DWARKAMAI's MIRACLES.(She is our Mother)

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Sridhar
I would like to share an experience how I was saved from a major accident. I have been a staunch devotee of Baba for 10 yrs, living in USA for about 3 years now. A couple of years ago I had to move from Atlanta to California due to job relocation. Thinking of saving money and with holidays in hand, me and my wife decided to drive 2200 miles all the way to California. On the third day night we reached Nevada stayed for the night, and started next morning. With a heavy down pour, we were impatient to wait for the rain to stop and thought we would reach San Jose by the evening. Nevada is a hilly area with and I was driving carefully and slowly thinking about various things, new apartment, visa problem we had etc. All of a sudden, I saw a narrow turn ahead about 100 meters, and a speed sign indicating 35 MPH, I applied brakes to slow down the car but car didn't slow down, I realized that we were sliding down the hill at a speed of 110 MPH. Narrow turn ahead had iron railings by the side, beyond which was a deep valley. My wife didn't understand what was happening I didn't say any thing, remained calm pushing the brake as hard as possible. Looking at the railing I thought either it would be a major collision or if the rods were not strong, going to dive into the valley. As the car approached the railings and about to hit, I shouted on top of my voice "BABA". Believe me dear devotees, car hit the rods and came to halt by the side of the road as if the car just touched the rods. To my total astonishment , we did not feel any kind of collision, got down the car and looked at the front side found no dent except an inch long scratch, no words to say, took a deep breath told my wife what had happened, she was speechless. I started the car started to drive, remembering BABA, he was there when I was in India, he was there when I was in Atlanta he is there with me all the time, I felt so happy that I couldn't stop my tears flowing from my eyes, have faith in BABA he will take care of you.  

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

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Yateendra
I was a student in MIT, Manipal and I had an idol of Sai, which I used to pray to and perform puja. This idol was of breakable kind. When I was shifting my place I had a handful of things (pooja items, prasad, etc. Also in my hand was this idol. Unfortunately due to ill luck the idol fell onto the ground. I have seen it getting broken. Also I have felt some pieces of the idol hitting my leg. I was very sad and heartbroken and I just closed my eyes and asked for Sai's forgiveness for my neglect. I then bent to pick the pieces but to my very pleasant surprise I saw that it was my pooja "ghant" and that Sai was in my hand. I am sure that this is one of Sai's aparampar Mahima.

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Submitted by Rajiv  

On Friday the 19th of august, I decided to do a saptah of the Sai Satcharitra, so that I could finish reading it in exactly seven days time on a Thursday and take Baba's darshan and blessings when I have completed.

On the first day of my reading, before I started, I said in my mind to Baba to bless me so that I benefit spiritually by reading this saptah and my mind becomes calm and composed, and to keep my attention ever fixed on him. I also hoped that Baba would bless me in his unique way.

To my suprise, on the second day of the reading, I was in my room, when my sister walked into my room with a sketch of Baba that she was drawing as an assignment for her college. She came into the room to show it to me. It was a close up of Baba's face with his hand up with palm showing to bless. I was suprised, as it was just astonishing for me to see that while I was reading, Baba himself walked into my room and blessed me. I thanked Baba for acknowledging my worship towards him.

Again, I said to Baba, that I am reading it will full faith and hope that when I am finished with the reading on Thursday, he will bless me on completion. I decided that upon completion I would go to the Sai Baba Temple and get blessings of his holy feet, and hoped that he would in some way again acknowledge my completion (i can't help it, im always greedy for his darshans)

However, when thursday came, I fell very ill.. I was down with high fever, and could not move out of my bet. The doctor gave me several medications and I was very drowsy and sleepy throught the day. I still had a few chapters remaining, and somehow managed to complete my saptah by thursday night. I apologized to Baba that I couldn't make it to his temple and said that I would do so as soon as I get well... yet I hoped in some way he would still give me his darshans again to tell me that he is with me even though I couldn't go.

When I kept the Satchritra after I finished reading, I took prasad and udi kept in front of Baba's photo. As I was bedridden I couldn't move much. When I lifted my pillow, there was a gold bordered Orange cloth with Baba's photo on it (under my pillow). I had not kept it there, and I was suprised to see that it was there. I felt overjoyed to know that in this manner Baba reconfirmed that he is with me always. I felt that my reading had finally been blessed by Baba.

