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Sai - Your #1 Priority
In April of 1998, I found myself
working at a job that I was not too pleased with. Being an
impulsive person, I was on the verge of either quitting or looking
for work with another company. However this being such a major
decision, I naturally turned to swami for guidance. Being my
eternal mother and father and the only person who knows my past,
present and future, who else could have guided me better?
After praying whole heartedly to
Bhagawan, I took three pieces of paper and wrote the name of the
company I was working for. On the second piece of paper I wrote
the name of another company I had in mind while on the third piece
of paper I wrote any other company Swami might have thought
appropriate for me. I prayed hard to Swami and I picked one of
the three rolled pieces of paper and found to my astonishment that
Swami wanted me to stay with the current company I was working for
rather bitterly. Since it was not the decision I was hoping for,
it was rather hard to calm my monkey mind. In my heart I knew
that I had to obey my Sai mother’s divine director. Barely a few
weeks later, my supervisor pleasantly surprised me by offering me
a higher position. To this day I can’t explain why I was chosen
for the job since I was neither the most senior nor the most
qualified person. Just as I started to enjoy my Swami’s gift, He
spoiled me further by offering me another and even better position
in the same company. I honestly did not know how to react to
Swami’s never-ending love. I realized how much Swami loves me and
rewarded me for controlling my monkey mind and trusting Him with
His decisions.
We must always realize Swami
loves us unconditionally and leave everything at his lotus feet.
Sai will never let us down. During the hard times at school or
work I like to think of this quotation “HOLD ON TO HIM TIGHT AND
LIVE YOUR LIVES. HE WILL NOT LET YOU SLIP. BUILD YOUR ACTIVITIES
ON THAT BASIS; YOUR CAREER WILL NOT CAVE IN, YOU WILL ALSO DEVELOP
COURAGE, CONSOLATION AND FAITH IN YOURSELF AND IN YOUR DESTINY.”
Every time I need to make a big decision I write a detailed letter
to Swami. What I find amazing about this is that I usually get
my answers the same day or the very next day. Swami says that we
need not let a piece of paper come between us. If we pray to Him
directly, He will guide us. Most of the time I pray and talk to
Swami directly in my shrine room or in the car on my way to work.
In our youth meetings we discussed that we can cry, plead, and beg
God to help us without feeling ashamed because God alone is our
true friend.
A month ago, in my dream I wrote
a poem for Swami. While waiting for morning dharshan, Swami came
to me directly and took the poem and started reading. He then
pleasingly smiled at me and asked me to take paada namaskar. Like
in real life, I was frozen and shocked. Instead of jumping and
taking paada namaskar, I said “UHHHH, O’SWAMI YOU ARE SO SWEET”.
Swami waited for couple of minutes and started to go towards other
devotees. Couple of weeks after this dream, I wrote a letter to
Swami and gave it to one of the devotees bound for Parthi. In
that letter, I told Swami, I wasn’t that talented in real life to
write a pleasing poem like in the dream. I requested Swami to
guide me to become a good writer. The very next day I got a call
from my youth co-ordinator requesting me to write an article for
Sai World. Like a mother responding to her child’s cry, our Sai
mother always responds to us. From my experience, I would like to
conclude; MAKE SAI YOUR #1 PRIORITY AND HE WILL ALWAYS GUIDE YOU
TO THE RIGHT PATH!
Sai Youth
Source:
http://www.saicentre.net/sai2.htm |