My eyes watered by seeing your website specially the devotee's experiences and inspiration by Shri.Janardhan Reddy garu inviting for satsang. I am a devotee of Shri Sadguru past 9 years, I have been going to shirdi every year since I came into contact with my lord,The experiences which Baba gave to me are innumerable but one of those which stick to heart was when I went for visa,On 15th Oct,1998 I have gone for visa with out proper documentation i.e. without My final degree certificate M.B.A and its compulsory needed for proof of my 16th year schooling since I my university have not allotted the certificate till that time and in due course of time I have received my papers from America so I was compelled to go for visa and I was sure that my visa will be rejected due to insufficient documents but in corner of my heart I had faith on Baba and it happened the same way as I thought my visa was rejected but my ego was not accepting the fact and my belief on Baba never proved wrong and the day was very bad for me since my visa was rejected and I came back to my hotel worrying and thinking about it but miracle has to happen by Baba grace since he cannot see his children suffer,the same day evening around 700pm I called up my friend who I met hardly twice or thrice in my life time and told him everything what had happened that was the turning point,i know to my heart Baba came in his form to console me and advised me to try again the next day and he also accompanied me to the visa You may get a doubt how can I go for the visa the next day itself and how can a person accompany into the embassy for visa that is the miracle of my lord,i went for the visa the next day to my astonishment I was given counter visa,this is all due to SHRI SADGURU SAINATH MAHARAJ

I came across one week ago when I was trying find info about visiting shirdi Nov of this year, I am so grateful for persons who are involved in making this web site possible I have been Sai devotee for last three yrs introduced first by my beloved mother in law. I would like to share my experience, which to me is a true miracle. last year when I got pregnant with my 2nd child I didn?t think I would have any problems at all since my went so well I worked until last day while doing my residency with very rough schedule well it did not turn out that way on my 16th week visit I got a blood test 2 weeks later I get a call from my doctor saying that my test came out abnormal I may have a baby with chromosomal abnormality and I need to get amniocentesis to confirm the diagnosis if it was true there was a chance I have to have my pregnancy terminated which I could not even dream of,me and my family prayed for Baba and decided to go through the procedure with full faith in him ,after which I had to wait six long weeks for the results which was very difficult period I decided to read sat charitha to give me peace of mind and the results up to lord Sai just before it was time to get my results I got dream where Baba was telling me every thing is ok you have normal result a piece of paper was handed to me when I opened it said 46xx which is a perfectly normal result. sure enough two days later my doctor calls me to say congrats your test is normal 46xx it is a girl, I could not believe my ears I consider this atrue babas MIRACLE it did not stop there at 22wks I started going into preterm contractions by all means that was way too early to have baby to survive even if does there are multiple complications was on many meds and bedrest to stop my contractions. I was totally helpless by babas grace my motherinlaw took excellent care of me, we prayed to Baba with faith and read sat charitha at least 2 times to make the story short I went to the hospital at least 6 times with stonger contractions doctors would stop it meds finally when I was 38 weeks I went into true labor went to the hosp on monday my doctor examined me said any where between 12:18hrs I was going to have the baby 6 hrs later my contractions stopped since my babys heart rate every thing was ok they let me go home, not until wed night I started back again with Baba grace at 8 am Thursday I gave birth to a beautiful healthy girl. I consider this as I strongly believe any obstacles can be overcome by having firm faith in Sai baba.my 4yr old son is now going thro some health problem needing multiple prolonged treatment , I have left it all in babas hands to cure him with his blessings .please pray for him.sai namo Baba namo Baba namo Sri Sai namo.
Also I would like to request if there is any place in Dallas for Sai devotees please let me know.

BaBa's prasad and atrue miracle .Now she is one year old she can even sing Sai bhajans with her family in her own way.

My dear Baba please accepts my humble pranaams and prostration?s at your lotus feet bless all Baba. Yesterday I had a strong feeling that you wanted me to relate the miracle that took place in this Dwarkamayee, so I asked you for a sign and today I saw Maliniji's posting. So I think its time to share your miracle, you perform so many Leela?s, each and everyone always amazes me. Love You, Yours forever.

Dear Saibandhus, some sisters in the Dwarkamayee, like Didi,(Some???.) i are aware of this because I was in verbal contact with them, during the past year or so. It?s going to be a long posting, so please bear with me. With Baba?s blessings I got a gem of a husband, my only desire after that was to start a family. I conceived in 1992, we were overjoyed, after 10wks into the pregnancy I had a miscarriage. I was shattered. The doctor said it?s very common and I could try again. In 1993, I conceived again, everything was going well, then at 22wks, the cervix opened, and labor started, doctor's tried very hard to stop the contractions, I prayed to Baba, with all my heart, but the water broke, so they had to deliver, my son was born, but lived for only a short while. I was devastated. I was very angry at Baba, had long talks with him and was ready to throw his picture out of the window, but of course without his will you cannot do anything. I opened the Satcharita and the page came up which says " why do you blame me, I do kill people's children." Then I understood a little. I said Baba I leave it to you, whatever you decide I will accept, but I will not give up trying. Then I conceived in 1994 and 1995, but again both times I had miscarriage around 8 to 10wks. This time I told Baba, it is your will, I accept. A physical was done which showed that I had a high amt. of a particular hormone, which caused miscarriages and all the doctors said that there was no cure or treatment for this particular condition. I was not discouraged, I went straight to Baba and I told him, you are God, everything is possible for you, you make it happen. Then I conceived again in 1996, this time I left everything to him, just went for my regular checkups and on a Thursday a beautiful baby girl was born at 36wks without any complications. After a couple yrs, I prayed to Baba again, I wanted my daughter to have a sibling. My husband said Baba cannot keep performing miracles all the time, I said yes he can. We tried for a while, I did not conceive, then I came to this Dwarkamayee, I met all these lovely people, I asked them to pray for me right here, which they did. within a month of their prayers I conceived, the doctors wanted me to take medications, I threw them all out the window, initially my husband thought I had gone nuts, I took only Baba's udi, he made sure that I had a supply for the whole time, he sent it through Indraniji, Danaji etc. The doctor's recommended bedrest, I have a toddler and no family to help, so I told Baba, I will do the best I can, rest you help. The pregnancy went of beautifully, I had a sonogram couple days back, its a baby boy, he is about 5lbs and 13ounces, he is due any time now, I have asked Baba, that he be born on Gurupoornima, as Guruma put it, that will be

