Can someone answer me please??

[siddharthakala]

Can someone please tell me how to ask Baba, and how to get answers??

I used to think that I talk to Him, and he gives me signs, etc. even the Q&A website etc,. but it all does not work. In my case its exactly the opposite.

e.g. everytime I go for interview and I see his pic somewhere before entering the company's office, I would fail to get the job. or I used to see signs of Baba along with my dream company's name and by chance I got interview call from them and I was 110% confident that Baba would get me thru but I failed in the telefonic interview, although I knew almost all the answers but just couldnt recall at the moment.

Another example, I took my mother to Baba's temple on my late father's punyatithi (birthday) and while returning home I had intense quarrel and arguments with my mother right after leaving His temple, for absolutely no reason. I went to Shirdi in 2008 while I was in India, and lost everything, my life fell apart right after visiting Shirdi.

Things like these happen almost on a daily basis, but I am tired of trying to worship Sai Baba, and apologise for any unknown mistake, or change my behavior and way of living, but nothing helps me. Dont know Why such a harsh bahavior from Him. His signs, dreams, etc would just make no sense to me.

Everytime I see Baba's pic or name somewhere, something will definitely go wrong. Can you tell me the reason behind it. I am scared to even think of Him. No offence to anyone He is more like DEVIL/ DEMON for me who would get angry even if I get the slightest hint of Him in my mind. But at the same time He is all over my brains. I dont know what to do, why is he so negative with me and always punishing me and treating me so harshly.   

[Randhir(SRE)]

Really very tough answer.

Baba give you some sign in your derams but I am sure you will nerver come to know that truth.

Just belive in my words Baba is so powerfull nobody can not get him easily.

Not need to go on Q & answer site.

have a strong faith in Baba and belive in my words he will take you in  right direction and will give proof accordingly.

[rc]

Hi siddharthakala ,

Do you or your family have another guru? It's Just a thought came in my mind after reading your post as BABA always wanted that HIS devotees should respect or do puja to their own guru first. I believe you had written the same before and some people answered as well. Can't recall at the moment. Hope you find your answer somehow.

MAY SAI BLESS YOU TO FIND THE TRUTH.

[bhakta9]

Dear,

I know what your talking about... after my wedding, I went to Shirdi and after that my life was hell for the next two years... I lost my job, failed in my exam six times and even was on the verge of thinking of a divorce...All through it I had nothing but one hope that Baba will see me through this...

Here is what it is... My Karma! it has nothing to do with Sai nothing to do with god.. It is all our Karma... I took all these challenges in my life with that hope that SAI yes SAI will see me through..

Then I met some one who told me... It is very important to have faith but it is equally important to have positive thinking... Yes.. this helped me... and I am sharing it with u Every morning when u wake up first thing bow to Sai and say... my life is in your hands... accept it and shape me. When your there there is no reason to fear...

You do this for a week and see how your feelings change. You need to stop thinking what makes you keep falling and think of rising. Things are not in your hands.. leave them to Sai, accept situation.. your ego is holding you back. My ego and pride held me back too.. But I am confident Baba is helping me... I have started to see it..

My dear, there are many unkown things to us humans. You may want a job but Baba knows it is bad for u and wont give it to you... U think Sai is a jinx!

Change your attitude because as some one said ATTITUDE DETERMINES ALTITUDE!

Good Luck

[siddharthakala]

Hi siddharthakala ,

Do you or your family have another guru? It's Just a thought came in my mind after reading your post as BABA always wanted that HIS devotees should respect or do puja to their own guru first. I believe you had written the same before and some people answered as well. Can't recall at the moment. Hope you find your answer somehow.

MAY SAI BLESS YOU TO FIND THE TRUTH.

Thanks everyone for the replies

Dear rc, yes I had written the same before, but havent been able to find my answers yet. I dont think my family has any other guru, I have worshipped Sai baba all through my life and noone else. Even if Baba had wanted me to worship someone else he would have given me a clear sign I believe .....rather than coming in my dream and giving me nine coins and asking for my bhakti...

[pranks1978]

I agree with Bhakta9.. Please be very very positive and be har haal mein khush .. I am sure once your thought process changes , everything in physical reality would chnage too

[akanksha]

hey siddhart kala....hi i m akanksha
i think u wud gt ur answer by baba if u start 9 thrusday fast...its very easy
in market where u get all the puja path ka material ther ask for sai baba ka guruwar vrath katha ki book....go for it n plzzzzzz do belive in this with shradha...as always baba says...shradha saburi meaning faith with patience..if u have any problem thn contact me on akanksha52@ymail.com my face book id...
om sai nath

[rc]

Hi siddharthakala,

It's tough situation and difficult to say what you should do or not. Only SAI has the answer so why don't you meditate on HIM and ask HIM what He wants from you. I am sure you will get the answer immediately.

