praying to Swami to heal His divine body.

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On the morning of 10th May 2005 our Beloved Swami´s body had a bad fall, it

seems that Swami’s body received shoulder injury due to that fall, perhaps a

fracture. This was reported by a devotee thru Phone call. Anticipate everyone

is praying to Swami to heal His divine body. Let’s give few minutes of our

daily prayer to Swami for Swami. These are testing times for all devotees and

the Divine master works in mysterious ways. As pointed by many others we’ve

have to go inside ourselves to find answers to all the questions in our mind

and heart. One should always keep this in mind that, Divine Avatar’s every

action, word & deed has deeper spiritual meaning and every layer of meaning has

hidden treasure of spiritual reality. We must dig deep if we want to realize and

find that hidden treasure.

 

There exists a story in the annals of Aryan culture. Sage Bhardwaj spent a

lifetime in the quest of knowledge and complete and thorough mastery over the

sacred Vedas (Divine knowledge). But even after a life span of one hundred

years, devoted and consecrated to that thirst for Vedic knowledge, he realized

that he was merely standing at the shore of the ocean only gathering pebbles

and the pearls still lay hidden in the depth of the ocean. Feeling sad and

disconsolate and faint on account of withering old age, he approached Indra,

the king of Gods, and prayed to him for lengthening his life further. The boon

of another hundred years was granted to him and he resumed his quest with

additional vigour. Time passed and the fresh lease of hundred years of life

came to an end. But sage Bhardwaj felt that the ocean of knowledge lay still

before him and he was thirsty and insatiated as ever.

The knowledge was limitless and infinite and life too short. Although he was

granted three centuries of existence, at the end of the period, he stayed on

the fringe of Vedic knowledge.

 

Above story is a good example that spiritual quest is tough job! One must be

patient persistent and truly committed to find the pearls hidden in the depth

of the divine ocean.

 

“Let me tell you. Nothing can impede or halt the work of the Avatar. When I was

upstairs some people foolishly went about saying 'It is all’ over with Sai

Baba' and they turned it. back many who were coming to Puttaparthi. Some said I

was in samadhi (communion with God) as if I was a sadhaka (Aspirant). Some

feared I was a victim of black magic as if anything can affect me ... The

splendour of this Avatar will go on increasing day by day. Formerly, when the

Govardhangiri was raised aloft by the little boy Krishna, the Gopis and Gopals

(milkmaids and cowherds) realized that Krishna was the Lord. Now not one

Govardhangiri but a whole range will be lifted you will see! Have patience,

have faith.”Gurupournima Day, 6 July 1963, 6:30PM. (Sathya Sai Baba, Sathya Sai

Speaks III 5, 19.)

”This is not Swami's illness; this is an illness that Swami has taken on in

order to save some one. Swami has no illnesses, nor will he get ill at any

time. You must all be happy; that alone will make Swami happy. If you grieve,

Swami will not be happy. Your joy is Swami's food.”

Gurupournima Day, 6 July 1963, 6:30PM. (Sathya Sai Baba, Sathya Sai Speaks III 5, 19.)

Above Discourse

A Discourse that gives insight into the mystery and splendour of

Avatar

 

Shiva Shakthi

Gurupournima Day, 6 July 1963, 6:30PM. (Sathya Sai Baba, Sathya Sai Speaks III 5, 19.)

 

Editor's note. This discourse was exciting for two important reasons. First,

Swami illustrated his powers by curing himself, in a few seconds and before

thousands of people, of a severe stroke that he had had for eight days and

explaining why this event had to take place. Second, for the first time, Swami

mentioned Prema Sai, his next incarnation. Swami said that he would come back

in a third incarnation as Prema Sai eight years after he leaves this body.]

 

 

 

 

This is not Swami's illness; this is an illness that Swami has taken on in order

to save some one. Swami has no illnesses, nor will he get ill at any time. You

must all be happy; that alone will make Swami happy. If you grieve, Swami will

not be happy. Your joy is Swami's food.

 

(Then, Baba signaled to Kasturi to speak. After his short speech was over, Baba

wanted the mike to be held before him. He asked through it "Vinapisthundaa!".

But, though he asked again and again, the voice was so indistinct that no could

make out what it meant.

 

He then signed for water. When it was brought, he sprinkled a little with his

shaking right hand on the stricken left hand, on his left leg. He stroked his

left hand with the right. Immediately, he used both hands to stroke his left

leg, and that touch was enough to cure it. He doffed the disease in a trice! He

started to speak! It was the same musical voice.)

 

For those who have no refuge, God is the refuge (Dikku lenivaniki devude gathi).

That is exactly the reason I had to take on the disease that one helpless

devotee was to get. He had to suffer this dire illness, as well as the four

heart attacks that accompanied it, and he would not have survived it. So,

according to my duty (dharma) to protect devotees (bakthasamrakshana), I had to

rescue him. Of course, this is not the first time that I have taken on the

illness of persons whom I wanted to save. Even in the previous Sariram at

Shirdi, I had this responsibility. The suffering that you saw was too much for

this particular devotee, so I had to save him by going through it myself. This

is my play (leela), my nature. It is part of the task for which I have come,

sishyarakshana.

