Today we shall be reading experience of Sai brother Deepak ji.

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Sai brother Deepak ji says: Sai Ram Hetalji,

I have been reading many experiences of Sai devotees in your blog, and was always happy to read them and see the wonderful power of our Baba. Also I have had many miraculous experiences with Sai’s grace but I never shared them as I thought it was personal between me and Baba. However recently I had such another wonderful experience and thought I should share it with others as I had promised Baba that I shall do so and also to show how much Baba loves and cares for all his devotees. I am sorry if this mail is long but as I want to give as many details so that other devotees can feel my experience with Baba clearly.

It was in June 2010 when I decided to take my family for a month holiday to India and Dubai after 4 years. I usually keep on going to both these countries for business and family reasons and of course go to Shirdi as well. However due to obligations it was always difficult for all my family to travel together but this time when I decided I wanted them to give the best and make my children and wife enjoy the trip.

We reached Dubai and all was well, but then after one week or so I started having abdomen pain. I was wondering what happened though I had undergone laparoscopy of the removal of my gall bladder in India due to stones formation, but that was more than 7 years ago and all of a sudden this pain started coming back in the abdomen. I went to the Doctor in Dubai and they told me it was just acidity and gas problem but they also said after a regular checkup that I might be having hernia in the intestine, and since I was going to Mumbai I should go for scanning and they will know by the reports.

I was a bit upset as I thought that after such a long time me and my family went for a vacation and now I will have to land up in the hospital spoiling the whole trip and in addition so many more expenses would occur as the trip was already costing us quite a bit, but then again I left to Baba’s will as he knows better.

We landed Mumbai after few days, though the pain did subside a bit but it was there off and on, and decided to go for scanning. After scanning the doctors told me that report will be ready after three days since it was a weekend. I was surprised since usually it takes 2 hours to get the report. Anyhow since I was feeling better, I told my family that we shall go to Shirdi next to take Baba’s darshan as planned. After two days we proceeded to Shirdi and the same night my sister from Mumbai called me and told me that she had got the report and it was hernia and I would have to be operated for it and the total cost will be 2 lakhs and 3-4 days in the hospital. I was very upset as felt responsible for spoiling my family’s trip and with so much to pay again. I told her I will let her know the decision.

Next day when we went to SAMADHI MANDHIR for noon Aarti I prayed to Baba that I should be well and why should all this happen to me without expectation and to HELP me out. Somehow I got an idea that I should go for another report and since I had heard about SHIRDI SAI BABA HOSPITAL, and the only one I knew in Shirdi, me and my family just walked in the hospital and contacted one of the nurse and told her that we wanted to do abdominal scan. They asked me several questions why and where is the doctor report, but since I had nothing with me in Shirdi, I told them the doctor in Mumbai asked me to do it since I was having abdominal pain now and then.

They agreed and after a wait of about 1 hour the Doctor came and did the ultrasound for me. Of course needless to say in the check up room there was an image of Sai Baba and I told Baba now the decision is in your hands. After the check up the doctor told me that everything was all right and there was nothing wrong in the scan. I WAS SHOCKED, BUT AT THE SAME TIME MY FAITH IN BABA REMINDED ME OF HIS WORDS IE “WHY FEAR WHEN I AM HERE”. I told the doctor if I could have a written report since I was going back to Mumbai the next day and he told me yes sure just wait for few minutes and I will do it right away and in about 10 minutes he gave me the report where it mentioned everything was OK, no hernia no other problem.........

I immediately thanked Baba first and called my sister and they were all shocked since the report taken in Mumbai was from one of the best hospitals there. They said cannot be, while I insisted that with BABA everything is possible. I and my family were so happy and we continued our trip to Shirdi tension free and all enjoyable.

After Shirdi we came to Pune where my parents stay and they were all at disbelief when they heard my story. Then just to satisfy them, not myself as I am sure of my faith and devotion to Baba, I told them that I shall take another scan in Pune in a very reputed hospital there and that will be final. However I did not want to do that as for me BABA had already given me his decision and showed me his mercy but for others I agreed to do. Anyhow I do not think I have to mention about the 3rd report as I am sure all SAI devotees must have guessed it. It showed that there was nothing wrong and no need to carry out any surgery or treatment. Finally they all now agreed with me that BABA’s powers are great and just needs love, faith and devotion from us and of course SHARDA AND SABURI.

We competed our trip enjoying all the way and though so many other experiences happened as Baba is always with us but since I have already taken such a long time of the readers I close my letter and pray to all devotees no matter what happens in life always have Faith in SAI BABA and let him carry all your burdens, he will never let you down and do what is right for you as he knows the past, present and future.

JAI SAI RAM


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Sai sister Malini ji has again shared an experience which clearly shows Lord Sai's grace on her and her family.

