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Sai Vichaar 
www.saibaba.orgThursday , May 21, 2009 :: Volume 12, Issue 02(In its twelfth year of publication.)Sai Vichaar is a Weekly newsletter distributed every Thursday and is devoted to thelife, philosophy and teachings of Shri Sai Baba of Shirdi. Feel free to forward thisnewsletter to your interested associates in its original form. Please do not reply to thisemail. All replies will be ignored. To contact us please see information at the bottom of this newsletter.IN THIS ISSUE:
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FEATURE OF THE WEEK 
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CONTRIBUTED ARTICLE
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DEVOTEES SAY
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PRAYER CLUB
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EXPERIENCE OF DEVOTEES
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QUOTATION OF THE WEEK 
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QUESTION OF THE WEEK 
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SAI ACTIVITIES
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FROM THE EDITORS KEYBOARD FEATURE OF THE WEEK: The Epitome of Service and DevotionBayajabai had extreme love and devotion towards Baba and she used to prepare foodand take it to Baba. Baijabai, wife of Appa Kote Patil and mother of Tatya Kote Patilused to refer to Shri Sainath as her brother. Along with Mahalsapathi and Shama,Baijabai was one of the earliest people in Shirdi who recognized the divine personalityof Shri Sainath. Baijabai and her son Tatya Patil remained very attached to Baba. Tatyaused to call Baba, Mama or maternal uncle.During initial days, Baba used to sit under neem tree or used to wander around in thewoods. Baijabai, not minding the elements, used to take the food and walk in search of Baba in the jungles and feed Him. Baijabai used to walk long distances in search of Baba and used to feed Him lovingly. She did this diligent service to Shri Sainath for along time until later days when Baba began to stay in the Masjid. After this, Baijabai's physical strain of walking around in search of Baba ended. She remained a strongdevotee of Baba until her death.Service or Seva is as important as Bhakthi or devotion. Baijabai, the simple-mindeddevotee of Sainath stands out as an example to everyone in this aspect. Her diligentservice to Baba should be a reminder to everyone that treads Baba's path that serviceoffered at the feet of Sadguru, in any form befitting Sadguru's virtues is as important asBhakthi. Baijabai's episode stands testimony to the virtue of Seva or Service. As BabaHimself assured, Baijabai's service was amply repaid as Baba took care of her sonTatya Patil. However, that was not in the mind of Baijabai as she was humbly serving
 
the Lord! The virtue of service should be done with humility and not with anyexpectation. Seva in the spirit of humility and surrender is the Seva that Baijabai personified.CONTRIBUTED ARTICLE: Have you seen God?This is a question that has been asked to a lot of persons who have faith in their god. Iread an article long time back of which I do not have the source, but in that article thissame very question was asked to a Sadhu by a person who had came to visit him, sadhuconfidently said "Yes, I have seen him and I can also show him to you if you wish".That person getting excited in disbelief said, "Ok then, show me this god". Sadhu askedthat person to sit in front of him and then started waving his hand in front of his eyes,time passed by but still that person didn't show or felt any presence of god, so gettingimpatient he shouted back at the sadhu and asked "You have been doing this for pastten minutes now, but still I can't feel or see him, when will I see this god of yours?". Tothis the sadhu humbly replied, "From the past ten minutes I've been showing you thegod and all you could see was my hand".There is a very strong point in this story, initially till sometime back I was too in thatgroup of people who used to ask others this same very question, then I had my day of realization, I was coming back from office, walking towards my home from the busstop, I don't know how but before this question could appear in my mind an imageappeared, where a person is helping an old lady to cross the street, this flash of thoughtmade me feel that god is not what I had been thinking till today, god is not someonethat could be found only in some avataars or in any materialistic way but that he is alsothe ACT, the act that was helping an old lady to cross the road through that gentleman,it also made me to think on the words "To see god in everything and everyone" now Ifully realized those words, actually you don't even have to try or practice to see god ineveryday life he himself shows his glory all the time, we just don't realize that. Thisincident has really broadened my definition of god, which like him is boundless.
(Contributed by Ramesh Chandra)
DEVOTEES SAY:
 Anirud 
Jai Sairam. Couple of months back We had read from some devotee's experience in SVList that before he drives his car he used to utter "SAI Sharanam BABA Sharanam"and how BABA helped him in a freeway when his car broke.We too started the same practice. Couple of weeks back my wife started taking our  baby for a playgroup and that was her first day for that group. The area was bit newand roads were little confusing. On the way back she entered wrongly into an One-waytraffic lane, for a moment we just panicked, luckily by BABA's grace there was no on-going traffic at that second, and immediately we got an opening to another street whichhad Two-way traffic lanes. Never have we ever seen such an immediate opening toother street. It was all by BABA's grace we could come out of the critical mistakewithout any ticket / accident. Sharanam BABA Sharanam!!!PRAYER CLUB:
 
 Devyani 
You know the suffering that I'm going through. Please help me Baba. I want to come toShirdi this summer and take your darshan. Please make this happen, Baba. Only youcan make my life better, Baba.
 A Sai devotee
Om Sai Ram. Baba please cure my eye problem. I am unable to tolerate this pain. Icannot survive with this pain any longer. I am continuously praying
 Rama
Om Sai Ram, you know all. Even though I have everything in my life just by your  blessings, but you are aware of my inner fear, worry and anxiety. Please Sai, pleasehelp me now.
 A devotee
Baba as you know the problems, which we are facing right now. Please help us to solvethe problems and come out of this situation.
 Sai devotee
We have applied for US Citizenship. Please help us to pass the fingerprints, interviewtestEXPERIENCE OF DEVOTEES:
 Sai Kumar V 
This happened in January 2008, when I was on a visit to Pune. I landed in Pune airportaround 12 noon. As I had the official work only the next day, I wanted to make a trip toShirdi and be back in Pune. I realized that I forgot to carry my Debit Card and all I hadwas about Rs.500 and a credit card. I had a nice darshan of BABA at Shirdi andreturned to Pune around midnight. I was searching for a decent hotel to stay for thenight. All I had was Rs.200 in cash and credit card and my return flight ticket toChennai. I was desperately searching for a budget hotel where credit card is accepted.Suddenly an autowallah approached me and said he can accommodate me in a decenthotel with credit card acceptance. He took me to the hotel about 20 minutes drive fromthe bus station. I checked into the hotel using the credit card. I never use credit card towithdraw cash from the ATM. So withdrawing cash from ATM was ruled out. The nextmorning I got ready to go the place of work, about one hour from the place where I wasstaying. All I had was Rs.100/- with me. I went down and checked with the hotel guyabout the auto fare to that place. I was told that autowallahs charge Rs.200/- to reachthe place. I came back to my room and prayed to BABA to help. I took out the SAISATCHARITA from my bag and I opened randomly by closing my eyes. Lo! To mysurprise, I found Rs.100/- in that page. My joy knew no bounds and reached the placeafter paying Rs.200/-. I returned to the airport in a cab arranged by the staff of thecompany. This miracle is an ample example, that once again BABA protects hisdevotees at all times.
 A Sai devotee
It was 24^th April 2009 I came to know that my love Sandeep was suffering from TB but he was unaware of this because he did not go for the x-rays. He used to get littlecough, he used to get up in the morning. He was losing weight; He used to get sharp pains in his back at night. He went to his family doctor & the Dr gave him some
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