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Prayers Section => Thank You Sai Baba For My Answered Prayers => Topic started by: Astrid on December 15, 2005, 05:27:54 AM
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Jai Sai Ram
BABA, I received an e-mail by Silvia, my colleague and motherly friend who's translations from the French I use to edit that she feels she ows me quite some money. I had not kept track of all I have done for her in the course of the year and intended to do that end of this or beginning of next year. Not only did she decide to sum it all up on my behalf but she also increased my "salary" to 40 Euro per hour (BABA, this is truly an astronomical sum for an otherwise literary translator like me). And in her matter-of-fact, down-to-earth but so very cordial way she wrote: "... making it 15 x 40 = 600 Euro. Send me an invoice."
[:)][:X][:)] THANK YOU FROM MY HEART FOR THIS TRULY UNEXPECTED GENEROUS SURPRISE GIFT, MOREOVER ON DATTA JAYANTI! [:)][:X][:)]
May all my brothers and sisters be blessed with surprise gifts like these (in whichever form they may come) on this auspicious and blessed day!
Jai Sai Baba!
Jai Gurudeva Datta!
Jai Sai Ram!
Astrid
Restless was my heart till it found rest in THEE
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Jai Sai Ram
Congratulations to You Astrid. good ppl have good things done to them/coming their way. You are the Blessed one
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OM SAI RAM
ASTRID,CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU FOR RECIEVING SURPRISING GIFT FROM YOUR MOHERLY FRIEND MOREOVER TO DAY IS GURUDEV DATTATRAIYA JAYANTI. LORD DATTATRAIYA(TRIMURTI)AND SADGURU SAIBABA IS THE SAME.,AS BABA HIMSELF IS THE INCARNATION OF LORD DATTATRAIYA.
NOW I REQUEST U TO CHANT THE FOLLOWING ABHANG DEDICATED TO GURUDEV DATTATRAIYA;
DIGAMBRA-DIGAMBRA SHRIPAD BALLABH DIGAMBRA.
DIGAMBRA-DIGAMBRA SHRIPAD BALLABH DIGAMBRA.
DIGAMBRA-DIGAMBRA SHRIPAD BALLABH DIGAMBRA.
DIGAMBRA-DIGAMBRA SHRIPAD BALLABH DIGAMBRA.
DIGAMBRA-DIGAMBRA SHRIPAD BALLABH DIGAMBRA.
DIGAMBRA-DIGAMBRA SHRIPAD BALLABH DIGAMBRA.
DIGAMBRA-DIGAMBRA SHRIPAD BALLABH DIGAMBRA.
DIGAMBRA-DIGAMBRA SHRIPAD BALLABH DIGAMBRA.
DIGAMBRA-DIGAMBRA SHRIPAD BALLABH DIGAMBRA.
DIGAMBRA-DIGAMBRA SHRIPAD BALLABH DIGAMBRA.
DIGAMBRA-DIGAMBRA SHRIPAD BALLABH DIGAMBRA.
DIGAMBRA-DIGAMBRA SHRIPAD BALLABH DIGAMBRA.
DIGAMBRA-DIGAMBRA SHRIPAD BALLABH DIGAMBRA.
DIGAMBRA-DIGAMBRA SHRIPAD BALLABH DIGAMBRA.
DIGAMBRA-DIGAMBRA SHRIPAD BALLABH DIGAMBRA.
DIGAMBRA-DIGAMBRA SHRIPAD BALLABH DIGAMBRA.
DIGAMBRA-DIGAMBRA SHRIPAD BALLABH DIGAMBRA.
DIGAMBRA-DIGAMBRA SHRIPAD BALLABH DIGAMBRA.
DIGAMBRA-DIGAMBRA SHRIPAD BALLABH DIGAMBRA.
DIGAMBRA-DIGAMBRA SHRIPAD BALLABH DIGAMBRA.
DIGAMBRA-DIGAMBRA SHRIPAD BALLABH DIGAMBRA.
DIGAMBRA-DIGAMBRA SHRIPAD BALLABH DIGAMBRA.
DIGAMBRA-DIGAMBRA SHRIPAD BALLABH DIGAMBRA.
DIGAMBRA-DIGAMBRA SHRIPAD BALLABH DIGAMBRA.
OM SAI SHRI SAI JAI JAI SAI.
OM SAI SHRI SAI JAI JAI SAI.
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OM SAI SHRI SAI JAI JAI SAI.
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OM SAI SHRI SAI JAI JAI SAI
NOW ITS TIME TO GO TO SHIRDI WHERE OUR BABA IS SITTING IN DWARKAMAI WAITING FOR HIS BELOVED ONES TO BLESS.
