When a man takes a plunge into the sea, he gets the merit of bathing in all the Tirthas and sacred rivers. Similarly when a man takes refuge at the feet of the Sad-guru, he gets the merit of bowing to the Trinity, i.e. Siva, Vishnu and Brahma (Gods ) and also Para-Brahma.
Victory be unto Shri Sai the wish-fulfilling tree and the ocean of knowledge, who gives us self-realisation.
” Oh Sai, create in us regard for Your stories. viz.
- let their bodies perspire,
- let their eyes be full of tears,
- let their prana be steady,
- let their minds be composed,
- let their hair stand on end,
- let them cry, sob and shake,
- let their hostilities and their distinctions, great and small vanish.”
If these things happen, that is a sign of the grace of the Guru dawning upon them. When these emotions develop in you, the Guru is most pleased and will certainly lead you on to the goal of self-realisation.
The best way, therefore, to get free from the shackles of Maya is our complete and whole-hearten surrender to Baba.
"I draw to Me, My man from far off or even across the seven Seas to Shirdi, like a sparrow with a string fastened to its feet"-Shirdi Sai Baba, Indian Spiritual Guru-God 