Thirst for GOD

Love for God is very unique. Love which is unrivaled, enchanting and beyond all the feelings that one encounters. It is something that one experiences and it gives the soul the contentment that one starts to bask in the glory of his love. It is like the sunshine in one's life, cool breeze in another's, moving waves in others and like rain drops on a leaf for the rest.

I call it sunshine because it lighten up the inner soul and take one from dusk to dawn. It is like cool breeze because it gives the soul the bliss that one seeks his entire life. I call it a moving wave because it brings the stillness and tranquility which transforms ones life. I also call it a rain drop because it brings that tear of happiness the moment you feel or think about Him.

Sun shines and so the love shines and the glitters are seen on the face. Like the breeze, the love moves to the fore and the chill runs through the body of the lover. The wave keeps moving back and forth and so is the love that dances to the tune of his devotion. Raindrop falls, and when it falls, it falls entirely with all its mass. So is the love, like raindrop it falls, giving its all.

Neither height, nor depth and nothing else in all creation are able to separate from this emotion. All the gifts and powers come to an end some day but love goes on forever. Yes, we are imperfect, but his love for us is perfect. Yes, we are incomplete but his love for us is complete. Though we are lost in our hearts, his love encompasses us irrespective of where we are.

It is the same love and it is the only love that bought a tear to my eyes when one best moment in the day I talked about him just for few seconds. It was the moment when I realized that too much of anything is dangerous unless its Gods love. The more we have, the better we become. The more we talk, the better we feel. The more we feel, the better we perform in this thing called Life.

His love rooted in me is what I seek, is what I believe in, is what I long for, is what fulfills me.  

And the Love Continues :))

It had been ages since I met this good old friend of mine from school.  

It was a Thursday, I was lolling in Ambience Mall in Gurgaon, whiling away time glancing at different things at the glitzy stores from dresses at Mango to diamond studded Rado watches and dazzling Platinum jewellery. Buying any of this was surely going to burn a hole in my pocket. Thoughts of earning enough clouded my mind. As content as I was, I could not help but wonder who is more rich in life, one who has the most or the one who needs the least.(a deep thought at such an odd hour), I turned around and my gaze shifted to a pair of long slender legs in black shiny boots, I measured her up and surely the boots and the legs made their way up to a chic designer wear. Before I realized, the pretty face that belonged to the description was calling out to me, “Heyy Anisha, its been a long long time”.. She walked over to me and hugged me tight. It was Aradhya, I’d say I was more than pleasantly surprised to bump into this dear old friend of mine whom I had not seen since we passed out of school, it had been over 9 years.

We spent hours sitting at a cafe, sharing how life's been treating us in those 9 years. I realized, Aradhya has grown as an individual in those years gone by. The Aradhya I knew, would get everything she wanted from life, materialistically speaking. As rich as she was, she could buy almost anything under the sun but then if only money could buy happiness.

And then it was my turn, and all I could talk about was, was the love of my life. Of how I was over the moon in love and satiated in life. Telling her how everything else paled in comparison and how the feeling of love kept me grounded and content in life. That I needed nothing more from life.

That love which altered my life for peace. The love which filled the void in my heart. Whenever I see him, I feel a chill run down my spine as it ran down when we kissed for the first time. We talk and laugh endlessly over anything, we pull each others legs mindlessly, how we like spending time together and enjoy each others company. I don’t feel the need to think twice before saying anything  to him. We are best buddies and he is someone who makes me feel complete. My love for him grows with every single thought of him. I promise to my heart and my god that for him I will do anything, to wash away his pain, bring back that lively smile which took my heart away. There is this longing of waking up in the morning next to him.Wishing for that day to arrive soon,when the first thing/person I see is him when I wake up and needless to say that he be the last thing I see before I am off to sleep, to my dreams of more happier days of my wedded life with him. I feel his love for me every single minute..and look for ways to express how much I am in love with him.. I can fight for him, I can lie for him and yes I can die for him.. My life starts with him and ends where he is not with me. I wish I could express what he means to me. A whole lot more than anything else on this earth. I want to make a home with him, where I will have a small world of laughter, happiness, naughtiness. A world where I belong to him.. A world where there is dearth of fights and glut of love.. My love for him.. His love for me.. Our love.. A world where there is no space for anyone else between him and me”

Shytt!! I love him Aradhya. Aradhyaa… Aradhyaaa… what are you thinking??

I saw Aradhya staring at my face, lost in me. Transfixed by my excitement of being in love.

