Sai Inspires - 27th November 2005 from Prashanti Nilayam

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Loving Sairam from the Heart2Heart Team.

 

For the viewers of Sanskar TV, at 8:00 PM (India Time) you can watch an one hour

programme on Baba's 80th Birthday.

 

Scroll down to read our Weekend Special on "The Power of Heart"

Swami enlightens us today on ideal human relationships.

 

 

Sai Inspires - 27th November 2005

The concept of the ideal human relationship evolves when it is inspired by Love

and based upon Truth. Truth and Love form the foundation of real friendship.

This sort of connection is divinised with the sincere mingling of hearts.

Friendship based on altruism adopts the motto: 'Love for all and malice towards

no one', keeping the well-being of others in view, rather than personal

self-interest. Such an attitude makes life enjoyable, and also helps set the

world to rights. Such an attitude enables people to voluntarily give more and

receive less whereas, if egoism creeps in, then you want to receive more and

give less.

- Summer Showers, 1973.

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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 Sai Service.

 

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Duration

Highlights of the 80th Birthday Celebrations of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba

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03:00 & 13:00

1hr 30 mins

 

 

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