Your Guruprasad . Let see what happens I would like to take this opportunity to thank each and everyone of you who prayed for me and gave me your support for all these 9 months, could not have done it without you all. Thankyou once again for all your prayers and blessings. Thankyou my Baba, I do not have words to

Express my gratitide.

Guruma has finally left for India on Friday. She did Devi puja Lalita Sahastranama archana and a Gayatri havan on Thursday. She decorated two big lamps as the goddesses. Tied two saris around them with lot of jewelry etc and made them look so beautiful. So much kumkum got materialized on both those goddesses.

When we were setting up for the Houma in the backyard. We saw that lot of turmeric, kumkum and vibhuti had materialized. Guruma poured all the kumkum in a bowl and guess what there were a lingam and a crystal Ganesha in there, which had also materialized. Baba was extremely generous that day. He blessed us all tremendously. She gave that lingam to my parents and told them to do abhishek to it she said Baba had given this for their health I am sure some of you remember that my father had a heart surgery and my mother is not very healthy either. Both of them are here visiting from India and the Ganesha Baba asked her to give to one of our friend's who is working very hard to establish Sri Sai Darshan Trust as a non profit organization here in the US.

She is going to be in Delhi for Gurupurnima. They celebrate that function in Sarvodya Enclave in Delhi. Any devotee who is in Delhi, Specially Gopi Krishnaji, do go visit the temple on Wednesday. You can call 651 6681 in Delhi and get more details for the function.

At the airport I asked Guruma again about the problems we go through and we pray to Baba continuously but they do not seem to get resolved. Her answer was that Baba is our loving father and mother. When we see these problems we have to understand that they can be worse. We should feel very blessed that we know of Baba and he is watching our steps but we still have to burn our karma?s. We have to have total surrender. We can not think that we are the only ones with the problems, she said everyone goes through them since we do not know about everyone else's we feel sorry for ourselves.

Sairam,
Neeru

Sathya Sai Organization in San Francisco Bay Area are doing seven day non stop bhajans till Gurupurnima We have our grand finale on Wednesday in Sunnyvale temple from 10am till 8pm. All the centers have different time slots to come and sing. I went to bhajans yesterday at 4 am .It was fantastic. I decided to sing this bhajan to Shirdi Baba to whom I was praying continuously and asking for some indication, in the form of the flower or any kind of confirmation during my bhajan. After the bhajan was over and I opened my eyes and looked for physical confirmation and noticed no flower had fallen from Baba's picture. Two minutes later I moved up a row and the lady sitting in the front row said Neeru , look that orange rose to the right of Ganesha statue. She said it fell while you were singing. I was so touched that my prayer had been answered.

Any Sai devotee in the bay area please do come and join us in singing and doing service projects going on till Wednesday

Sairam

Sai Ram

Om Sai Ram.

Sai Ram

It was in the mid of may , where i had been to the University office, for enrolling for 4th semester, i spoke to the concerned person for registering my name with the amount in the pocket. Ultimately the concerned person rejected me, saying you are not eligible for the 4th semester, and told that you can forget this 6 months. According to new rules the last date for receipt is over. I got scared and started worrying, what happed to me my luck is so bad i had cried with my SAI. Some how my inner will says don't give up, give a try. I took off that day and been to bank and prepared a DD for 2900, (2500 for fee and 400 for fine for two months).With the DD i had prepared a covering letter to the course coordinator, ( i really don't know the concerned person address of the ignou) I just made a courier and left to SAI, i know you SAI only can help me like wicked person. On the way i met my friend who use help me and motivate me in professional and career. We both were in the same semester, he felt sad that we are slipping by 6 months, I really felt very sad about my luck. Some how i had couriered the DD with covering letter to University head office. Totally i forgot about the letter after few months, i met my friend , who got registered and got the course material, i didn't get my course material as of now, at first i didn;t get the confirmation letter for enrolling into 4th semester, I lost hopes . On the other side i lost all communication, since i moved to a new address. Today some how while coming to office i been to post office, met post man,i had conveyed the problem, he told we are waiting for you since few weeks, we are not able to deliver the material since you are not available at you are address. Then i realized, I got enrolled, and i thanked my SAI, who timely brought me to the post office, and got me the material. Actually they are about to dispatch back to sender. Today i received material, its not the material, its 6 months. It?s the love and care for me like lazy/careless by SAI. He is my friend we love each other. And that true.

The presence of this web page itself is a miracle for me. I have been to Hyderabad, India last month for my mother?s heart operation, which was successful by the divine grace of SAINATH. The operation was on December 18th, a Thursday and we were doing our Sai bhajan. I cried before Baba to protect my mother who was still in the ICU at Apollo. Just then we got a phone call from my brother who was at the hospital The doctors informed him that my mother gained consciousness and all her cardiac signs are good. It was definitely Sai who was there for us when we needed him. My Baba helped me again! Two weeks later when I was leaving for the US, I was telling my mother that HE is always with me wherever I go, like sparrows with a string tied to their feet, HE draws HIS devotees from far and wide and lo! I came upon this site.