She exclaimed, “Come girl, get up. Let’s go home, get me to meet the hero of your love story right away.. From what you tell me, he sounds to be the most amazing person on this planet. What a crazy girl. chanting his name for the last 47 mins.. Find out where he is…

I said, “Ok ok, relax and let me just call him.. 

" Hey RK" ;-)

Ibaadat

Teri he hasi se
Lagta hai phool sabhi khil jate hain
Teri he khushi se
Iss dil k dard sabhi chhup jate hain
Teri he nami se
Saanso k taar sabhi hil jate hain
Teri he kami se
Zehen k khwaab sabhi jal jate hain

Tere sath se khushnuma ho baithe 
Soye hue dil k wo harr armaan
Unn pyar bhare shabdon se
Jigar mein jagg aaya fir ek farmaan

Duniya se alag nikal kar hum raah nayi banaenge
Uss raah par mile tohfo ko sajda kar sajaaenge
Raah ki kamiyon ko mil kar door hataenge
Khuda k iss faisle par shikayat nahi jataenge

Koi aam nahi hai shaks tu
Alaah ka mehekta ik noor hai
Tujhe paa kar banega ghar mera
Tu ibaadat meri
Aur tu he mera guroor hai

@ RK   :)))))))))

Journey with Samarpan

I remember the day I was hunting a way to get connected with Sai Baba in some way. I wanted to know more about him, his teachings, his miracles and above all I wanted to be used by him to spread his message to his people. I could not spot a road to walk on. It is said that even if we cannot perceive our strengths, God knows where to put us to get the best out of us. Same thing happened with me when one fine day Sai associated me with Sai Samarpan (Sai Baba’s Magazine). Lucky day it was when I thanked him and sensed that I am going to cover a long way with this magazine.

These are not coincidences, I believe that these are all God’s arrangement when we are put to something we like, when we are given a chance to do all that we wanted, when we just think about something and it happens to us, when we meet people who we think are just like us, when we see somebody for the first time and sense that we do have a connection.

Sai is an extremely positive feeling, a divine energy who alone can take our quaking boat to the shore. He gives us all that we desire, on his time and in his way, which is perfect for us. He blesses his people with all the amenities of life. He says that “There shall be no want in the house of my devotees”. I believe this because when we have Sai, we are contented and we do not need anything. He shows us the right path to walk, fills our heart with humanity, brings us down to earth, teaches us to respect and shows us the way to achieve salvation. I call him my Miraculous God.

How can we win Sai? He says that the four sadhanas and six sastras are not necessary, just the complete trust in Me is required. He has given us his two Guru Mantra i.e. “Faith” and “Patience” or “Shraddha” and
“Saburi”. He opens door that no one can close and with him the impossible is also possible. I placed my trust in the one on Altar and today I am shining just like a Star.

Samarpan has blessed me with the positivity and the unbelievable experiences shared by the readers have not only made them staunch lovers of Sai but also increased our devotion and love for him. And HIS love for us have kept us away from the Satan who is present in some way in all of us.

My heartfelt thanks to Ashok and Ravi (Editors Samarpan) for giving me an opportunity to be a part of Samarpan and I hope my journey with the same continues forever. :)

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Love & Light

Silsila

Zindagi ko gale laga

Raho pe wo chalta gaya

Har raah pe use naya

Insaan tha milta gaya

Pyar wo karta gaya

Insaaniyat insaan ki

Par chupi thi dil mein bas

Haivaaniyat shaitaan ki

Todta marodta gaya wo

Apne har faisle ko

K buland kar sake wo

Insaan apne uss hausle ko

Mitta gaya, jalta gaya

Jwala mein wo tanhaai ki

Aas thi dil mein pane ki

Apni si parchaai ki

Mila nahi use koi

Raahi sachcha uss raah pe

Chalta raha wo silsila

Sachchai ki uss chaah mein

Baba's love on me

It was in year 2009, when I was pulled by Sai Baba like a Thread is attached to a Sparrow’s feet. Broken in heart, I was in search of a real power called God who could give me a shoulder to cry on and a new hope of living back again. I give credit to my cousin bhabhi who acquainted me to Baba and it was then that I started visiting Sai temple. I am a believer of God since I was a kid but I never felt this strong feeling of presence of God around me which I felt when connected to Baba. Everyday miracles bought me close to Baba every single moment. He taught me to build my faith in him. He called me to Shirdi thrice in 2010 which made my life happier every day. I learnt to leave my worries on him and keep moving in life. A broken heart was now a mended heart full of Baba’s love. There are hundreds of experiences but short of words to describe Baba’s mercy on my life. An incident which I promised to share goes like this:

