Sai Baba appears before my child's delivery

On a Thursday, almost a month before my  delivery due date,  i sat watching Sri Sai Baba's movie on a Telugu channel. Although the Hindi version of the movie was very popular, i particularly like the Telugu version since Baba is portrayed very realistically by the actor. Baba appears as an old and wise fakir with tons of affection to give his devotees that captured my imagination of how Baba actually would have been, had he been alive. This was the umpteenth time i was watching the movie, since i never get tired of it.Even as i sat watching, i slowly started to fall asleep on the couch. Suddenly, i felt the presence of Baba next to me. He was standing next to me and stroking my head. He came close to me and left a message. He said, ' I am taking care of you, dont worry'. He stood next to me for five to ten minutes before he disappeared. For some reasons i thought that Baba was appearing on the television and communicating this message. Only when i woke up the next morning and the message was ringing  loud and clear in my head, did i realize that Baba had actually appeared in person and blessed me. I was wondering why he had to come and bless me. My delivery due date was still almost a month away. Strangely enough, on the following Tuesday, the placenta water broke at early morning 4 a.m and i was rushed to the hospital three weeks before the due date of delivery. Somehow Baba's appearance on the previous Thursday seemed to signal to me that i should spend more time remembering Baba and be ready for the events to come. Baba clearly knew that my baby was ready to come out and he wanted to prepare me for the same. So he chose to give his blessings and turned my mind towards him. Recalling this incident. I feel overwhelmed  by Baba's motherly love. Which guru god will offer so much care and concern like my Baba does? Love you a lot , Mother Sai! Do you know the day of arrival of my baby.....a Thursday!! Baba's blessed guruvaar.

Swamiji Cures Epistula of the Mouth

During the eighth month of my pregnancy, i developed severe pain in the gums. I have never had problems with my teeth and it was very unusual that I should develop such pain. An online research revealed that hormonal changes during pregnancy can result in such physical developments. I consulted a dentist immediately. He took a look and said nothing could be done immediately except use a mouth wash and brush the teeth regularly. Since no medicines can be taken during pregnancy, I had to pretty much live with the problem. The pain got worse and I could not even eat food by chewing.

The following week, I bit into an apple and the gum started bleeding. Further to that, I drank some super-hot coffee and the gum pain accelerated further. Finally I woke one morning to find a swollen gum. I initially thought that the mouthwash would heal the swelling. However after two months I noticed that the swelling had become big and I could clearly feel that with my tongue. Even after my delivery it continued to remain and had become so big that it was difficult for me to speak and pronounce certain alphabets. I got very scared.One month after the delivery, I pushed myself to see a general physician. My parents were also extremely worried. I finally got an appointment to meet the doctor. Leaving my month old baby with my mother, I waited in line for my turn. The doctor took one look and said that I would need to see a surgeon. When I met the surgeon, she said an x-ray was required. She further said they would need to operate and remove the swelling and check for malignancy. I was scared, but all the while kept praying to Swamiji and Baba. I got the x-ray done and met her when she finally said there was nothing to worry but surgery was inevitable. I had to be given general anaesthesia and required to book an operating theatre for the procedure.

When I got home, my parents were relieved to know, that there was nothing to worry. However, for me the thought of going through another round of surgery was hard to take. I did not want surgery, I was very clear. I started praying deeply to Swamiji, Baba and also chanted Asmin Paratman shloka (Canto 8, Narayaneeyam). I chanted day and night begging Swamiji for a cure without surgery. Two days later, I strongly felt that I should consult a homeopathy doctor. The next morning, my husband too woke up with the same thought. We rushed to see the homeopathy doctor, who took one look and said there was nothing to worry. It was a swelling of some gland he said. He also said that doctors in big hospitals rush to do surgery without often understanding the cause of the swelling.

He gave some medicine. Despite one month of taking the medicines, the result was slow to come through. I got very worried and continued to pray to Swamiji and chant Asmin Paratman incessantly. On one evening, I suddenly saw a dazzling form of Shri Guruvayoorappan. I could only see the silhouette and more as a light form than as a human form. He appeared and said that I would be cured of this ailment. After four months, the swelling has reduced greatly in size and almost gone. I felt so relieved. Faith in the Guru and God can help us overcome any problem no matter how hard it is. I am sharing this so that others faced with difficulties will gain strength from my experience. Shri Radhakrishna Swamiji Maharaj ki Jai!!! Jai Shree Guruvayoorappan!

Darshan of the Divyadampati

I was chanting the Srisuktam today, when  i clearly had a vision of Lord Srinivasa appear before me. I have a vigraha of Sri Narayana and Mahalakshmi in my home that i regularly pray to.

Srinivasa sat across me even as i chanted the Srisuktam and seemed to be listening very intently. After a  while, Mahalakshmi whom i worship in the idol form also walked from the puja room to sit next to Sri Venkatesa. They both looked radiant especially Goddess Lakshmi who was brilliance personified, radiant and charming. They both disappeared after a while. I have been chanting the Sri Suktam for over two years and it has bestowed a great sense of peace, well being and calm in my life.

Dream vision of Swamiji

A while back i had an early morning dream in which me and my husband are attending the inaugural ceremony of a temple and having lunch. As we are seated below to start having the food served on banana leaves, Swamiji appeared next to us and blessed us .

Narayaneeyam and divine experiences

I had started chanting the holy Narayaneeyam in 2012 when i was severely ill. I used to do ten dashakams or stanzas a day. I chanted with whole hearted faith and had several divine experiences. Most important of all, it reduced the severity of the disease and to a great extent  i had become okay. One of the key effects of chanting the Narayaneeyam was the experience of meditation that came about spontaneously at the end of the chanting. For those who are unfamiliar with Narayaneeyam, it is the Bhagavatam written in a condensed version by Narayana Bhattathri in praise of Lord Guruvayoorappan. Shri Radhakrishna Swamiji was an ardent devotee of Lord Gurvayoorappan and maybe its my connnection with Swamiji that brought me on the path of chanting Narayaneeyam. Several divine beings started appearing in the meditation and communicated messages to me. 

On several occassions, i had the vision of Lord Gurvayoorappan. He appeared as a boy of eight or nine years, with a glowing face, a brilliant smile and full of mischief. It is hard to describe him yet he seemed to be full of joy of a very different kind. His whole being radiated energy. 

On one occassion i had forgotten to eat lunch after chanting narayaneeyam and was sitting by myself at home. Since i was by myself i did not feel like preparing lunch and eating. At that moment, i felt Gurvayoorappan call me and asking me to eat first. 

On another occassion, i saw my Lord in the temple of Matsya Narayana near my home. He showed that the earth is no more than a projection of his energy, yet he is not that, though it resides in him. It is very difficult to describe it, since he visually demonstrated that concept.

There were several other occassions when i was able to clearly see the physical form of my Lord, although in visions only. It is clearly Swamiji's blessings that has enabled me to see my Lord in this form of Gurvayoorappan. Praise be to my Guru!

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!