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[bitak]

I have one question, can you please recommended some on line Sai Baba books ,or sites for thes books,Thenks

[Ashok]

Please try the below links for books:

For VAHINIS:   http://www.sssbpt.info/english/vahinis.html
SUMMER SHOWERS:   http://www.sssbpt.info/english/showers.html
SATHYA SAI SPEAKS:  http://www.sssbpt.info/english/sss.htm

For latest discourses:

http://www.sathyasai.org/discour/content.htm

[bitak]

thank you very much,now I have learn englesh much better

[bitak]

Hallo, I have one more question,I am intersted if any of you have interview with Sai,,,and which is feeling meet Sai Baba physically,if any of you have luck (fortune) to see Sai.
Thenk you very much

[Ashok]

I guess there are quite a many in this forum who had interview with Swami. Saisaran ji and Solo (wayne) are probably two of them as far as i know.

People who have got such interviews can answer your questions. 

[saisaran]

Sairam! Those who had the opportunity to visit Prasanthi Nilayam during the 60s and 70s got the opportunity to have a personal audience with Baba. To my knowledge, most of the new comers to the Ashram had the opportunity. Swami too had ample time to spare physically. Institutions were in the process of founding and hence Baba used to grant interview to individuals, family, and officials and even ministers were called in by Baba personally to grant them to opportunity to be in close quarters with Swami. On those days, when i first went to Prasanthi Nilayam, one gentleman has guided me to the verandah directly and he too sat along with me. After some time, Baba opened the doors himself and emerged from the room. He called almost all inside the room, switched on the fan, bolted the door himself. We all stood along the periphery of the room. First he created holy ash by waving his palm downwards, caught the small quantity and managed to apply the same on the brow just at the nose junction and below the brow. He applied it with His thumb. Then he called one by one into a inner room to confide the problems facing them and to give his divine blessings. The interviews lasted for a minute or so. I got the extra patting on my heart region few times. He pinched my left cheek. His bush like hair almost touched me. Swami was just inches apart. At that time i was a lad of 22 years and i could never comprehend the sanctity of the moment. Now i realize that those were the sanctified moments in my life. In addition i got several pada namaskars. (touching the Holy feet and the sole below. Baba whenever He grants Dharsan weed through the rows and come inside. Once He stood touching my body for few minutes. Likewise i had three more interviews in the succeeding years also. I could witness Lingodbhavam on Mahasivarathri during March 1966 and a green Maragatha lingam emerged from His mouth after continuous Bhajans. Though i could not keep the night vigil, i enjoyed the holy prasadam in the morning.i witnessed the Vibuthi Abishekam, (Submerging the silver idol of Shirdi Baba by continuous flow of Ash from an inverted empty urn. Those days are engraved in my memory for ever. Though iam not a fit person, Swami granted His Dharsan, Interview and touch to me to purify me from evil thoughts and habits. Sairam.

[V2K]

saisaranji is really a blessed soul.TO HAVE a divine member such as him is in itself a blessing for devotees such as me who are unfortunate to receive swami's blessing not even i a dream.  i really feel myself unfortunate regarding this matter. i always  have swami in my thoughts day and night. though i have not that sort of divine blessings. i  feel him always around me. hope i get to see him physically in the future atleast

sairam

[bitak]

Thanks, that was really unique experience, you are very hapy, forgive me because I directly, I have one question for you saisaran, because you have a lot of valuable experience, What is most important in life,or what is most important  through life,,,Thanks

[saisaran]

Sairam! first of all i would like to clarify that those who enjoyed the physical proximity of Swami are no way special. Swami had plenty of times to spare for the devotees physically.Nowadays Institutions have grown to  gigantic proportions, Swami's guidance is more sought by the Sai Organization, central trust, book trust, medical trust and educational trust. We might have heard that nowadays morning Dharsans are rare. Only Swami comes after 6.30 or 7 Pm. in the evenings. stay there for around 15 minutes or so. Previously during 60s to 80s, this was not the case. When Swami comes in the morning around 7AM, he used to stay there for nearly two hours granting Dharsans and Interviews. Swami himself in one of His discourse has pointed out that it is not possible physically to bless each student and individual. However He said, He blesses the entire gathering!. No doubt, the physical proximity emancipate some flaws in our character, we need to seek the inner connection which will never fail and it is available for 24x7 throughout the year. It is our personal deity. Hence nobody can remove Him from our clutch. Hence if we practice silence, His voice is sure to be heard. Secondly, a patient who has contacted a serious disease need treatment from the Doctor for many years. In my case also, my contact with the physical form of Baba is from 1964 December 25th. i feel i needed the sustained treatment for the last 46 years  since the melody required prolonged medication. It is not health problem. It is correction of the melody affecting the soul. Hence (V2K) need not feel desolate since she constantly have Swami in her conscious and she is blessed too. In this Kaliyuga, to have Swami in conscious always is a Gift from Swami. When Shirdi Form was visible, only few devotees could go to His Presence. That does not mean He came for only those devotees. He belongs to the entire Humanity. Though sitting in the masjid, He saved many from perils in distant places. Hence Swami is not limited to His Form. Wherever His name is chanted, He manifest himself invisibly. Sairam.

[bitak]

sai ram saisaran,Thenks for share your experience,

[saisaran]

Sairam, yesterday you have enquired about the aim of life. No doubt, it is Self Realization. The realization that we are neither the body or mind or intellect and the senses and the sense impression nor we are the elements by which we are made. In Swami's words, 'I AM I". No other explanation will fit. Swami says, I am you and you are Me. This is not fantasy but Reality of the ATMA or SELF or God! To enable the realization, the initial steps are repeating the name of any of God's Form, loving service to the poor etc. Only after pursuing the spiritual regimen, our conscious will get purified of worldly defects. After purification, the Truth will get reflected automatically! Sairam.