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Sai Inspires -

28th October 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The lord searches for

goodness only, not for faults and sins. Those are based on the standard of

the Gunas (qualities) of each. He will not examine the wealth,

the family, the Gothra (lineage), the status, or the sex. He sees

only the Righteousness, the Sadbhava. Those endowed with such

Sadbhava, He considers as deserving His Grace, whoever they are,

whatever they are. Therefore, develop Sadbhava, goodness and

righteousness. Live and act in joy and love. These two are sufficient; salvation can be attained without fail.

- Prema

Vahini.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Water flows from a higher level to the lower levels.

 

God’s grace too is like that. It flows down to those who

are bent with humility. - Baba

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANYONE

LISTENING?

 

 

 

Sai Ram and greetings from Prashanti Nilayam. October has come

and is about to go. The beginning of the month saw an unexpected and global

flutter about Swami giving a Cosmic Darshan. We do not have to recall all

that since much has been said already. [Currently, there seems to be a

second innings to that incident with Swami in the Moon!] Anyway, that event

passed and soon it was the Navarathri season, which opened as usual with a

quiet non-stop Puja in the Mandir for Devi the Universal Mother.

Simultaneously, Grama Seva, now in its eighth year running, commenced,

covering about 150 villages and neighbouring hamlets , involving

distribution to thousands of households. In all, about half a million food

packets were distributed, as also tens of thousands of sarees and dhotis.

 

 

Soon after the Navarathri (Dasara) season commenced, so did the annual

Yajna performed for Universal Peace, with the daily proceedings this time

being duly adapted to suit Swami’s somewhat flexible routine. At

last, everyone has come to realise that Swami’s body cannot be taxed

with punishing schedules as earlier, and that we must learn to discipline

ourselves as also be thankful for what we are blessed with. The evenings saw the usual quota of speech making. Apart from the regular speakers, we

had one or two new voices too which gave fresh viewpoints.

 

In the midst of all the traditional pre-occupations, 20th October came and

went by WITH HARDLY ANY NOTICE BY ANYONE WHATSOEVER! One wonders how many

even remember what 20th October is all about. And, as if to drive home the

point, Swami’s Discourse on 21st October, the concluding day of the

festival, began with a pointed reference to the Shirdi Avatar. Swami

reminded the audience that it was on the Vijaya Dasami day that God brought

the curtain down on His earlier incarnation as the Avatar of Shirdi, with

the promise to come back again soon.

 

It is amazing how quickly we tend to get defocused these days, with the

mobile phone ever ready to distract our attention. In the

Gita the Lord says that Avatars come to teach man

a lesson, in fact the same lesson imparted earlier. God comes again to do a

revision course when the earlier teachings have been forgotten, making it

necessary to revisit ancient wisdom once more.

 

All that was in the good old days, as they say. But in this Kali Age, we

have become “very efficient”! We are learning to forget God and

His Message even while the Avatar is here. Actually, we need not even

bother to make any serious effort to forget. One short command suffices:

CONTROL-ALT- DELETE - Long live Windows!

 

In His Discourse on 21st October, Swami said, “All of you are the

Embodiments of Sai!” There was the usual applause of course. But one

wonders whether anyone anywhere paid attention to the import of that

statement. What does the statement that all are Sai really mean? Naturally,

different people would tend to interpret that differently but we here in

H2H venture to submit our view.

 

We believe it means that all of us must act in a manner that would be in

as much conformity as possible with what Swami says and stands for. Is that

happening? That question was actually asked by Prof Anantaraman, a member

of the visiting faculty, in Swami’s University. Speaking in one of

the evening sessions a few days before Vijaya Dasami, Prof Anantaraman, in

a voice dripping with pain, asked why there is so much selfishness and

jealousy in our hearts, why there is so much in-fighting even within the

Organisation when we all should be highly pro-active in setting great

examples of Sai Love to the world. He ended his thought-provoking talk with the words, “The time has come when we have to

seriously ask ourselves if we really deserve Swami?”

 

 

Tough talk, but a pertinent and meaningful question nevertheless – so

we believe. What do you say? Do please let us know.

 

Jai Sai Ram.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With Love and Regards,

"Heart2Heart" Team.

 

 

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