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Sai sister Malini ji says: Dear Hetal ji, I really wanted to share this experience since this is a very beautiful and loving experience for us. Baba once again showed to us that he is with us every moment and concern about his children.

Ji on the 4th september was my son's birthday when he is 2 years old. Last year we celebrated his birthday in one of the sai temple which we called nagasai temple. We cut cake and served food. This year, we planned to celebrate grandly together with our new house warming function but due to some circumstances, my house is still under construction and we postponed the celebration. Yet we (me, my husband, elder daughter and my son - birthday boy) still planned to go to baba's mandhir to take his darshan and do archana.

Once we reached the temple, bhajan was going on. We joined the bhajan and sang merrily. My little son, even though 2 years was happy and clapping his hand through the bhajans. The bhajan lasted for 20 minutes. Then the priest was explaining one of the chapter in the Shri Sai Satcharitra. During this time, I saw a beautiful decorated cake was placed in front of BABA. And the cake has the girl name written on it. I was thinking, "Oh there is someone else birthday too."

After that one of the devotee was giving a short speech informing us that it was priest daughter's birthday and the cake is for her. She is also a little girl who is celebrating her 3rd year birthday. And the devotee continued his speech urging other devotee to celebrate their birthday there too. At this time, i felt guilty since I did not buy any cake for my son to cut and celebrate there. While I was thinking this, another cake was kept in front BABA and nothing written on it. A simple and nicely decorated cake only. Still in my heart, I was telling myself, oh another birthday too.

Suddenly, my husband's friend who was there at the time, asked us something, but my husband said "We are waiting to do archana for my son since his birthday too. Suddenly his friend said in high tone "this boy's birthday too". Then all said, he need to cut the 2nd cake which already placed in front of BABA. I was shocked and speechless and panic. I really do not know what to talk and how to react but everyone was very happy and started to sing the birthday song and he cut cake together with the little girl. Even my son was in the state of shock hearing the loud song. My tears were rolling down. I saw my husband, he was also tearing. Everyone in the temple, young and old devotees was wishing and blessing my son. The first piece of cake was given to our BABA. I felt that BABA want to celebrate his birthday this year too with his presence and I believe every year my son will celebrate with BABA.

Till now, I do not know, how and for what the 2nd cake was placed in front of BABA by the temple committee but for sure I know BABA sent the cake for my son...my sai boy.

Love you BABA, we are so blessed to have a celebration with you. Whenever we are down, you always lift us up and show to us that you are with us.

Jai sai ram

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References to this Post:

• Sai Baba Called Me To His Mandir

• Sai Baba Helped Me At The Right Time

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In today's post i am sharing few thoughts and small experiences of devotees of Lord Sai Baba.

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My Sadguru Blessed Me

Sai sister Sri ji from India says: Since many years I use to pray or pranaam Sai Baba just by fear of God.

I was experiencing difficult situation without job during second half of 2009. Visited many temples and prayed many Gods to give me a job. That time a friend of mine met me and advised me to pray Lord Sai Baba.

Then I read Sai Leelaamrutham (written By Dr. E. Bharadwaja) and then Sri Guru Charitra. A day before I finish reading Guru Charitra, I attended an interview and miraculously I succeeded in their written test and interview. I know there is no hard work from my side to succeeding in that interview and I believe it's 100% a miracle or bless showering of Baba.

The very next day when I finish reading Guru Charitra, I got a dream... A yogi who is flying on top of a building where I'm standing came in-front of me and shown his ABHAYA HASTAM (protecting hand) to me and said "Om Sairam". I wake-up from the sleep and prayed Lord Sai baba that since he blessed me and shown who is my Sadguru (it is baba only).

Baba is the Master of this universe and we are all part of him. It is our duty to know his kindness and greatness and keep praying.

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Sai Baba's Appearance As Photo

Sai brother Vijay ji from India says: This is one of the several experiences of Shirdi Sai's blessings to me. I read "Shri Sai Satcharitra" several times. When I get some doubts about general things on that particular day itself i will get answers to those doubts in "satcharitra".

Once when I was reading "baba's appearance as photo" in parayana I thought "appearing as photo is great thing"?

After the completion of my parayana in that particular week: I got "udi and saibaba's photo" from my friend which she got from her colleague. I really wondered; baba shows his miracles to those who really believes him.

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Blessings of Sai Baba settled my Career

Sai sister Sowmya ji says: Sairam Hetalji, I like your Blog very much. Its very nice. Recently I had experienced beautiful Baba’s grace. I am sharing that experience below. Please post it on you Blog. Thanks for this wonderful blog and Sai bless you always.

