Another evening under the stars with God

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Sairam dearest devotees of Lord SaiBhagavan sat out with His dear devotees up until 7PM, this evening darshan. A huge group of red scarfed devotees from Andhra arrived on Friday and poured into the mandir offering their love and paying homage to Sai Avatar. This evening the Bal Vikas students from that group put on a mostly dance performance. It was beautifully and skillfully executed, Swami appeared to enjoy the program immensely.He bestowed saris and white cloth on the performers, took photos and interacted affectionately with the group.It was a delightful evening under the stellar sky with Beloved Bhagavan.DearestOn the balcony of my heart my beloved waits for memultitudinous twilight eons

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configurations vanishing and reappearingin my Lord's mammoth dynastyevolving worlds, dying stars, countless gossamer galaxiesand yugas roar through this vast voidflaming red-tailed comets streak across Viswaroopa's enormous immutable orbsa trillion dazzling suns compose His sovereign smilestill He abides...and waits...waits...scanning, examining the tear-streaked horizonsuntamed, urban wilderness, burgeoning populations,cities and nationsfor the Blessed Sadhak who is dear and near to Himthe Transfigured Soul who possesses the followingsacred qualities, attributes and characteristics:"16. He who is free from wants, pure, capable, unprejudiced,untroubled, renouncing all undertakings and is devoted to Meis dear to Me.17. He who neither rejoices or hates, nor sorrows, nor desires,renouncing the pleasant and unpleasant, full of devotion,he is dear to Me."The

Lord declares that though a person may have deep devotion to the Lord, he cannot be called a bhakta if he lives without regard to the commands of the Lord that is the dharma laid down in the sastras, which embody His orders, revealed to saints and seers. It is in this sense Krishna uses the word bhakti-man, when He declares in the Gita, "Bhaktiman, ya sa me me privah" -Gita Vahini, P. 180.18. He who is the same to enemy and friend and also in honor and disgrace, who is the same in cold and heat, in pleasure and pain, free from attachment.19. To whom praise and blame are the same, content with anything, homeless, steady minded, full of devotion, that man is dear to Me.20. They also honor this immortal dharma as above declared, imbued with faith and intent on Me as the Supreme Goal and devoted, they are exceedingly dear to Me."What a grand idea this sloka conveys! This the concluding sloka of the series that gives the

qualities one has to develop. It calls the entire group dharmyamritham, the dharmic way to immortality! The Lord has declared therein that those who have these qualities,those who trust Him as the only ultimate goal, those who are attached to him single- mindedly are dearest and nearest to Him.Note the expression dharmyamritham used here. Ponder over it and draw inspiration from it. The nectar of the Lord's Grace is deserved only by those who adhere to the Lord's Dharma. Simple folk believe they have bhakti towards the Lord; but they do not pause to inquire whether the Lord has love towards them! People who pine to discover this are rather rare. That is really the true measure of spiritual success. ~ Dharma Vahini, P. 18.Source: Bhagavad Gita or (Divine Song) translated by Camille Svensson with comments taken from the writings of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai BabaLots of Prema sonya

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