Dear fellow devotees!..believe in SAI, have faith in SAINATH and you will surely attain BLISS!!!. In this world of uncertainty HE is the only REALITY!. Mere Datta mere Bagwan. I pray to SAINATH to bless the devotees who took the pains of

Creating this wonderful web page.

Sri Satchinda Guru Sainath Maharaj Ki Jai!!!!!

Such a beautiful service you are doing for all Sai brothers and sisters. I am overwhelmed to hear stories about my atmaram my SaiRam. Baba you are now physically everywhere for me. I used to think about putting your beautiful picture in my office. Now you are there in my computer. I look at your beautiful face every morning before I start my office work get your ASHIRWAD and whole day goes in your satsang. You are so kind to me. May Baba's blessings be with us always and everywhere.

Now let me tell you my experience with my dear my Sadguru who has turned my life into a beautiful direction. I got this small booklet written by Shamdashni Foundation and my heart just fell like a feather in BaBa's feet. I really have started asking and begging for good things in my life. It is all Baba's grace. Baba has been there in my hundred of lives and in this life too. But slowly he kept on working with me. I got to see that MANGAL MURTI in Shirdi only last year. We stayed there in Shirdi for a week and felt like I was in a place which gave comfort peace and solace to my whole being, my Soul. The day we were suppose to depart from Shirdi, I was standing there in front of my Baba to take leave as if I was going away from my Father's house. I saw Baba was also sad but I saw blessings all over me. I asked Baba to call me back again and I am waiting for my Loving Father's invitation. Darshan do Ghanshayam Ram mere ankhian piyasi ray.

Shri Sachidanand Sadguru Sai Maharaj Ki Jai

I want to share with you a story of how Baba helped me in my times of utter need. I went overseas on a trip and forgot some important documents at home. I could not finish my assignment and return without having the documents called and had my family search my study for the documents. They kept saying that they could not find it. I was thousands of miles away and after all the money spent and travel time, I just fell stupid and useless. How was I going to face my peers How was I going to face my Boss I sat down in the Hotel room, prayed to Shri Sai Baba and started reading the Sai Satcharita Book which I had taken along with me. The next day I called home again and had no luck. This happened the next day too. By that time, with nothing else to do, I had almost finished 3/4 of the book. Finally, resigning to the situation, I resolved to finish the book and prayed to BaBa again.

The fourth day the miracle happened. No sooner that I had finished reading the last page of the book, I got a phone call from my family saying they found the documents and were sending it to me by courier. My joy knew no bounds and my eyes were filled with tears. The documents reached me in a day and I finished my assignment and returned back with great success. As it turned out that while packing my bags, I had put the documents in the inside cover of the portfolio, which I was not supposed to carry. On the third day, my uncle got a dream at 3 a.m. that the only place he had not checked was the portfolio cover and he woke up to see if the documents were there. This was the same time while I was about to finish the Sai Satcharita thousands of miles away. I do not know what else to say except that I bow and pray to Shri Sai. Strange are his ways to get things done. May peace be with you.

Sai Ram

Ashok

This week had some experiences, which I would like to share with you, all.Three years back my son was diagnosed with an ailment,for which doctors told that he needs a prolonged treatment for years together. that incident really changed my life,and left me with no interest in anything.It became a never ending,constant pain for me.I just kept my hope in god and always kept asking him to cure my son and see that he doesn't need any medication.Since last three years,not even a single day,was i free of anxiety about my son.As i shared with you before,my home environment plus my son's sickness drove me crazy,but there is nothing i can do expect rely on god. Three days back,i had a dream in which my son is complaining of throat pain, as usual i am worried but later i told him that he will be alright if he takes Baba's udi and surprisingly i became less anxious.The next day morning ,i was a bit restless because of the fear that my son is not feeling well in India.Most of the times, even though i am not with my children in India, and where ever i am, i will sense if they are not doing well The second day night i had a dream in which i went to my mothers house and my son went with my father somewhere and my mother told me that he had a bad fever, i became very anxious and was waiting for my son to return home, when my father came home along with my son, i ran to him and checked if he is running fever, My father told that his fever is gone, and i asked him if it is gone without going to the doctor, and my father replied yes. The next day also i am worried and confused about my son in India, because of the dreams i had, with this mood i was going through the Satcharitra, the chapter I was supposed read that day was chapter30.I was reading it with very little attention and just was going on skipping some words and lines.When I was reading Sham's vows, even though the sentences there are different, i read like "He came to Vani. Vani, son got well."After i read this i felt like Baba gave this message to me directly my name is Vani.When i related this to my dreams, I figured it like Baba's udi treated my son and cured him without the need for a doctor.Though this is not confirmed medically, I believe that Baba will not disappoint me and i felt like i became free of a pain that is torturing me since last three years.

Sorry for giving such an elaborate description, but with the hope that this will help other brothers and sisters in pain, especially with loved ones falling sick, I wrote what i experienced. I request you all holy souls to bless my son with good health and to be an example for Baba's miracle. When you can't Cope BaBa gives Hope.

May Sai shower his grace on all of us and strengthens our faith by holding us in the times of need.

