Late Prof Kasturi ...Swami often said love my uncertainty.

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Prof Kasturi Excerpts from book “God in Action” ======================================================== Swami has often said. “Love my uncertainty” Swami is uncertain.Probably some of you are thinking, “Swam leavingPrashantiNilayam” on 6th,7th,10th or 12th that is very uncertain. If you ask me when he leaves, I also don’t know. I am not informed. I come to know of Swami leaving this place only when people run towards Mandir. I ask one of them” Why are you

running ? “Swami is leaving” he says, and I start running towards Mandir. When Swami is here, we are not definite when He will be leaving. After He leaves, we are not definite when He will be returning. He proceeds towards north, He may go up to Delhi or Mussoree or Simla or Himalayas ! No one knows. In the olden days, while following Him by car He would ask us to go and wait at some milestone, and there we would be informed where He was going until we reached that

milestone. we would not be knowing where He would go! That is the uncertainty! Other gurus or teachers will not keep their followers under uncertainty, because they don’t want to disappoint them and loose them. A sheep lost is a loss to the shepherd. He wants to keep all the sheep’s together, but Swami is beyond all that. In one of his introduction poems, Swami says, if you are pleased and proud that I have allowed you to come near me and be near me, immediately you also face the possibility of being pushed away!

If you find that you are getting proud because I have allowed you to come near me, and because of that others are honoring you, then I will push you away. In our country, we touch the feet of elders for the very fact that they have lived so long!. Prof Kasturi says Some people touch my feet because I am old. Swami warns me “Yeh! You are getting proud, head swelling” and I say” No Swami.” Then

Swami says you are accepting namskar, allow people to touch your feet! And I say “Swami, mistake of being born earlier! Moreover, I was a teacher for 32 years and my students , very much remember me as their teacher and so, when they meet me, they touch my feet. What to do?” And Swami says “But you have been accepting without demur, as if it is your due! When they come to touch your feet you don’t protest. You just offer your feet. That is where pride comes. Don’t allow pride to enter you. Keep protesting. Don’t go on gathering Namaskar. If an old student of mine comes and stands before me without touching my feet, I may get angry. These are the attitudes to

be avoided, and therefore Swami asks us to be careful. He says don’t be glad for having been allowed to come near me, you may be pushed out! Of course, I have been a target a number of times! It is difficult thing to decide how near or how far you should be from Him. It is something like fire. If you go too near you get burnt! And if you keep too far you get cold! Taking advantage of closeness to Him, feeling it is my due, because I am a big scholar, because I am indispensable to his glory, such swelling of head will result in being pushed away! Once it happened to me says (Kasturi) this story will continue please wait to hear as it is very interesting. (Sharing With Sai Love) Ram.Chugani) Ram ChuganiKobe, Japanrgcjp

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A very good reminder from one of the doyens to whom we

all should be eternally grateful.

 

How close to a fire do you want to get? Too close -

you get burnt. Too far - you remain cold. So, how

close or how far you want to get to Swami? Several

long-term devotees of Bhagavn have spoken with me

about this. The question remains always the same, the

same question that has been tabled by none other than

the late Sri Kasturi himself - how close or how far,

what is the right balance?

 

Fortunately the answer is given by Bhagavn Himself and

also by sages and rishis in our scriptures. They all

point to the moth that flies into the fire,without the

slightest hesitation, giving itself up in the process.

They point to the iron filing, clean and free of rust,

attaching itslef without the slightest separation from

the magnet. Such is the lesson from the moth and the

iron filing in terms of how close should one get to

the fire. Closeness is not close enough...

 

 

 

 

 

 

--- saibabanews <saibaba_news wrote:

 

> Ramchand Chugani <rgcjp wrote: Date:

> Sat, 20 Oct 2007 01:35:36 -0700 (PDT)

> Ramchand Chugani <rgcjp

> Late Prof Kasturi ...Swami often said love

> my uncertainty.

> " IMP.saibabanews "

>

> By Ram.Chugani Late Prof Kasturi ...Swami often

> said love my uncertainty.

>

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> Swami has often said. “Love my uncertainty”

> Swami is uncertain. Probably some of you are

> thinking, “Swami is leaving Prashanti Nilayam” on

> 6th,7th,10th or 12th that is very uncertain.”

>

> If you ask me when he leaves, I also don’t know.

> I am not informed. I come to know of Swami leaving

> this place only when people run towards Mandir. I

> ask one of them” Why are you running ? “Swami is

> leaving” he says, and I start running towards

> Mandir. When Swami is here, we are not definite

> when He will be leaving. After He leaves, we are not

> definite when He will be returning. He proceeds

> towards north, He may go up to Delhi or Mussoree or

> Simla or Himalayas ! No one knows. In the olden

> days, while following Him by car He would ask us to

> go and wait at some milestone, and there we would be

> informed where He was going until we reached that

> milestone. We would not be knowing where He would

> go! That is the uncertainty! Other gurus or teachers

> will not keep their followers under uncertainty,

> because they don’t want to disappoint them and loose

> them. A sheep lost is a loss to the shepherd. He

> wants to keep all the sheep’s together, but Swami is

> beyond all

> that. In one of his introduction poems, Swami says,

> if you are pleased and proud that I have allowed you

> to come near me and be near me, immediately you also

> face the possibility of being pushed away! If

> you find that you are getting proud because I have

> allowed you to come near me, and because of that

> others are honoring you, then I will push you away.

> In our country, we touch the feet of elders for the

> very fact that they have lived so long!. Prof

> Kasturi says Some people touch my feet because I am

> old. Swami warns me “Yeh! You are getting proud,

> head swelling” and I say” No Swami.” Then Swami says

> you are accepting namskar, allow people to touch

> your feet! And I say “Swami, mistake of being born

> earlier! Moreover, I was a teacher for 32 years and

> my students, very much remember me as their teacher

> and so, when they meet me, they touch my feet. What

> to do?” And Swami says “But you have been accepting

> without demur, as if it is your due! When they

> come to

> touch your feet you don’t protest. You just offer

> your feet. That is where pride comes. Don’t allow

> pride to enter you. Keep protesting. Don’t go on

> gathering Namaskar. If an old student of mine comes

> and stands before me without touching my feet, I may

> get angry. These are the attitudes to be avoided,

> and therefore Swami asks us to be careful. He says

> don’t be glad for having been allowed to come near

> me, you may be pushed out! Of course, I have been a

> target a number of times! It is difficult thing to

> decide how near or how far you should be from Him.

> It is something like fire. If you go too near you

> get burnt! And if you keep too far you get cold!

> Taking advantage of closeness to Him, feeling it is

> my due, because I am a big scholar, because I am

> indispensable to his glory, such swelling of head

> will result in being pushed away! Once it

> happened to me says (Kasturi) this story will

> continue please wait to hear as it is very

> interesting. (Sharing With Sai

> Love) Ram.Chugani)

>

>

> Ram Chugani

> Kobe, Japan

> rgcjp