Sai Kingdom (UK) Grama Seva Group 2007 (Monday 22nd October)

October 22, 2007

Morning Darshan Prasanthi appears to be settling back into the normal routine as the crowd has reduced significantly after the majestic Navratri and Vijayadasami celebrations. Swami came for darshan today in his car at 9.40am, whilst bhajans were going on. After speaking to a few lucky devotees on the verandah, Swami proceeded towards the mandir where he blessed the priests who had performed the Veda Purusha Sapta Maha Yagna. He then accepted aarti at 10.45am and headed back to His residence. Sai Kingdom (UK) Grama Seva Group 2007 (Monday

22nd October) Afternoon Darshan Swami came for darshan in his car a little earlier than normal, much to the delight of the devotees assembled there. Swami kindly accepted a thank you card from the UK group leader (puppet) and further enquired as to how they boys were doing. Bhajans started at 5pm as normal and finished at 5.40 as Swami accepted the

aarti and retired to his residence for the evening. In the evening, the UK Grama Seva boys were privileged to have a spiritual satsang with the warden of the Brindavan Campus, Sri B Narasimhamurthy. One of the boys asked for further clarification on Swami’s Vijayadasami discourse on Truth and Righteousness. Sri Narasimhamurthy explained what Swami had meant yesterday in more detail. He said that God is Truth, God is everywhere and this is the real truth. Dharma is what you have to do and this is a choice between Shreyas and Preyas. Whatever you do, do it with love not hatred. Sri Narasimhamurthy then detailed out a 9-point plan which he has devised to help man further his spiritual progress: Early to bed, early to rise. Simple living and high thinking – reduce material needs and desires. Unity in thought, word and deed. 30 minutes of satsang everyday – company of good people. As Swami says, “tell me your company, I’ll tell you what you are.” For those of you unable to have satsang daily, you can do Swadhyay (study of spiritual literature). 30 minutes of solitude – spent on your own and contemplate. Constant namasmarana – constant repetition of the Lord’s name. Hands in the society and heads in the forest. Do Seva all the time – this can be broken down into 3 types of Seva: Mental - pray for the wellbeing of others By word – always speak kindly and lovingly Action – use every opportunity available, regardless of size, to help others. “If you can do one act a day for 10 days, you’ll experience spiritual bliss.” Dedicate all activities unto God – e.g. People do activities because they have to or because they derive happiness from it. However, it should be done because of your love for God. God is everywhere so see God in everything and see everything in God. Sri Narasimhamurthy also gave a means to monitor your spiritual progress in daily life, in the form of simple ABCD Awareness of Inner Bliss Balance of mind – equanimity Ceiling on desires Dedication to welfare of others

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