Dear Sai devotees ,i would like to share something i had experienced as a Sai devotee. I chant Sai nama and sripada vallabha nama every day whenever mind stops thinking something related to work. I say Sai I am hungry, I am alone, I am thirsty, I am restless, I am tensed, i had been humiliated, I am lost there are plenty of moments where i feel I'm lost. By saying oh Sai, the next moment Sai satisfies me. Such a great power in this Sai name, i work as guide as a mother, as a friend. Sai has a purpose for every devotee. He wants his devotee's to purify all his sins. He is a Jesus Christ. Who bears the sins of his devotees. He is the Allah. He is the Srikrishna THE DIRECTION OF SUCCESS AND WISDOM.

He is Samasta Satguru

OM SRIPADA VALLABHAYA NAMAHA

OM SRINARASMIHA SARASWATHAYA NAMAHA

Om Sai Ram

This is one of the incidents, which I want to share with you. I was working with a multinational company and was staying alone in New Delhi, India, away from my home. Suddenly due to certain circumstances, I resigned from my job and I had no job in my hand at that time. I trusted in Saibaba I stayed very cool. Gradually I had no money left and had I had to pay my house rent. I just trusted in Sai Baba and left everything on him and I knew he is going to look after me. I gave a post dated cheque to my land lady thinking that in the mean time I could arrange for money .I was depressed but deep in my heart I had a feeling that he is going do everything fine. My landlady presented the cheque in the bank on the mentioned date and I just didn't know what to do. Three days passed and I was very scared that my cheque is going to bounce and my landlady will create a problem for me. Four days passed nothing happened. I went to her and asked her that whether she has presented the cheque or not. She said that she ! has and it is cleared also. I was shocked to hear that. I checked it out with my bank and they told me that they have not received any cheque. I again enquired with my landlady and asked her to cheque it with her bank once again. She again checked and told me that the money has been credited to her account. I knew its Saibaba who has saved me. Till date u have no clue of it that how it happened .I prayed to him and in a weeks time I got another job with a big multinational company where I am earning very well. Everytime when I was in a difficulty he has some or the other way saved me. I have no words to describe how it feels to have his hand on you.. It's just the faith in him which always help his devotees. Om Shri Sai Ram. May almighty Saibaba bless everyone.

I want to share the Miracle with all the Sai Devotees. I am from Abu Dhabi. In the month of October, I have to go for my vacation to India. For this, I have to get my passport renewed, as it was to expire on 15th of this month. When I went to renew the passport the Indian Embassy required my maiden passport. I never knew where it is, as it was very old. I searched here in Abu Dhabi but couldn't find the same. I called my parents who are in Madras and asked them to search for it. They also didn't get it. We have a house in New Delhi, so I requested my Dad to go to Delhi to find whether it is available there. Meanwhile I received a message to read the Sat Charithra within a day. I took the book to my office and found difficult to read it in the office. After office, hours came home and finished the house holds work and managed to complete the book in time. My dad left all his work and went to Delhi to find the passport. He searched in all the rooms but was not able to find it. Finally he said only Sai Ram has to help in this case and entered the Puja room. There he found a small box and when he opened to his surprise found the passport on the top. It was exactly one week after I finished the book my mummy called from Madras that Dad had found the old passport in Delhi. It's really a great miracle and Sai again proves that he helps the devotees who really believe and surrender to him.

Aug 26, 1999

This is my experience with Sai Bhajans. My first project in the job was over on Jan 7 1999 with IBM. I was in between the assignments, without any project, for some time. My wife and I were tense, as the situation was not good. Meanwhile, one of my friends invited us for Sai Bhajan in his house during the first week of Feb 99. Before that, I completed the one-week parayanam and some how I was not very much happy with the way I did the puja. We attended the Bhajan on Thursday and next week on Wednesday morning during early hours in my dream I was standing opposite to a SHIRDI SAI BABA'S Photo and I heard a voice asking me to read Guru Charitra. Luckily the book was available with one of my friends and I completed the Guru Charitra. After the Guru charitra parayanam, we did Bhajan for three successive weeks in my house. By Feb last week we completed the three bhajans in my house and on that Thursday I got offer from two companies. I joined one of the companies as full time employee. By Sai Baba's grace we are doing the Bhajan on every Thursday and every body in our Bhajan group got better offers within a short span of time. The guys who were on bench for about seven to eight months got project. Sai leela is unbelievable Have faith in him and he will take care of everything.

Om Sai Ram. I would like to express my thanks for the wonderful "miracle" that you shower us with. When i heard about the news regarding "vibhuti" appearing on pictures of Sai Baba, i pray to you ,hoping that i can share the experience as well. Now, you have fulfill my wish. I feel very bless . Thank you swami. I would like to share my wonderful experience with other devotee's as well. In Indonesia Java, Swami blesses his devotees with "Vibhuti" on pictures of Sai Baba, Buddha, Mary etc. There were more than 700 pictures of different religious figures when i went there. All pictures were bless with Vibhuti. I brought 2 pictures of Sai Baba hoping to be bless with vibhuti. I prayed to Swami , hoping for a miracle. After 2 weeks, i received a wonderful news. "Honey" is coming out from Swami's picture. I feel so bless.

Thank you Swami, you have fulfill my wishes, as you always do.

Om Sai Ram.