Later my wife menitoned that she had put udi on my head and kept the cloth there when I was asleep earlier that evening.

Doctor had suspected malaria and other serious infections due to the symptoms, but thanks to Baba's blessings all blood reports were clear and my health has recovered back to normal.

Om Shri Sai Nathayah Namah

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Gayatri Malladi
Dear Sai Devotees, I had already submitted an article about how with Baba's krupa I am pregnant now. I am in my sixth month now and we came to India for some related functions from California. When we landed here, somehow I could not feel the baby's movements for a couple of days. Since we have come here for only 4 weeks vacation, I did not bring any medical records also with me (I had my checkup just before leaving USA and have one immediately after going back). Anyway, I went to a doctor in Chennai and she said that she could feel the movements faintly and asked me to go for a scan if I am not convinced. But since I had gone for a scan just before coming here, I was in two minds whether to go so early again or not. With Baba's grace, I started feeling powerful movements of the baby after I came back from the doctor and it continues until today. I prayed that I would write my experience on Sai Vichaar if things went normally. This Sunday is my seemantham and I have developed cold, cough and fever all of a sudden. The doctor has asked me to take antibiotics but I do not want to go for it. Once again, my savior is Sri Sai only and I hope that things will become better in the next few days after which we have to leave for USA also. I sometimes feel very selfish for asking Baba various kind of favors but he's the only one capable of helping us out. May Sai shower his grace on all of us.

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Mithun Boda
Some days back I went to my friends room to study, I always carry with me Baba's pocket size photos with me where ever I go, I have these photos from long time back. As these photos are very old, I covered them with a transparent plastic cover, there at my friend's room, I misplaced one of the photos cover, and I searched the whole place but could not find it. Then went to my room and searched but I could not find, I prayed to Baba and asked him whether I will be able to find the cover or not. I picked up a chit, Baba said I will find it, I took vow that I will write my experience in Sai Vichaar, again I went to my friend's room and searched for it and found it this time, it was there only where I searched for it previously. I think this is all Sai miracle, thanks Baba for helping me in every small matter, Baba without your guidance and blessing I will not be able to live this life, I also pray to you, to kindly bless all my Sai brothers and sisters.  

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Tarun Bajaj
Thank you Baba for blessing me with a beautiful baby boy. I was constantly praying to our Lord dear Sai Baba. He showered his blessings on me and blessed me with a beautiful son after nine months. Thank you Baba. We surrender ourselves to you with love and devotion. Kindly shower your kripa dristi on everyone and Hitesh specially.

Ramya
Sai, you answered all our prayers. We do not have enough words to Thank You for the blessings showered upon us. We owe all our happiness to you and will continue to serve you at your holy feet for eternity. Baba, I will post your miracle as promised as soon as I join my husband.

Subhadra
Sadguru Sai, please broaden my mind that I can accept all things. Let me not whine and whimper over things I have no control over. Let me continue to see sin through God's eyes and acknowledge it as evil. And when I sin, let me repent, and confess with my mouth my wrongdoing, and receive the forgiveness from you. Kindly hear to all my prayers.

Vimla
How I express my feelings to you my Lord Sai. I am speechless. You do not Sai what happiness you have given me. Through this Sai Vichaar, I have prayed you that I should meet with my beloved soon. I am really touched with your healing my Sai. Now I only pray that this meeting should result into a strong bond and we should give name to our this relationship which should become more and more strong day by day and under your blessings we should get married soon by this end of the year.

