Puppets from the U.K.

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(for the past week or so, I had a special privilege to accompany the UK youth group and here is some of the darshan updates for my dear sai family)

 

 

 

Om sairam dearest Sai Family,

 

Many elders in India say, Life is a Puppet show and the puppeteer is none other than Lord Himself. Every thing in our life happens according to His will and the string is always in His hands. Very few of us realise this truth and the person whom we can refer to at this juncture is Mr.Ajit Poppat, who very rightly and truly calls himself and addresses himself as PUPPET..

This particular Puppet is very disciplined and very hardworking and a humble servant of our beloved Lord, who has taken the responsibility to take the Sathya Sai Mission to leaps and bounds..

To do so, in the early hours of Monday,29th July 2008, 173 Puppets (children) of Sai Kingdom (United Kingdom) the chosen souls landed in the holy land of Puttaparthi, the Puppeteer's land on a 9 day Sadhana Camp. A camp planned by the PUPETEER Himself, with some chosen puppets, this time from the UK, probably to tighten some strings which other wise were going the other way, a DIVINE CHANCE to mould one self, and a rare opportunity to experience the SUPREME BLISS, that bliss one can experience only in the immediate presence of our beloved Lord.

After seeing the whole group for the first time, I was so thrilled and happy. Every one of them seemed very fortunate and they were pretty well aware that they were there on the Divine Invitation. Many of them wearing a cosmopolitan look, yet very humble and simple. Many of them would have been living a lavish life, with all the comforts the WORLDLY WORLD could provide, yet some lacuna in their hearts. They all came to fill that VACCUM. The camps they had and the kind of speakers they were exposed to during non darshan hours was very well received by them..

One particular brother, whom I met, a young boy of Indian origin, said, I just can't imagine how my life would have been without Swami. I would still come to India to visit my relatives, but it would have been a pure WORLDLY trip, with a visit to family members, and a week or two in a hill resort to an exotic location in India. Now that I am in Swami's fold, I don't think of any such trips and my only focus is SWAMI and just SWAMI..

 

This unique and spiritually uplifting camp comprised of workshops based on Swami's teachings, bhajan sessions, yoga classes and spiritually motivating talks by guest speakers.

 

The excitement within the group could be felt by all those around! After all how can the intense yearning of the heart be contained? They were about to be reunited with the Master!! (in the physical sense). Swami came out for darshan at 4.35pm and the immense joy and bliss that the group experienced during their first darshan was beyond words! Swami took a full round of the Sai Kulwant hall in His chair and gave joy and bliss to one and all. Swami took the Aarthi and as He was leaving for His Divine Abode, Swami very graciously called Puppet (the leader of the UK Group) and enquired about the Group and showered His blessings.

Wednesday 30 July 2008

 

On the morning of the 30th at 5.00pm exactly, the group Sadhana began with 21 Omkaras, Suprabhatam, Spiritual session, Jyoti Meditation and Yoga Asanas, which was conducted by trained Yoga teacher a disciple of famous Yoga Icon Baba Ramdev . Thereafter, they all gathered in the Sai Kulwant Hall and were eagerly awaiting the arrival of our beloved Lord. However, Swami did not come out for darshan and the devotees enjoyed the bhajan session with the Aarthi being offered at 9.30 AM. In the afternoon, Swami came out at 4.30pm to bless all with his divine darshan. During darshan, Swami stopped and took letters from many of the ladies and also spoke to a member of the UK Sadhana Camp group. Swami left for his divine abode, Yajur Mandiram, just after 6.10pm.

 

Thursday 31 July 2008

 

The group left for Sai Kulwant Hall at 7.30am. During morning Darshan, Bhagawan called Puppet and enquired about the group.

On the afternoon of the 31st of July, the children of Sai Kingdom UK were blessed to offer a heartfelt programme at the Divine Lotus Feet of Bhagavan Baba. Swami entered Sai Kulwant Hall at 4.35pm. His effulgence and divine radiance could be seen from afar!! During darshan, Swami showered His Divine motherly love to one and all as He went around the entire hall bringing great joy to barren hearts! Swami spoke with Puppet and out of His infinite grace allowed the UK Sadhana Camp group to offer a garland of group songs at the Divine Lotus Feet. These group songs consisted of a Telugu Song, a Telugu-English song and three English Songs, which were created, composed

and musically arranged by the group members with the assistance of three of Swami's students, who were also part of the UK Sadhana Camp group. This was followed by Bhajans. Swami sat for a full hour looking at the group and blessing them all. In particular, an 82 year old English lady offered aarthi to Swami. Interestingly, Swami had commanded that she should accompany the group in July. Whilst she was offering the Aarthi, Swami was constantly smiling at her and raising his hands to bless her. Being our Divine Mother, Swami also sang most of the Aarthi with her, so as to make her comfortable!! Furthermore, during Loka Samastha Sukhino Bhavanthu, Swami used his hands to gesture what the Shloka meant as He recited it out loud!!How lucky the world is that the Creator Himself is blessing His own creation to be happy and prosperous.. if there is any mishappening then it is not to blame Him but our selves as its all our BAD DEEDS which bring all the