OM SAI RAM
MAHESH(saidas)
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Originally posted by Astrid
Jai Sai Ram
BABA, I received an e-mail by Silvia, my colleague and motherly friend who's translations from the French I use to edit that she feels she ows me quite some money. I had not kept track of all I have done for her in the course of the year and intended to do that end of this or beginning of next year. Not only did she decide to sum it all up on my behalf but she also increased my "salary" to 40 Euro per hour (BABA, this is truly an astronomical sum for an otherwise literary translator like me). And in her matter-of-fact, down-to-earth but so very cordial way she wrote: "... making it 15 x 40 = 600 Euro. Send me an invoice."
[:)][:X][:)] THANK YOU FROM MY HEART FOR THIS TRULY UNEXPECTED GENEROUS SURPRISE GIFT, MOREOVER ON DATTA JAYANTI! [:)][:X][:)]
May all my brothers and sisters be blessed with surprise gifts like these (in whichever form they may come) on this auspicious and blessed day!
Jai Sai Baba!
Jai Gurudeva Datta!
Jai Sai Ram!
Astrid
Restless was my heart till it found rest in THEE
My dear Astrid
What a way to celebrate Christmas!That sounds awesome.Congrats!
I would say that it is all your hard working and
Ofcourse our Baba Sai is always with you to bless you.
I am very happy.On Baba's day Such news makes us all very happy.
What is the treat my dear Astrid????????
Jaisairam!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
subhasrini
OM SAI SRI SAI JAYA JAYA SAI!!!
Let us pray at the feet of Sai Baba who is the incarnation of all gods and protector of all, to show mercy on us, and increase our devotion towards him.
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Dearest Sister Astrid,
You can never imagine how happy[:)][:)][:)][:)][:)][:)][:)] I am to know that you have been truly blessed by a grand gift on Baba's Day and also coinciding with Datta jayanti.You must be really feeling top of the world.I am not talking in terms of monetary benefit,but the awesome feeling which Baba gave you by his gesture.It is really priceless.He has shown you ,how he is with you.I sincerely pray for more and more pleasant surprises from our Baba Sai
Raj
OM SAI SREE SAI JAYA JAYA SAI
OM SAI SREE SAI JAYA JAYA SAI
OM SAI SREE SAI JAYA JAYA SAI
OM SAI SREE SAI JAYA JAYA SAI
OM SAI SREE SAI JAYA JAYA SAI
OM SAI SREE SAI JAYA JAYA SAI
OM SAI SREE SAI JAYA JAYA SAI
OM SAI SREE SAI JAYA JAYA SAI
OM SAI SREE SAI JAYA JAYA SAI
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Congratulations Dear Astrid ji. Yes. Great Gift for Christmas on Datta Jayanthi Day. You are truly blessed.
Prasanthi
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Dear sister Astrid,
I am very happy for you. Baba has his unique way of blessing at certain unexpected times when you would least expect it. Jai Gurudeva Datta!
OM SAI RAM !
OM SAI SRI SAI JAYA JAYA SAI !!
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Jai Sai Ram
Thanks so much, my dearest brothers and sisters for sharing the joy and a special thanks to Mahesh Bhai for taking us to Shirdi with so many of his posts. I don't have words to tell you how my heart feels whenever I read your words.
The treat, well, my beloved sister Subhadra, until our dearest Ravi finds a way to post sweets, maybe my
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to you all will do?
May all of you always feel showered with BABA's blessings!
OM SAI RAM
Astrid
Restless was my heart till it found rest in THEE
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Congratulations, Dear Astrid Ji.
OmSai SriSai JayaJayaSai
OmSai SriSai JayaJayaSai
OmSai SriSai JayaJayaSai
OmSai SriSai JayaJayaSai
OmSai SriSai JayaJayaSai
OmSai SriSai JayaJayaSai
OmSai SriSai JayaJayaSai
OmSai SriSai JayaJayaSai
OmSai SriSai JayaJayaSai
OmSai SriSai JayaJayaSai
OmSai SriSai JayaJayaSai
May Sai bless our loving sister Astrid with all the Happiness.
Jai Gurudatta! Jai Sairam!!!
Suchitra
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Congratulations from me too !! Dear Sis Astrid
What a Surprise and great news for all of us, Am toooooooooooooooo happy for you
And that a nice gift well in advance for Christmas on Babas day and on Datta Jayanthi
And you know i was just pondering on the similar lines when i was reading a book on Devotees experiences of Sai baba which i recently bought at a book store and was reading the night before thursday " A devotee has described in her own simple language - " Baba as a giver of gifts and thursday being so very special and he fills his devotees bags with lots of gifts on thursday and some surprises too "
And the next day i woke up i had these thoughts in my mind and Lo - You are there with baba surprised gifts
WOW ..........What a feeling !! When i heard from you
For all your hardwork and love - congrats again !!