Sairam, Happy Thursday it was the biggest miracle in my life which shaped my career. I was BE 2006 june pass out with Baba’s grace I got job immediately in 2 months but due to recession I got call in march 2007. Since I joined late I was feeling bit frustrated as my friends had already joined to some other company with better package. I was topper in college. This company was horrible. My lead used to get her work done by me but never used to project this to manager. Even Manager was asking me to come on holidays or weekends to come and work but never used to appreciate. Then suddenly in june 2008 I was fired as my project got over. I don’t know I dint feel frustrated at that time then By Baba’s grace I got immediately job in very top company as contract user. Salary was ok but job atmosphere very good. But Being a contract user it was bothering me as contract user were paid very less. But due to recession conversion to direct user was impossible. by 2009 October I was struggling from my personal problems so could not concentrate on work. So to deviate my mind I used to read baba miracles all the time. Believe me for past 3 quarters where I was reading Baba’s miracle, serving Baba I got good rating from my manager here...that is outstanding performance(Which I never expected)...and last week my company offered me permanent position.. salary there offered was never expected by me.. it was very huge package with promotion.. Only because of Baba i got this job.. all credits goes to my sai..

Actually when I had interview for permanent position before going to interview I saw your blog and I came across beautiful leela where baba helped in getting job. This indicated me that BABA is telling me that surely I will clear the interview. Baba’s Leela and timings is Unique.

I have no words to thanks sai. Even my friends who saw me reading Sai Leela all the time said that its because of sai you got this job. Even they want to do that and I am very Happy to hear this. By Baba’s grace I was able to go to Shirdi last month and I had wonderful darshan, he was always there. Now my career is settled. Thank you Baba.

Let me tel you all one more thing in the month of June I had been to Gangapur-Pandarpur and Akalkote, i got very nice opportunity to serve guru. It was awesome trip. While returning back I had dream about my job that my salary is increased. It was not dream I consider it as Guru’s blessings and indication that my career will be settled soon and it happened.

Jai Gurdev Sainath Maharaj


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In today's post i am sharing words of Dr.Mahesh from India as to how he became a devotee of Lord Baba. He is also maintaining a blog on yoga and spirituality - http://yoganspirituality.wordpress.com.

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Dr.Mahesh ji says: After my retirement from the post of Chief District Medical Officer Bargarh Orissa in February 2008, I along with my wife settled to stay with my son working in Gurgaon, Haryana (N.C.R.Delhi). After 6 months being devoid of rendering public service at the new place of settlement, I went back to my old place of work at Bargarh Orissa to serve the public in private capacity. At Bargarh I served as an honorary physician in Saikripa Hospital from 19.08.2008 to 11.09.2008. However due to my ill health in old age I came back to Gurgaon to stay with family. The honorary service at Saikripa Hospital initiated the spiritual inspiration of Sai Baba in me knowingly or unknowingly by the time I came back to Gurgaon. On returning to Gurgaon, I got attracted to see the Sai Baba T.V.serial in Hindi telecast daily in evening.

One night I dreamt Sai Baba was calling me to meet him in Sai Dham somewhere nearby located. On 14th October 2008 I searched & located the nearby Sai Dham at Sohna Road Gurgaon within 1k.m. distance from our residence. I had a mental & spiritual desire to accept some one as my Guru to guide me in the twilight phase of life. When I attended the evening Arati at Sai Dham in the assembly of devotees enjoying the Sai nam & bhajan, I took the Sankalpa that I will accept the discipleship of Sadguru Sai Baba. After the arati was over, I deposited my Guru Dakhina as donation to the corpus fund of the trust managing Sai Dham, bought one photo of Sai Baba for Guru puja at home, audio cassettes of Sai Baba bhajan for listening & books depicting Sai Baba`s leela for reading. Then I started to attend arati & bhajan gatherings at Sai Dham regularly. I learnt “Shraddha & Saburi” to be the core value of Sai Baba`s philosophy of life.

In Nov 2008, in response to a casual mail sent by me relating my involvement in spiritual life attending Sai Dham at Gurgaon, Tapas Kumar Mohanty, a Sai Baba devotee (such fact previously not known to me) working under me while I was C.D.M.O. Bargarh as Data Asst.(N.R.H.M.) now working as State Data Officer, N.R.H.M.Orissa at Bhubaneswar sent the photograph of Shirdi Sai Baba used as screen saver of desktop of my P.C., bhajan album of Sai Baba saved & used as devotional songs in the P.C. He also sent rare photos of Sai Baba`s life time.

After relocating to Bangalore in April 2009 with my son due to his change of job, I located the nearby Shri Shirdi Sai Baba Anand Ashram, BTM Layout Bangalore situated within 1k.m. distance from our residence. Here I developed the charity of monthly donation towards Annadan (one of the priorities of Sai Baba`s humanity) through Sri Sadguru Sainath Seva Samithi (R) managing the Ashram and giving Dakhina to Sai Baba through corpus fund whenever I go to attend arati & darshan of Sai Baba in the Ashram. To gain more knowledge about Sai Baba`s activities & philosophy of life, I have procured & read the books “Shri Sai Satcharita”,”Thus Spake Sri Shirdi Sai Baba”,”Shri Sai Baba`s Teaching & Philosophy” & ”The Spiritual philosophy of Sri Shirdi Sai Baba” in 2009-10.

