Saibaba of shirdi is whom I call as my turban
master. It has been few years since I know about Baba. There is a reason
why we like certain things in life. We like specific color, food, art, game,
friend and lot more for a reason. I started going to sai darbar near my house
few years back. To me initially it was a place that had abundant positive
energy and equilibrium for prayer. Slowly the perception transformed into an
idea that the place had a special person who was loved by several people. If
people loved him crazily there surely is a reason why he was loved that way. He
has a magnetic attraction that made me read about him more. Slowly it
transformed into tremendous faith.
Baba is a very simple person who takes care of his
children with so much of love. He has abundant love to share with everyone. Sai
by the name means Sakshat Ishwar as per satcharithram. Satcharithram is the
holy book written by Hemadpanth which talks about the incident s that happened
during Sai’s period.
I treat him like my grandfather since he is old
and has nothing but only love to offer. There are several stories in
satcharithram that increased my devotion and love for baba. Baba says in the satcharitram that he decides
who can be his devotee and then he draws his devotees to him by any means. There has been several times when I have
related so much to some devotees who appear in satcharitram.
Personally I like baijabai who deligently made
sure that baba ate every day. She was so sincere and made roti for baba every
day. It makes one live in the times of baba while reading the holy book. It
feels like Shama (madhav rao Deshpande), kaka, mahalsapathi, nana sahed
chandorkar, tatya patil, baijabai, radha Krishna mai still live with baba in
front of me. The beauty in following the preceptor is he never forced anyone to
follow him. He says he is only sadguru to help us reach the god. What else can
one expect? He always gave more than what the devotee asks for.
For every devotee going to shirdi is a dream. I
had my dreams too. One should definitely be blessed to touch the holy soil in
shirdi. Baba made the dream come true 7 years before when I first went to
shirdi on the 1st of Dec. There really wasn’t anything more I could
have asked for. I truly felt like I visited my grandfather’s house where he
would stretch his arms and shower his love. 3 years later I visited shirdi again
and the experience was unbelievable. The desire to go to shirdi is undying in
every devotee.
I visited the sirdi sansthan website today and had a
live darshan of baba and hence this post.
Long live Sri Sai and Peace be to all.