Swami teaches... The Divine power and directions. Thoughts, inspired by Swami

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Sai Ram

 

Light and Love Swami teaches.... (6 - 7 June 2005) The Divine Power and

Directions. Thoughts, Inspired by Swami

 

Life - it is different appearances. Humans are limited the physical in

experience, logical, sometimes intuitive in thinking. But how to develop the

spiritual experience? Why sorry, when with us is Swami and His Teaching. By

modern science an atom consists in protons, neutrons and rotating around them

electrons. However there is space abyss between electrons and atom's core.

Pictorially when the core is as large as a pea, then the electrons what rotate

around the pea is in distance about hundreds of meters! Between the core and

electrons is a physical vacuum, a space (ether) what has infinite of

possibilities. It appears that we all consists practically in 'nothing.' Is it

not a miracle of the Divine power? Medical sciences are limited to

knowing/examining the physical body. However, it is the Divine energy of Cosmic

Love created the bodies and objects in the Universe.

If this energy in harmony/balance with the body, it is powerful and even

capable to repair physical damages. This is the essence of the Divine Almighty

miracles have nourished through energy of Love. The faith and the devotion is

the qualities, what are bridges between physical and divine, bridge between

seen material and unseen Great Nothing what belongs to the Atmic reality.

Atma, Brahman what by modern science and Vedas also identified as the Cosmic

Consciousness, is as one entity, inherent in space through infinite kinds of

vibrations what penetrates all structures in the Universe from elementary

particles and cells to galaxies on the deep levels. Swami's Teaching and His

miracles are guide human beings to understand the great potency of the Great

Nothing as the Divine Universal Principle and Unlimited Power.

 

All kind of vibrations are in core the same with different frequencies,

amplitudes, and powerfulness. Pictorially it is energy of motion (vibration)

that takes different forms by the same rules. It is as the playground of the

Great Oneness. When we analyze this by the help of science, and percept it

through consciousness, it is appearance of physical reality, not beyond it.

When we acknowledge this as Atma (the source of infinite creation, diverse

forms and happenings), it will become (unconsciously?) to our inner and

constant state what cannot be reached by logical thinking. This state cannot be

described by physical laws but it is also energy, the Divine Energy what as

merges our ether body with Bliss from Great Nothing. (Physically, probably it

is the same ether – the first of five’s elements - what is between core of

atoms and electrons) That is why Swami frequently stresses that the divinity is

within anyone. From July 2001Swami is not going to give padanamaskar to

anybody, because you and Swami in aspect of Atmic Reality are one. You may do

namaskar to your parents. However, be aware that the same Atma is present in

you, Swami and everybody else. Being aware of this truth, no one needs to do

namaskars to anybody for that matter. If you still want to do namaskar to

Swami, do it mentally. That is enough. You don't need to touch His feet to do

namaskar. Understand the truth that God is in you and act accordingly.

This Great Nothingness what we 'carry in our bodies' immersing in the

Universe, is as the hidden Divine Bliss within. The methods to reveal this

bliss is faith and devotion of pure heart. These qualities not belong to the

physical but spiritual reality with no limitations, description and

explanations. Swami's Teaching, personality and His life as an example leads

humans to be aware and experience the limitless power of the Great Nothing. His

discourses many times through different angles repeat the same spiritual wisdom

by different examples and explanations. Such approach has significant meaning;

namely to support to devotees to 'create' this inner spiritual state through

His enumerable directions.

