Love my Uncertainity

[Guest guest]

Where God is concerned, the unexpected always happens. The beauty

and reality of this statement was enhanced this Sunday as Swami made

it a very special one for everyone present.Swami says, " Love my

uncertainty. " Well most of the times, we don't like uncertainty. But

that is the Lord. He makes us evolve from hating uncertainty to

accepting it and finally to loving it!!

 

As per the latest trend, the boys from the Prashanti Nilayam campus

of the Institute had prepared a programme, ''Sa Vidya Ya

Vimuktaye ''. Students from the Anantapur campus of the Institute

also had arrived ready with a programme to be presented to their

dear Lord. Swami came out for darshan at about 3:30pm but after

completing the darshan rounds, went straight into the interview room

to grant interviews.The Bhajan hall had been occupied by the

students to put on the costumes for the programme. The interviews

went on for long and at 4:50, Swami went into the bhajan hall and in

a few minutes, the bhajans began.

 

What nobody expected was that just as His students had prepared a

drama for Him as a Sunday special, He too had prepared a drama for

them as a Sunday special! Just as the bhajans concluded, He called

the vice chancellor and a small interaction took place. The next

minute, there was a rush. Swami was going outside on stage!! He had

told that the boys programme must be held!! There was a lot of

energy in the air as instead of the customary " winding up " , everyone

hurried for the unscheduled " setting up " .

 

So at 5:35 pm, the programme began. The boys offered the card with

the proceedings and their heartfelt messages to Swami. The programme

highlighted the role of Education in life. It began with a masterly

lecture by a top Scientist on how man had learnt to swim better than

a fish, fly better than a bird and do everything better than any

other animal. He is stumped when a rustic gets up and asks, " Has it

taught him to live like a man? "

 

The next day, this incident pops up in the discussion between this

scientist and his colleagues. Their discussion on how man has begun

to use education as a whip for grabbing power and exploiting

everything was beautifully depicted by a mime where men are moving

around in circles turning the wheel of success and fortune with

tireless effort. Man doesn't realise that a great law of the

universe is that nothing can always receive. Viruses keep taking

nourishment from the host always till the host dies out. Finally the

viruses too die out with the host. Is man any better than a virus?

If you want more the only way to achieve it is by giving more. A

small skit was performed to highlight this.

 

God tells His children, both in hell and heaven, " I have arranged a

feast for you all. The only condition is that you must not bend your

elbows while eating. If you do so the feast will vanish. " While the

people in hell struggle and remain hungry, the people in heaven feed

one another and there is joy everywhere. Be selfish, keep grabbing

and earth becomes hell. Give and it will come back to you. Give and

there will be heaven on earth. This is the way life must be lead and

this message is to be taught by the education system. But where is

this message in today's education system.

 

Then was the depiction of Eashwar Chandra Vidyasagar's life. Truly

educated that he was, he humbly carries the handbag of a western

gentleman who calls him a " coolie " . When the gentleman realizes his

folly, he begs pardon of Vidyasagar. Vidyasagar tells everyone that

he is nobody special. All his life he just wanted to make his two

mothers happy - mother and motherland. When he asked his mother what

ornaments she wanted, she said, " I want three jewels only. A school

for all the children here, wells to yield sweet water for the people

and a medical care unit for safeguarding the health of everyone. "

Vidyasagar says he did just that and nothing else. At this juncture,

Swami must have become very nostalgic, for He was totally immersed

in the scene being depicted. Emotion welled up in His sweet face as

if He was right there experiencing the initial pain and the

subsequent relief of the people.

 

The sight of the Lord in emotion is one of such profound beauty and

significance. It goes deep into ones very heart as if questioning

our indifferent attitude to the pain and suffering all around. When

we see people suffering, begging or in agony, we feel that they must

be acting for sympathy. Here the Lord feels the pain of the

suffering even if it is only acting in a dramatic depiction. Oh! If

only a fraction of that tenderness of heart becomes ours, our life

would have found meaning.

 

The presentation concluded with the analogy of the student being the

seed and the education system being the soil where the seed would

germinate. If protected by the fence of discipline and weeded of the

bad qualities, nourished with the fertilizer of secular knowledge

and watered with love, the plant would become a tree providing shade

to one and all. But for any garden, a gardener is a must.

 

The students expressed that they were all very fortunate to have

Swami as their divine gardener. They then did something that

surprised everyone- something that only the students could have

thought of. They took a sapling in a pot to Swami and said, " Swami

here we are your saplings. Nourish us with your Love. " Then Swami

did something that surprised them also- something that only Swami

could have thought of. He put His hand into the soil. He mixed it as

if pouring His love to nourish the sapling and said, " Yes, Yes. " He

then posed for a group photo with all His children. The time was

almost 6:20pm.

 

But the evening was not over yet. Swami looked at the Anantapur

sisters and told them to start their programme. There were audible

gasps and excited whispers on the sisters' side. There was a sweet

smile on His face. Oh! Everybody would have definitely loved today's

uncertainties!!

 

The girls sang their hearts out. The songs were mostly in

Telugu. " Chhoda Chakkani Chinnodanta " , sung in the folk style

brought smiles on the faces of all those who understood Telugu as

the glories of cute little Sathya were sung out. Five songs were

sung and then Swami told that prasadam too be distributed. It was

6:50 pm when Swami receivedAarthi and left.

 

 

 

With regards,

Sethuraman

 

A.Sethuraman

Research Analyst

Financial Services

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