SAIRAM
Bow to Sri Sai - Raksha Karo Deva !!!
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OMSAIRAM!CONGRATS ASTRID DEAR .
THANKYOU SAI BABA AND DATTA FOR BLESSING US WITH YOUR LEELAS.
BABA BLESS ALL OF US TO HAVE SHRADDHA AND SABURI.
JISKE SIR UPAR TU SAI WOH DUKH KAISA PAAYE!
Sai baba let your holy lotus feet be our sole refuge.OMSAIRAM
dipika duggal
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Woww !!, thats a great gift baba... Congrats Astrid Ji.font=Book Antiqua]
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Om Sai Ram ,
Astrid,Hope u get many many more surprise gifts and each new gift is better than the best.
Jai Sai Ram,
Sanjiv
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Originally posted by san2004
Om Sai Ram ,
Astrid,Hope u get many many more surprise gifts and each new gift is better than the best.
Jai Sai Ram,
Sanjiv
Jai Sai Ram
Thank you so much, dearest Sanjiv Bhai and all. BABA's love is the greatest gift and blessing in my life![:)][:)]
And being the unique father-mother he is, he gives us little gifts every now and then: ooops-gifts and wow-gifts [;)][:)] (and in most of the cases what we may take for an oops-gift at first turns out an especially great wow-gift as soon as we've unwrapped it fully [;)]).
BABA, please bless my dearest brother and Knight in Shining Armour Sanjiv with sacks full of wow-gifts. I feel, he's deserved it! [:)]
And bless all my brothers and sisters likewise. [;)][:)]
OM SAI RAM
Astrid
Restless was my heart till it found rest in THEE
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Astrid Ji, can you tell me what does this means "Restless was my heart till it found rest in THEE"
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Originally posted by snatarajan
Astrid Ji, can you tell me what does this means "Restless was my heart till it found rest in THEE"
SaiRam Natarajanji
Even I always wonder after I read Our` Astrid mails.
My dear Astrid can you please tell us what does it mean?
Jaisairam!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
subhasrini
OM SAI SRI SAI JAYA JAYA SAI!!!
Let us pray at the feet of Sai Baba who is the incarnation of all gods and protector of all, to show mercy on us, and increase our devotion towards him.
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Jai Sai Ram
oh yes, my dearest Natarajan and Subhadra, it is my special pleasure to explain this quote.
The original quote is from St. Augustine, a 3rd century Christian Mystic and one of the so-called church fathers. Among the numerous texts he wrote there are the Confessiones (Latin for Confessions) a very moving and famous sort of autobiography in which he describes his life, his search for God and most of all his deep, deep love for God. The book starts with a dedication, a prayer & praise and in Confessiones I,1 it reads:
Thou hast made us for thyself and our hearts are restless until they find their rest in thee.
I modified this quote a little to adapt it to my personal feeling:
Right from my childhood I had a strong interest in everything and anything that had to do with religion (and foreign cultures [;)]). In the course of the years and decades I've tried so very many things, joined and left various communities, searching for the place that would feel like home. There was a tremenduous longing in me to find my spiritual home and I kind of left no stone unturned while looking for it.
Growing up on a Christian background (but in an agnostic home, with the exception of my maternal grandmother who was a practicing catholic Christian and who took my sister and me to church very often, where I had some touching expierences), I tried to establish such a personal and close and devoted relationship we all enjoy with BABA with Jesus. I tried many years, many times in various phases of my life and in very many ways - yet it never happened (today I'm most grateful to Jesus that He did not accept me. It must have taken Him and BABA immense patience and perseverance, much more than was asked of me in my search.)
I was a member or on the periphery of various christian and non-christan mystic and spiritual movements, touched on druidry and shamanism and almost anything you can imagine (with the exception of witchcraft and everything that had even the slightest touch of black magic). And in years when I did not meditate (due to some not so desirable experiences which were only indirectly related to meditation but obviously part of my path) I took a deep look into myself with the help of psychology. It was wonderful, fascinating and a great adventure to go through all this - but the longing remained.
Looking back today I can say that a very intense and special dream a little more than two years ago made me set foot on a path that at the very moment I thought that this was again not what I was truly looking for and had stopped treading it (which was right, the path was not *it*, but it was a very important preparatory phase) made me meet BABA. It happened in a way that I would call today one of BABA's typical spiralling lilas:
Solely on the request of an acquaintance of mine I attended a lecture and a meditation session of a spiritual healer, the very Pablo I mentioned on this forum once or twice and who has become my very dear friend. The meditation was the most powerful one I had ever experienced so far. Pablo asked all who had attended to briefly mail or write him what we experienced. I took a few days to digest, wrote my report and mailed it to him. The very moment I had done so a feeling of an indescribably deep, deep peace and love and bliss came over me, a warmth and a light words cannot describe and a knowing:
My search has ended. I have arrived. There's nowhere I need to go. There's nothing I need to do. I am at home!