 

It is not direct Swami's physical Body what is Omnipresent. It is His Cosmic

Omnipresent Universal Form that creates miracles through the pure heart, faith

and devotion of His Devotee. It is the devotee him/herself, who creates the

miracles from the Great Nothing within by unlimited faith to Swami... our dear

Swami who presented us His Teaching and His life. His physical Body is the

source of inspiration and example to get rid from desires, to peep beyond

physical reality. His physical Darshans give to devotees and followers the

motivation for that. The Divine Principle that moves from top to toe in

the body is referred to as puraana. Next is anushaasita (one who has control

over the mind). You may imprison a person who has committed a crime, but you

cannot prevent his mind from traveling all over the world. No one in this world

can command the mind; only God has this power. What can the possession of

canvas and paint do, if an artist with vision is not moved to paint? What can

the chisel and a lump of marble do with no image formed in the heart of a

devoted sculptor? That vision and that image are the sparks of the divine. You

are all 'the divine' packed in human skin and bone, the Atma encased in the

evanescent flesh. Know this and you become fearless, happy without limit. This

is the higher wisdom, the knowledge of the spirit; the lower one is that which

adheres to the mind, which cleanses the mind and calms its agitations, which is

earned by Japa, Dhyaana, Naamasankeerthan (repetition of holy names or sacred

formula, meditation and singing of God's names) and such other meritorious

activities.

 

To reach to the deepnesss of spiritual truth, aspirants, devotees and

followers should learn the value of leading a simple and unostentatious life.

It is important for attaining the spiritual inner state, the source of inner

wealth. Swami remembers you about Sardar Patel, who was Deputy Prime Minister

in the Government formed after Independence. One day, a colleague of his, went

to Patel's residence. While talking to Patel, he noticed Patel's daughter

Maniben doing the household chores. She was wearing an old sari, patched up in

some places. The colleague turned to the daughter and said his father has a

high position in the government, but she is look like a beggar with old

clothes. The daughter answered that she is not ashamed to wear these clothes

while she is carrying on her legitimate duties. She explained, "Those who spend

lavishly on their comforts by the money earned by their parents have to feel

ashamed about them. I have nothing to be ashamed about. In looking after my

aged father, I do my work, wearing the clothes I choose. I do not hanker after

anyone's wealth. I know how to maintain my dignity and self-respect." It is

hard to find today any young woman or man who can live life like that. Most

young people lead ostentatious lives, wasting the hard-earned money of their

parents. The easiest and the most fruitful school to obtain spiritual

outlook is service as worship of the divine around you. Dedicate all your

skill, talents, wealth and scholarship to the living embodiments of divinity

that are around you. That is the power of righteousness which can draw grace

upon you. Even the Seva is a process through which the lower wisdom, and

after that, even higher wisdom can be gained. Seva can instill more intensely

than any other activity, the sense of the basic one. Even the Seva is a

process through which the lower wisdom, and after that, even higher wisdom can

be gained. Seva opens the eyes to the comprehensive unity of creation. When you

open the lids, you see the world, the stars, the galaxies that are far out in

the depths of space. The eye reveals as the universe, as vastness, as

magnificence, as order, as beauty, as power, as Vishwa-Viraat-Swaruupa (cosmic

divine form). It is as one picture that it appears; it is as one picture that

it disappears when you shut eyes. When you are aware only of your joys and

sorrows, you are blind to the joys and sorrows of others; your eyes are closed.

The Emperor Aja of the Ikshvaaku Dynasty fell in love with the angel from

heaven, Indhumathi, and when she suddenly left for heaven after short time with

him, he broke down and lamented his fate so agonisingly that the Royal

preceptor, Vashishtha, had to console him, pointing out the absurdity of

attachment, and of fascination for such fleeting joys. He spoke to him of

appearance and reality, of the relative and the absolute, of matter and spirit,

and brought him to sanity. You must not be a bit of a blotting paper, absorbing

all the passions and emotions, all the joys and grief that the actress Nature

demonstrates on the stage of Life. You must be a lotus unfolding its petals

when the sun rises in the sky, unaffected by the slush where it is born or even

the water, which sustains it.

 

Shiva is praised as three-eyed that see into the past and the future, as

well as the present; but, they represent also the three urges namely, desire,

activity and knowledge - thirsts that move people and decide their fate. These

three urges make all beings kin in the Divine bond; those who serve beings with

love and reverence can contact this core of being and save themselves. They will

see in all, the unmistakable reflections and images of the God whom they have

enshrined in their hearts. Recently the scientists has discovered as light

makes its 10 billion year journey from a distant quasar (star like objects

outside our galaxy), it is deflected and focused by the gravitational pull of

dark matter and galaxies, an effect known as gravitational lensing. (It was the

fundamental prediction of Einstein's General Relativity). Astronomers have

been trying to measure this aspect of gravitational lensing for two decades.

