Auspicious Day... - 20th October

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Dear Brothers and Sisters,Om SairamToday is a very Auspicious Day,it is on this

day our Swami hasdeclared about this "Avatar" in the year 1940.end....

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20th October 1940

Sathyam Shivam SundaramThe Life of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Bababy Prof. N. Kasturi

On the 20th day of October, 1940, the day after they all returned from Hampi by

special bus, Sathyanarayana started for school as usual. The Excise Inspector

of the place, Sri Anjaneyulu who was very much attached to the little Baba,

accompanied Him, as far as the school gate and went home, rather reluctantly.

He seemed to see a superb halo, round the face of Baba that day and he could

not take his eyes away from that enchantment. Within a few minutes, Baba too

turned back to the house. Standing on the outer doorstep, he cast aside the

books He was carrying and called out, "I am no longer your Sathya.I am Sai."

The sister-in-law came from the kitchen and peeped out; she was almost blinded

by the splendour of the halo, which she saw around Baba's head! She closed her

eyes and shrieked. Baba addressed her, "I am going; I don't belong to you: Maya

has gone; My Bhakthas are calling Me; I have My Work; I can't stay any longer."

And, so saying, He turned

back and left in spite of her pleadings. The brother hurried home on hearing all

this; but, Baba only told him, "Give up all your efforts to 'cure' Me; I am Sai;

I do not consider Myself related to you." Neighbour Sri Narayana Sastri heard

the noise; he listened and realised that it was something serious; he ran in;

he saw the splendour of the 'halo' and fell at Baba's feet. He too heard the

Historic Declaration, "Maya has left; I am going; My work is waiting."

Seshama Raju was nonplussed; he could scarce collect his wits to meet this new

situation. A boy, just fourteen, talking of Bhakthas, Work, Maya, and the

Philosophy of Belonging! He could think of only one plan: Sathya was entrusted

to him by the parents and it was therefore his task to inform them; Sathya

could leave the house, only after they came to Uravakonda.

But, Sathya would not step into that building again; He moved out into the

garden of Excise Inspector's Bungalow, and sat on a rock, in the midst of the

trees. People came into the garden from all directions bringing flowers and

fruits; the tope resounded to the voices of hundreds, singing in chorus the

lines that Sathya Sai taught them. The first prayer that He taught them that

day was, as many still remember,

Maanasa bhajare gurucharanamDusthara bhava saagar a tharanam

"Meditate in thy mind on the Feet of the Guru; that can take you across the

difficult sea of Samsara."

His classmates wept when they heard that Sathya will no longer attend school,

that He was much beyond their reach, that His company was hereafter only for

those upon whom He showers His Grace. Many came to the garden with incense and

camphor, to worship Him. Some came to sympathise with the family, some to

congratulate them. Some came to learn and some, alas, even to laugh!

Three days passed thus in that garden; three days of Bhajan and Namasankirthan.

A photographer came with a camera; he wanted Baba to remove a crude stone that

was right in front of Him but Baba did not pay heed to that prayer. He clicked

nevertheless and lo! As can be seen from the picture of that photograph given

in this book, the stone had become an image of Shirdi Sai Baba! But only in the

photograph, not for all assembled there.

http://beaskund.helloyou.ws/askbaba/sathyamsivamsundaram/s1006.html

The first Photograph taken after the Declaration,

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