Everybody's situation is different and others see things from different angles, different perspectives. What is right for others that might not be right for you. As I have asked to do meditation that might not be right for you. Actually, it's you who has to find the answer and believe me I always find my answer myself only I ask SAI to show me the path/direction. I do not reason HIS direction only follow with my best and things change. I only know that HE will take care of me does not matter what is my situation. When things do not go the way I want I just blame HIM and get upset with HIM like many but when I sit and think properly I see that all the way I was guided by HIM but I didn't take or understood HIS message. I have experienced many miraculous events and again many set backs plus heart breaks. Even I got involved with many idiotic situations I can't explained at that time. But when I looked back I understood that whenever I did not do what HE wanted from me I got into trouble. I am not saying that you aren't not listening to HIM but something HE is trying to say to you doing all sorts of negative things. You got to find the answers yourself. Keep yourself calm and relaxed. Just say to HIM does not matter what you are taking me to my right path and leave all your stress aside and burden for HIM to carry. In the mean time do your best in your day to day living. It works.

You know recently what has happened to me. Few weeks back I went to one hair dresser. I had been to this place only once couple of years back and the girl who cut my hair she was a wonderful girl. Couple fo months back I went to the store but I don't know what happened to me I just could not sit in that store for 5 minutes. All the workers were very charming and warm but I felt like running away from that place. I don't know why but I left the shop and they asked me what has happened. I just made an excuse and left.

To make it short, I went to that shop couple of weeks back again as my own hairdresser were busy on that day. Again I felt the same uneasy feeling about the place. I felt running away but this time I forced myself not to do the same as before. Girls were very nice and charming as usual. After waiting for a while one girl attended me and you won't believe without any reason this girl started insulting me and had big fight with her. I was so angry I threatened to take further action against this shop and took their phone number and the girl's name. Funny thing is that day was Thursday and after reading SAICHARIT in the morning I made promise to BABA that all day along I will chant HIS name. I was doing that all the way to that shop and again when that girl was cutting my hair. After that bad experience I came home and literally cried to BABA asking HIM how/why this things happened as I was remembering you all the way and you could not protect me. Then after a while I went to sleep. Suddenly when I was still in sleep I felt someone saying to me, 'I asked you not to go that shop but you didn't listen to me, you are so stubborn.' That person in my dream was not BABA but I did not get either who he/she was. I jumped from my sleep, sitting like a dumb. After I have realised that yes, I was guided not to go to that shop. Not once but twice but I didn't listen to my heart/feelings about that shop. After I left the idea taking this to equal opportunity or further.

This might not be relevant to your situation but if you sit and think where you needed to focus and  you follow your heart you might get your answer. We don't know why all these happens and what is the solution but definitely there is an answer or solution to every problem. Sometimes our social conditions and something else make us blind to see things through. Leave all these negativity BABA is giving you to HIM only and be brave to move forward. HE is definitely with you. Do not think too much just be yourself and you will find the answer yourself.

May BABA bless you and put into your own path.

[bhakta9]

Dear...

I would like to make a recommendation to you. As I said I suffered from pretty much what you have written above. Some of us are more overtaken when adversity strikes so I wanted to tell you what is helping me..

I am reading the book the Power of Postive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale. It is about how we can channel the positive energy in us for our greater good... increase faith in divine. I just substiutue Baba's name where ever the book talks about God... It will make you more channeled, focused.

It is not Baba or Jesus or anything that is bringing you ill luck.. It is you constantly thinking of what can go wrong... This concept is hard... I know what your going through so I can tell you it is possible to get out of that mind frame...

Be confident. Read a chapter a day - Practice it! See how the divine manifests your thoughts..

[bhakta9]

One more thing... God and Divine figures cannot bring ill-luck... because that is against logic. Think of it this way.. How can there be darkness when there is light? They both cannot co-exist the same spot. Similarly when god or Sai or any divine one cannot bring ill-luck.... Point to me one spot where light and darkness can exist? nope right... think of this concept and fill your mind with positives..

[Admin]

Sai Ram

I want to echo bhakta9's comments. You must think positive.

When you see Baba b4 you are going for a job interview and you failed the interview. This doesnt mean that because of Baba you were rejected. For what I understood that Baba doesnt want you to take that job. His presence means that He is aware of what you want. Always remember often things happen for a good reason.

May be He is trying to save you from something. A good job, good company and good salary doesnt always means a GOOD LIFE, CAREER and GOOD FUTURE.

You must trust HIM. Have faith and patience and HE will be with you. You may not get what you want but HE will surely give you what you deserve.

Have faith.

Sai Ram

[sureshsarat]

Om Sri Sainathaya Namaha
Om Sri Sainathaya Namaha
Om Sri Sainathaya Namaha

Sairam to all !

This is so typical and almost same as of a friend of mine.
Baba is no Devil or Demon !
There could be so many reasons we do not comprehend. Baba gives a sign and in our own interpretation we construe it otherwise.  Most of the time, the interpretation is in lines with our wishes. Our subconscious is so powerful, it just happens that where we want to get an yes, what ever be baba's sign we get to interpret the sign as an yes.
In your case, the only suggested path is Sradha & Saburi. Even as you practise this, please be introspective, look into your self and your actions.  Analyze your actions before you analyze others.
The day after being Guruwar, start chanting baba's name.