Thank you for your warm welcome. It is very difficult to leave India and come back to this place. Sai Bandhus like yourself make me feel comfortable and less homesick. Our trip to India came with a package. Family responsibilities, trying hard to meet spiritual needs, and social responsibilities. Past few months I don't know how the time flew. Every step of the way, I saw Swamy's Abhaya Hasta. Most of the times only total surrender to our dear Lord gave us the ultimate peace. Just before we were leaving to India, I had a very bad dream. Some one in my dream started to curse me that by the time I reach India one of my parents will be taken away from me. I called India and found out that my father had a bad fall and he was seriously ill in the hospital. He had mild heart attack, blood clots in the brain and broken collar bone and a swollen hand. He was not recognizing anyone for two days. This was just before the visit of Bhagavathi Sri Karunamayi to our house in Pullman. I was panicked. There was a huge function before us and I didn't have either courage or strength to carry the assigned duties. I was not sure how or what to pray to Swami. I was simply drenching His lotus feet with my tears. The most compassionate one our dear father Sri Sathya Sai appeared in my dream and He asked me to take padanamaskar of His right foot. He said to me " Do you know why asked you to take the Padanamaskar of my right foot" He then told me that " Naa Bahaktulanu Sarvaavasthala yandu Rakshana Kalpistaanu". It means "I will protect my devotees at all states". I also sent a word to Amma Karunamayi, who was visiting Bay area at that time. Amma sent me an assurance that everything will be o.k. I went and visited Amma in Portland and told Her that my father was ill. She told me that when Amma is there why should I fear of anything. Amma's trip to Pullman was a huge success. We were constantly in the divine bliss. We realized the reason why great Mahatmas, Yogis and spiritual seekers are always after the Supreme. The Love was beyond description. We didn't need food, sleep or rest. We slept for 2 or three hours a day and kept going with the work. We were always anxious to see Her divine form. She and Sai are one and the same. Sai is not residing only in Shirdi or Puttaparthy. He reaches to His devotees in numerous forms. Our dear Sai comes into our houses as Punya Moorthys or Vibhutis. He visits in the form of photos, uncalled guests and many other ways. After being with Amma, now I know for sure the reason why Mahalsapathi, Dasganu, Shyama and many more did not seek for material but only Sai. The everlasting, ever fresh Sai's Love is what we all should seek. There is nothing greater in this world than His attention and his devotion. Amma came to our house on a Thursday, our Sai's day. We invited Her in with Poorna Kumbha and NaadaSwaram. We washed Her lotus feet and drank the Charanamrith. We felt as though Sri Mahalakshmi was walking towards us. We ordered Mango leaves from Florida and decorated all the thresholds with mango leaves, Haldi and Kumkum. Outside our dear Lavanya with colorful Rangolis decorated the house. Our dear friends such as Prasad, Saritha and many more Sai bandhus were helping us at each step of the way. Amma filled the house with Her Divine Sugandha. Friday, She went into our pooja altar and told us that the Pooja Altar is Kailasha. Ofcourse, with Her divine presence any place will turn into holy Kailasha. She asked me to close the door and told me that She will meditate for a while. While I was cooking, our friend Saritha came and informed me that Amma was asking for me. When I went downstairs to the Pooja room, I saw Amma's feet with full of Vibhuti. The sight was the most holiest of all. It was like Ma Paarvathi 's lotus feet adorned with Shiva's holy ash. Before Amma's visit to our house, I was asking Amma in my mind that how I should perceive the oneness of Sai and Amma. In that pooja room, Amma told me that Sai is my father and She is my mother. We did Paada Pooja to Amma's Lotus feet. The next day we had homa in our house. After the homa, we noticed that Kumkum started to come out of the picture of Amma's lotus feet. All our friends who came to see Amma, experienced the Love of Amma. In the evening Amma had to go to the Church for public healing session. I wanted to stay back and cook for Amma. But Amma had other plans. She sent some one and asked me to go along with Her. In the meanwhile, She asked Krishna to pluck some poppy flowers for Her. I sat behind Amma in the van and Amma started to converse while holding my hand with her right hand. She started to turn the flower with her left hand. I saw the most amazing thing. I started to notice a silver idol emerging from the flower. She laughed suddenly and told my husband ' Look Krishna, Lakshmi is coming out of poppy flower'. She blessed some of our friends also with such materializations. My Sai Bandhus should not mistake the materialization's. Sai says Miracles are my nature. Even with Amma miracles are Her nature. She does it as a matter of fact. Her Love is what stands out of all. I did not share this experience to turn any one of my Sai bandhus to devotees of Amma. I just want to share the Love of God, beauty of God. We are just ordinary human beings. We have our share of faults and weakness. Still God is so gracious and kind. He showed us His Love through these divine incarnations. It was very difficult to say good bye to Amma. I was crying like a baby. I didn't know how to survive without Her physical presence all the time. She told me that Amma is not the body. She asked me to see Her subtleness and all pervasiveness. The most touching thing for me was when Amma was going into the plane. I had tears in my eyes and I also saw tears in Amma's eyes. I know for sure that it is not only us who crave for God, but God also craves for his devotees.

I have been subscribing your newsletters and receive your emails every Thursday for quite some time. I just thought that I should email you regarding my past experience since I also faced some difficulties regarding my education but thanks to SAIRAM everything ended up fine... I was a student in one of the universities here for one year and had come on full financial aid and just two months back I heard that my funding for my remaining years was uncertain. I was helpless since there was no way I could support myself. So, I decided to apply to other Universities to continue my education. Actually, the deadlines for applications for fall semester was crossed and I was very late but since there was no other option I decided to apply .I kept firm faith in Sadguru and read SaiSatcharita in a week once and then after a gap of few weeks again read it in two days. There were no miracles in my case as soon as I read it but I anxiously waited and hoped and believed strongly that Sai will fulfill my wishes. It so happened that just one week before the start of fall semester, I received admission with full financial aid from not one, but four Universities and that too all in the space of 3 days... In fact, I had the luxury of choosing between these Universities and I also got admitted to a better department. (Different from what I had been presently doing). Now, I have resumed my studies and due to HIS grace everything is fine here and I'm really enjoying this place. I guess what this again emphasizes are the two factors one must have: Faith and Patience...

