Devotee Stories Archive

Our Roles
Many of us have celebrated numerous birthdays, and while we have blown out more and more candles on bigger cakes, our resolutions and wishes have `gone with the wind!’ Year after year we have

His Inscrutable Ways
With the kind of encouragement and guidance Swami gave me, I started feeling the rhythms of a full-fledged photographer. Swami was gracious to see me established as His photographer. He kindly posed until I

Your Mother is Also Here
In the 1970’s and 80’s Faith served as Prasanthi Nilayam seva dal, President of the Manhattan Center, SSEHV/Bal Vikas teacher, and co-chairman of the national bhajan committee, appointed by Dr. John Hislop. Presently she is

The Visual Experience
Karathalamalaka, in Sanskrit, means something that is clear beyond the slightest shadow of doubt, like a berry in your palm that all can see and none can deny. When Sri Sathya Sai Baba, at

Anger Oozed Out
I was walking down the street and coming to the street corner when a Ford van moving at high speed almost flew around the corner and came to a screeching halt. A man jumped out

Hearing the Voice of God
“Head in the forest, hands in society.” ~Sri Sathya Sai Baba I have been trying to practice this teaching of Swami’s in my daily life by carrying Him in my heart. On happy occasions, I thank

The Guess Came True
“Where had You been, Swami?” we asked Him, when He sat up and leaned back on the wall. He answered with a smile, as if He was not at all tired or exhausted after

Taller and Taller
In the March issue of Sanathana Sarathi, in my article, `Light in Darkness,’ I had promised to describe my first meeting with Sri Sathya Sai Baba, which occurred after my return to India all

Bring All Your Burdens
Have you ever been so laden down with human burdens—burdens so weighty that you begin to crumple? A headstrong son whose every action is going against everything you know to be true and right…or

Sri Sathya Sai: His Nature and Glory
Like me, many people are eager to fathom the meaning of the Sai mystery. I am announcing the truths that I have experienced in the hope that this account will help them. The very

The Surgeon’s Ring
On the morning of Thursday, March 22, 1979, in Prasanthi Nilayam, when I was granted an interview by Bhagavan, He produced a most beautiful ring for me. In it Swami’s face was shown in

Taste of Divinity
Crores [tens of millions] of people have had darshan [vision] of Sri Sathya Sai Baba. Millions of others yearn to see Him. Thousands have been blessed with interviews. I happen to be one such
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