I was suffering with constant pain in chest from months, which I thought to be gastric pain and I was taking regular medicines for that. Pain was coming and going after every interval which was becoming a cause of concern for me. Once my doctor diagnosed it to be muscular pain and I was medicated for muscular pain. After taking medicines for a month, pain was still hitting me. On calling my doctor, he asked me to go for an X-ray of chest. It scared me that what could be the reason for this pain. Gaining strength I went for an X-ray which said that I had pleural thickening at bottom of my right lung. My doctor could not find out the reason for the thickening in lung and he advised me blood test and CT-Scan of chest. He said it could be an infection which might take months to cure or could be due to any other reason. The moment he said this, I was lost. Bad thoughts were occupying my mind for pleural thickening. I studied about its causes and cures on internet which made me more scared. I went for blood test the next day but was not able to prepare myself for CT-Scan and I spent 3 days in pain trying to gain strength to face it.

I prayed to Baba to help me come out of that scary phase. Then I went to Sai Dham with Ruma di and decided to go for CT-Scan only after Vineet bhaiya gave me healing. Many people have come to Sai Dham where Vineet bhaiya gave them remedies according to Baba’s 11 vachans and healing to cure disease of people. He is a blessed child of Baba and a medium through which Baba himself help people get rid of their problems. He gave me healing, Baba’s udi and golden jal from Shirdi and consoled me to have faith on Baba and that my reports shall be normal. His words gave me immense strength.

Next day, I went to a Lab where after entering I saw a Baba’s photo hanging on Lab’s wall. I thought that now you are here with me and my reports shall be all fine. I went to 1^st floor with my dad and on reaching 1^st floor, I heard Baba’s bhajan being played. My eyes were full of tears and I cried until the lady called me inside for CT-Scan. She consoled me and asked me to lie down on that machine which I found very scary and it made me nervous. I was carrying a Baba’s small photo in my pocket. When I laid down the lady asked me if I ever had tuberculosis to which I said a loud No. I kept Baba’s photo on my chest and closed my eyes and in few minutes CT-Scan was over. I came out of the lab and reports were supposed to be delivered in the evening. As the time was passing, I was losing strength and only remembered Baba the whole day. I kept praying to him for my normal reports and was becoming weak. Fear of any complication in the report was becoming worst and negative thoughts of a problem in my chest were killing me inside. I went to Rohini Sai Mandir alongwith Swati who too is a devotee of Baba and she spent her whole day with me giving me faith. I did not eat anything and was numb the whole day.

Clock showed 6 and I reached the lab to collect my reports. I took it in my hand and sat at the reception where Baba’s photo was hanging. I closed my eyes and again prayed to him while I still had tears in my eyes. I took the reports out of the cover and opened my eyes with a jerk and read “No Complications” in caps and bold in the report. I cried out of happiness, stared at Baba’s photo for few minutes and thanked him a thousand times for saving me.

It was only Baba who changed my reports of pleural thickening to normal. I was most happy and went to Baba’s temple again to thank him and prayed him to stay with me and by my side forever. I called up Vineet bhaiya and thanked him for his healing and giving me Baba’s udi and golden jal. Since then I don’t have any pain in my chest too.

It is true that Sai is our Saviour, our Strength and our Everything.

Anna Hazare’s Crusade

Yesterday while watching supporters of Hazare’s crusade against corruption outside Tihar Jail at 11 pm, candle light march, banners reading “Anna we are with you”, I was pleased to see the people converged to pillar a cause which, if succeeded, can change the portrait of the Indian economy to a large extent. Arresting Anna was an outrageous act done by the Government. But hearing Nation’s voice heeding his call to action was a blow up to Congress face. Slogans of “JAI HO” rejoiced my heart and I thought of Gandhi Ji. It appeared as if Gandhi Ji is back with his eternal and ceaseless spirit of making the Nation free from Corruption. His fight for demand of tough laws against corruption & fast onto death movement reminded me of Gandhi ji’s Quit India, Salt Satyagrah and Civil Disobedience movements where he did not surrendered but the Britishers laid down their arms in front of his non-violent but powerful weapon. Gandhi Ji’s spirit has entered Hazare. He is as ceaseless, as honest, as charming, as non-violent and virtuous as Mahatma Gandhi was.

Let us all come out in support of this veteran social activist for passing of “Jan Lok Pal” bill which if enacted would create an effective deterrence against corruption in India.

JAI HO…