News from Prashanti Nilayam, Feb 20, 2004

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News from Prashanti Nilayam

Posted on 20th February, 2004

Sai Ram, 2-20-04 People are leaving and by tomorrow the crowd should be back to

manageable size. Rumors are flying about when Baba is leaving for Whitefield.

As usual, no one knows for sure. It does seem that he will be here another few

days. Shivarathri was a mixed bag. There was a lot of unpleasantness of

waiting, unruly crowds, crowded conditions, tempers, thirsts, hunger and other

factors. All of this was forgotten the moment Baba/Shiva produced the lingam.

In this process of creation by the creator itself, the energy of the hall and

of those watching on television changed to a oneness that we are. It became

worth it. The moment of birth made all the pain worth it. In the morning, Baba

came out after 7:00 gave another discourse and passed out prasad.

The camera was on Baba while the prasad was being passed out. Arathi had already

been done but Baba remained in his chair. He blessed the food which was ladus

and special rice. Because of the size of the crowd, it took time to distribute

all this. Baba watched it all. Because of the camera, we were able to get a

close up of Baba during this process. For long periods of time, Baba sat

motionless. Shiva? watching over us being sure that everything went right.

After receiving the prasad, many people left but a large group remained. After

a while, "Om Namah Shivaya" was chanted by people inside and outside the hall.

This chanting went on for a long time. Baba, whoever he was, was enjoying this.

He seemed to be in another dimension, another place. Eventually, he told the

students to stop that they had to go eat. The chanting was powerful, uplifting

and transforming. Gerald

Dominick

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