Parthi Update 23-11-2005 Morning Session

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Roman'">23-11-2005 HERE WE ARE… MORNING SESSION

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Roman'">!! Sairam. The Golden day has arrived. Nature has joined all of us in

offering our Pranaams to our Beloved Lord. Aakasha – the sky is filled with

different shades of black cumulous clouds that look like clusters of flowers to

be offered at His Lotus Feet.

Vayu – the Lord of air is blowing coolly providing natural air-conditioning for

the township of Parthi. Agni – Surya Bhagawan is a little slow in arriving at

the venue – thankfully! Aapaha – Water is showering her love on all assembled

in the stadium in the form of a light soft drizzle. It feels like pearls of

love being showered on us. Mother Earth is looking majestic, with a broad red

carpet waiting to receive the car with the Lord on her. Even the rest of the

stadium where devotees and students are sitting is spread with a beautiful

netted green cloth that is specially meant for such seating purposes. This

makes the whole ground look green with a red carpet running all along the

length in the centre.

Arial"> A number of flags are tied on the Hanuman top to the railings.

Beautiful garlands of white and pink balloons are tied across the gents and

ladies galleries and all along the railings on the top of the stadium

galleries. On the way to the Hanuman top, long vertical pillars of pink and

white balloons are reaching up into the sky. The live projection of the

proceedings is being seen on two giant screens, one on top of the cricket

pavilion and the other on the ladies gallery side. Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma's

Santoor is playing softly on the PA system. The soft music, the light drizzle,

the cool air and the excitement in the atmosphere, the multitude of people

waiting eagerly – all these create the perfect ambience for the entry of our

beloved Lord.

0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"> Devotees however are trying to intensify their

prayers pleading with Rain God to postpone his offering for a while. On the

giant screen, right now, the video of Swami's earlier Birthday celebrations is

being shown. It is lovely to watch Swami of the earlier years running around so

fast that all around are struggling to keep pace with Him. The Helicopter

Darshan of the 50th Birthday takes us down the memory lanes.

Arial">The Mahabubnagar Seva volunteers are busy serving water to all the

devotees - the task which they have taken up as an offering to Swami. However,

hardly anybody asks for it as everybody's thirst is only for His Divine Darshan

now. Minutes are ticking by and the golden moment is coming closer and closer.

Crowds are still pouring in. The stadium is already jam-packed, but still

multitudes come in and somehow find their place - like sugar dissolving in

milk. There we are. It is 7.45 a.m. and the procession has begun from the

Primary School end of the stadium. A big troop of Vedam chanting students lead

the

procession. They are followed by a dance troupe. Behind them we see Swami in a

new car. The top of the car is open, but Swami is hidden from our view. Only

His face is seen. He is wearing a white robe. A student is holding an orange

umbrella above Swami to prevent the drizzle from wetting His robe. As the

procession begins, several Sevadals posted at different points in the ground,

release huge flower rockets. These are not crackers but colourful paper strips

sealed under pressure. When released, they burst forth into the air like a jet

spray of flowers. These flower rockets fill the entire ground. Massive crackers

are bursted that release colourful sparkles into the sky. Of course the colours

are not seen as it is day time. These huge crackers are being blasted from the

college grounds where an entire firework display team has been continuously

working on it for the past three days. The experience is Blissful. A spring of

joy bursts

forth in our hearts as the rockets burst forth into the sky. On reaching the

stage, Swami gets out of the car and walks onto the lift. The lift goes up and

Bhagawan goes walking onto the stage. All this while a melodious song is being

played on the system…. Ananda Baraso Hey Managala Dayee….It reverberates in the

entire stadium. Hundreds of balloons burst into the sky. The curtain on the

stage is yet closed and after a while the screen rolls up. Suddenly the stage

comes into our view. Exquisitely decorated with bunches and bunches of

colourful flowers, it houses a huge Silver Throne at the centre. On the throne

is seated the Lord of the Universe in all His

Glory! It is 8.00 a.m. All of a sudden, the sky clears and the Sun God makes

its special appearance, literally touching the Lotus Feet of Bhagawan. Another

song starts playing on the speakers. Shubha Mangala Din Baba – Tumhe Meraa

Pranaam. The whole place is flooded with the warmth of the sun. How beautiful

it is to see Mother Nature participating in this celebration performing her

unique dance. Hardly a few minutes pass and the sun vanishes as though it had

never come out at all. A mild drizzle continues that stops and starts

intermittently. As Nature performs her medley, another dance gets going on the

stage on the Ladies Gallery. A group of young girls burst

forth into artistic movements representing their Pranaams to Bhagawan. Next,

Sai Kumar (a Telugu Movie star) and Sunil Gavaskar start compering the show

from the stage. As this goes on, teams from all major nations of the world,

march on the road in front of the stage and halt for a while performing some

small feat in Bhagawan’s honour. Sai

Kumar and Sunil Gavaskar offer their obeisance on behalf of all assembled and

describe the glory of the occasion and of our Lord. Sunil Gavaskar appeals to

all to heed the message of Bhagawan and play the game of life with Unity,

Purity and Divinity. He then presents the galaxy of cricketers who have come to

offer their respects to Bhagawan. Before the cricketers march in, Sunil

introduces Major Rathore who makes the first offering to Bhagawan. It is an

insignia that symbolizes global peace and harmony. Subsequently, all the

cricketers including Sachin Tendulkar come onto the stage and offer bouquets to

Swami. Sachin takes the mike and offers his Pranaams to Swami saying that it is

a great privilege to be here for His 80th Birthday and he is greatly honoured.

