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Message posted in [saiForum] 16 Dec 2003

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Sai Ram,

 

This was sent by a USA devotee presently staying at the Ashram. This

is very interesting and heart warming that Bhagavan is responding to

our prayer to walk among us again.

 

Take care and God bless!

 

 

 

Om Sai Ram

 

On every one of the last 10 days I've been in PN, Swami seemed to

asked for the same two things:

 

1- For us to learn to Love His Uncertainty, and

2- For us to learn the Vedas.

 

Every new day Swami surprised us with a different "trick"!

It has been fun here: very few people and great, fullfilling darshans

with Baba playing leelas and giving us so much attention!

 

Everyday He gives us a completelly different darshan. Every new day

He takes a different way in, around and out of the Darshan Hall. The

other day he came in the Hall, went around it, and went out, back to

His house. That morning, most devotees thought darshan was over, and

left the Darshan Hall. But darshan wasn't over! Swami returned after

10 minutes, and proceeded with another turn around the Hall,

interviews, bhajans and so on!

 

The day after that, looked like He was going to do the same: He came

in the car, went round the Hall, and left for His house. Many people

(who had not learn form the day before)left the Darshan Hall. But

Swami came back again after less than 10 minutes! Only this time,

instead of proceeding to the veranda, He left again from the big

South Gate. Now most people were convinced that this time He wouldn't

be back, so the great majority left. Not 10 minutes passed... the

Darshan Hall was allmost empty... and... there He was again, coming

from His house gate again! He came in laughing so much, with

a "naughty" Krishna _expression on His face! He made us all- who were

still there- laugh so much too!

 

Everyday He will play a different one. "Love my Uncertainty", seems

to be the message.

 

Now, about the Vedas. Allmost everyday, instead of Darshan Music and

Bhajans, we listen to Veda chanting. Live. Swami comes in while the

priests are chanting the Vedas. While He is in the Interview Room the

Veda chanting continues. Later, He will sit on the chair for sometime

and listen to the Vedas. Vedas, vedas, vedas...

 

Some parts of it we know how to sing along. For instance, its easy

when they chant "Shivaya Namaha, Babaya Namaha," etc., to

respond "Shiva Lingaya Namaha, Baba Lingaya Namaha", etc. But that is

preety much what overseas devotees seem to know how to chant. One

really fells he is not participating as much as he could. One wishes

he could chant the Vedas too, and be a more active part of it all.

 

I look around and observe some Indians who know it. Some carry little

booklets -written in Telugo- with them to darshan, and they read it

and chant along. I wish I had one of those in English, with the

pronunciation and meaning of those Vedas. If any of you know know

where I could that from, please let me know. That is all they let you

take in for darshan now, those booklets with prayers or Vedas, or

tiny mini Githas. No books allowed inside anymore. And no letters, no

papers of any kind.

 

But Bhagawan does take letters from the men in the veranda. They are

allowed to carry letters. And some people -mostly men- somehow manage

to sneak letters in, and Bhagawan many times accepts them.

 

Students are allowed to take letters too. They place all their

letters in a silver tray. Sometimes Baba asks for the tray, and picks

some of the letters. The other day He asked for the tray while

sitting on the chair during bhajans (wich were not bhajans, were

Veda-chanting). Then He opened and readed those letters, slowly

slowly,one by one. It was so sweet.

 

Only when Swami sits on the chair is that He makes those circular

motions with His hands, and "writes on air". Because when He is

standing He is allmost allways holding somebody's arm, or the veranda

rails, or the car door. But the other day He was walking by Himself-

and surprisingly fast too!

 

Another day He not only stood up and walked... he also gave darshan

from 7:30 to 9:30, non-stop!

 

He has been giving us so much attention! Well, of course He allways

does, but what I mean is, He has been spending a lot of time in the

Hall, and, by going round and round with the car like that, He allows

everyone to get a good close look at Him. He is also giving many

interviews. Sometimes during darshan He went out (with the car) on

the streets. So even people outside the Ashram are getting darshan. I

was out the other day when He went until the Music School and back,

and the car was going really slowly, so people on the street got a

real good car darshan.

 

Right now is just like a dream come true - to be able to attend

darshan sitting so close to Him and so confortably... but my guess

is, new like this are going to start spreading, and the Ashram preety

soon will get crowded again.

 

Jay Sai Ram

Bhakti