Symbolism of
Sai
Sai is Mother full of unconditional Love
Sai is Father all capable and Giver
Sai is Beloved Friend always present when needed
Sai is Doctor setting us free from unimaginable afflictions
Sai is Bestower of Wealth filling our lives with immense
prosperity
Sai is Samarth Sadguru fulfilling our quest for self
knowledge
Sai is all pervasive omnipresent internal wirepuller solving
all our confusions
Sai is formless who appears before his devotees in the very form
they think of him.
Sai is lifeforce giving life and sustaining this entire
Universe
But who is this SAI????
Shirdi Saibaba who was in human body garment till Oct 15, 1918, would often tell his devotees that what you
see in Shirdi is a body of 3 ½ cubic feet comprising of five elements that
will ultimately merge with the same. HE
advised his devotees to look within and recognize the real SAI, the one seated
in heart of each living organism, vibrating, life giving force within each one
of us.
Close your eyes, barring your body and name, what is left is
that feeling of being alive. This is I
AM. This is SAI.
People have given different names to this life force
energy. However, it is this awareness,
this consciousness of our own existence is called by various names Krishna,
Christ, Guru Nanak, Durga and so on. All
are different names representing One and Only One Truth. Like Sai said SABKA MALIK EK (Everyone has One Master).
This consciousness, the awareness of existence, the feeling
of being alive, is common to all living beings.
Hence Saibaba advised us not to differentiate – ‘Destroy this wall of Teli(separation)
between you and me’. All living forms
are one with Sai. Sai is in All and All
are in Sai. We may know each other by different names. Ornaments are of different shapes but they are all made of one metal - Gold
Devotees who had difficulty understanding this were advised
to meditate on the physical form of Saibaba as they saw him until one would
close eyes and start experiencing the formless Sai (presence of divinity within). Sai pervades through each and every animate and inanimate object and binds entire
Universe, visible as well as invisible.
Knowing all as One form of Supreme Divine, Shirdi Saibaba
advised us all to drop hatred and treat each other equally as extensions of
Self. Be kind, loving and compassionate towards each other because you, me and others are all One (Self). Thus we should not
revile our own brethren, not harm any living being. Respect and Love all life forms as extensions
of Sai. There is no difference between
Sai and Me.
Our overwiseness, ego, feeling of I-ness and taking up of
Do-ership binds Karma and creates rinanubandhs (pastilfe karmic debts) thus obstructing our path
towards self realization and ultimately keeps us far away from Truth –
God. Saibaba advised us to get rid of
shackles of this MAYA. Go beyond the
visible phenomenon and look at the neomenon.
Saibaba asked us to work out our duties as per station of
life we are posted and think of our own welfare first i.e., observing,
understanding and experiencing our own true State.
Saibaba promised that he is always with his true devotees
and follows them everywhere.
Vandana Ritik Mulchandani
Noida
