Sai Baba Darshan 25th July

July 26, 2007

Wednesday, July 25, 2007 - The Sai Kulwant Hall was colourfully decorated for the Ashadi Ekadasi programme. Bhagawan arrived at 8.30 am to the sounds of traditional Maratha horns and Vedam and came onstage after His darshan round. The programme commenced with a Dindi song, and then a song welcoming Ashadi. Next, two children introduced a song commemorating Sai Geetha. The main programme of the morning, an hour-long programme entitled "Master the Mind and be a Mastermind", followed soon after. The programme was presented in the format of a Quiz show, with the value-based questions and answers being discussed by a panel of role models like Swami Vivekananda. The programme concluded with the ultimate question we must all ask and get an answer from Bhagawan within us, that of "Who am I?". The participants were Blessed by Bhagawan who came down from the stage after the programme for a group photo session.

The evening programme was a musical drama "Jai Jhulelal" by the Balvikas and Youth wing of Thane. The Sindhi community reveres Lord Jhulelal of the 10th century as their saviour, and this year marks the 1000th anniversary of the advent of Jhulelal. The play depicted how Jhulelal, through miraculous interventions, saved the Hindus of the Sindhu region from an intolerant ruler who wanted them to convert to Islam or die. Bhagawan Blessed one of the followers of Jhulelal with a chain at the end of the performance. Prasadam was distributed to all while Bhajans were sung by the Maharashtra devotees.

Bhagawan returned to His residence after Arati at 5.30 pm. ---------- Sri Sathya Sai World Youth Conference 2007 A Curtain Raiser In the vast infinity of eternal bliss, The One without a second, formless and attributeless, He from whom all this has emanated and in whom all this resides and in whom all this will return, Sri Sathya Sai Baba, has descended into our conscious perception. Sages of yore had yearned even for a glimpse of the eternal principle absolute. Thus how fortunate are we, the youth who are born in the time of, have been in the presence of, and have the opportunity to serve Him, The One for whom the stars offer their sparkle and for whom the roses dedicate their fragrance. What fragrance of ours are we to offer our Beloved Bhagawan? It is the blossoming of our

human values of truth, right conduct, love, peace and non-violence that we can offer Him. It is the surrender of our ego, the sublimation of all our desires in one all consuming desire to attain Him, that we should have the humility to offer. He is calling us to His eternal Kingdom – Sat, Chit, Ananda – the Paramathma. He is here to safely ferry us across the ocean of worldly existence. Are we heeding His call? When before has God walked across the sands of time, leaving His fragrant footprints for us to follow, in such a loving and caring way for all His children across the Earth? The world is at cross-roads, with the climatic effects of global warming gathering pace and war and hatred bringing tears to our Mother Earth. It is at this critical juncture in the history of the planet that the Supreme Absolute is calling His children to His Lotus Feet to receive His love and grace. The Sri Sathya

Sai World Youth Conference is the third World Youth Conference (the first two having taken place in 1997 and 1999). Swami always asks His students – are you ready? We, as the youth of the world, must ask ourselves are we ready to become the beacons of light and love for whom the world has awaited? History is HIS-Story and His life is His message. But, do the example of our lives, of our character and conduct truly and sincerely match up to the message of our Divine Mother and Father, Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba? The youth have been preparing for the Conference by adhering to an intensive Sadhana programme resplendent with 9 spiritual disciplines: Daily practice of Namasmarana Reading Swami’s discourses/books and conducting weekly study circles Engaging in Selfless Service activity as a group; Practice of dietary discipline Learning to speak

softly and to speak less Taking active part in Sai centres Improving communication and interacting respectfully with parents Practising ceiling on desires by not wasting food, money, energy and time Practising daily meditation and prayer.Also for the Conference, an Exhibition has been organised by youth from all over the world, including those unable to physically attend the Conference. The theme of the Exhibition is the sadhana programme that the youth have been following. Countries have been working together to create an artistic representation of each of the spiritual disciplines to inspire the youth as to how Swami’s teachings are being practised by different cultures around the globe. What is unique about this Exhibition is that youth from around the world have been working in harmony and unity – transcending geography, culture and religious faith – in a labour of love and as an offering to Bhagawan. As part of the conference several workshops will be held during which a panel of distinguished speakers has been selected to speak and inspire the youth. The workshop themes that will be discussed during the conference are: The Divine Presence of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba during our lifetime (source, sustenance and goal, His life, His message; His Works; Living in His Presence Always); Spiritual Transformation (Transformation not Information, Selfless Service for Self-Realisation, Educare – Transformation, Control of senses and the mind); Youth – the Spiritual Significance (attributes of youth – Ideal Sai youth, balancing career and personal lives for men and women, understanding and living with Human Values, Understanding and Living with Devotion, Discipline, Dedication, Determination and

