Sai Is My Everything

I am Baba’s staunch devotee right from my childhood. At the age of 7, we used to live in a village, me with my parents and a little brother. There was a Tamil Brahmin family who used to conduct Sai bhajan every Thursday. I used to go to the bhajan regularly to sing songs and I still remember the aroma of kesari prasad they used to distribute after the bhajan. My Sai’s acquaintance thus started and I was always protected by Him from all the dangers and Sai is with me lifting me up in all tough situations.
He gave me a computer science engineering seat, which I had prayed for even though I got a rank of 5792 in EAMCET, which was nearly impossible in 1998.
He helped me to choose my husband, though a Brahmin by birth, I got married to a Christian, the best person with whom I shared my life as Baba’s prasad. How can I explain the motherly love of my Sai? It’s impossible and inexplicable.

After a year of my happy marriage, I had a girl baby born in Shravan masam and we were discharged from the hospital on a Varalakshmi Vratam day. I used to recite Vishnu Sahasranamam daily during my pregnancy and I strongly believed it was the goddess Varalakshmi born with Baba’s blessings. After 3 years of my daughter we got to know she is hyperactive and her speech milestone was delayed. We tried all sorts of remedies, took her to therapies and followed medicines both Ayurvedic and homeo. Baba was with us all through our difficult situations, and I never felt His absence.

After 5 years of my delivery I was blessed with a wonderful male child, again with the blessings of my dearest Mother Sai. As my son grew, he also took the charge from us training Akka, in all possible ways and now she plays with her brother, talks and spends happy moments with family.

In 2018, I started my Global Mahaparayan when my aunt suggested this, I was very happy to be a part and felt Baba is encouraging me to focus my thoughts towards Him. What to talk about His greatness? Who can explain the motherly love Baba bore on us? He gave us everything. With Baba’s grace my husband started a company in 2015, and the year I started Mahaparayan the company sales literally increased. We have got big orders and bought some land, health improved, kids flared well in school, especially my daughter was very happy in school as she had got a lovely teacher that year. I prayed to Baba that I should come to Shirdi that year with my family and Baba called us. I along with husband and kids also could take my parents and in-laws with me to Shirdi on 15th October 2019, Tuesday, a special day, the day Baba took Mahasamadhi 101 years back. My joy knew no bounds when I saw Baba in Samadhi Mandir. My heart was filled with love and tears of joy rolled from my eyes and I experienced the eternal bliss with my Mother Sai’s darshan.

I read in one of the Baba’s books that during the first year of our prayers, we will find all the benefits and Baba makes you experience His divine presence and in the second year you will be put to tests and Sai in turn helps you to pass them and confirms Your faith.

I wasn’t worried much about the tests as I knew whatever my Mother Sai would give me would be the best, the main principle of Isha Upanishad.

The year following my visit to Shirdi was true to my above statements. I know Baba was putting me to tests and I resolved in my mind that; that was the time I have to give Him the dakshina of 2 Paisa of firm faith and perseverance.
After the October trip I made the bond with Baba much stronger, my parents joined in the Global Mahaparayan, my son joined Bal Parayan. I was very happy to share the divine experiences of Baba with my parents and my dearest son.

I was also put to severe tests by Baba. My daughter, who had such a happy moment in school, got her teacher changed in class and she used to have tantrums very frequently. Her control over anger management has considerably reduced, and I had nothing to do but to have firm faith and perseverance to my mother Sai. I remembered the story in Gurucharitra where a farmer just harvests his crop with an instruction from Dattatreya Swami and was benefited thereby for his ultimate faith. I told everyone that I am going to pass the tests and I strongly believed all the troubles that I was experiencing were temporary and continued to pray Baba with firm conviction.

After a lot of struggle in school, the management has asked us to take my daughter to a different school as they couldn’t justify the fees that they were collecting and could not handle the child any longer.

Again Baba was with me, I tried all sorts of remedies to find a good school for my daughter, now with the grace of Mother Sai my daughter got an admission in Ramakrishna Vidyalaya. The HOD of the school promised us the admission and asked us to come on 1st June to school. My joy knew no bounds as I know Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Maharishi is the same as our Baba and Baba mentions Maharishi had gone to samadhi instead of Him during the 3 days of Baba’s samadhi and returned. I believe Baba Himself came in the form of Ramakrishna to rescue my daughter to grant her the best school.

I wanted to write about my experience for many days, but could only do it today. I always used to think Baba should give me a vision and prove His presence around me. Today just when I finished Baba’s Nitya Parayana and was about to take my lunch at around 3.30 pm, I heard a call from an unknown lady. I believed it was Baba Who was calling me. The lady standing outside asked me for drinking water, I believed Her to be Baba, my Mother Sai and saw Her to my heart’s content. The lady drank the water heartily and filled her bottle with some extra water and wished goodbye.

What and how to explain the joy I experienced! I leave it to the readers to imagine the presence of Baba sitting beside each one of us and Baba Himself is making me write this testimony.

Baba, love You so much. Always be with us like this. Show us the right path.

Om Sai Om Sai Om Sai Om Sai Om Sai!

Thanks.
Sai Devotee Swapna 

Sai’s name is one solution to all problems and key to our every happiness. His job is to bless us and remove the obstacles that come our way. Our job is to have unwavering faith and patience with complete surrender of heart and soul at Baba’s feet. If this can be done then we need not worry anymore about any of our worries as Baba will take care of all of them. Be relaxed for we have Him as our Sadguru Who can give us anything and everything! Love You Deva. Jai Jai Ho Sai. 😊
-Pooja Garg