Gratitude - A wonderful word ! (Part 1)

Thank you !

How many times, we would have used this word in our life so far? More important, how many times, we missed saying that to someone? Most often, we would have missed the people whom we need to say this to, for we have taken certain things for granted. 

The loving mother, who feeds or thinks of our hunger irrespective of our state and situations, the ever protective father inspite of us not bothering to heed him, our brothers and sisters who were always there to give us happiness whenever we feel like etc.. There are few others whom we miss completely..those who helped repairing our bicycle when it is broken, helped us get into the bus or van when we were kids, people who helped us get up when we fell, people who are always there to feed us..so many like that.

In search of a True Master

Mentorship refers to a personal developmental relationship in which a more experienced or more knowledgeable person helps a less experienced or less knowledgeable person. A commonly used word or process in today's world.

We all know that we need a guide or a mentor to understand this world better and move towards achieving our goals in a more meaningful way. Trickiest part here is, the selection of a mentor or a guide. We generally observe this in colleges where we need to seek a guide. We typically ask a question "who is good?". This depends on our mental state defining good, on the mental state of the person who is giving the answer and his perspective on good. We do not know the impact of it till we cross quite an amount of distance and most of the times, end up repenting.

"All that glitters is not gold."

SAIBABA - a spiritual and scientific magazine to gain Knowledge and to strengthen the faith

"GOD exits. I have complete faith."

Is this enough to have faith and does not try to understand more about HIM and follow what HE said? Do we need to understand the objectives of this wonderful creation?

Having faith does not mean that we should not question with a purpose to understand more about the Lord or Eternal Truth. This is infact the right way rather than following blindly. Today, the generation does not understand the customs or the methods of prayer and such. Everyone is turning out to be a blind follower. We do not even know why we need to go to a place of worship often, what should be our mental state when we are going, what should we do when we are there. Instead of digging deeper like a true seeker, we shy away from even talking about GOD.

Desire & Fear - The Lords of every house?

Life is very interesting, if one cares to take keen interest in it. 

For those, who pass time, calling it living, many things escape our "beautiful" closed eyes. Or we let them pass-by thinking they are irrelevant. But again, we run to seek peace and happiness, while just by opening eyes would tell us where they are.

Irony of life is - whenever one thinks " I want....", what follows this is - "what if I lose...?". The follower is always humble and never raising its voice, however, present always like a shadow. At certain critical times in life, the humble servant becomes our master and controls our destiny. 

The Way of Sai Master

What does one want in life?

Peace and happiness.

And to continuously be in that state. However, majority of mankind does not understand those two words, otherwise, they would be seeking answers for those. Even though we live in a society, as an individual we need to think about attaining that state. Then only, collectively, the society can gain that state. Otherwise, chaos prevails in the society.

A Great day on the horizon - October 30, 2011

As we are moving towards historically important year, 2013, named as " Sri Bharadwaja Prabhanjana samvatsaram", to commemorate the most important milestones of every follower of Sai Master, the 75th birthday of Pujya Acharya Sri Ekkirala Bharadwaja, that date will also start becoming a major milestone in everybody's life, spiritually, from now on. Divyajanani Ammagaru has given a parayana method to all Sai Master devotees to ensure they stay spiritually focused to celebrate this historic day and if possible to enable few to awaken spiritually. (page 30 of http://saibharadwaja.org/magazines/saibaba201105May.pdf). In an effort to support the big cause, and to enable people to get in to the groove, from this year, few simple dikshas are being given for short bursts of time. 

Sai Master – a rare persona !

The thought that rises in the mind of one who has Sri Sai in every breath and is immersed in HIS bhakti can turn the universal power in its favour to implement it successfully. That thought does not need any other blessings – Sri Swami Purnananda.

Anyone who had the fortune of meeting Sai Master, will remember his energy and his single minded focus on explaining about Sri Shirdi Sai Baba. On a single day, multiple times, he spoke on Sai Baba with the same freshness says Ammagaru.

Understanding the supranatural force – the science way

A continuous debate ensues between atheists and theists. Due to the individual's inability to understand the totality of creation, this chasm continues to widen and it has turned in to a fad to say - I do not believe in GOD. Aside from true atheists like Sai Master - before he attained Siddhi through the grace of Shirdi Sai Baba, there is no one who can prove the non-existence of a Supranatural force, which many call by various names, viz., GOD, Almighty, Eternal Truth etc..

Pujya Acharya Sri Ekkirala Bharadwaja, in his search for eternal truth, penned one fine book, named VIGNANA VEECHIKALU (Breezes of Knowledge).

Panacea to diminishing humanity – Sri Sai Leelamrutam

“Don’t just read. Understand, contemplate and follow”.

While Shirdi Sai Baba said this while talking to V H Thakur about holy book “Vichara Sagaram”, the same holds true about Sri Sai Leelamrutam. On the occasion of Vijayadasami, the day Sri Sai Baba took Mahasamadhi, it is appropriate to think of this holy book.

At a time, when human values are being questioned, generations are searching for the meaning and purpose of life, this holy book appears as the only panacea.