We will all pray for you and beg baba to give you Sradha & Saburi.
You will get an answer to your problems soon.
Sairam

[siddharthakala]

I am very very thankful to all of you and appreciate all the feedback/advise/suggestions.

I have been trying to instill the faith and positive thinking in myself fro a very very long time but have given up on everything. And the reason is Baba Himself....I have had more than enough relevant experiences.

e.g. Once I was driving a bike and I thought 'how can anything hurt me Baba is protecting me,' the moment I thought this I fell off the bike and hurt my left leg, I still have the mark on my leg. Similarly once I was walking and thought Baba is protecting me, and the next second a bicycle ran into me from out of nowhere, almost hurting me.

These are just two, but i can narrate atleast 20 such incidents directly related to Baba.

Yesterday I wanted to drink some lassi, and I went out to the usual juice shop where I always go but did not get it...then I went to another, then another, and then into a mall and finally ended up with milk-shake. Everytime I went into a shop I saw Baba's picture or name or something and couldnt find lassi, but then I decided to go to the nearby mall and was 100% confident I will get lassi. As I entered the mall and took the stairs for the second floor I thought there is no way I will see Baba in this mall and will surely get lassi, but as soon as i reached second floor and turned floor I saw Baba's and Ganeshji's idols kept in a store right infront of me. I went ahead and tried to find lassi, but had to take milk-shake.

Today, I wanted to attend Baba's aarti at a nearby temple, so, I left home just in time to reach there around the time of aarti. I walked and reached the temple just when the Aarti had started. I was happy that I will be able to attend the aarti. But, just when I was about to take my shoes off, someone from a company called me regarding some job offers, I thought maybe something good since I am standing at the doors of Babs's temple, but he told me that he had none relevant openings and would refer my resume to others. And at the same time, he talked for around 15 minutes and dropped the phone exactly when the aarti finished. I took off my shoes and went in just to see that they have turned off the lights and the temple is just about to close for the days darshan, and felt bad about it.

The only reason I am writing this here is to make a sense out of it all. If Baba had wanted me to be his bhakt, He would have given me some positive experience, rather than hurting me every time I think of Him.

The few answers that I can think of are because he wants me to give up my arrogance and surrender to Him, or because He wants me to stop thinking about future and stop daydreaming and become thoughtless, or maybe because He has nothing to help me out and is only asking me not to worship Him and expect anything from Him as this would hurt me even more, and many similar reasons, I dont know.

I will try until mid-January to get a job, and then will join my family business, and wait to see what future has in store for me.

Thanks a lot for everyone's support. I really appreciate you taking your time to post responses to so many people in need of help here.     
 

[drashta]

Om Sai Ram.

Dear Siddharth ji,

I appreciate the responses of other Sai Bandhus. And, don't have much to add to what has already been said.

I think you just answered yourself to some extent in these lines also:

"The few answers that I can think of are because he wants me to give up my arrogance and surrender to Him, or because He wants me to stop thinking about future and stop daydreaming and become thoughtless"

This is indeed a litmus test of your faith. The fact that you are confused and have started to doubt Baba shows that you do not have an unwavering faith in the Master. This is precisely why He puts you through disappointments. To test whether you still hold on to Him when He lets you down. He uses those areas in our lives where we are the weakest in order to highlight what needs to be improved in us. It is easier to think that we have faith when things go right. But, the real test of faith comes when we are put through repeated disappointments. If you still trust Baba's decisions and do not complain about being let down, you pass the test. He will continue to disappoint you till you want Him to give you what you desire. Instead, you need to accept what He gives to you. That is the test of your surrender to Him.

In fact, you have understood the message He is trying to give you through these experiences. Once you start to humbly accept what Baba throws out at you, He will stop disappointing you. Accept life as it comes to you, for that is the Will of the Master.

Baba's love and blessings.

Jai Sai Ram.

[adi]

Dear Siddharth,

What I felt after reading all the posts of urs that, you want baba to solve ur problem, and alos u try to have faith on him, but at the same time u become arrogant that , you will get wha u want as baba is there, or this particular bad thing will not happen with u as baba will protect u.

Thinking good things to happen & hopping bad thing will not happen with u is not at all wrong, but here one thing is to be remembered all the time , that what ever good or bad happens, it happes because of the past karmas, and we have to accept it any how, and during this trailing phase if good things donot happen , we blame baba for it, but on the other hand that we donot understand that time that baba is reducing our karmic effect, and we are suffering less than what we deserve, and when the karmic effect will be destroyed , we will see the beautiful time, and the love of baba towards us.

But till then we need to have Sradha & Saburi!!!!!

This is a test that we all have t go through to show baba , that we have enormous faith on him , irrespective of the circumstances, and we know that he is the Guardian , who will sail us trough this worldly sea.

I hope, My post will remove greaf and pain from ur heart, if u find any thing written wrong from my side forgive me for that .

Hope soo u will achieve a big success mentaly as well as in job.

OM SAI RAM