Prof Kasturi and his story (Now Kasturi will Dance)

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introduced me saying, “Now Kasturi will dance!” Yes, a dance, of course! When

you are talking about Swami, you are bound to dance with joy! Once, I told

Swami that I have been invited to speak in a certain place and asked for his

permission

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and dance!” I said “Swami, when I go there, I may also go to Calcutta.” “Swami

said, Alright, dance there also!” Dance is joy. We have the Dancing God,

Nataraja, symbolizing that the whole creation is dancing! In every cell, in

every atom, dance is going on! Vibration, wave, hardening into particle,

matter.

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1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt">Swami said in one of his poems, Oh! That Telugu poem

struck everyone! It was such a revelation of His personality! And what did He

say? He said, “ I am the dance master. I am Nataraja, the prince of dancers.

You all are my pupils. I only know the agony of teaching you each step of

dance.” We are never in step! He has to teach us to dance. Dance is

joy, bliss, and our nature. Swami says, “Anandaswarupullara” Ananda is our

nature. That is why Swami told that lady to dance, to be happy. He told her,

“Why are you worried? There is someone supervising your life, someone who is

guiding you and guarding you and if He wills that you must be separated from

your husband, let it happen. That is your karma. God’s will shape by your

actions. It is your due, and you must be happy when you get your due. No

quarrel”

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4.0pt">And when you can dance? Not when you are proceeding towards unreality,

towards darkness, towards death. Turn your face away from these things. Turn

not towards appreance, but towards reality, not towards darkness, but towards

light, not towards death, but towards immortality. Once you change your

direction and move towards your destination. Swami

will be happy. “Ah! He has started, come on!” He will say. He will have the

tune, and you can dance according to His instructions. He only knows the agony

of teaching us dance. Having come to save us, and if we don’t want to be

saved, having come in order to give us light, and if we are engaged in enjoying

the trivial and the temporary, and don’t want to learn even the first step in

dance, He has agony. The Avatar has come on account of compassion, and if

Compassion is not responded to, is not accepted, is not honored, is not

revered, and is it not an agony? If I say, “Swami you are angry with me, and

He has been angry with me many times, He says “No. I have no anger. I am only

worried. I am only disappointed,” He wants us to help us, but we don’t want it.

He wants to give us, but we don’t stretch our hands to receive. He wants us walk

straight, but we enjoy stooping. That is agony of the teacher each step of

dance.

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4.0pt">That is why He says; I only know the agony of teaching each step of

dance. How can you dance if you carry heavy luggage? Be yourself. Then you can

dance and have the music of His voice to train you in the dance. (Sharing With

Sai Love) Ram.Chugani Ram ChuganiKobe, Japanrgcjp

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