Father Charles and our Lord

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Sairam embodiments of LoveYesterday evening Darshan our resplendent Swami went out early in His vehicle. He returned during bhajans, and sat for a short while outside granting us the supreme bliss of His darshan then took araathi and retired to His residence.Talk about being in the right place at the right divine time! Before coming to Parthi I had compiled a manuscript of spiritual experiences, dreams, artwork and poetry into a book and wrote a letter to Swami asking Him to bless this work. Swami took my letter in Kodaikanal, so I feel very happy about it.Included in this book are Sai experiences from devotees I have met along this journey to God. I especially wanted to include some experiences of Father Charles Ogada a Catholic priest from the Order of the Holy Ghost Fathers in

Nigeria but needed his permission to use some of the past articles and talks.Yesterday evening in darshan, I stopped by Sister Gloria the nurse from the General hospital to say hello, another devotee from the states, also came over to herspot. Gloria introduced me to Sister Doris. During the course of our conversation Doris mentioned that she and a few other devotees were going to meet with Father Charles by the western canteen after bhajans. I asked if I could also come along. Then plans quickly evolved where we all decided to meet at Gloria's apartment in the ashram for satsangh.Father Charles is a sweet, compassionate Soul.There is a radiance and power in his countenance that blesses all who come in contact with him. I was introduced to Father Charles a few years ago by Sister Gloria but since then had not seen him in quite awhile. Father Charles spoke at length on how Swami came into his life, his early years the

struggles that still continue with the church regarding his undying devotion to Swami, and his present situation. He has been through a sort of crucifixion that has molded, integrated and transformed his consciousness to the point where he is truly a glorious instrument of our Lord Sai.For me the keynote of his talk was the transforming power of God's sacred name and how we must integrate this into our awareness, everything we think, feel and do must resonate with God's holy name.After this satsangh at Sister Gloria's we discovered that Father Charles was going to address the Brazilian group in the conference hall. I dashed over to the conference hall and received a double dose of Sai's precious leela.Father Charles reiterated what he previously spoke about at Gloria's. He concluded his talk with a Nigerian chant along with a few Nigerian devotees present and the primordial sound of Om Shanti. It was a very wonderful

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blessed evening by the grace of Lord Sai.Lots of Premasonya ki