Guest guest Posted October 3, 2008 Report Share Posted October 3, 2008 800x600 - 1024x768widescreen : 1440x900 " Bird with you... " With the beginning of the new month, the whole of Prashanthi Nilayam shifted gears in preparation of Navarathri that brings the Saptaha Jnana Yajna in its wake. Almost all the students had become acquainted with the Rudram after the 20 days of intensive coaching. It was about 5:15pm that Swami arrived for darshan and was welcomed with the chants of the Rudram. He did not take the full round and used the detour after ladies side and went straight to the bhajan hall. Not very long after, Swami took a round in the bhajan hall and then moving via the upper portico, Swami came out to the mainstage via the interview room. He came and sat listening to the Vedas being chanted. He was observing as to who was chanting, who were shaky and and who were those oversmart ones just lipping about here and there! Forget the divine, all-seeing eye, Swami's obervation and sight are so keen that He immediately catches those who are not confident. And when He does so, it is to actually to inspire them and breathe confidence into them. As He sat swaying His hands and looking at everyone, it was such a wonderful feeling. All the students in the front few rows were stretching out their hands with letters, to the fullest as if wanting Him also to stretch 10 times more and recieve them! But on some occasions Swami just chooses to look at all of them nonchalantly in a relaxed manner. After a while however, He began calling boys from the front rows in a "random" manner. Well things with Swami may seem random, but that's only to a mind that has not yet experienced Him. Many things in the universe like the way smoke twirls and rises into the skies or the way water eddies and flows in turbulent streams have been thought to be "random" - till a time when chaos theory made waves! The chaos theory, one in the frontiers of sciences today, is really about finding the underlying order in apparently random data. And so with Swami too, when we think or talk about His "randomness" its actually a reflection of that wonderful underlying order that He alone knows! And so Swami began collecting letters. As a student would get up and go to Him, his place in the front row would be occupied by another student from behind who would have a letter! The first line therefore always had students holding out letters for Him! He called out for a member of the Veda group and asked him as to how many students were confident with the Rudra Prasnah? Swami wanted to know an approximate number atleast. The answer given to Him was "about 50". Swami then called the tray boys and blessed all of them. One Iranian muslim boy from the Primary school had also come for blessings as it was the occasion of Id. Swami called out to him and blessed him too. That being done, Swami went back to taking letters from the boys. Each boy sitting there was pining for that personal call from Swami when he could go and handover his letter to Him. Swami sat outside till about 5:45pm and then He said that it was time for the bhajans to begin. He moved into the bhajan hall and the bhajans began. Aarthi was taken at about 6:10pm. - Sairam - 1st Oct. 08 http://www..com/sai_baba_latest_darshan_news_photos_updates.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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