calamities and not the CURSE of God as many of us feel. Because GOD is ever loving and ever caring.. How can we explain the Divine Love of a million mothers? Seldom does Swami express such pure joy at physical level. Even after the aarthi had finished, Swami continued to sit in his chair and could not stop smiling at her and the group. What a sight to see! Swami then left for Yajur Mandiram at 6.10 pm.

 

Friday 1 August 2008

 

It was the morning of Friday 1st August and everyone was waiting anxiously for Swami to give His Divine Darshan. Bhajans began at 9.00am and whilst devotees were revelling in the joy of singing the glory of our beloved mother, our Swami brought immense joy to all as He entered the Sai Kulwant hall at 9.45am on his mobile throne!. Whilst Swami was giving darshan on the Verandah, he spoke to Puppet and enquired as to what the program was for the afternoon. He humbly responded that the group would like to offer a loving musical program but only if permitted by the Divine Will, which Swami was more than happy to do so and blessed the group!

 

 

SWAMY PREPONES HIS DARSHAN:

 

Afternoon darshan was beautiful. Swami looked as fresh as a newly blossomed rose! At 3.55pm, a message was received from Swami's Divine Abode, where Swami had sent instructions from the divine residence for the group to begin their programme at 5.00pm even if He Himself was not present. Swami's immense compassion was evident as He was concerned that the devotees would have to wait for a long time otherwise. The UK children of Sai were also informed that they should finish the program by 6.00pm. However, to their utter surprise Swami came for darshan at 4.15pm!! This was a classic example of when Swami says 'Love My Uncertainty'. The programme started with a vocal and instrumental offering by an

English girl, who was physically challenged. As she played the Piano, we could see that Swami was extremely happy. The second offering was a set of group songs, which consisted of four English songs, which were followed by Bhajans. During this time, Swami interacted with Puppet and blessed the entire group. During the Bhajans, Swami signalled for her and her mother to come onto the veranda, where to the surprise of everyone, Swami materialised a bracelet for her and spent several minutes interacting with them. Swami was extremely happy and raised his hands in benediction many times. Swami took Aarthi and returned to his divine abode at 6.15pm

 

Saturday 2nd August 2008

 

This morning Swami did not come out to give Darshan .

 

In the afternoon, Swami arrived for Darshan at 4.40pm and immediately called the Italian group for an Interview, which lasted for 50mins. After which Swami emerged from the Interview room and entered the Mandir. Swami accepted the Aarthi and left for Yajur Mandiram at 6.00pm.

 

The same evening the group was addressed by Dr Anil Kumar, who is the Head of Cardiology at the Shree Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences in Whitefield. He spoke about the real need for Medicare and how the youth can help raise awareness within rural areas in India and other developing countries with regards to hygiene and other health preventive measures.

The nexy day Dr.Voleti, the famous cardiac surgeon cum photographer (btw his 108 magical moments CD is a treat to watch and a testimony for his photography skills) , gave a beautiful talk to the group. Dr.Voleti was a famous surgeon the USA and had lived a lavish life in a house which had only 7 bedroom house and he had about 7 cars to drive around still couldn't find peace of mind... Even though he was born just 100 miles away from Parthi, he came to know about Swami only when he was 50 years old. He was of the opinion that Swami's timing is impeccable. He came to Parthi, when some one told him that there is a hospital which is 100% free and that could be worth a try. The very firstday Swami calls him for interview and the first question of the Doctor to Swami was Swami!

I have everthing, I WANT PEACE..

Swami's answers are very simple and even a very fluent English speaker can't give answers like Swami.. Swami just replied the doctor Remove “I†remove “WANT†and only PEACE remains..

Now the doctor lives in a very small apartment with only one car and he is the Happiest person on Earthi.

 

This afternoon 5th August Swami came for darshan at 4:30pm in His mobile Thorne and took a right turn infront of the stage skipping gents darshan lines..

As I type this email, a beautiful music programme by the Sai Youth of Himachal Pradesh is going..

This evening Prof.Anil Kumar is speaking to the UK group.

 

On a personal note, I request you all to pray for me as Iam getting married on 08-08-08, very excited and bit nervous which is very common (I think)

With humble pranams at the Lotus Feet of our beloved Lord

R.Satish Naik..

a puppet from the PUPPETEER'S ABODE...

JAI SAI RAM..