I am now living the spiritual life with the prayer:

“Ananta Koti Brahmanda Nayaka Rajadhiraja Yogiraja Parabrahma Shri Satchidananda Samartha Sadguru Sainath Maharaj Ki Jaya.”


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With this post, today i am sharing experience of Sai brother Umasreedasan ji from India who writes a good blog named http://www.awarenesschanting.blogspot.com - A powerful spiritual tool to reduce the intensity and duration of your material problems ensuring simultaneous spiritual progress. Religion/Cult/Sect no bar.

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Sai brother Umasreedasan ji says: Born in the late sixties in a small town near Madurai in South India in an ordinary family with a tradition of producing aspirants in knowledge cult, I didn’t evince any interest in any spiritual practice till nineties. Throughout the nineties my only spiritual practice worth the name was reading Srimad Bhagavad Gita.

In 1999, I happened to read a book on Shirdi Sri Sai Baba. Fascinated by the events in the life of Baba, which were, I thought, practical demonstrations of what I learned in Gita, I was instantly attracted to Baba as an iron dust to a gigantic magnet.
Disillusioned by the simple devotional practices, I started practicing Awareness Chanting in 2004. My prayer to Baba was unambiguous: You cannot satisfy me by giving me some colorful promises to be realized in my afterlife. I want the results of my practice right in this birth and right before my eyes.

Impatient with trickling of spiritual gifts from Baba over a long period of time, I begged Him, argued with Him and even scolded Him. However, when I tried to ignore Him, I found my life empty without purpose and so, I’ll return to Him within a day or two. I wanted more and more spiritual gifts from Him in less and less period of time.

It was the spring of 2004. I had gone on a personal visit to Madras. After finishing my personal work I went to the Mylapore temple of Shirdi Sri Sai Baba. I had visited that temple a couple of times earlier.

After worshiping the main deity, I was just strolling around the temple. Then I was casually reading the inscription in a pillar that listed the popular eleven promises of Baba. I knew it already but I was just passing time casually reading it.

Suddenly I heard a voice behind me: “You want this?” I turned around to face a six and a half feet tall, well-built man standing near me. I was too startled by the encounter of this rather strange visitor to answer him. But without expecting a reply he thrust a 3”x2” card into my right palm. Lowering my eyes I saw the card in my hand which had those eleven promises printed on its face. I felt I didn’t need it. But when I raised my eyes, he had already disappeared in the crowd of devotees.

I wondered why Baba gave it to me through somebody or perhaps He Himself came to do the job. After all I believed in Him and I didn’t require any promise of that sort. In fact throughout the previous year I was doing an extensive research in the doctrine of Saranagati (Surrender). I was spending much of my spare time in exploring the works of Sri Ramanuja and His disciples who lived in Srirangam for about five centuries. I was yet to get a satisfactory explanation and so my quest continued through 2004.

Therefore, the gift I expected from Baba at that time was to expound the theory and practice of the doctrine of Saranagati. And then I flipped the card that was thrust into my palm a few minutes before. I was thrilled to see the picture of the pair of holy Feet of Baba.

When I came back to Tiruchi from Chennai I felt I was accepted by Baba. And perhaps the reason was my quest to learn the doctrine of Saranagati. But later I understood that it is more important for one to accept Baba as one’s Guru rather than Baba’s accepting one as His disciple. In any case, my spiritual progress went at a break-neck speed since then.

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It was the peak summer of 2005. From the winter of 2004 I had been pursuing vigorously a spiritual program; the program had its objective of single point agenda viz., to get Baba show me God in His discrete form.

I had been chanting as frequently as possible. I had been reading scriptures of the cults of Sri Ramanuja and Sri Chaitanya. I was getting impatient as summer of 2005 progressed since I got no signal whatsoever from Baba as far as getting darsan of God was concerned.

During this time I had built a model of God thus: ‘There is only one God. He resides in the spiritual sky. I prefer to call Him as Sreeman Narayana. But in Judaism He is called Jehovah. Christians call Him the Father and Muslims prefer the name Allah. It hardly matters. Truth is simple – there exists only one God Who resides in the spiritual sky which I prefer to call as Sri Vaikuntam. That only God has taken as many copies of Himself as there are sentient beings in this universe, and each copy resides within each being. That copy sustains and powers the corresponding soul. So, whatever I think is instantaneously known to Him and whatever I do is actually powered by Him.’ Something like this.

I considered Baba then as a saint. According to my definition, a saint can do many superhuman and herculean tasks without any effort. Yet, a saint cannot do whatever God can do. So, in my model, Baba stood somewhere between God and myself. I believed that any being could become a saint, perhaps not in the current birth but in a distant future birth; point is that it is possible. But nobody, I believed, could merge with God completely to share the knowledge and power of God.