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Manisha Patel
I am very thankful to my Saibaba, he gave me guidance at right moment for selecting a the reight guy for marriage. I am 28 years old and since last 4 years I haven't found the exact match and sometimes guys not selected me .I always pray Saibaba for marriage and this year there are so many proposal but I couldn't take decision for it. One Thursday I read on www.saibaba.org website article that related to "Guru guidance", by one nice prayer. I prayed in same way that I needed guide for life path, I am materialistic and my mind is with full of fear but you can give me guidance for selecting my life partner, to whom You selected guy as my life partner" in Saibaba temple on Thursday. I have two proposal at a moment so my mind was thinking that "How Saibaba can give an answer to me for life partner?" then I came back home by auto and thinking about how can I understand Saibaba's reply or guidance. On the way I found two vehicles and one of them had Saibaba's picture and backside was written "RAVI" so I got the answer of Saibaba in nice way. I have proposal from Ravindra who is exact suitable match for me and he proposed me before 4 months. Me and Ravi got married on 28th May 2005, I sent invitation card of marriage to Shirdi and I was waiting of Saibaba's presence at marriage function but at the end of function Saibaba present in nice way. My mother-in-law gave me jewelry and sarees, inside this bag with Saibaba picture on bag. After marriage function I reached Ravi's home, one little boy came gave "Shirdi Laddu prasad" and Saibaba pictures to my mother-in-law, I took I prasad and prayed "Stay with me and Ravi every moment" means from first day at my in-laws house Saibaba was with me. Thank you very much Saibaba for getting Ravi as a husband. He is really co-operative, loving, has good understanding and also computer technical knowledge so it is helpful to my computer engineering career and both of us are interested to go abroad.

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Sai Kiran
Sai, please accept my humble pranams to you and I am profoundly grateful sincerely for showering mercy on me. I have been out of job for good four months now and been searching for a position quite fervently, but all the while keeping Shraddha and Saburi in mind, hoping SAI maharaj will guide me through my misery, I attended an interview on March 8th Tuesday for a very short term assignment and the next day my agency notified me that I was thru the interview and client wanted me start the job from the following Monday. I prayed to Sairam to make a project a long-term project and started the Satcharitha Saptaha Parayana from the next day, Thursday. After finishing the first day's parayana, to everybody's surprise, my agency called and said, the client had a last minute interview with someone else and chose that person and sorry for letting me know about it. I was shell shocked like touching a 40000 volts live wire, but contained all my anger, tears within me, so as not to show my feelings to my family and kept patting myself the words Shraddha and Saburi and continued with the parayana for the next 6 days and Udyapana the following Thursday. Then a Miracle happened, I got a call out of the blue, to attend for an interview on Tuesday and on Thursday and on March 24th, I got confirmation for the job with a very long term contract. My joy now, has no bounds; I am deeply indebted to Sairam for his various forms of leelas. Thanks Sai, I urge you to please shower me with your cool smile and show me the path to destiny.

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Veena
Om Sai Ram. I just want to thank sai baba for whatever we have today. I thank sai baba every day of my life for what he has given us .I pray he has mercy on us and continue to shower his grace and blessings on my family, my mom, dad, my sister and her family. Continue to give us food, shelter and clothing to my family. Saibaba, when I asked you to give me a job in US, you answered my prayer. Then I wanted a job in the IT industry, you fulfilled that wish of mine too. I learnt that everything happens for the good and happens at the right time .I learnt the two principles of life which Baba always preaches- Shraddha and Saburi. One should have Shraddha and Saburi then I do not think they would have any hurdles in their lives and even if they do, Baba is there to wipe the hurdle off. Baba, I have a humble request. Please listen to a prayer of mine: Help my sister, listen to her prayers, and please listen to her prayers, please.

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Ravi Anil Kumar
Sai Baba, thank you for all the help you showered on me and my family. want to share a recent experience with Saibaba's grace. I prayed to Sai Baba to give me death, so that I can be relieved from this artificial world. But Baba makes me realize how important life is. Me and my two friends in the night went on a motorbike. When my try to overtake the lorry in front, to our shocking there was a divider and both my friends were severely injured. When I opened my eyes, I was in front of Baba's eyes straight from the Sai Baba's temple. Thank you very much baba. Now I am bit confused about why I am in this world? Please show me the right path. My long lasting wish is to go to USA. My koti koti pranams to Baba. I pray to Baba to shower his blessings upon each one of you including my family.

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

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My Sivanesan Swami ji - Part II

Contributed by Sai Premananda (Robert Meola), Berkeley, California USA, ©2002

It became clear that it was not time for me to leave Shirdi. Except for some brief one or two day trips to Newasa and Paithan, I lived in Shirdi until after Ramnavmi in April, 1985. I saw Sivanesan Swamiji sweeping and mopping the Chawdi. I saw him applying kumkum and turmeric and sandal paste to Baba's pictures. I saw him throwing coconuts into the dhuni when people requested pujas from him.

