Swami's 16 Divine Powers

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Divinity is marked by two types of characteristics :The first is termed "SVARUUPA LAKSHANA" - Its true, inherent, Absolute Nature. The Upanishaths declare IT to be inexpressible by words and in fact unreachable by the Mind: APRAAPYA MANASA SAH.The second is called THATASTHA LAKSHANA or its partial attributes and manifestations. When DIVINITY descends in human form, DHAIVAM MAANUSHA RUUPENA, it is said, IT manifests sixteen aspects of selfless, loving, universal attractive features or powers.KAAMA AAKARSHANA or desire fulfilling powerBUDDHYAAKARSHANA - the power to activate, stimulate and fulfil our intellectual capacities. He is the bestower of the power of reasoning, power of discrimination and power of renunciation .AHAMKAARA-AAKARSHANA transformation of our Ego sense

SHABDHA AAKARSHANA, the power of sound. Swami's words and teachings cast a spell on us. They are put into simple language but are pregnant with profundity and depth. They produce powerful vibrations in the hearts of Scholars as well as laymen.SPARSHA AAKARSHANA - the power of divine touch; it is healing touch.His is a sin-erasing touch; It is a purifying sacred and holy touch.RUUPAAKARSHANA. Svaami's forms are splendrous and wondrous. His spiritual form has an aura of radiance!The seventh power of attraction of Baba is called RASAAKARSHANA - sweetness personified.. His words are sweet; His bearing is sweet and grace filled; His gestures and movements exude LOVE and compassion.The eighth power of Baba's attraction is called CHITTHAAKARSHANA. Chittha is the store-house of our past and present memories and unfulfilled residual desires and impressions from our previous lives, called Vaasanas which haunt us in the

present and will continue toaffect our future also. Baba, like Krishna can be be called Chittha Chora - the stealer of all our dominating desires, thereby making us desire-free!The ninth power of Baba's attraction is called GANDHAAKARSHANA - the power of His divine fragrance. He exudes a fragrance of Purity, Holiness and Loving Grace and Compassion. As the Upanishath states DUURAATH GANDHO VAATHI; Svaami's spiritual "fragrance" spreads far and wide purifying our polluted thoughts and our environment pollutedwith pride and prejudice, hatred and violence.The tenth is the power called DHAIRYA-AKARSHANA - the power of overwhelming courage and self-confidence. Baba's early life was a saga of calm courage and great patience in the face of heavy odds, of severe hardships, of physical and mental violence on His person. Hewas the object of calumny and poisonous envy from some of the villagers.The eleventh power of Baba's

attraction is called SMRITHYAAKARSHANA. Smrithi means powerful memory power. Svaami has phenomenal memory reaching far into our past and present and deep into our future too. The twelfth power of attraction of Baba is NAAMAA KARSHANA, the power of His Sacred name. Chanting of His holy name with faith, works miracles of healing, ensures success in our undertakings, helps in overcoming accidents and above all in the removal of our elemental fears of death - all these effects have been testified and recorded by numerous devotees from all parts of the wide world.The thirteenth power of Baba's attraction is called BEEJAAKARSHANA SHAKTHI. Divinity exercises elemental or seed force and incorporates it in all beings. The Geetha says, "Beejam Maam Sarva Bhuuthaanaam.": Know Me to be the eternal seed power, the cause of germination of all Beings. All beings are born from the seed of Brahman, the SupremeDivinity. He is indeed the seed force of

all Manthras or holy, thought-articulations in terms of seed syllables and words. These represent the basic energies of various deities presiding over the forces of Nature and Cosmos as a whole.The fourteenth power of Baba's attraction is called AATHMASAKARSHANA; Divinity attracts our inner Being, Antharaathma. It is called soul- power attraction; drawing the sense oriented Self towards the experience of the bliss of divinity.The fifteenth power of attraction of Baba is called AMRITHAAKARSHANA. Amritha is the elixir of life in divinity. Unbounded Love and immortality are the signs of Divine life. The individual self prays to the Supreme Divinity to bestow on a Life of LOVE, LIGHT andIMMORTALITY, in the following Upanishaahik words:-Asatho Maa Sath-gamaya,Thamaso Maa Jyothir gamayaMrithyor-Maa Amritham-gamayaBaba graces us with the nectar of DHARMA and BRAHMA: the attainment of Supreme Bliss consciousness in

eternity through Righteousness, Selfless Service and Sacrifice. Baba frequently quotes the Upanishath; Thyaage Naike Amrithathvam Aanasuh: Immortality cannot be attained either through actions, through progeny or through wealth. Only by Sacrifice, meaning sacrificing totally the possessive and the ego senses, is immortality possible.The sixteenth is the totality of the above fifteen attractive powers and it is called SARVAAKARSHANA SHAKTHI. Baba's Integral, Holistic, Divine, Universal Personality exercises in totality all the fifteen powers mentioned above. He is the embodiment of all Divine Principles; He is omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent, omni-named and omni-formed, the very Omni Self. That is why people of all climes, castes, cultures and creeds are fascinated by His divine drawing power and miracle of Universal Love and visit Prashaanthi Nilayam, the Abode of Supreme Peace.

 

Om Sai Ram

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