Okay, now I was pleading with Baba to show me God in the form of Sreeman Narayana as described in Purana. But Baba was unrelenting for a very long time. In this situation one day I just opened the book ‘Shri Sai Satcharitra’ aimlessly. It opened on the page where Hemadpant discussed advaita instruction which a preceptor would impart to his disciple: ‘You are rich and opulent...’ Suddenly it struck to me that Baba could completely merge with Sreeman Narayana and assume the knowledge and power of Sreeman Narayana at His will at any time Baba chose. This was too much for my mind to accept. You won’t believe – Baba took one full year to convince my mind to reconcile to that fact so that He could bless me.

This discussion is finished with the above paragraph but for the sake of completion and your curiosity let me continue: Did Baba show me God in His discrete form? Not until today. I was disappointed then but later I understood why Baba declined my request. I have seen a couple of my friends, who have seen God in one of His discrete forms, struggling to get spiritual progress. Once you nail God to a particular discrete form and get some experience to that effect, it will be very difficult for your soul to merge into God residing inside you – after all your soul, which is a reflection of God, has no form. Or you should be a Ramakrishna to proceed to worship non-discrete form of God overcoming the experiences of darsan of discrete forms of God. Baba did the right thing – He showed me the non-discrete form of God instead, but much later.

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It was the autumn of 2008. I was compelled to chant heavily warranted by the serious illness of a close relative. In a couple of months the main problem was blown over by the grace of Baba; still, I could not stop the habit of heavy chanting and it was going on for some time. Meanwhile one of my friends suddenly started supplying me with books, mainly on advaita vedantic philosophy by Sri Sankara, Sri Ramana and Sri J.Krishnamurti among others. In a couple of weeks a strong longing arose in my heart to see my soul in practice.

In the winter of 2008 one day I was concentrating on God with my eyes closed, and with my thoughts running hither and thither. I suddenly discovered a strange phenomenon inside me. My brain was casually recording, without any particular interest, what my ears were hearing from the environment; it was also enjoying the intermittent thought currents of mind; but – here is the key – it also recognized a third realm where no perceptible activity was going on.

Normally any person can exist either in the sense plane or in the mind plane. But I could exist in the third plane – the plane of God within, the source of one’s soul - anytime at my sweet will. That plane was full of extraordinary peace where no terrorists like anger, hatred or jealousy could ever hope to enter to plant bombs. It was completely like the peaceful feeling you’d have enjoyed during your dreamless deep sleep.

Now I understand how to surrender to the holy Feet of Shirdi Sri Sai Baba fairly well.


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Here in today's post, experience of Sai sister Ujjwala ji from India is shared.

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Hai friends i want to share my beautiful experience in Saibaba temple, mylapore, Chennai.

On a wednesday in May, 2010 I went to Saibaba temple to buy 'saibaba 9 thursday vrath' books, as that thursday i should complete my vrath and distribute the books. In that temple we can go directly near the Baba's Moorthy(idol) and touch his feet, offer him garland ect. I and my Mom were standing in the line waiting for Baba's close darshan. Then one devotee offered garland and touched Baba's feet with her forehead and praying, suddenly a big tulasi garland from the babas murthu(idol) fell on her head. It looked like baba accepted her devotion and gifted her with that garland as a sign of His blessing. Suddenly she felt afraid that some thing fell on her head and later when she saw the garland the devotee felt very happy and took that garland as a sign of Baba's blessings on her.

Here comes to my experience, i prayed and asked Baba to please give me also something like that as a sign of his blessings on me. My turn came and i went near the murthy (idol), offered him flowers, touched his feet with my forehead and waited for 2 seconds that baba will bless me also like that. But for my disappointment I did not get any sign of his blessings in any form. As the crowd is very big i cannot stay there more than 2 or 3 seconds, so got up with disappointment and with a sad face I went near baba's padukas which will be on some height behind the babas moorthy (idol). I prayed to the padukas and stood beside the padukas waiting for my mom to come. Due to big crowd the security will be sending out the devotees fast as so many devotees are waiting for darshan. They wont allow anyone to stand for sometime near the padukas because next to that padukas only the exit door is there, i was standing there and waiting for my mom with a fear that the security may scold me! and with a sad face that baba did not blessed me.

In my mind i was telling "baba you did not bless me, yuu didn't give me any thing, i am almost near the exit door within some seconds i will be going out, if you want to give any thing you should give now only, even it is a small flower i will feel very happy and take it as a sign of your blessings".