Sivanesan taught me to do Pradakshina/circumnambulation at Gurusthan and at Nandadeep at Lendi Bagh. He had me keep a neem leaf from Gurusthan. He gave me holy relics for puja. He gave me pictures of Baba. Sivanesan Swamiji provided me with every book written in English about Sai Baba that he could obtain for me to read. He was always available to answer my questions and explain things to me. Whenever I had doubts about my communication from Baba, Sivanesan was there to encourage and support my faith that I really was experiencing what I was experiencing with Baba.

Sivanesan encouraged me to meditate and I believe he was disappointed that I didn't meditate more than I did. I had only my plane ticket to London and enough money to fly back to New York when I reached Shirdi in January. Sivanesan had me give him my passport, my plane ticket and my money so that no one would take it from me while I slept below the steps outside Dwarkamai or on the platform at Dwarkamai. I handed my passport, plane ticket and money to Sivanesan Swamiji. He handed it all to Mohan Baba. More than two months later, when it was time for me to leave Shirdi, Sivanesan had Mohan Baba go to where it was all kept and return it to me. Sivanesan Swamiji arranged for me to sleep near the dhuni every night. He also arranged for my breakfast, lunch and dinner every day.

I saw Baba's devotees handing money to Sivanesan frequently. But, like Baba, he did not keep it. He had people feed me. He bought me books. He gave me pictures. He even had white clothes made for me. And, he used the money to help many people.

Baba Muktananda had given me the name, Premnath, in 1980. Sivanesan Swamiji told me that I was now Sai Premananda. When I would sit on the ledge on the wall next to Baba's dhuni to talk with Baba, sometimes women from fisher villages would come up, pranam and grab on to my big toes. I would be unable to move away or get up or prevent it from happening. Then a line of others would form to do the same thing. Some asked me to bless their children. I was embarrassed. Speaking only English, I also didn't know how to communicate with them or what to do or say. I explained the situation to Sivanesan Swamiji. Sivanesan Swamiji told me to go ahead and do as they requested me to do. He told me to allow them to grab my feet and that I should bless their children while always passing the pranams up to Baba and the requests for blessings up to Baba and allowing Baba to pass the blessings on through me.

In most places I traveled, people did not attempt to touch my feet. Yet, I had similar experiences when I visited Newasa, Paithan and Dehu. I sat briefly meditating in the room in which Jnanadev Maharaj had written Jnaneshwari. Mrs. Shanta Singh was with me. The temple pujari came in and knelt before me and touched my feet. Mrs. Singh was quite surprised. She explained to me who he was and that people who visit the temple there touch his feet and that he normally doesn't touch anyone else's feet

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Ratna
In Jan '98, me and my husband had moved from San Jose, CA to Boston, MA. I started my masters and he was working there and our baby was due on Sept 7th '98. In May'98 he had to move back to San Jose as his group got dismantled. I wanted to finish my studies as soon as I can by Fall 1998 and move back too. I took 3 courses in Summer and enrolled for 4 courses and project for fall. I just had 2 weeks break for summer from Aug 24th - Sept 6th. I had total faith in Baba that he'll walk me through all this. On Aug 24th I went to labor and when we went to the hospital, the nurse did ultrasound and said they have to do cesarean as the baby was in horizontal position and she went to call the doctor. I could not afford a cesarean as I would have to postpone one more semester. Me and my mom prayed Baba with total devotion and I thought that I would name my son after Baba if everything goes ok. Then the doctor came and said the baby was head down and that I would deliver in couple of hours. It was such a big relief. By Baba's grace I had a wonderful baby boy within 1 1/2 hr and I could go back to school for fall and graduate by Dec '98. I certainly could not do all of this without His grace. I think the most important think is having faith in HIM.

