A 'Simple' Miracle Practice to Benefit from - Try This for 1 Week

Below is a simple miracle practice you can experiment with for at least 1 week. The goal - make first contact...you want to receive a sign of faith from Babaji so you know he is real. He will DEFINITELY give you sign(s) if you are sincere.

Simple Daily Miracle Practice: Experiment for 1 Week:

1. Look at the picture below for at least 60 seconds each day. 

Burn it into your mind. While looking at it, affirm "Baba is taking care of all my needs, I don't have to worry. Baba is taking care of all my needs, I don't have to worry." Keep saying it and remember it all throughout the day - it is your affirmation especially to offset any negative thinking or doubts. Keep his image in your mind all day - this is like holding the door open for him to interfere in your life. You can print it and keep it on you (he says if you do this it will ward of problems), put it on your phone, computer, or frame it near your work station. His form is a portal to miracles. Let him worry about your problems, you worry about remembering him and trusting him fully, that's all you need to do.

2. Say 'Sai' (Pronounced Sah - Eye.)

Just say it over and over as you remember the image throughout the day (Read 'If you Always Say Sai' for more). Let it stoke the fire of love for him. The love removes the barrier (ego) which block miracles (Read 'Miracles Are Just the Beginning' for more).

3. Read at least one chapter of Sri Sai Satcharita each day.

These are stories which connect you to him, and have been responsible for many miracles in the lives of those who read, just by reading them. (Read 'Reward of reading Sri Sai Satcharita , 'The Easiest Path' and 'If a Person Reads My Stories' for more) They were inspired directly from Baba himself. Close your eyes, and ask him to guide you to which chapter you should read. Read at least one chapter per day. http://manifestmiracleswithshirdisaibaba.blogspot.com/p/sri-sai-satcharita.html

*Note: there are apps available that you can put on your phone. I love this, and the first thing I do when I wake up, and just before I go to bed, is grab my phone and read a chapter. Its also great if you are out and about and have some downtime.

4. Feed the Hungry

This is a miracle practice, and perhaps the best one. Baba LOVES when you feed hungry people and animals. In the Sri Sai Satcharita it says feeding the hungry is the best charity (Read 'Why Baba Loves When You Feed People' for more info), and gives the best merits. So, in any way you can make sure to donate food or money to feed the hungry. Don't miss an opportunity to help someone, as it could be Baba himself (he is known to come to people in different forms to test them). A charity organization I work with called Tripura Foundation is able to feed 5 meals to the hungry for every $1 donated (IE you can feed 50 meals for just $10). Click here to make a donation.

ALWAYS REMEMBER...

"If you look to me, I look to you...if you take one step towards me, I'll take 100 to you."

Animated English Cartoon 'The Divine Wonders of Shirdi Sai Baba'

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How to Attain the 4 Goals of Life without Having to Ask for Them

An excerpt from Chapter 6 of the Sri Sai Satcharita

"If any one prostrates before Sai and surrenders heart and soul to Him, then [without having to ask for it], all the chief objects of life:

+ Righteousness/Perfect Action (Dharma)
+ Wealth (Artha)
+ Fulfillment of Desires (Kama)
+ And Liberation/Enlightenment (Moksha), are easily attained.

...So says definitely, Sai Baba."

Baba on merging with him/his grace, in his own words:

"There will never be any dearth or scarcity, regarding food and clothes, in any devotees’ homes. It is my special characteristic, that I always look to, and provide, for the welfare of those devotees, who worship Me whole-heartedly with their minds ever fixed on Me. Lord Krishna has also said the same in the Gita. Therefore, strive not much for food and clothes. If you want anything, beg of the Lord to leave worldly honors, for his grace and blessings to be honored in His Court.

Do not be deluded by worldly honor. The form of the Deity should be firmly fixed in the mind. Let all the senses and mind be ever devoted to the worship of the Lord, let there be no attraction for any other thing; fix the mind in remembering Me always, so that it will not wander elsewhere, towards body, wealth and home. Then it will be calm, peaceful and carefree. This is the sign of the mind, being well engaged in good company. If the mind is unsettled, it cannot be called well-merged."

"I you take one step towards me, I will take 100 steps towards you."

You Can Depend on Baba - He is Utterly Unfailing - He Will Spoil You with Miracles

I want to shout it from the mountain tops, I want everyone to know...

You can depend on Baba.

I have been vigilantly surrendering to him - constantly asking him what I should do, where I should go, what I should eat - everything. I have been making him my helmsman.

My experience?

He is utterly UNFAILING.

He is anticipating everything. He puts me in the right place, at the right time, and creates these unimaginable fortunate circumstances that leaves me speechless. This is happening everyday. 

When I'm struggling, he gives me patience.

When I falter, he redirects me.

When I'm worried, he gives me faith through some miracle.