Then my mom came near padukas and suddenly the priest threw a big rose garland which he just removed from baba's moorthy (idol). That garland fell on the padukas while my mother is praying, first my mother was afraid that something had fell down suddenly. The security who always shouts came near me and told me "take that garland, its for you only Baba gave, take it", he told that in tamil 5 or 6 times but i did not understand because i dont know tamil. I felt afraid that he might scold me and thought of going out from there, but he in a peaceful manner explained me to take that garland, finally i understood what he is telling. I was really surprised and felt very very happy that Baba blessed me also and that garland is the sign of his blessing. Thanked baba for listening to my prayers and giving his blessings.

Generally the priest will throw the flowers and garlands another side and the security will be very busy sending out the devotees they will not talk that peacefully because of big crowd. But why did the deity threw the garland another side and what is the need to that security person to come near me and explain me even i didnt understand what he is telling. Its Baba who did all this.

I took that rose garland and kept that in pooja room in my house. Next day I completed my vrath with utmost happiness and satisfaction.

Baba cares even small feelings and even very small emotions of devotees and make his children satisfied.

May BABA bless everyone with happiness...

SAIRAM


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This is second mail from Sai sister Malini ji from Malaysia describing one more experience with Shirdi Sai Baba.

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Sai sister Malini ji says: Dear Hetalji, First of all, would like to thank you so much for your high valuable seva towards baba's devotee. With your wonderful seva, more baba's devotees are being born everyday and the love, passion and faith on him growing more stronger and deeper. In my earlier post, I have mentioned that I will share another experience of BABA but I was very busy with my house renovation that stopped me. But BABA want me to share this to all BABA's children. Rather than saying experience, it is baba's prasad and gift to me.

It is always my dream to go to SHIRDI since i became a BABA's child that is in 2006. But circumstances did not allow me. There were many financial, work and family constraints. Early this year my feelings to visit shirdi started to grow more and deeper again but I told myself that BABA knows when to call me. Again I told myself that when the time come, definitely he will arrange everything for me. There is a budget airliner in my country who frequently offer free seats and low cost seats. Early this year they started to travel to MUMBAI and this made me very happy. I was waiting for the free seat or low cost seats so that i can book the ticket for me and my family.

Since last month I have started the renovation work for my new house and I spent almost all my saving money. And the work is still going on till now. Two weeks ago the low budget airliner for the very first time offer free seats to MUMBAI and that offer is for traveling from April to August next year. I was really really very happy and joy. After checking the price for airport tax and insurance I was a bit disappointed since the amount to purchased the ticket was not affordable for me. I immediately open the live Shirdi baba mandhir website and told BABA as following : "BABA now there is a good offer for me and my family to come to your samadhi. As you know it is my dream. But at the same time you know my situation. What you going to do for me now?" After this. I closed the website and I buzzed my dearest friend who is a staunch BABA devotee too through yahoo messenger. I told her about the airliner deal and she can try for her and her family. Now she is pregnant with her 2nd kid.

Then she asked me whether I have booked or not. I told her that i did not book since insufficient of cash to book. Immediately she told me that she will give me the cash for to book the ticket for my family. She said she cant travel since she will deliver her second child in november and she will be happy if I can go first. I was shocked whether this is a dream or real. I just told BABA and this is what he arranged for me. I told her that she really need the money for her baby delivery and she was in the midst of buying new house. So i refused her help. But she really insisted that I should take the money. And she said she is happy sending me to shirdi since it same as she is going. After a long debate with her. I lost to her love towards me. Finally I agreed to take her money to book my ticket. And she really forced me to book the ticket as soon as possible afraid losing the available tickets.

Next i checked roughly the price without going in detail the online booking, the amount was MYR 600.00. My friend immediately transferred the above mentioned amount to me through online. The next thing i need are my family passports to book the ticket. When i checked my passport, i was saddened by the expiry date which is 4 months from today but the traveling date is next year MAY. I immediately went to Immigration and with BABA's blessing they did renew my passport within 1 hour. I continue with the online booking and after the procedure for the booking the final amount came to MYR 1000.00. I was again saddened with this amount. My friend only gave me MYR 600.00 and i thought myself it is not nice to disturb her for another MYR 400.00. I told baba that I am going to use my credit card which the usage has been over the limit. In normal situation any purchase with that credit card will not succeed with the amount of debts in it. I told BABA again that if he really want me to come to Shirdi, then definitely i will get the tickets. I tried the payment for the tickets and I WENT THROUGH SUCCESSFULLY.

The ticket status came as confirmed. My voice choked. Still i cant believe what had happened. I call immediately to the credit card vendor bank to check whether the payment went through successfully. I know i did wrong by checking but I thought i should verify the ticket status so that I can prepare my visit to see my BABA. The customer service said happily that my payment went through successfully and I asked them how is it possible since my credit have been over limit. They said my credit card have the facility called flexi payment which made the payment went through. Oh BABA. Finally I am going to shirdi. When I told my friend that I managed to book the ticket, she was also overjoyed together with me and kept on telling me that she cant wait till next year MAY.