But there is one mistake we did. After my son was born, I talked to my husband over phone and told him my thought of naming him after Baba. But my husband didn't think it was such a good idea. So, we named him Pranav. When Pranav was 2 yrs old, he started having breathing problems which turned out to be asthma. We had seen many doctors even Homeopathic but in vein. One day I realized that it could have been because of not naming him after Baba. So, I told this to my husband and we changed his name to Pranav Sai. He had been feeling better since then and I have total faith in Baba that He certainly would take care of us as He did in the past. Om Sai Ram

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Achuta Ramaiah, Hyderabad, India
I really want to share a physical experience of Baba in real life. I had gone to Shirdi last year after my US trip visiting my daughter Asha. We three I, my wife Ramani and my sister in law Kalpakam went to Shirdi from Hyderabad in an overnight bus. My wife was not that well, more so with the tiresome trip. We went to the mandir and found a big serpentine queue waiting. My wife was not well so I decided to use my Ex serviceman's privilege, but soon I realized I did not have my Identity card. Still taking cue from Baba I approached the authorities but they insisted some document to prove my identity. Luckily, I showed my British Library card wherein my rank was and mentioned. The gentleman seeing my wife's condition agreed to help me out. He authorized my entry! We quickly saw Baba without any further effort. As we neared the Samadhi our eyes were full of tears and we stood for a long time. The Pujari on duty gave me a wonderful rose from his garland and blessed us.

We later proceeded to Dwarkamai and due to the rush; we could not see all the relevant Baba's items there. We had a good lunch and strolled near the bazaar when I suddenly discovered the loss of my spectacles and my black leather pouch. I was greatly perturbed. Seeing our plight an old man in a white dhoti shouted at me to go and look for the same in Dwarkamai. My wife and sister in law forced me further. I went to Dwarkamai reluctantly and as the public was pushing me, I nearly fell near the chakkis (Grinding Stone), which Baba used for grinding flour. As I got up and dusted myself, I saw that a leather case was kept intact in a small enclosure above the grinding chakkis. I quickly retrieved them and saw that it was my leather case with spectacles put neatly inside. The spectacles were very costly and had been presented to me so lovingly by my son in law. I am sure my daughter would not have spoken to me gain if she were told about the loss. It was indeed a lucky find! I breathed a sigh of relief and wanted to thank the old man. The old man was not there at all and I did not see him again!! Then to my surprise, I bought Baba's photograph and suddenly realized the close resemblance. I felt a sudden thrill because I had been asking Baba to reveal himself several times and he did so! So truly Baba blessed me that day and even now I can feel the thrill. Jai Baba  
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Sudamsu Koirala
I had similar thoughts as the devotee who wrote last week run thru my mind when I started reading Satcharitha. I could not relate to my parents experiences; then I finished sai Satcharitha and received udi from Sansthan in my mailbox as soon as I finished reading my first parayan; I knew I was blessed. Whenever I read it, I get a sense of satisfaction .I know faith and patience are pillars to achieve sai and I will try to stick to his message. You do that and you will realize it. May Baba bless us both.

Suguna, Singapore
I have a lot of faith in Sai Baba and I went thru a lot of article about him and I have feels the power, I duly respect and believe in all deities, the power and the happiness is within us. Humans life is fluctuating in order to maintain our life condition to be stable we have to believe in spiritual and to follow everyday without fail. Many people always ask from the "God I want this I want that", pray for the person whom are suffering, it could be your friend, siblings, unknown person etc.this way you benefits even faster. Set a goal and don't give up. Be consistent with your prays your prayer will be answered.  

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Kalpana Devi
Om Sri Sai. I have completed my B.E. Today I am writing this article because of Sai blessings. During my B.E, I faced lot of problems financially, physically and mentally. I faced a lot of tension because of my backlog subjects; I used to pray for Baba for months and months that I have to clear my subjects and good health. Finally, I made an attempt of writing the subjects at a time, I have been writing from 4th semester onwards but I couldn't clear the papers. In 5 th semester too same thing happened. At last I came to 6 th semester and prayed to God and I believe that he is always there with me and he will help me, as usually I wrote the exam and when the results were going to come I was tensed as what would happen, but I cleared all the 18 papers at once. Our managing director, friends and family praised me for clearing all the subjects in one go, and this all could happen by none other than Saibaba who gave a new meaning to my life. Now I am looking for a stability in my life this will also surely happen by baba blessings only. " EVERYTHING WILL HAPPEN FOR OUR GOOD SAKE IF WE HAVE FAITH & PATIENCE IN HIM" AND THIS IS TRUE.  

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

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