A day or two later, BABA appeared to me here in my room (standing next to a little basket where I keep all those things you can tie to your ankles and thighs and wrist and waist if you like while dancing, including little bells [;)]), saying not a single word, simply standing there smiling. I had no idea who HE was, but knew I'd find out in due course. For the moment I was happy and curious about my new soul-guide.
Again a day or two later, Pablo invited me for tea for the first time and I saw BABA's picture there. I asked Pabo who He was and Pablo mentioned His name briefly. I did some internet search - hadn't even got HIS name properly, still found or rather was guided to this website, exchanged a few mails with our dearest Ravi Bhai .... and ever since I'm here. [;)][:)]
Looking back at this search that took about half a lifetime, still and ever stronger feeling that I am truly at home and out of love, awe, deepest gratitude and devotion do I say
Restless was my heart till it found rest in THEE
(Ruhelos war mein Herz, bis es Ruhe fand in DIR -- if you kindly permit me some German [;)])
OM SAI SRI SAI JAYA JAYA SAI
OM SAI SRI SAI JAYA JAYA SAI
OM SAI SRI SAI JAYA JAYA SAI
OM SRI SAI RAM GURUDEVA DATTA
OM SRI SAI RAM GURUDEVA DATTA
OM SRI SAI RAM GURUDEVA DATTA
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Om Sai Ram,
And when she came to this forum I found my VALKYRIE..
blessed is this forum and blessed are all of us to have such enlightened people here.
Jai Sai Ram,
Sanjiv
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My dear Astrid
Thanks alot for explaining and
I am touched by the time and effort for you have spent on us in detail.
Sai bless you always Astrid.
I need to read once again since I am in a hurry to post the same.
Will wait till the evening.
Hope you have seen my mails and why no reply???????????
take care
JAISAIRAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
subhasrini
OM SAI SRI SAI JAYA JAYA SAI!!!
Let us pray at the feet of Sai Baba who is the incarnation of all gods and protector of all, to show mercy on us, and increase our devotion towards him.
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Originally posted by subhasrini
My dear Astrid
Thanks alot for explaining and
I am touched by the time and effort for you have spent on us in detail.
Sai bless you always Astrid.
I need to read once again since I am in a hurry to post the same.
Will wait till the evening.
Hope you have seen my mails and why no reply???????????
take care
JAISAIRAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
subhasrini
OM SAI SRI SAI JAYA JAYA SAI!!!
Let us pray at the feet of Sai Baba who is the incarnation of all gods and protector of all, to show mercy on us, and increase our devotion towards him.
Sorry, Subhadra, dear, I didn't check my googlemail-account for the past two hours - but will surely reply you.
In case you should have sent any mails other than those of today, I'm sorry I didn't get them.
Looooove to you
OM SAI RAM
Astrid
Restless was my heart till it found rest in THEE
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Originally posted by san2004
Om Sai Ram,
And when she came to this forum I found my VALKYRIE..
blessed is this forum and blessed are all of us to have such enlightened people here.
Jai Sai Ram,
Sanjiv
This is all too kind, my dearest Sanjiv Bhai. But I have to confess I don't feel enlightened at all - rather very often like a little kid ...
And immediately after I posted my "I have arrived, I am at home" did I see beloved Ramesh's posting on moving on and on. And I smiled and thought: Right is he -- home is such a vast place ... [;)][:)]
Lots of love to you and yours and all
OM SAI RAM
Astrid
Restless was my heart till it found rest in THEE
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Sai Ram,
Astrid Ji,
Many thanks for your efforts just because we have asked you, thats very kind of you...
Nice one to read and feel.
Thank You Astrid Ji.
SN
Restless was my heart till it found rest in THEE
Sai Ram.
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Dearest Sister,
Congratulations on recving the money and also for the hike in your pay. Well the kartha is Baba himself. Of course there is nothing worng in us being kids. I guess before the Sadguru we are all kids, that is why he blesses us with such surprises!!!!!!!!!!!!
Om Sai Sroi sai Jai Jai Sai
Ram Kumar Ashok
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Jai Sai Ram
how nice to see your posting (thanks for your kind words), dear brother Ram Kumar. I thought of you this morning, and it feels fine to read from you. [:)]
Yes, we can be anything, from very reasonable and well structured adults to playful and joyful innocent little kids at the feet of the Sadguru. It is a blessing that this be so.
May you always feel SAI's blessings on you and all your family.
OM SAI RAM
Astrid
Restless was my heart till it found rest in THEE