However, the magnification signal is a weak as a few percent increases in the

light coming from each quasar this is the source, directed astronomers to

develop a 'standard model' of cosmology. (In this model, visible galaxies

represent only a small fraction of all the mass of the universe). This

phenomenon led some to conclude that the basic cosmological picture was

incorrect or at least inconsistent. (Reference:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/05/050518102823.htm)

Swami’s Advent and His Teaching direct human beings to the conclusion that

the Supreme Divinity is Omnipresent. It is the purpose why scientific

cosmological picture was incorrect. Without spirituality it remains always

inconsistent. God is a permanent Witness. He has no attributes. He has no

specific form. He can assume any form. The Divine is in forms and is formless.

He is with and without attributes. Physicists have learned to synthesize

elements (atoms) and add them to the Periodic Table of elements by Dimitri

Mendeleyev. However, anybody from human beings cannot synthesize the primary

vibration Atma. Only in human beings Atma exists in the state what can reveal

itself through awareness. This awareness as powered through unselfish

Love. Human cannot exist without love. This Principle of Love is hiranyagarbha.

This hiranyagarbha is situated on the right side of the human body, and the

physical heart is on the left. Hiranyagarbha, is immortal, eternal, and all

encompassing. It is present not only in human beings but also in birds, beasts,

and all other living beings. The Vedas declare Love originates from the

hiranya. The three principles of reaction, resonance, and reflection originated

from hiranyagarbha. Divine love originates from hiranyagarbha. This Divine Love

lives by giving and forgiving, whereas selfish love lives by getting and

forgetting. Righteousness (dharma), wealth (artha ), desire (kaama) and

liberation (moksha) are considered to be the four objectives (purushaarthas) of

human life. In fact they correspond to the four stages of human life; namely,

student (brahmacharya), householder (grihastha), hermit (vaanaprastha), and

renunciate (sanyasa).

(It is important to explain that many people are under the mistaken notion

that the term purusha corresponds to man but not to woman. But actually,

purusha means Atma or consciousness (chaitanya) or the life breath (praana) or

the individual soul (jeevi). For the Atma, there is no gender like masculine or

feminine).

Purushaartha means the dharma of the awareness principle or the dharma of

the life principle or Atma dharma. This is the true purushaarth, the prime

objective of human life. Without understanding the true meaning of the term

purushaartha, people talk of one dharma for men and another for women what is

not correct. The second objective is wealth (artha). Artha does not mean

money or gold. Wisdom is true wealth. Seeing unity in diversity is true wisdom.

The third objective is desire (kaama). This does not correspond to sensual

desires. One should have desire for liberation (moksha kaama). One should have

the desire to understand the Atmic Principle and attain divinity. These are the

main objectives of human life. What is liberation? It is not merely reaching

God. Your thoughts, words, and actions should be one with the Divine.

Experiencing such non-dualism is the true objective of human life with

companion of the Great Nothing, the Self, the Divine Power within. Meditate to

Swami, it is the real Pinpointer on this way. (Reet’s thoughts and compilation

from Bhagavan Sathya Sai Baba. The Divine Discourse "I and You are One." 05

July 2001, Prashanthi Nilayam; Bhagavan Sathya Sai Baba. The Divine Discourse

"The Principle of Hiranyagarbha." 15 February 1999, Prashanthi Nilayam;

Bhagavan Sathya Sai Baba. The Divine Discourse "Radiate Rays of Love." 08 July

1971, Ananthapur). Sathya Sai Speaks. Vol. 10. "The seven-day sacrifice,"

Chapter 26; Sathya Sai Speaks. Vol. 28. “ God: The trinity and the cosmos,”

Chapter 5).

 

Namaste - Reet