Baba acknowledges the service done to him with love

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Baba is Shiv, Baba is Shakti. Baba is Annapurna Devi. Sai means Sakshat Eeshwar. After coming to the US, Baba gave me the opportunity of serving him in unique ways like never before. Every saturdayI, i started regularly visiting the early morning Kakad Aarthi in Shirdi Sai Darbar, Sunnyvale, California. I volunteered myself in various activities of Shri Sai temple. The founders there liked my service and offered me regular volunteering. During the holidays and weekends, food is cooked on grand scale in the temple. 4-5 different dishes are cooked to be offered to Baba during the Choti Aarti(during the Aarti..Shirdi Maajhe Pandaripur..) @ 8am ie the aarti which follows the Kakad aarti. During one of these days, the lady devotees who used to cook could not make it to the temple. One of the founder asked me if i can cook. I replied in affirmation and he asked me to cook some 2-3 dishes that day. I cooked Vegetable biryani, lemon rice and curd rice. The food was then offered to Baba and the other devotees who came liked the Prasad (food) very much. It was after this that i became regular in cooking every week. Volunteers kiddingly named me "Chef". I intently wished that baba liked the dishes. 

Shirdi Sai Darbar,CA

 I believe that being engrossed in his thoughts, adding ingredients with devotion and mixing them with dedication, pouring all the love we have in our hearts will surely win his grace and brings us closer to each other. Cooking in the temple became a regular weekly task for me and i truly rejoiced every moment of it. I can't thank Baba enough for providing me this opportunity. Baba even provided the opportunity of doing Abhishek to the main murthy in the temple, doing the mangal snan and changing his clothes and ornaments and making him ready for the darshan. Baba even acknowledged the fact of my cooking during the first week itself. I wanted to have Shirdi Baba's Vibhuti from Shirdi and one of the devotees mailed me the Vibhuti prasad along with Baba's picture. Guess what the picture was. Yes that was the one shown here. Isn't that awesome. Baba is so omniscient. His abode is in his devotees hearts. Hail to Such Satguru who is the inner ruler and the wire-puller of this universe.

Assimilating our Beloved Baba in whatever we do

All of know that the Lord really dwells in all of us, is reachable and just a call away when invoked with a pure heart and love. What is needed from our end is wholehearted devotion and love.

Most of us would have heard the following beautiful bhajan:

Achyutam Keshavam Sai Damodaram, bhakata jana Vatsalam Sai Narayanam
kaun kehta hai sainath aate nahi
Bhakth Meera ke jaise bulate nahi

kaun kehta hai sainath khaate nahi
ber shabri ke tarrha khilate nahi

kaun kehta hai sainath naachte nahi
gopiyon ke tarrha nachaate nahin

kaun kehta hai bhagvan sote nahi
maa yashoda ke tarrha sulate nahin

kaun kehta hai Sai gale lagate nahi
bhakti hanumad ke tarrha hum nibhate nahin

kaun kehta hai Sai Preet nibhate nahi
Tum sudama ke jaise dhar aate nahi

This song goes on praising the lord Sainath with different names of Lord vishnu. These lyrics mean:

Who says Sainath does not come?
You dont call him with devotion of Meera towards Lord Sri Krisha

Who says Sainath does not eat?
You dont feed him like how shabari fed Lord Rama

Who says Sainath does not dance?
You dont make him dance like how gopis did to Sri Krishna

Who says Sainath does not sleep?
You dont make him sleep like how mother yashoda did to the infant baby Sri Krisha

We should by all means, leave all thoughts,remain calm, feel intentely, medidate on him to invoke him in whatever we do. It is said that Lord Nandi thought the world on how to think and meditate on Lord Siva, the Parabrahma during all times. The Lord Parabrahma really envelopes the whole universe in the various forms. Lord Nandi gifted the below Mantras to the world. Lets pass these on to the future generations. The essense of these Mantras is to invoke the Lords aid and feel his presence in whatever we do:

1. Om Sarvaya Namah
2. Om Bhimaya Namah
3. Om Bhavaya Namah
4. Om Rudraya Namah
5. Om Eshanaya Namah
6. Om MahaDevaya Namah
7. Om Pashupathiye Namah
8. Om Ugraya Namah


These have to be recited during specific times. We add Sai to these Mantras as we love our Sai and Sai is our Siva.

1. Om Sai Sarvaya Namah:

Lord envelopes this whole universe in the form of Sarvaya. This mantra is to be recited when we wake up in the morning or before putting our feet on the ground or while walking or enjoying the beautiful nature, Appreciate gods creation and recite this Mantra, the God will be with you.

2. Om Sai Bhimaya Namah:    

Lord envelopes this sky in the form of Bhimaya. While driving or walking, when you see the beautiful blue sky, recite this mantra. The Lord is already there with you.

3. Om Sai Bhavaya Namah:

Lord envelopes this water in the form of Bhavaya. While drinking water or tea, recite this mantra, water will turn into divine nectar. Recite this mantra during your bath, you are already doing Abhishekam to our Loving Lord, Sai Shiva.

4. Om Sai Rudraya Namah:    

Lord envelopes Fire in the form of Rudra. Recite this Mantra whenver you see light, fire, deep/deepam, havan/homam. Lord is already there.

5. Om Sai Eshanaya Namah:

Lord envelopes the Sun in the form of Eshanaya. Recite this Mantra when you see the Surya deva/Sun. Experience the cosmic rays of Our Sai Siva which is already falling on you.

6. Om Maha Devaya Namah:

Lord envelopes the Moon in the form of Mahadevaya. Recite this Mantra when you see the Moon. You are already experiencing the bliss of cool and calmness of our Sai Siva.

7. Om Sai Ugraya Namah:

Lord exists in the air in the form of Ugraya. Recite this Mantra when you experience the breeze. The Lord is already with you giving you the vibrations.

8. Om Sai Pashu pathiye Namah:

Lord exists in all of us in the form of Pashupathi. This is one of the most powerful Mantra and a big secret to be known. When someone is furious over you, expressing anger & hatred towards you, Recite this Mantra when they approach towards you, this will turn them soft, loose their negative power and they become calm. The Lord's grace is already with you and has weakened his negative energy. Experience this Mantra but with devotion.

   

Recite these Mantras in your day to day life and experience the bliss of the Parabrahma. May Sai be with you all.

At the lotus feet of Our beloved Sai,
Sudheer Kumar Pisay