Dear Readers,

This is in reply to Siddhesh's question in Sai Vichar about whether he should try to convince those who do not believe in God. The purpose of life is to outgrow our selfish desires and ego, to live with faith and confidence, to progressively develop disinterested love for all beings. Belief in a personal God and Guru, such as Sai Baba, definitely helps in this. But I have also met a lot of people who do not believe in God, or who do not care to form an opinion, who are also very selfless, who forgive easily, and live with grace and faith. I have tried to convince them of my beliefs, only to be humbled by the realization that despite their atheism, they are probably more spiritually advanced than I am. Now, to come to your question, I do not think one should try to argue or convince anyone out of a sense of superiority or to establish the correctness of ones view point. God has His own plans. "Believe" and"do not believe" are just words, and the way one lives life is the true measure of Faith and Grace. If you feel called upon to explain your view to him, without worrying about whether you succeed or not then go ahead. Or if the person is going through tough times and you genuinely wish to help, and feel that he or she is ready for it, then try to explain your ideas. But always keep in mind that it is not we who generate faith in another by the cleverness of our argument, but God does it when the time is ripe.

This is just my experience with Sai's grace. Over the past year or so I visit this friend of mine at his place of business and I was always drawn to the picture of Sai Baba hanging on the wall. It just kept drawing me in for some reason. I was not born in India but have seen pictures of Sai Baba at my Grandfather's house, so I remembered it. Anyway, about two months ago, I found out that someone I admire was a devotee of Sai and so I began inquiring more about who Sai was and is. So I would pay regular visits to the various web sites about Him. The more I read the more I became drawn to Baba. Now I don't know how I ever survived without Him. He shows me every minute of the day the love he has for all of us. He shows that He keeps and will continue to keep His promises to His devotees, now and always. I would just like to convey a message to anyone who has doubts about Sai and His love for His devotees, ' Just look at Him and He will look at you.' The examples of Baba's love for me are seen every minute of my life and I try to share these with the anyone I meet and in the way I live. Om Jai Shri Sai Baba.

SAI RAM - I am a new devotee of SAI BABA. In June of this year I was going through a very difficult time. I was reading about Meher Baba on the internet and at one point they listed the gurus whom Meher Baba considered to be Perfect Masters. Upon reading Shirdi Sai Baba's name, It filled me with something that I cannot explain. It was as if I could finally relax, that all would be taken care of for me. I have lived in India and studied Hindi for years so I was somewhat familiar with Shirdi Sai Baba, but I read more that night. Then I had a vision of myself surrendering to Baba and giving him all of my suffering. He hugged me and tears literally came to my eyes. Then, the vision changed and I was dancing joyously 'round and 'round in a circle with many other people. There were bright colors in the vision and SAI BABA was sitting on a throne watching us quietly. I am a graduate student working on my Ph.D. and the other day I was feeling very stressed. I thought that maybe I had made the wrong decision to go back to graduate school. I went into the bathroom at the library and before I went back into the library on one of the dividing walls I saw the letters "SAI" scratched into the paint. That is all that was written on the wall and my heart filled with love. I took it as a sign that Sai Baba will be with me throughout my studies and that he would bless my work. I prayed to him and today I had one of the best days I have ever had in graduate school. JAI SAI RAM!

SaiRam dear SaiBandhus,

It is an auspicious day indeed. Our dear sister (name not specified) completed the Vishnu Sahasranama with Shraddha and Bhakti. Let us all participate more in such activities. Let us pray that Swami will bless all of us with such sacred activities.

Recently I visited Puttaparthy and Shirdi. The day I landed in India I wanted to see Baba in both places. But my family told me that it would be impossible for me to visit both places because of time constraints. Swami willed it otherwise. I went to a Shirdi Baba mandir in Naacharam, Hyd. That day the poojari let me touch Swami's feet and massage His feet. I cried and asked Swami, when He was going to call me to His place. Swami knows the timing also. We can only beg. Let me explain to all of my brothers and sisters how Swami arranged my trip to Prashanti and then Shirdi. Eight months ago, I was taking a small nap at 11.00 clock in the morning. It was pretty unusual for me to sleep at that time. Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba appeared in my dream and talked to me a lot and finally He told me "Last time you stayed for short time only, stay for longer this time. Come during Gurupoornima time". I woke up and thought how can I go during Gurupoornima time Is it really Swami asking me Because, my assumption was that afternoon dreams are only dreams and the early morning dreams are the ones which usually come true. It was my ignorance to think that there is 'this particular time' for Swami to give us His commands. Swami is omniscient. He knew that I stayed only for 10 hours in Prashanti during my last visit. Swami showed His leelas very nicely in the following days to come. My husband Krishna wanted to go to Parthy for 10 days. Our family members were not that happy. They all wanted us to spend more time with them. My mom was crying and told me " How can I tell you not to go to God" It was a beautiful truth. Krishna, Malica, Suman and myself went to Parthy by train. We reached Dharmavaram in the morning hours and took a bus to Prashanti. At that time, Swami came into the Sai Kulwant hall and He was giving Darshan to the ladies side. I watched Swami from outside. We went to the NRI and international devotees accommodation building and requested for a room. We were denied room for we did not take our original passports. We carried Xerox copies of our passports thinking that it was not safe to take the original passports. For few minutes we did not know what to do. We did not want to stay outside Prashanti. Since we wanted to stay for 10 days, that too during Gurupoornima celebrations, regular accommodation was impossible to get. The Sevadal person changed his mind and told us that it was Swami's grace that he was giving us the accommodation. He also told us that Militant groups tried to enter Prashanti, and after that they have increased the security and put stricter rules. Indeed it was Swami's grace that we could get such a beautiful accommodation. Our room number was D1. It was like devotion is number one. The room was very cosy with two single beds and extra mattress. We made a small pooja altar for Swami in the closet. We put Rangoli agarbatti was lit everyday and offered Him flowers and Prasad. The room was our own little house for Swami and us. We always woke up between 2.30 and 3.00 clock in the morning. We were taking cold showers, quickly did pooja and then joined the Darshan line. First few days Suman was not willing to get up so early and take cold showers. After couple of days he was wonderful and more cooperative. Infact, he used to tell his dad that if they don't go early they wouldn't get the best seat to see Swami. What a transformation Swami brought in this child. Even in Malica I noticed this change. One day, I was too tired after morning Darshan. I told every one that I will sleep in the room and I won't go for afternoon Darshan. I had enough of Swami. Malica cajoled me into going for afternoon Darshan. She told me "Mom, we came here to see Swami". Evening time we enjoyed our friend Vamsi's visits to our room. He was Swami's student and now he works in the administration wing of Prashanti. It was Swami's present to us that we got to know about Swami's little jokes and His love for devotees through Vamsi. After 10.00 o' clock in the night lights should be off in Prashanti. We would Switch off the lights and Vamsi would tell us stories about Swami in the dark.

