Engulfed by Swamiji's love

As a child i used to visit Bangalore once a year for holidays. We always used to visit the Sai Mandir. The uniqueness of these visits was that everytime i stood near Swamiji's idol in the Mandir, tears would stream down my eyes automatically. I never understood this phenomena. For years until i reached my adulthood, this process of spontaneous tears flowing on its own occured. I would stand mesmerized in front of Swamiji and just experience the intense warmth anc love of his presence that i felt at the Mandir. Now, i think Swamiji has already showered so much love on me before i was born or maybe after i was born that the heart remembers his love to this day! Swamiji, your love is divine, motherly and fills my whole being with gratitude.

Sai saves my dog yet again

I am very attached to my dog, Sweety. I believe she is a form of the Lord Krishna, since she is black like him, lovable, loving, and almost perfect in every way just like Krishna. We share such a good understanding of each other, that i would lower my head to meet hers and she would nudge her forehead against mine, giving me a high-five. I have stepped on her feet, which aches due to arthritis so many times, although accidentally, yet she has not retaliated even once. Instead she has always born the pain patiently and then would also  assure me that she wont bite me.  In one word, she is my best friend, -highly intelligent, understands every word i speak and in turn she can communicate her thoughts to me without words.

So my Sweety fell sick so badly this time. It started with a pizza. Sweety loves pizza so much, that if i made some at home, she would wait patiently at the kitchen until it came out piping hot. Then she would gobble the entire pizza at one go. This time i got her a store bought pizza and she fell ill at once. I did not realize the magnitude of the situation, until my grandma called me on the phone and remonstrated me for giving the pizza to the dog. Sweety had stopped moving, was not able to consume any food and could not even get up. My mother asked me to come and see her one last time, since they felt she wont recover this time.

I was swallowed by guilt since i had given her the pizza. She is like a child who does not know what is good for her, i realized. I should not have bought the pizza. She was so healthy when i met her last.I could not believe that she was in her last days. I turned to Baba for help. He alone could help bring my dog back to life.I started to read the Sai Satcharitra. A saptaham or seven day reading would revive her. I visited the local temple in Punjagutta, Hyderabad and began the parayan. Even as i started to read, a child gave me some sweets. I felt reassured that Sweety would be saved. Yet, everytime i called home, i did not get positive reports. I then started to pray visualizing Sweety. I gave Baba some water and prayed that Sweety should begin drinking water at least. That evening, my mother called to say that Sweety had suddenly drank one whole cup of water. I felt that Baba was listening to my prayers. Next i gave Baba some food and prayed that Sweety should start eating. Again, i was told that Sweety had begun eating food. Yet, my mother told me that the dog was not her usual self. I resisted visiting her in Chennai since i believed that until Baba restored her i would not visit her. In fact i wished to visit Shirdi and pray to Baba even harder than visit Chennai.

But god wills differently. My husband surprised me with a ticket to Chennai for the following weekend. I resisted going but finally felt that maybe the Lord willed that i should go. When i saw Sweety i fully realized the bad condition she was in. She was not even able to get up. Even if she did, her whole body collapsed down within minutes. Her head was shaking badly. What could i say! Despite the immense trouble she experienced she somehow walked towards me and fell into my arms. I lifted her and kissed her and cried to the huge Sai Baba picture in front of me. I appealed to Baba to save the child and begged him for recovery of the dog, who had been such a huge source of love, affection and happiness for me for so many years. I decided immediately to initiate the pradakshinams. In my experience any problem can be solved through doing 108 pradakshinams of Sai Baba. I have done this every time i was faced with huge problems. I went to the temple in Mylapore and started the pradakshinams. By Baba's grace, i completed it in no time. The next morning i sat in the hall and Sweety came to me on her own. For the first time, she lifted her head and looked at me . She stood up and sat. I could not believe my eyes. She also connected with my eyes. It was unbelievable. Sai had made the immobile girl, mobile once again. He had restored a large part of her energy. I continued to keep praying for her over the next two days. I left Chennai and returned to my home city. My parents called to say that she had climbed the stairs the same evening i left, had resumed eating and had shown a huge recovery since my visit. I felt better, now that i had begged Baba for forgiveness for feeding my dog stale food, unknowingly.

