October 29th, 2007 - Sai Students

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October 29th, 2007 Today Swami had permitted the devotees from Nizamabad district of Andhra Pradesh to put up a cultural programme as part of their Parthi Yatra. Swami came out for darshan at about 4:40 pm. He went around in the car and completed the darshan rounds. Then alighting near the interview room, He went in. At about 5:25pm, there was a lot of hustle and bustle as it became evident that Swami was coming out to sit for the programme. The district president presented Swami with the programme schedule and Swami studied it with all interest. The customary lamps and flowers were brought to Him and as patiently as ever Swami blessed the more than fifteen or so people who came to Him. A white marble shivalingam was also brought to Him and very sweetly Swami placed the bunch of flowers on the lingam! It was then that the sweet scene took place.A little girl, barely 3 feet in height, came forward with a bunch of

roses. She stretched herself to her full "fingertips to toes" height to offer the roses to Swami. Swami flashed a beautiful smile in appreciation of her efforts. Finally, identical twins came up to make offerings to Swami to mark the beginning of the programme. Swami treated the with "identical" love and showered holy grains on them. The programme that began was entitled, "Deva Devuni Deenajana Seva."There was an opening dance which was followed by a scene where the compere of the programme, a school teacher, was introduced. She narrates to the children of her class how the Lord came in different Ages to serve the people. In the Treta, it was in the form of Rama as He redeemed Ahalya and Sabari. Then it was Lord Krishna who displayed that once His friend, always His friend as He washed the feet of His dear Sudama. Shirdi Baba too always insisted on service to the poor and needy. It concluded on a note of wonder and appreciation at what Swami has been doing. The

whole programme was interspersed with dances. The final formation was made.Swami said that He would go down and pose for a photograph with the children. The innermost desire of every human being gets expressed in the act of a group photograph. To stand close to the Lord - near and dear to Him - and freeze that moment for eternity should be the goal of every being. Swami got up and slowly descended the steps to go to the group. He stood and smiled as group photos were taken. He then slowly came back on stage. He congratulated the actors. All of them kept falling at His feet. Then He permitted them to sing out a few songs. After that, He received Aarthi and left. Courtesy: http://www.saistudents.org