for anything. Sister Sushma, Sai is our mother. When we are hungry we ask our mother for food. When we need something we turn to our mother. When we are going through some difficult moments we feel like lying on our mother's lap and telling her our worries. If for all this we need our mother, than I guess it's nothing wrong to ask our sai mother to help us to face this kaliyuga. But then it depends on what we are asking. If we ask him to get us a diamond necklace, a big expensive imported car and etc, then it sounds selfish. But if we ask him to help our sickly family members, help to feed the poor and etc then I think our request will be answered. That's what I think. Forgive me if I'm wrong. Om sai.

Humble servant of Baba
Malar

[Sushma1]

sister Malar  you are not at all wrong .... yes who do we have in such situations other than Sai Maa....while i am writing this i am hearing to a song that says ".....is darthi pe basne wale ....... sare jag  tere santhan"

Nice coincidence......

Vaishali ji ..... yes, rightly said.......that is LOVE.

It is so nice to see everyone guiding me in the right direction of seeing things in life.

Sai Ram tera leela anek.

Sushma.