Arati Prayer
The early morning sun shines its first tender rays on your holy feet like flowers. ‘But,’ ask all the lovely little flowers, ‘if the rays of sun become flowers for you, then what about us?’ They quickly open their soft petal-like eyelids for your worship and the small buds are blossoming into beautiful flowers for you. The dewdrops on those flowers wait eagerly to wash your soft feet.
The cool fresh breeze in the morning sings a message, ‘The whole universe is waiting for your gracious glance. Please wake up, oh Lord!’ By the sound of their fluttering wings, the tiny birds are coming to inform you, ‘Lord, it is already morning and you have to wake up!’
As the whole of nature was praying so heartfully [earnestly?], a loving smile shone on his lips and he slowly opened his eyes and woke up. But really, when did he actually close his eyes? His eyes are always watching us.
While he was softly whispering, ‘Allah malik,’ he looked in all four directions and all four of them humbly bowed down saying, ‘Lord, all is well.’
His is a spiritual kingdom, so his court is filled with the fragrance of bhakti and jnana (devotion and knowledge).
He looked affectionately at his devotees who stood there excitedly watching their Lord. As his affectionate glance fell on them they were thrilled and prostrated to the holy master, feeling ‘The darkness of our previous births has been lifted because of your kind glances and our tapas will bear fruit,’ their eyes shone with this sentiment.
It seems as if God who is formless, wanting to be born on earth, has incarnated in the form of eternal bliss and come down to earth! Can such magnificence and majesty really be possible, even for an emperor?
If you look properly [in the right way/carefully?]you will see that the old cloth tied around his head is a beautiful crown made of diamonds, his torn kafni a marvellous silk robe, the stone he sat on a throne made of gold and precious stones, and the satka in his hand a royal mace.
Yes, it is the form of the
Rajathi Raja, Yogi Raja
Parabrahma Sri Satchidananda
Sadguru murthi, that is –
Sai Baba!
coutesy Bapuji
OM SAI SRI SAI JAYA JAYA SAI!!!
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