All life is one, and physical suffering is the same! We make a lot of noise while animals suffer silently! The Lord cares as much about animals as he does about us. He values all life equally. I wont feed my dog Pizza, even if she rolls on the ground for it or licks my hands or makes sounds that tells me she wants it.

Praise be unto you, Sainath! Sainath Maharaj ki Jai! Sainath Maharaj ki Jai! Pujya Sadguru Narasimha Swamiji Maharaj Ki Jai! Saipadananda Radhakrishna Swamiji Maharaj ki Jai!

When god comes!

when god comes, there is light
when god comes, there is hope,
when god comes, worries fly away,
when god comes, peace descends on its own

when god comes, the heart melts
when god comes, eyes brim with tears
when god comes, the known becomes unknown,
the unknown becomes known

when god comes, happiness is felt
when god comes, enemies disappear,
when god comes, love dawns on its own
compassion for life and all its creatures is felt
Lord please come, but dont ever leave !

The Grace of Shri Swami Samarth Maharaj, Akkalkot

It was sometime in 2009 that i was gifted a book on Swami Samarth by  a cousin brother of mine. I was extremely reluctant to read the book, since my Guru and God are Swamiji and Sai Baba. I could not progress with reading the book, since i kept drawing comparison with Baba and felt my Baba was so much more compassionate, gentle and kind while Swami Samarth's methods seemed very tough to me. So i stopped reading the book. After  a year, i somehow was drawn to the book again. I prayed to Baba that the resistance in me to read the book should go away. As i started reading the book once again, i was most surprised to find that my critical attitude to the Swami had dissappeared. I was totally absorbed in reading the book and the miracles he performed stunned me. He came across to me as a 'Mahavtar' and a 'highly advanced yogi' with the highest possible realization of god, so much so that there was little difference between him and god.

Even as i read the book, i used to feel his living presence when i went for long walks in Ridley Creek State Park, Penssylvania  Somehow that was the first time, he entered my life in a big way, in the sense that he was just a character in a book earlier and now, he was a living presence that i was able to feel. I started consulting him on some critical decisions and always received guidance from him through my own mind.

 After i moved to India in 2011, i went through numerous difficult situations and the mind had lost all of its peace. At that time i was once again motivated to read his book. One of the strange things that happened was the experience of peace even when one page of his book was read. This was not a standalone event but repeated everytime i read his book. The Swami also connected with another devotee of his who had his padukas in her home. Everytime i visited her home and touched those padukas, my life situation improved dramatically. I somehow felt that those padukas were indeed powerful and the devotee was truly blessed by the Swami.

Several prayers were also responded to by the Swami. At times, reading the book would automatically lead me to deep meditation and the whole day would pass in peace.  On one of these days, the Swami appeared for the first time in my dream. I had never seen the Swami except in photographs and pictures. He was very tall and had a very commanding voice. He asked me, 'Dont you recognize me?'. I woke up thrilled and told my mother, how the Swami had chosen to bless me in the dream.  Finally , i had seen the Swami himself. How very kind of him to bless me. May his blessing be with everyone! Jai Swami Samarth!

Swamiji cures a devotee of cancer

Most recently i visited Bangalore Tyagaraya Mandir on Swamiji's Maha Samadhi day of 14th January 2013. At that time, i met several of Swamiji's devotees and one of them narrated the following unbelievable experience. He had been diagnosed with prostrate cancer and had given up all hopes of living much longer. He had resigned to the fact that his time on earth was over and he had communicated the same to his family. However, he started taking Swamiji's Udhi, continued to chant vishnu sahasranama and took Ayurveda treatment and within a matter of months, there was no trace of the cancer . He was completely cured by Swamiji's grace. This is indeed an amazing experience and i was so lucky to hear it first hand from the devotee himself.
Jai Saipadananda! Jai Sadguru Narasimha Swamiji Maharaj! Jai Shri Sadguru Sainath Maharaj!