Prasanthi Update - 21st June - Swami Blesses Ambulances

June 22, 2008

Sent by a Dear Sai Brother from Prasanthi Nilayam :

Two Tata Winger vans stood parked majestically in front of Yajur Mandir today afternoon. Quick enquiries revealed that the Sri Sathya Sai general hospital would be blessed by Swami to receive two fully equipped state of art ambulances. And the two vans parked there were actually yet another gift of Love and Grace. Swami came out at about 4:45pm. As soon as He came out, the vans caught His attention. Swami asked about the vehicles and it was promptly said, "Swami they are Tata Winger vans to serve as the ambulances." He then went closer to have a better look. The oxygen cylinders and the stretchable and retractable bed looked elegant and professionally compact in the vans.

Where Swami is concerned, the unexpected is something that has to be expected. Swami enquired about the drivers' place. The front door was opened and Swami was shown the drivers' seat. He scrutinised it carefully. He seemed fully satisfied with the new powered twins and blessed them for their "release". As He was moving towards the car, He saw coconuts on the ground. He told the people and security personnel there to break them as signs of auspiciousness in front of the van. As they were about to do so, Swami, with a sweet smile told them, "Wait! I will go for darshan. Then you break the coconuts."That statement from Swami was so wonderful in some very specific aspects. For ages Swami has been breaking coconuts. One of His favourite styles is to hold a coconut each in a hand. using one as a breaking instrument, the other coconut is easily halved. On other occasions, Swami throws the coconut to the floor and as it shatters, devotees make a rush

to collect the pieces as holy prasad. Nowadays, Swami often asks people near Him to enjoy the privileged honours of breaking the coconuts. Many times when this happens and the people throw the coconuts to the ground, some pieces fly towards the Lord. Swami is amused but thats not the case with many devotees. Though their Lord is the most powerful, He is also the sweetest and most delicate for them. The coconut breakers are rewarded with a smile from Swami and glares from the devotees! And so when Swami, who was just beside the vans, said,"Wait till I go for darshan and then break it," one could not help but supress a smile.Swami moved into the Kulwant hall on the chair itself and there was a surge from all sides. A week long parayanam of the Ramayanam is scheduled to begin tomorrow and devotees had already started filling in. Added to it, being the "weekend", the devotees numbers get "strengthened". Swami went about collecting letters and

blessing everyone. His progress was slow and gentle. The bliss on the faces of the devotees showed that by His touch and smiles and Grace, their "progress" had been made rapid and huge! As Swami moves amongst the devotees in the chair, He is often covered by the lapping waves of the devotees with hearts flooded with devotion. But one can easily see Swami reflected so beautifully in the faces of these devotees. You want to know who Swami is, then just look at the devotees' faces. You will realize that He is an embodiment of Joy, Peace and Love! He collected letters from all and then moved into the students' zone. Blessing everyone, He slowly seemed to wade through them. He blessed all the birthday boys and then went into the interview room. Bhajans began at 5:30 pm and concluded at around 6:05pm.

Om Sai Ram

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