I know that BABA will arrange everything for us after this. He is with us every moment taking care and guiding us to lead this life. I am asking him to pass the days fast. I cant wait for next year MAY.

May BABA bless all his children.

Jai Sai Ram
Malini

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Reference to this post: Sai Baba Helped Me At The Right Time - Sai Devotee Malini


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Few more experiences we shall read in the post which clearly shows Sai Baba's grace and abundant blessings.

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Believe In Baba And He Will Never Leave You alone

Sai sister Sashi from India says: Dear Sai devotees, This is in regard to my son (he was born because of Baba blessings and recently overcame his ailment because of Baba).

I started to believe in Baba since three and half years when one of my friend told about his divinity. From then i got everything what i wanted because of Babas blessings.

I will share my experience with you all.

Recently my kid got severe chest infection and the doctor said that he had to be admitted in the hospital and i kept on praying to Baba all through the day that he should be better by next two days so that such need to be admitted in a hospital doesn't come for my little son.

After 2 days when i took him to the hospital, the doctor said his condition is improving and there is nothing to worry. The whole nights he used to have cough and couldn't sleep and now his condition is getting good and antibiotics have been stopped as his X-Ray tells that the infection has gone and at nights i am mixing Babas Udhi in my sons milk and no wonder he is getting well.

Through all this torment i believed in only Baba and he proved to me that in any condition, whether in distress or in happy he was always there.

Jai Jai Baba.

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My Experiences With My Sai

Sai sister Roopa ji from India says: am from Bangalore and sai follower since 2003 and i would like to share my personal experiences with baba.

Om sai nathaiaha namaha. It was my sister-in-law who told me about sai baba and presented me with baba's satcharitra book. I was carrying then and the previously had miscarriage and was scared and there were bit of complication as well. All were taking good care of me including my parents, brother and husband and of course the constant prayers of baba was a big support. My mom was working at that time and was about to apply leave but that would be after the delivery and my husband would be coming off and on to meet me. I was supposed to go for check up on that day and i knew that i would be admitted on the same day and would have a baby on that day itself. But none of them took me seriously as i did not have any pain my mom left to office thinking that my husband would accompany me to hospital and my husband did not turn up thinking my mom would accompany although my brother called from his office and offered to accompany me, i refused saying my husband would come and i am safe. I packed my things and took an auto and went to hospital and when i went there and got my BP checked it was very very high and the doctor asked to go for a scan and i had tears rolling and very scared just at that time an elderly lady who had come along with her grand daughter starting humming sai arathi and started speaking to me and making me comfortable, it was like nector to my ears and just then my mom also came and i was asked to get admitted and it was thursday and i gave birth to a beautiful daughter.

Writing about baba really needs his blessing. At the beginning i wanted to write so much and i had to take so many breaks. If sai wishes i will get back with all my experiences. Sai bless you all.

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Sai Baba's Blessings Changed My Life

Anonymous devotee of Sai Baba from Australia says: Jai Sai Ram Hetal Ji, Following my last experience which I shared with all Sai devotees, I would like to share another experience with everyone that changed my life. As I mentioned last time that I was suffering from a few physical and mental conditions that lead me towards depression. But my fiance (now my wife) who is a firm believer of Sai Baba assured me that if I will trust and believe in Baba and read Sai Satcharitra, I will get over all my worries and will be blessed with a normal and healthy life. I did the same, started reading Sai Satcharitra and asked Baba to forgive all my sins and bless me with a healthy and normal life. I read Shri Sai Satcharitra in 7 days, surrendered myself in Baba’s Holy Feet and just left everything in Baba’s hands with full faith and trust. I got married and all my worries came to an end. Baba called me and I got a chance to visit Shirdi and take His divine darshan. I cannot put that experience in words. I am living a happy and blessed life all because of Baba.

I would like to say that anyone who is suffering from any kind of mental or physical conditions, please surrender yourself in Baba’s Holy Feet and you will experience the miracle. You will experience the power that rules the world and can change your life.

Baba is always with His children and will never leave any of His children alone.

Jai Sai Ram


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With willing and grace of Lord Sai Deva, here are few more experiences as shared by His devotees.

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Sai Baba's Unforgettable Miracle

Sai brother Rrajesh ji from India says: Sai Baba for me is supreme. My father was a very staunch devotee of Baba. He dedicated his life to Baba by spreading his message across in best possible ways. He was a trustee of a Sai Temple trust in Bangalore that has built a beautiful Sai temple in Bangalore. Baba in fact took him into his abode on a Thursday (Baba's day). I am here to share an unforgettable experience.