When I ask him a question, he gives me the answer.

He is like a warm blanket, a safety net, a mother to a new born baby...

But so much more.

I've never felt so comforted, assured, protected, and FULL with Baba.

Words cannot begin to articulate the sense of peace and comfort that he is looking out for me EVERY SECOND. He simply will not you suffer needlessly. He will not let you be hurt, foolish, or deluded. Its absolutely incredible, this merciful mother Babaji.

He knows what I want before I do, and he makes it happen effortlessly. 

I just can't say enough - I could go on and on.

What I deeply, deeply desire is for YOU to experience Baba's grace for yourself. He is so merciful, nurturing, and compassionate. He is the great child-spoiler. 

If you are reading this, this is my attempt to convince you - GO TO BABA. All you have to do is think about him all the time, and allow him to work. The more you can give up what you think you ought to do, say, and be, the more you will see he will do it all for you, and in unimaginable ways. Utter perfection.

Surrender to him, and you don't ever have to worry about anything, ever again. You can rest assured he is taking care of your every need, and will put you in the right circumstances WITHOUT FAIL. He will be with you wherever you go, he will go ahead of you and organize everything in your favor. He will keep negative things away from you, and shower you with  miracle after miracle. You just have to let him.

Knock down the wall between you and him, let go, and you will be rewarded beyond your wildest dreams. He is the fast track, the shortcut to you highest success.

In the name of Baba

"Make Me Your Slave."

In Baba's Words - Just Remember the Guru's Loving Glance - No Other Practice Required - You Will Attain Spiritual Goal in Life

An Excerpt from Chapters 18 & 19 of the Sri Sai Satcharita

"The (mother) tortoise is on one bank of the river, and her young ones are on the other side. She gives neither milk, nor warmth to them. Her mere glance gives them nutrition. The young ones do nothing, but remember (meditate upon) their mother. The tortoise glance is, to the young ones, a down-pour of nectar, the only source of sustenance and happiness. Similar is the relation, between the Guru and disciples...

Just remember that Guru's tortoise-like loving glance gives us happiness. Do not try to get Mantra or Upadesh from anybody. Make Me the sole object of your thoughts and actions; and you will, no doubt, attain Paramartha (the spiritual goal of life).

Look at Me whole-heartedly, and I in turn look at you similarly. I speak the truth, nothing but the truth. No Sadhanas, nor proficiency in the six Shastras, are necessary. Have faith and confidence in your Guru. Believe fully, that Guru is the sole Actor or Doer. Blessed is he who knows the greatness of his Guru and thinks him to be the Trinity incarnate."

"It is on account of Rinaubandh (former relationship) that we have come together - let us love and serve each other and be happy."

Feeding Hungry People Gives Miracles - Best of All Charities - Why Baba Loves When You Feed People

An Excerpt from Chapter 38 of the Sri Sai Satcharita

"Different spiritual practices  are prescribed in our scriptures for different ages. Penance  is recommended for Golden age, knowledge/wisdom  for Silver age, Sacrifice for Bronze age and Charity for Dark (present) age.

Of all the charities, giving food is the best one. We are much perturbed when we get no food at noon. Other beings feel similarly under similar circumstances. Knowing this, he who gives food to the poor and hungry, is the best donor or charitable person.

The Taittiriya Upanishad says that "Food is Brahma; from food all the creatures are born and having been born, by food they live, and having departed, into food again they enter."

Other kinds of charities are imperfect without this giving of food as stars are without the moon, a necklace without its central medal, a crown without pinnacle, a tank without a lotus, bhajan without love, a married lady without the kumkum-mark, singing without a sweet voice or butter-milk without salt.

Giving food to the hungry is the best of all merits."

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"Give food to the hungry, water to the thirsty, and clothes to the naked. Then God will be pleased."

In Baba's Words - "Nothing Will Harm Him Who Turns His Attention Towards Me..." - Who or What is Shirdi Sai Baba?

An Excerpt from Chapter 3 of the Sri Sai Satcharita

"Be wherever you like, do whatever you choose, remember this well that all what you do is known to Me. I am the Inner Ruler of all and seated in their hearts. I envelope all the creatures, the movable and immovable world. I am the Controller - the wire-puller of the show of this Universe. I am the mother - origin of all beings - the Harmony of three Gunas, the propeller of all senses, the Creator, Preserver and Destroyer. Nothing will harm him, who turns his attention towards Me, but Maya will lash or whip him who forgets Me. All the insects, ants, the visible, movable and immovable world, is My Body or Form."

If you make me the sole object of your thoughts and aims, you will gain the supreme goal.

In Baba's Words - "If A Man Utters My Name with Love and Hears My Stories..."

