Sai Inspires - 27th November 2005 from Prashanti Nilayam

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Inspires The Power of Heart Loving Sai Ram and greetings from Prashanti

Nilayam. At last,

the much-awaited Eightieth Birthday has come and gone. As usual, there were big

crowds, lots of fanfare, with a much greater touch of hitech than ever before

we might add, and of course, the usual quota of speech making during the

Birthday week. Now that the event is over, may be we should take a moment off

to reflect on what it all means. As happens every fifth year, there was a

World Conference this time also, the eighth in the series. The first one took

place in 1968 in Mumbai, and in that landmark discourse Swami spoke at length

about His Incarnation and Mission. The theme of the World Conference this time

was:

UNITY, PURITY, and DIVINITY. Much has been said in the past and will be said too

in the future, about these three words. There is no need to add to all that.

However, it is pertinent to draw attention to what Swami has said many times,

and also during this Birthday, relating to this topic. Swami says that

experiencing Divinity means seeing God in ALL, without any exception. It is

not too difficult to admire say a glorious sunset and regard it as an

expression of beauty of God. However, it is far more difficult to see God in

fellow human beings because we are often used to seeing [manyof] them through

the coloured glasses of envy, jealousy, and even hatred. It requires a serious

contemplation of our inner

personality to root out our faults. We have plenty of time for commenting on the

faults of others but hardly any for reflecting on our own. These days, things

move at such a pace that people have little time for practically anything. One

can see this in Prashanti Nilayam all the time. In the past, people would come

days, if not weeks, in advance for getting ready for the Birthday celebrations.

This time, many came just on the evening of 22nd and left on the morning of the

23rd almost straight from the Hillview Stadium, where the celebrations took

place. If people are so busy, how then would they have any time to read about

God, think about God, and reflect on His teachings? One wonders.

In the Gita, Swami says that though He has no duty in all the three worlds,

yet He comes down and goes around doing things as if they were His duty. How

many times we have heard Swami say, seemingly in a causal manner, “It is My

duty sir, it is My duty!” Those are not casual remarks but strong messages,

messages that are a reminder of our various duties. What is our first duty?

Many answers

might be given to this question but we would like to suggest that our first duty

is to make at least some time every day for Swami. What does that mean? Well, it

simply means that we take at least a moment or two off to thank Swami for giving

us this human body and life, for sustaining us in our childhood by showering

love through our parents [who are really His proxy], for blessing us with good

health, for giving us various skills that enable us to achieve, to create, to

make money, for saving us on so many occasions directly and indirectly, and so

on. By the way, this week, Thanksgiving Day was celebrated in the United

States. On this occasion in earlier times, thanks used to be given to God for a

bountiful harvest. As pointed out above, we have

plenty to thank God for. Indeed, there are millions, if not trillions of things

we ought to be grateful to God for, if we take into account the numerous births

we have taken before the present one. Just consider: Right this moment,

hundreds of thousands are literally freezing in the Himalayan heights, left

homeless and completely destitute following the great earthquake that hit this

region in October. And we are so lucky compared to them. How come? Is it not by

God’s Grace? And should we not thank God by praying for all these hapless people

and millions like them in various parts of the world? If we are so busy and

close the gates of our Heart, how can noble feelings

of compassion have their play? If we do not feel compassion for the hapless

ones, how can we ever pray for them? If there is one powerful message that

Swami has given, it is about the power of the Heart. The Heart is the seat of

God and therefore has access to Infinite power, Divine Power, greater than

which there is none. It is by tapping that power that Swami has, for example,

provided drinking water to nearly ten million people. This is a good

juncture to draw your attention to the fact that the December issue of Heart 2

Heart would be featuring as the Cover Story, an article on Swami’s Drinking

Water Project for Godavari Districts. Do not miss it or the companion article

entitled GOD, MAN and WATER. Also, please draw the attention of as many people

as possible, to these articles. We hope these articles would inspire devotees

to do their little bit to bring at least some relief to someone somewhere, in

some manner or the other. That is what the language of the Heart is all about.

Thank you for allowing us once more to spend some time with you as in earlier

weekends. We wish you all the best, till we are with you again next week. Jai

Sai Ram. With Love and Regards, "Heart2Heart" RadioSai e-Journal Team, In

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