Long ago, one Sunday morning, my father and I were going on our scooter on some work. We live in Bangalore. We were on our scooter to Yeshwantpur. I am not sure for what reason had we stopped our scooter. Was it due to traffic signal or something else? It was a two way busy road. All of a sudden, from nowhere a man appeared and came to my father. He took some tilak out of my father's forehead and applied for himself. He uttered these words in Marathi "Bara hai ka (Are you doing well?)" and he left. To my utter disbelief, he just vanished when I turned back. The miracle here is that he spoke in Marathi which is our mother tongue and appeared for a brief moment and disappeared. This incident shocked me for a long time. This was Baba's miracle, a way to enquire the well being of his devotees. Even to this day I think of my experience. Though my father has reached the sacred feet of Lord Sainath, I will be ever grateful to Lord Sainath for all his blessings till the last moment of my life. Shath koti pranams to my beloved Sainath and my beloved father Sri.K.Ranga Rao Barde.

In the lotus feet of Baba. He is supreme. May his blessings be showered on all Sai Bandhus and Bhaginis.

Lord Sainath, at your lotus feet, Rrajesh Barde, Bangalore. Mobile: 9482515314, 9886092399

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Experience With Sai Maa

Sai Shailja ji from Australia says: Dear Hetalji,

God bless you and your family with good health and prosperity for providing such a wonderful service. My name is Shailja and at present i am in Australia. I am regular reader of your blog and when i read experiences shared by other devotees my heart gets thrilled with joy. I would like to share small miracle that took place a week ago. Kindly post this experience on your blog.My experience is as follows:

I came to know about a book named "Sai Prerana" when i was reading one of the devotee's experience on this blog. I realised importance of "Sai Prerana" when baba performed this miracle in my life. At present i am working as casual employee in one company due to my student status. Inspite of that i do get regular shifts and get paid better than other permanent employees due to baba's grace. As it is end of financial year, there is not lot of stuff happening in my company. So i got leave from work for almost a week. I was told that i will be given a call when needed. I was tensed that if i don't get call on this friday may be i have to sit for 1 more week at home. It was last friday i started reading "Sai Prerana" at about 1pm in afternoon and prayed to baba that i have heard importance of this book and if it is true show me a miracle that after i finish reading this book i should get call from my employer within 1 hour. I finished reading it at sharp 2pm and was eagerly waiting for call. At 2:55pm i lost hope and thought may be due to my bad karmas baba didn't answer my prayers. And what a miracle. Exactly at 3pm got a call from my employer to start work from monday. Thank you baba. How true are your words. May sai bless everyone.

JAI SAI RAM

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By Saibaba's Grace, I Got Very Good Job

Sai sister Sowmya ji from India says: Sairam Hetal ji, I am Sowmya from Bangalore. By Baba's grace my career is settled now. I have narrated my experience below. Thanks for posting it.

While i was going for interview.. by chance i came across your post where one sai devotee has narrated her experience how she got job. This made me more confident that Baba is taking care of everything.. i will surely get job.

Sairam, Happy Thursday it was the biggest miracle in my life which shaped my career. I was BE 2006 june pass out with Baba’s grace I got job immediately in 2 months but due to recession I got call in march 2007. Since I joined late I was feeling bit frustrated as my friends had already joined to some other company with better package. I was topper in college. This company was horrible. My lead used to get her work done by me by never used to project this to manager. Even Manager was asking me to come on holidays or weekends and work but never used to appreciate. Then suddenly in june 2008 I was fired as my project got over. I don’t know I dint feel frustrated at that time then By Baba’s grace I got immediately job in very top company as contract user. Salary was ok but job atmosphere very good. But Being a contract user it was bothering me as contract user were paid very less. But due to recession conversion to direct user was impossible. By 2009 October I was struggling from my personal problems so could not concentrate on work. So to deviate my mind I used to read baba miracles all the time. Believe me for past 3 quarters where I was reading Baba’s miracle.. serving Baba I got good rating from my manager here.. that is outstanding performance (Which I never expected).. and last week my company offered me permanent position. Salary there offered was never expected by me. It was very huge package with promotion. Only because of Baba i got this job. All credits goes to my sai. I have no words to thanks sai. Even my friends who saw me reading Sai leela all the time said that its because of sai you got this job. Even they want to do that and I am very Happy to hear this. By Baba’s grace I was able to go to Shirdi last month and I had wonderful darshan. He was always there. Now my career is settled. Thank you Baba. This beautiful gift I consider it as Gurupoornima’s gift. Let me tell you all one more thing in the month of june I had been to Gangapur-Pandarpur and Akalkott. I got very nice opportunity to serve guru. It was awesome trip. While returning back I had dream about my job that my salary is increased. It was not dream I consider it as Guru’s blessings and indication that my career will be settled soon and it happened. Jai Gurdev Sainath Maharaj

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Reference to this post:

• My First Visit Experience and Shirdi Baba's Miracle - Sai Devotee Ramsaiprakash (Download Links of Sai Prerna in Doc and PDF format)

• Sai Prerna - Transliteration and Translation in English

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