"If a man utters My name with love, I shall fulfill all his wishes, increase his devotion. And if he sings earnestly My life and My deeds, him I shall beset in front and back and on all sides. Those devotees, who are attached to Me, heart and soul, will naturally feel happiness, when they hear these stories. Believe Me that if anybody sings My Leelas, I will give him infinite joy and everlasting contentment. It is My special characteristic to free any person, who surrenders completely to Me, and who does worship Me faithfully, and who remembers Me, and meditates on Me constantly.

How can they be conscious of worldly objects and sensations, who utter My name, who worship Me, who think of My stories and My life and who thus always remember Me? I shall draw out My devotees from the jaws of Death. If My stories are listened to, all the diseases will be got rid of. So, hear My stories with respect; and think and meditate on them, assimilate them. This is the way of happiness and contentment. The pride and egoism of My devotees will vanish, the mind of the hearers will be set at rest; and if it has wholehearted and complete faith, it will be one with Supreme Consciousness. The simple remembrance of My name as ‘Sai, Sai’ will do away with sins of speech and hearing".

Read Baba's Stories Here

The Easiest Path & Hearing Baba's Stories

Excerpts from Chapter 10 of the Sri Sai Satcharita:

"Remember Him (Sai Baba) always with love, for He was engrossed in doing good to all, and always abided in His Self. To remember Him only is to solve the riddle of life and death. This is the best and easiest of Sadhanas, as it involves no expenditure. A little exertion here brings great rewards. So as long as our senses are sound, we should, minute my minute, practice this Sadhana. All other Gods are illusory ; Guru is the only God. If we believe in Sad-guru's holy feet, he can change our fortune for the better. If we serve Him nicely, we get rid of our Samsar. We need not study any philosophy like the Nyaya and the Mimansa. If we make Him our Helmsman, we can easily cross over the sea of all our pains and sorrows. As we trust the helmsman in crossing rivers and seas, so we have to trust our Sadguru in getting over the ocean of worldly existence. The Sadguru looks to the intense feeling and devotion of his devotees, endows them with knowledge and eternal bliss....


...Though Sai Baba acted outwardly like an ordinary man, His actions showed extraordinary intelligence and skill. Whatever He did, was done for the good of His devotees. He never prescribed any asan, regulation of breathing or any rites to His Bhaktas, nor did He blow any mantra into their ears. He told them to leave off all cleverness and always remember "Sai" "Sai". "If you did that" He said, "all your shackles would be removed and you would be free". Sitting between five fires, sacrifices, chantings, eight-fold Yoga are possible for the Brahmins only. They are of no use to the other classes. The function of the mind is to think, it cannot remain for a minute without thinking. If you give it a Sense-object, it will think about it. If you give it to a Guru, it will think about Guru. You have heard most attentively the greatness, grandeur of Sai. This is the natural remembrance, worship and Kirtan of Sai. Hearing the stories of the Saints is not so difficult, as the other Sadhanas mentioned above. They (stories) remove all fear of this Samsar (worldly existence), and take you on to the spiritual path.

So listen to these stories, meditate on them, and assimilate them. If this is done, not only the Brahmins, but women and lower clases will get pure and holy. You may do or attend to your worldy duties, but give your mind to Sai and His stories, and then, He is sure to bless you. This is the easiest path, but why do not all take to it? The reason is that without God's grace, we do not get the desire to listen to the stories of Saints. With God's grace everything is smooth and easy. Hearing the stories of the Saints is, in a way, keeping their company. The importance of the company of Saints is very great. It removes our body-consciousness and egoism, destroys completely the chain of our birth and death, cuts asunder all the knots of the heart, and takes us to God, Who is pure Consciousness. It certainly increases our non-attachment to sense-objects, and makes us quite indifferent to pleasures and pains, and leads us on the spiritual path. If you have no other Sadhana, such as uttering God's name, worship or devotion etc., but if you take refuge in them (Saints) whole-heartedly, they will carry you off safety across the ocean of wordly existence. It is for this reason that the Saint manifest themselves in this world. even sacred rivers such as the Ganges, Godavari, Krishna and Kaveri etc., which wash away the sins of the world, desire that the Saints should come to them, for a bath and purify them. Such is the grandeur of the Saints. It is on account of the store of merit in past births that we have attained the feet of Sai Baba.

We conclude this chapter with meditation on Sai's Form. He, the beautiful and handsome Sai, standing on the edge of the Masjid and distributing Udi to each and every Bhakta, with a view to his welfare. He who thinks the world as naught and Who is ever engrossed in Supreme Bliss -- before Him -- we humbly prostrate ourselves."

"Trust in the Guru fully. That is the only sadhana."

