Buddy Singh, Toronto, Canada

[Dipika]

Buddy Singh, Toronto, Canada
This small letter is for Sai Devotee Ashutosh Jaiswal, India. I am a "recent" devotee of our Beloved Sainath. I do not know enough to give you any advice, but I felt the pain, confusion and the second guessing of yourself, when I read your letter. This type of frustration as a result of a number of unhappy events, leads to exactly what you are thinking and expressing. This I know very well. Perhaps you may want to inject yourself with a dose of "So life is getting tougher, It does not matter how difficult and bleak it becomes, I am alive, I will be tested, I will survive, Baba is awake and seeing me, I don't, no, I would not let my lord see me buckle under a test of my faith in him. Sainath & Lord Shiva are one. Remember my dear devotee, gold has to burn to melt out the other elements, we all burn karma to advance our soles to merge with Baba someday. Every apparent setback, is only an opportunity to get closer to our Param Atma. Never forget your miracles. I wish you and all my Sai brothers and sisters, Sainath's grace.

Sai baba let your holy lotus feet be our sole refuge.OMSAIRAM



dipika duggal

[Dipika]

Sai devotee
It must be really depressing to get the feeling that even God has forsaken us. I do not claim to have any great words of cheer, or even anything which you would not have heard already - that God may test us but will never forsake us, that bad times are there for our own growth and to make us stronger. Perhaps these tough periods happen in order to make us practice the wisdom embodied in the verse "Karmanyevaadhikaraste maa phaleshu kadachana..." (literally, "You have a right only to action, not to the result of the action"). We start feeling that God has forsaken us when we expect a Him to provide a particular result and that doesn't happen. By facing adversity, we learn to turn this attitude around; we learn to work and pray for our goals while at the same time trusting in God to do whatever is good for us. And I have seen this in my life again and again: the ultimate result has always been beneficial whenever I have acted with full faith in God, leaving the outcome of my goal to Him. I don’t claim that my faith was or is unshakeable, not by a long way. I also go through periods of doubt. But always, when I look back at bad times in perspective, I can see the obvious - that God is wiser than me. I wish you strength to face the vicissitudes of life.

Sai baba let your holy lotus feet be our sole refuge.OMSAIRAM


dipika duggal

[Dipika]

ushaprasad@vsnl.net

9/12/2004 07:19:22 –0600

DearSaiDevotees!

I would like to narrate the following miracle of our beloved Sairam happened in my mother's life today ! My mother Mrs.Janaki Sundaram is suffering from acute kidney failure and has been advised by doctors to undergo dialysis treatment very frequently. All of us in our family prayed to Sairam to save her from this serious problem and bless her with Udhi or Vibhuthi to cure her illness. As I am staying at Mumbai with my husband and children I could not go to my mother's house at Chennai to stay with her presently. My brother is also staying away from my mother in US with his family and unable to come to India immediately. So, we resort to surrender at the Lotus Feet of our Sairam to help us out in this critical situation and save my mother fully from her serious kidney problem. Our Beloved Baba listened to our prayers as promised by Him! and today evening (12-9- 04/1630hrs)we got a phone call from Chennai that one of the Sai Devotees residing at Adayar/Chennai area visited my mother's house along with one of our relatives and performed Sai Pooja using a Divine Vel (The Velayutham of Lord Subramanaya). During the pooja and after the pooja Vibhuthi started coming from the idol of Sri Shirdi Saibaba and from other pictures of Bhagavan Sri Sathaya Sai Baba!! We never knew who this Sai Devotee is and why she came to our house with our relatives and why she performed Sai Pooja specially at our house without even asking for the same. All these are our Beloved Baba's miracles only and we believe fully that He Himself has come in the form of a lady to our house to bless my mother and blessed her with Vibhuthi as we wished to Him to save my mother by performing a Pooja specially for her. Sri Sairam has once again proved to us through this miracle that He never lets His devotees down when they fully surrender to His Lotus Feet.JaiSaiRam!

Sai baba let your holy lotus feet be our sole refuge.OMSAIRAM





dipika duggal

[Dipika]

prabudh_sagar@hotmail.com

9/10/2004 08:37:57 –0600

Prabudh

I had an interview scheduled on July 18, 2003 at the US Consulate for a student's visa. My uncle was leaving for Shirdi the same morning. I asked my uncle to wish for me that I get my visa. I got my visa and told my aunt about it, she said that I had to go to Shirdi as my uncle had prayed to Baba for my visa and said that if it was granted, I would visit Shirdi. The next day I left for Shirdi from Delhi. Needless to say, the pilgrimage was more than enriching. I had no assistantship in the first semester. It would not have been possible for me to continue without any aid from the school. Again, two days before the beginning of the next semester, With Baba's grace, things went on smoothly. Baba hee yahaan tak laaye hain, aagey bhi wohi karenge...Om Sai Krupa!

Sai baba let your holy lotus feet be our sole refuge.OMSAIRAM





dipika duggal