Shiridi Sai Baba Devotees

Wednesday, January 05, 2005

Introduction to GiridharVani Satsang


Shri Guru Baba said worship, devotion, determination, attention, zeal and contemplation of Shri Shiridi Sai Baba contributes to the path of Spirituality. Shiridi Sai shown the spiritual quest of a human soul in three easily practicable methods to reach the adored feet of Supreme Lord by his good character. Baba, the beacon, exemplifies endearing Almighty in his life style through words and deeds. Thorough reading of Shiridi Sansthans Sacharita written by Sri Hemadpanth presents a detailed account of the process to reach God to some extent. Guru Maharaj has said that one can feel and realise the charm in the presence of the Divine through beholding and experiencing Guruji has propounded that in our spiritual experiences we can visualize the similarities in the Gospels of the both Baba and the Almighty. Spiritual path is in three stages as follows:
Devotion -Attention (Sradha) : Practice and Realisation of Sai.
Experience -Experience means to have unparalleled devotion attention and experience gained through prior two dimensions Realisation after experiencing these two dimensions.
Entrance -Entering into the philosophy- Tatva of God -
leave all the experiences and proceed into the relm's of God. to imbibe its sole influence totally merge with the God. Guruji has said that these three stages of experiences are made obvious through Sri Sai's path. The motto of publishing Guruji's gospel in the Satsangh is the spiritual theme of realising God as a first step.

In the second stage i.e., Self -experience, we follow some rites I like Aarti, attention, worship, devotion and offerings to Shri Sai Baba. By this procedure our heart sanctifies. Feel and ignore the experience that you get. Guruji propounded the concept through his experience . that in the third stage we imbibe philosophical phenomenon and as a consequence we renounce worldly pursuit and attain union with the Supreme. Guruji is blessed by Shri Shiridi Sai with the power of observation in the experiences of others. Due to the grace of Sri SaiBaba, Guruji alone was fortunate to obtain this extraordinary quality. In the stage of complete transformation love alone is attained, love alone remains, experiencing the love of the supreme being, the love of omniscient and the love of the omnipotent which is the divine love of Shri Shiridi Sai is the ultimate spiritual experience. Afterwards in the highest state of union with (God) the Divine infinity you the Ego no more remains, only the cosmic Lord Shri Sai Baba alone remains in you. You will not be able to remove that ideology. This is the final attempt. There is no attempt beyond it. The supreme Lord Sai alone remains, He is immovable, formless, Nirguna, Static, Celestial Lord, the Supreme . eternal (spirit) form only remains in you while you lose your Identity. There are three stages in this. You yourself without your entity rather filled with Sri Sai only and continue to exist with Sai only duly erasing your identity totally. In that state, reside permanently at one place. In the above described state if one continues to be immovable, one can attain salvation or Maha Nirvana which is told by Shri Giridharvani Guru Maharaj. Shri Giridharvani Guruji's main aim to publish this magazine is to extend complete knowledge of the Supreme Lord to the devotees and aspirants. Guruji is certain that this knowledge cannot be obtained without proper guidance of an experienced Guru. If one enters into this channel without a Guru he will become a True Self (Swayambu) by the grace of the Almighty. This is called Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana (Self-knowledge). Knowledge of God (Tatwa Gnana) is attained only under the guidance of a Guru.
Knowledge and its forms
1. Ignorance
2. Common knowledge
3. Wisdom
4. Self-knowledge
5. Knowledge of God.
Another meaning of knowledge is education.
This is in three forms
1 .Education (Vidya)
2. Un-education (Avipya)
3. No Education (Nirvidya).
Guruji said that 'Nirvidya' is the complete knowledge in the sphere of Brahmaganana. All this whithers away with the total merger in the God is the Gospel of Guruji. Hence Guruji blesses and wishes that all the aspirants to imbibe the knowledge of God and merge in the Supreme Self.