Beautiful (Arati) Prayer to Babaji in English

Excerpted from the 'Arati' Chapter in the Sri Sai Satcharita

Oh Sai Baba, we wave lights before You, the bestower of happiness to the Jivas. Give us - Your servants and devotees rest under the dust of Your feet. Burning (destroying) desire, You remain absorbed in Your Self and show the Lord (God) to the aspirants. As one feels intently, You give him experiences or realizations accordingly. Oh kind-hearted, Your power is such! Meditation on Your name removes our fear of the samsar. Your method of work is really unfathomable as You always help the poor and helpless. 

In this Kali age, You - the all-pervasive Datta, have really incarnated as Saguna Brahma. Ward off the fear of samsar of the devotees who come to You every Thursday so as to enable them to see the feet of the Lord. Oh! God of Gods, I pray that let my treasure be the service of Your feet. Feed Madhav and (you should utter your name here) with happiness as the cloud feeds the Chatak bird with pure water and thus keep up Your Word. Amen!

"I will take you to the end."

Reward of Reading the Sri Sai Satcharita

An excerpt from the Epilogue of the Sri Sai Satcharita 

"Now a few words about the reward you get, from a study of this work. After bathing in the sacred Godavari and after taking the darshan of the Samadhi in the Samadhi-mandir in Shirdi, you should read or hear the Satcharita. If you do this all your threefold afflictions will vanish. Casually thinking about the stories of Sai, you will get unconsciously interested in spiritual life and if you then go on through the work with love, all your sins will be destroyed. If you wish to get rid of the cycle of births and deaths, read Sai's stories and remember Him always; and get yourself attached (devoted) to His Feet. If you dive into the sea of Sai's stories, and then give them out to others, you will get an ever-new flavour of them and save the hearers from perdition. 

If you go on meditating on Sai's Form, it will in course of time disappear and lead you into self-realization. It is very hard to know or realize the nature of Self or Brahma, but if you approach through the Sagun Brahma (Sai's Form) your progress will be easy. If the devotee completely surrenders himself to Him, he will lose his individuality and be merged in Him and be one with Him, as the river in the sea. If you thus become merged with Him in any of the three states, viz., waking, dream and sleep, you get rid of the bond of samsara. If anybody after bathing reads this with love and faith,and completes it within a week, his calamities will disappear; or if he hears or reads it daily and regularly all his dangers will be warded off. By its study, a man wishing for wealth will get it and a pure trader, success in his life. He will get the reward according to his faith and devotion. Without these, there will be no experience of any kind. 

If you read this respectfully, Sai will be pleased, and removing you ignorance and poverty, He will give you knowledge, wealth and prosperity. With concentrated mind, if you read a Chapter daily, it will give you unbounded happiness. One who has his welfare at heart, should study it carefully and then he will ever remember Sai gratefully and joyfully in birth after birth. This work should be read at home specially on Guru-Pournima (Ashadha full-moon day), Gokul-Ashtami, Rama-Navami and Dasara (Baba's anniversary day). If you study this one book carefully, all your desires will be satisfied and if you always remember Sai's Feet in your heart, you will easily cross the Bhava (Samsar) sagar. By its study, the diseased and sick will get health, the poor wealth, the mean and afflicted prosperity, and the mind will get rid of all ideas and get steadiness."

"I am the slave of my devotee."

Miracles Are Just the Beginning with Baba...

The first thing that comes to mind when you think of Shirdi Sai Baba is miracles.

"My business is to give blessings."

He is the personification of mercy.

He asks for faith and patience.

He also asks for devotion.

"I love devotion."


"If a devotee is about to fall, I stretch out my hands to support him or her."
"I think of my people day and night. I say their names over and over."

"There shall be no want in the house of my devotee."

Why, you may wonder, would someone who has it all want your devotion?

Devotion is love, and love is the force that dissolves the ego. The ego is the wall between us and Baba. Once that wall is knocked down, then a clear channel is established between yourself and Baba, who is your highest self. Once this happens, you're finished.

Then there is an effortless flow of his blessings, guidance, and protection ever pouring onto you. Miracles can happen instantaneously. Fear and worry will vanish. Peace, bliss, and the highest consciousness will dawn within you.

Union with Baba is union with your divine self:

" I am the Controller - the wire-puller of the show of this Universe. I am the mother - origin of all beings - the Harmony of three Gunas (3 innate qualities), the propeller of all senses, the Creator, Preserver and Destroyer. Nothing will harm him, who turns his attention towards Me, but Maya will lash or whip him who forgets Me. All the insects, ants, the visible, movable and immovable world, is My Body or Form". (Chapter 3 Sri Sai Satcharita)

Babaji's teaching is devotion, that is what he wants from us, and it is not for him, but for our highest benefit. Keep thinking of him, saying his name (Sai, Sai, Sai), and feeling love for him. Surrender. 

"If you take a step towards me, I will take 100 steps towards you."

His blessings and mercy are abundantly available, we just have to keep making the effort and he takes care of the rest.

In the name of Sai.

"If you reach out to me, I will reach out to you."