Swami calls him close and speaks to him.

Arial"> V.V.S. Laxman, Murali Karthik, R.P. Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Jaiprakash

Yadav, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina and others join Sachin in offering flower

bouquets to Swami. After doing so, they all sit on either side of Swami. Next

Major Rathore comes down the stage and starts running along the path leading to

the stage and then onto the hilltop. From the road leading to the hilltop, the

Global peace insignia is hoisted by Rathore. The insignia goes up to the

Hanuman top. It is 8.20 a.m. as the white disc with a golden border bearing the

letters 8 and 0 in red, in the centre goes up. Inside the zero is the picture of

the globe.

FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> As the insignia reaches the Hanuman top, immediately a

giant banner (screen) rolls down along the hill slope below the Hanuman, right

until the foot of the hill. On it are inscribed the words: May there be peace

and unity and love in the whole world. Parallely, volunteers sitting on the top

of the slope, release long strips of silver and gold shining cloth that roll

down the slope like a running river. It creates a very good effect. A number of

them are released on the rock slope.

Arial">After this a few more top artistes come onto the stage and start singing

songs in praise of Bhagawan and wishing Him a Happy Birthday. However, at 8.30

a.m. Swami asks for the mike to be arranged. Sri Indulal Shah comes in

first, offers his Pranaams to Swami and gives a talk. He glorifies Swami saying

that He has changed the face of the whole world in 80 years. The era of peace

has been ushered in by Bhagawan. Prasanthi Nilayam has now become the centre

for the redemption of the entire world. He is followed by Dr. Goldstein. Dr.

Goldstein adores Bhagawan as our dear Father and Mother. He is the Kali Yuga

Avataar. However, he says that more important than all these celebrations, is

the need to focus on Bhagawan’s Message and follow His Guidelines. He

compares Swami to the super magnet saying that we are like pieces of iron that

get attracted to Him. While being crucified Jesus cries out to the Lord, “Why

have You forsaken me?” But we must ask ourselves as to why have we forsaken

Him. Once when Dr. Goldstein asked Swami to give him a glimpse of how the world

looks like through Swami’s eyes; Bhagawan told him that if He would do that, Dr.

Goldstein would not want anything after that – his wealth, status, family, wife

and not even his body. Dr. Goldstein urged all the

devotees to ask themselves, Who is Sai and who am I. Swami has come to this

earth to save us. He exactly gives us what we need. We have come from Him and

we need to return to Him. The body and the mind are mere instruments that are

made available to us to serve the Lord. Anything good should be attributed to

the Lord. Anything bad is due to our mistake. He concluded stressing on the

need to avoid negativity in life. Swami always says – Be Happy. May our

selfless Love shine forever brilliantly. Dr. Goldstein prays to Bhagawan to

deliver His Divine Message. The highlights of Swami’s Discourse: 8.52 a.m.

Premaswarupulara, without Truth, Righteousness, Love and Peace, everything is

useless. Be it charity, good actions, exalted position or any other thing. Man

is born to be peaceful. There are so many people with high positions and great

designations. But what is the use? Have they been able to improve the position

of the poor people? Everybody

does Show Work, not Social Work. Man will enjoy Truth, Peace and Love if he is

compassionate. We must help our fellowmen. All face difficulties in life. But

we must consider joy and sorrow alike. In order to progress in life, we must

develop a sense of equanimity. Without Samaanatva (a sense of equality), how

can there be Samaaja (society)? There is pain embedded in pleasure. But today

man gets very disturbed even with the slightest difficulty. If you ask any

common man, he will say that he has got all the comforts, wealth and money, but

he has no peace. How do you expect to get mental, peace? We always ask everybody

– who are you, but we never put the question to

ourselves – who am I? Once you know your reality, you will be free from all

difficulties. We have no right to call ourselves humans without practicing

human values. God does not expect you to keep worshipping Him all the while. He

wants you to work and set an ideal for the community. Man is actually Divine.

Jiva is negative and Divinity is positive. Both together form man. One must do

Atma Chintana to understand this. Once you do Self enquiry, I will manifest in

you. The Cosmic Principle is present in all. You do not need to exclusively

search for God. He is in all. You all are forms of Atma, not merely the body.

The indweller is permanent. It has no bondage or liberation. Can anyone say, ‘My

Atma is dead’? No, this is not possible. Even after this body made up of five

senses perishes, the Self continues to exist. Without an object, there can be

no reflection. There is no separate sun for India and America. It is the same

sun that is seen in both places but the time varies. So too, existence is the

same everywhere.