We reached Parthy on Monday morning. Wednesday and Thursday Malica and myself went inside the Prashanti Mandir for Omkar and Suprabhatam. It was the most rewarding experience of my life. The Mandir will accommodate about hundred or little more. We needed to stand in a line for that also. If one joins the line for Omkar, he or she would be last in Darshan line. It was tough choice for us. Inside the Prashanti Mandir, the MoolaVirat or Main deity is Shirdi Baba sitting on five headed cobra. I was very surprised to see that. Because, few days earlier I had this desire to give Shirdi Baba's silver idol to my brothers and sister. I was also having a vision of snake with hood up whenever I closed my eyes. I went to the silver shop and I saw Nagaasan, five headed cobra there and bought it along with the Shirdi Baba idol and gave it to my siblings. My older brother presented me the same. After I saw Shirdi Baba on Nagaasan, I realized that it was Swami's Sankalpa that made us buy the Moola Virat.

On Wednesday evening, I went to the Photo shop in Prashanti. I needed Bindi stickers. I wanted to ask the elderly lady where I could get some Bindis. Instead I asked her where I would get Kukum. Even though it is my desire to put Kumkum, I always use Sticker Bindis for their convenience. I didn't know why I asked her about Kumkum. She told me that she has the kumkum from the Mandir and she would give it to me on Friday. Until then I never knew that I could get Kumkum from Swami's Mandir. On Thursday, we went to the Omkar. Inside the Mandir, Shirdi Baba's Marble statue on one side and on the other side, a chair for Swami are present. Swami gave me a place pretty close to His Shirdi Baba idol that day. I was all in tears. I saw another small Mandir where they were doing Kumkum pooja to Sai Lalitha every day. After the Omkar, I gathered my courage and asked a permanent sevadal lady if I can have some kumkum. She immediately told me to come to her room after morning Darshan and get some kumkum from her. I knew that Swami gave me this special opportunity to get His kumkum. The same day, I bought a special picture of Swami. In this picture Swami raised His two hands and one hand had turmeric on it. The lady at the Photo shop told me that this picture is indeed a special one. Swami went around throwing Akshatas on devotees on paduka pooja day. At the end of the celebration, His hand became yellow with turmeric.

First few days, we were sitting all the way back and could not see Swami very close. Malica and myself skipped our breakfast and stayed in the hall to move closer in the line to see Swami going back to His mandir. This, we could do only during morning Darshan time. During afternoon Darshan, we were always at the end of the Poornachandra auditorium. I was very much frustrated. I questioned myself for coming during Gurupoornima time. I also thought my dream was not real. We saw an announcement for Sri Sathya Sai Excellence in Human Values conference for Parents. Devotees from Australia organized it. Krishna told me that since I am a balavikas teacher, I should register for the conference. I went and registered as a Balavikas teacher from USA and I was the 50 the late registrant. The organizers told me that I won't be able to attend the conference as a delegate for sure but I could go as an observer. They asked me to come the following day. The next day I went there and I was told that US Sathya Sai organization Chairman Dr.Micahel Goldstein rejected my registration and asked me to see him . Krishna and myself went to his room and found out that he was not there. We wrote a letter to him, explaining about my wish to attend the conference. The conference was supposed to start on that evening and I didn't hear anything from Mr.Goldstein. I just went to the conference to enquire and a lady at the door gave me a delegate badge and let me in. This is all His leela. As delegates, next few days we formed special line and went into the Mandir. We could see Swami very close by. Swami didn't notice me at all. I thought[ it is my ego]Swami would recognize me immediately and say hey Malathi. How wrong I was. I was very upset with Swami. I complained to Vamsi about Swami in the evening. Vamsi told me that Swami has a special eye in the back and He sees His devotees from the back also. It is only the devotees that don't know about this. Another devotee also assured me the same thing.