Discrimination); Sri Sathya Sai Organisation and Youth (True Satsang and the importance of Company, programmes of Sai Organisation and Youth participation – devotion, service and educational, leadership in a spiritual organisation, youth recommendations to the Sri Sathya Sai Organisation on how to improve content, execution and administration of all programmes). In the same way that the vanaras (monkeys) got to apparently help Rama by constructing a bridge to rescue Sita, the Sai youth of today need to follow the stepping stones of Bhagawan’s teachings in order to save the planet from the chaos that our monkey minds have created. Our goal is to become Ideal Sai Youth, Messengers of Sai Love to help light the lamp of love in the heart of humanity, to help awaken the Divinity inherent in humankind and to bring the world together as one family under

the Fatherhood of God. What we are learning through the process of getting ready for this Conference is that we all need to work together in harmony, to have full faith in Bhagawan to meet all challenges that we have to face, and to offer all our love to Him. We are here to inspire each other to raise our consciousness from the human to the Divine by shifting our focus away from identification with our body and mind to our true reality as the eternal atma, embodiments of Divine Love. On behalf of the youth of the world, we pray to Bhagawan that He blesses us in this Conference with His Love and Grace and guide our intellect along the correct path so that we may dedicate our lives in selfless service to Him so as to ensure that Dharma is restored and the world is transformed into a paradise of peace and love. Only then will our lives be sanctified as His unimaginable glory and magnificence

becomes revealed to one and all. Courtesy: Sai Youth, United Kingdom -------- Ideal Sai Youth, Messengers of Sai Love Spanish Painter Pablo Picasso had envisioned Youth as a state of mind that has no bearing with age. He wrote: Youth has no age. Anything that is defined as having no bearing with time should be most vibrant, potent and creative and to be attributed to have a touch of effulgence. It is this vibrancy, potency and creativity suffused with effulgence of the Youth of the day that Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba has been tirelessly streamlining to shape a new world order. His unequivocal effort to train the youth of today to build a new World Order propelling and projecting cardinal human values comes as no surprise as the

enigmatic spiritual persona has always been walking a path identified as “My Life is My Message” imparting greater lessons to humanity. With a world so full and so deluding from materialistic point and a persona so full and so vibrant walking and talking, guiding and peering humanity on earth, the youth of today are undoubtedly privileged to leave their marks, following His Footprints by leading an exemplary life idealising none other than the Only Idol who has chosen to walk the planet Earth, in their endeavour to build a New World Order. The three-day World Conference of Sai Youth organised by the Sathya Sai World Foundation gets underway in Prasanthi Nilayam on the 26th of July. This is the third conference of its kind happening under the auspices of Sri Sathya Sai Organisations–worldwide. The first two were held in the years 1997 and 1999. The objective of this conference is to inspire and guide Sai Youth to serve society while

gaining a deeper understanding of Bhagawan’s teachings. Who is an Ideal Sai Youth? …And what is the role of this Ideal Sai Youth in the society today? Answer to this comes in the form of this ensuing third world conference of Sai Youth with the theme “Ideal Sai Youth, Messengers of Sai Love”. Bhagawan's life has been an exemplarily ideal one, an open book for anyone to follow showing the world the importance of “practice before precept”. But, how does one become an Ideal Sai Youth? Bhagawan’s own life during His youth is a great example for the youth of today to mark and follow. Young Sathya was an Ideal Son; a great role model for selfless love and compassion; an embodiment of humility; an ideal leader for His friends. The onus is now on the youth to follow suit, emulating the great life in practice by remodeling His famous slogan to “Our Life is His

Message”. “I want you to be leaders to protect the world. Leaders like lions, self-reliant, courageous, majestic and just. Lion is the king of animals and I want you to be king among men” echoed Bhagawan to students during the inaugural address of Summer Course in 1992. Apart from the thousands of delegates from various parts of globe, students from the three campuses of Sri Sathya Sai University would also be participating in the three day conference. Considering the fact that His students were the most privileged folk in the Saga of Avatar’s Journey on Earth, their participation would give the conference a greater fillip as these branded ambassadors of a promising tomorrow would be definitely unearthing valued treasure of their close proximity with the Lord that they have been privileged to enjoy as students of the unique Sathya Sai University. What do

these vibrant, determined youth of the world, who are gearing up for the big occasion aim at focussing to achieve? They say, “Our goal is to become Ideal Sai Youth, Messengers of Sai Love to help light the lamp of love in the heart of humanity, to help awaken the Divinity inherent in humankind and to bring the world together as one family under the Fatherhood of God”. Bhagawan Sri Krishna’s words in the song celestial Bhagavad Gita, “Dharmasamsthapanaarthaaya Sambhavami Yuge Yuge”, meaning “For the establishment of righteousness on a firm footing, I incarnate from age to age” has been fulfilled by Bhagawan. Now, with the Lord walking the earth in human frame and the Youth of today being privileged to enjoy the Lord’s fullest attention, the onus lies on the Youth to follow His footprints joining hands in His Greater Mission in establishing righteousness on a firm footing. Youth is beautiful and it gleams with vivacious charm, echoed an eighteenth century American Poet. Move on…The Youth of the day is extremely privileged. Prasanthi would vouchsafe it…

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