Arial"> Remember, if you are in conflict with somebody else, you are actually

in conflict with yourself. You may think that the other person has lost against

you but in reality you yourself have lost. Never differentiate between each

other. Who are you? Some may say – I am the body. How long will it last? Body

is like a water bubble, it can burst any minute. Others may say – I am the

mind. What is the mind? It is merely a bundle of desires. It can give way any

time. It is monkey mind. You must not be a monkey mind, you must be a man mind.

14pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Think that I am God in human form. Leave

aside the body and consider yourself as God. You are ready to worship a statue

that has been built by you but you are not ready to worship your own Self

within. Have Atma Vishvasam – Self confidence. You go to Tirupati and say that

Lord Venkateswara is my family deity. Somebody else goes to Ayodhya and says

that Lord Rama is my family deity. All are one. Consider God as one, and then

only you will get peace. Desires may be many, but the reality behind them is

one. Good and Bad are also two different words, but in essence they are one.

Today, you may call somebody as good, tomorrow as bad. All these are relative

terms.

COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Human life is very precious. Do not consider

yourself as simple human beings. You may have different names and forms but the

Self is the same. Do not go merely by the form. Understand the spirit behind the

form. Unless the husk is removed from the rice it will keep growing again.

This is the reason for birth and death. Remove the husk and make it into rice

grains, then it will not sprout again. Idli, Dosa, Puliyora, Sakar Pongal are

all rice preparations. Rice is the same but it is the mode of cooking that

makes the difference. This cooking or refinement is called Sanskara. It is the

transformation process. Man is getting spoilt because of his materialistic

vision. He has to transform this vision on his own. God has bestowed everything

on man in a very pure form. You are spoiling them using your mind. Therefore

annihilate or withdraw the mind. Then all will be fine. You all are sacred, but

the clouds of desires appear and spoil you. However, these clouds will pass

away. Once it is cleared, you can see the sun.

14pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">In childhood, we while away our time

playing. In youth, we get deluded on account of our age and ego. In old age we

keep repenting for all that we could not achieve. At the end we may have

experienced everything but there is no peace. The stages of your life may

change, but you are one and the same. Change your vision (Drushti). Do not try

to change Srushti (creation). That is God’s domain. He can do anything if He

wishes. Just as Muslims chant Allah Ho Akbar which means – You are our only

refuge, so too Hindus must say – I want God only. But today no one wants

Divine, all go for Deep Wine. At this point Swami narrates the

story of the devotee who kept changing the object of his worship. He starts with

Shiva, Rama, then Krishna and finally Devi. He gets some satisfaction with each

one but then slowly starts losing interest. Finally, when the devotee tries to

stop the fragrance of the incense sticks lighted for Devi from going towards

the other photos locked inside the cupboard, Devi manifests Herself and chides

him for being so fickle minded. She asks the devotee as to what is the

guarantee that he will continue to worship Her? Never change your mind like

this. To be good, merely undertaking acts of charity is not enough. Surrender

to God. Then only

you will be happy. Desires make the mind go astray. You may ask whether there is

any witness for all this. Is there anyone who embodies all this? I alone am the

witness to this. I have absolutely no desires. I can go anytime I want. I can

materialize anything that I want. Never desire for fleeting things. Ask for

that which is eternal. Today we may hold high positions. But this will hold

good only till our retirement. The innate Divinity has no retirement at all.

Love is the undercurrent, Truth is the spoken word. Preserve both. Remain in

Love always. Do not limit your Love only to your family and relatives. All are

Divine. I always Discourse on only this Message.

That is the very purpose of My addressing such large gatherings. I am very happy

that you all have listened to My Message. I have received the Love of so many of

you who have come here. I know you all have come for Me. Practice the teachings

given by Me, then I will be even more Happy! Do not make your Love physical.

Let it always be Divine. I have spoken a lot and given you strain. All is God’s

work. Do all your actions with this feeling. That is enough. It will make Me

happy. On this auspicious occasion, I am Blessing you all with My Love. May you

all have a long, healthy, peaceful and happy life!

0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"> It is 9.50 a.m. Swami sits down on the throne.

He sips some water. A huge cake is brought onto the stage in a trolley.

Bhagawan cuts the cake and there is loud applause. He also lights the candle on

the cake. After this, the cricketers stand up next to Swami. But Swami keeps

sitting. He sits silently waving His Hand, with Bliss pouring out from His

Being and reaching out to the multitudes. Twenty minutes pass by. It is 10.10

a.m. Some sweets are brought and Swami personally distributes the sweets to all

the cricketers. Finally, Aarti is offered. Immediately huge blasts, showers of

crackers and melodious songs fill the air.

Swami gets down from the throne and sits on His chair. Slowly, He comes onto the

lift, descends and gets into the car. He is now in the Toyota Porte which

glides along the central red pathway and we manage to catch a glimpse of Him

again. Prof. Anil Kumar makes two announcements. Evening programme begins in

the Hill View Stadium at 5.00 p.m. and Prasadam will be distributed along with

lunch at the free food counters. So the moment that we had been waiting for

so long has passed. Now it will be etched in our memories for ever and in the

golden chapters of the History of humanity for millenniums to come. Let us

assemble again for the evening programme. Sairam. A Anantha Vijaya

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