 

People who were near me during the last week were asking me to give them the

name of the person whom I had saved. I told them that it would make them angry

against that person, for Swami, they would say, "had to undergo much pain in

order to save that one person." Then, they replied that they would honor the

person because of the extraordinary devotion that persuaded Swami to run to his

rescue that Saturday morning.

 

Some people even asked me whether it was this person or that, giving names of

those who had attacks of paralysis, especially on the left side! This is even

more ludicrous, because when I save a person I save him completely. I do not

wait until he gets the disease, and I do not leave him a fraction of a disease

so that he may be identified later. It all looks funny to me, the guesses and

surmises that you make.

 

Even in Shirdi, Dada Saheb, Nadaram, Balawanth, all were saved by these means.

Balawanth was destined to get plague, but the bubo was taken over and the boy

saved.

 

This is perhaps the longest period when I kept the devotees wondering and

worried. That was because of the heart attacks, which had to come later on the

devotee, from which also he had to be saved. Then, there is another reason why

the 8-day period had to be observed. I shall tell you why. This means I must

tell you about myself, about something I haven't disclosed so far, something

that I was keeping within myself for the last 37 years. The time has come to

announce it. This is a sacred day, and I shall tell you.

 

You know I declared on the very day when I decided to disclose my Identity, my

mission, and my Advent that I belonged to the Apasthamba Suthra and the

Bharadwaja lineage (gothra). This Bharadwaja was a great sage, who studied the

Vedas for a full one hundred years; but, finding that the Vedas were endless

(anantha), he did penance (thapas) for prolonging life, and from Indra he got

two extensions of a century each. Even then, the Vedas could not be completed,

so he asked Indra again for another hundred years. Indra showed him 3 huge

mountain ranges and said, "What, you have learned in 3 centuries form only 3

handfuls from out of the 3 ranges that make up the Vedas. So give up the

attempt to exhaust the Vedas. Perform a ritual (yaga) instead, which I shall

teach

you; that will give you the fruit of Vedic study, full and complete."

 

Bharadwaja decided to perform the ritual; Indra taught him how to do it; all

preparations were completed. The sage wanted Shakthi to preside over and bless

the ritual. So he went to Kailasa, but the time was not opportune for

presenting his petition. Shiva and Shakthi were engaged in a competitive dance,

trying to find out who could dance longer. Eight days passed thus, before

Shakthi noticed Bharadwaja standing in the cold. She just cast a smile at him

and danced along as before! The sage mistook the smile as a cynical refusal to

notice him, so he turned his back on Kailasa and started to descend. To his

dismay, he found his left leg, hand, and eye put out of action by a stroke.

Shiva saw him fall, came up to him, and consoled him. Bharadwaja was told that

Shakthi had indeed blessed him and his ritual. Then, Shiva revived him and

cured him, sprinkling water from the

Kamandalu. Both Shiva and Shakthi granted him the boons of a sage (rishi); they

would both attend the ritual, they said.

 

After the ritual was over, they were so pleased that they conferred even more

boons on the sage. Shiva said that they would take human form and be born in

the Bharadwaja lineage, thrice: Shiva alone as Shirdi Sai Baba, Shiva and

Shakthi together at Puttaparthy as Sathya Sai Baba, and Shakthi alone as Prema

Sai, later. Then, Shiva remembered the illness that had suddenly come upon

Bharadwaja at Kailasa on the eighth day of waiting in the cold on the ice. He

gave another assurance. "As expiation for the neglect that Shakthi showed you

at Kailasa for 8 days, this Shakthi will suffer the stroke for 8 days when we

both take birth as Sathya Sai and, on the

eighth day, I shall relieve her from all signs of the disease by sprinkling

water, just as I did at Kailasa to cure your illness."

 

It was the working out of this assurance that you witnessed today, just now.

This had to happen, this stroke and the cure. The assurance given in the

Thretha era had to be honored. I may tell you now that the poor, forlorn

devotee who had to suffer the stroke that I took over was a convenient excuse,

which was utilized. You see, a railway engine is not made available to haul

just one car; when a number of cars are ready, then the engine is put into

action. So too, the disease had to be gone through, the devotee had to be

saved, the assurance had to be carried out, the mystery had to be cleared, the

Divinity had to be more clearly announced by the manifestation of this Grand

Miracle. All these were accomplished by this one incident.

 

Let me tell you one more thing: Nothing can impede or halt the work of the

Avathaara. When I was upstairs all these days, some people were foolishly

saying, "It is all over with Sai Baba," and they turned back many who were

coming to Puttaparthy! Some said I was in samadhi, as if I were a spiritual

aspirant (sadhaka)! Some feared I was the victim of black magic, as if anything

can affect me! The splendor of this Avathar will go on increasing, day by day.

Formerly, when the Govardhanagiri (a mountain) was raised aloft by the little

boy Krishna, the cowherd maids and boys (gopees and gopalas) realized that

Krishna was the Lord. Now, not one Govardhanagiri but a whole range will be

lifted, you will see! Have patience, have faith. Tomorrow morning, I shall give

every one of you the Namaskaram Blessing that you missed today.

 

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