Om Sai Ram

Let me share a bigger miracle. Since nearly 3 years, we have been searching for a house. It has been quite a struggle to find a house with a combination of location, size, and age that we like and at a price that we could afford. My wife started to become very unhappy and restless. I kept trying to convince her to stay calm and leave it to Sai. We spent a lot of time going through the real estate information, walking and driving around the are as where we wanted to move. We must have seen over one hundred houses. Since early this year my wife started to insist that we should just purchase a lot and build. As both of us are employed and our children are still studying, I am afraid that taking such a venture might cause a lot of friction within the family. Each time we became interested in a house, I pray, read a chapter in Sai Satcharita and prepare chits, including all possible options, from a total NO to YES and in between. Then I gently drop the chits on Sai's photo (Sai Baba sitting on stone with his two fingers spread over His right toe) and follow the message written on the chit that falls on Sai's right big toe. All these times, the messages have been not fully supportive. In some cases the message was to make an offer at a certain level and not beyond. At one time, when my wife was pushing the idea of building, the message said "continue searching for a house". Finally yes, we now have a place and we are very happy. Interestingly, it is the same house that Sai selected 3 months ago. The chit then said "Yes, I approve of your making an offer for the house --- at --- price". We did, but the offer was not accepted and we nearly forgot all about it. That is when I needed trust, faith and patience and I thank Sai for giving me the same. Earlier this month we noticed that house (approved by Sai) was still not sold. Then, as if Sai was ordering me, a thought came as a flash that we should make an offer again. We did and after going back and forth three times we settled for a deal at about 25% less costs than the announced price. Is it not true that Sai has his master plans for His devotees and His good reasons for making it look like our prayers are "unanswered"! We moved to our new residence last Saturday, at a time advised by a priest. While we still have problems with selling of our previous house and obtaining needed extra money to pay for the new one, we will leave all those problems to Sai. Before moving, we wetted rice with Sai's vibhuti (sacred ash) along with pasupu (turmeric) and kumkum (vermilion) and while offering prayers to Sai we spread them all around - outside and inside. After all, the house is Sai's and we are sure that He will find solutions. Jai Sai Ram

This is en experience of a Sai devotee closely known to me. In his own words, he describes the latest Sai miracle in his life; "The agents (employment) called and said that they are verifying my references, which has been completed and ADP will give me the offer letter. It is all Swami's grace as I just finished reading the Sai Sat Charitra which I brought from Sagar. The whole job was mysterious. This is what happened. 1) I sent my resume to a web site (career web site) unconnected to either ADP or the agent. 2) Next day I receive a message (from agent) which reads as follows " Please call me at xxxxxxx, I have a job near where you live. I do not know how he came to know where I live as my resume does not have my home address. 3) It so happens that right across where we live opposite there is a job for a Oracle Consultant who worked in a bank before and that to in my line such a combination is very rare. I can't but believe that there is divine intervention. I have asked for $CDN 75000 plus bonus and medical and dental benefits. I will know what their offer on Monday and I will let you know. Thanks for praying for me. Please read out this email to AMMA who must have also prayed for us.

Dear Shirdi Sai,

I am grateful to you for the miracle. My Son Rohan was brought into this world in an emergency situation when Doctors started to realize that his heartbeat was crashing. When they got him out he was not alive and the doctors revived him to life for 30minutes and his heart started to beat, they put himeon the ventilator for next few days. Within few hours of his birth we found out that due to lack of Oxygenation during the revival period there is a possibility that he sustained Brain Damage.he had all signs that and next 2 days they did an MRI and confirmed that he suffered extensive Brain Damage and he may or may not walk. All the doctors could tell was the Damage was extensive and it could mean anything. As parents we did not know what to pray for as he was still on the Ventilator not breathing by himself. We finally decided to take him of the ventilator, it was very hard choice, but we thought what life will he have, if he is a vegetable, but as we decided that, Rohan Raghav decided to breath by himself and survived without machines. We did not know if we should be happy or cry for his ill fate, He was the cutest boy I have ever seen and we went through hell making the decisions we were making and analyzing what went wrong without any notice in matter of minutes.

Anyway, we got him home and as my brother who is a doctor and I am grateful to him suggested I started stimulating him every 1 to 2hrs by moving him showing colors, touch and feel for the next 3 months. The Neurologist would not commit what the outcome is other than his damage is extensive. My sisterinlaw gave me the Sai Charithra and I read the Sai SatCharithra during this time, I don't remember how long I took, but I used to read every night and write Guru Raghavendra swami's name as much as I can. I put all my faith in God and my mother prayed a lot to Sai.

Today my Son is 10 months old and he is crawling and taking few steps, which according to doctors is actually advance for 10 month old, if not have any issues walking crawling or sitting. I cannot say what this means to us. Neurologists were very surprised to see Rohan when he was about 6 months to see him sit and crawl. He said I guess it proves Doctors are not Gods one more time and said Rohan has overcome any Motor issues. But as parents we are still worried because we won't know his mental abilities till he grows up and as usual the doctors say, we cannot predict, brain grows for 18 years and we won't know until we see him grow up. He also suffered Moderate hearing loss due lack of oxygenation and wears hearing aids, but right now he is the miracle kid doing things faster than a normal kid does.

We are very very very grateful Shirdi Sai, my family and me is planning to visit Shirdi this December to offer our prayers to Lord Shirdi. Hope Lord will not have any more obstacles for us to come see him in Shirdi. I was always believer in God, but this incident makes me think Gosh God is really there. But I also get scared that all my problems are not over. I know I should not feel like that, but what we have gone through has made very skeptical of everything. I cannot believe God is actually listening to my prayers and I really deserve his blessings.

I am grateful to Sai's Grace and Well-wishers prayers. Hope no parents go through this kind of Turmoil with their children. I pray for the whole world's children suffering. God don't let any child suffer.

Ohm Sai Shri Sai Jaya Jaya Sai.