Happy Birthday - Divine Discourse, Nov 23, 1978.

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"The

same Divine Compassion that blessed Dhruva, saved Gajendra, restored

Kuchela, and stood by Prahlada has come on earth as the Refuge of the

refuge‑less, as the Lord of Peace, Harmony and Righteous­ness, as the

Lord of all the Worlds, as the Sat‑Chit‑Ananda-Murti, as the

Puttaparthi Sathya Sai Sat Chakravarti—the King off Kings.†On the

Divine Birthday of Bhagawan in the year 1978, Bhagawan elucidates on

how we could give Him happiness. Read on for an enlightening discourse.

How

fascinating is the face of the baby, resting in the lap of the Mother!

It has no fear in its eyes; it has joy on its lips; it is full of

peace. It is unaffected by those evil forces that rob man of his peace

and joy‑envy, greed, anger, hatred. It has no egoistic desire, no

anxiety to impress others and show off. It has no plans for the future,

no regrets for the past. Its faith in the love and strength of the

Mother is so unshakable that even if the sky collapses and falls, its

calmness cannot be disturbed. Why is it that, when the baby grows into

adolescence and manhood, this calmness and this joy disappear, giving

place to fear, anxiety and hatred? The reason is to be found in the

increasing mastery of the senses and their clamour for being catered

to. Again, the grown person sees only the `many'; it leaves aside the

vision of the One. It encounters, as a result, competi­tion and

conflict, and lives its days in sor­row, disappointment and despair.

As

the child gathers more information and experience, and becomes more

learned and intellectual, it sees the world as a battle­field of

opposing forces and armies and therefore, it struggles for victory by

devious means. Each head has its own thoughts, says the Shruti (Munde

munde, mathir bhinnaah). No two agree; differences breed disputes; and

finally, life becomes an arena where ego fights against ego. The

situation is as bad in the medical field, where specialists who can

diagnose and deal only with the illness of the eye, the nose, the

throat, the stomach, the liver, the heart, the skin etc, forget that

these are all unified by the organism called body, and that it is not

advisable to study them separately as many distinct parts. The

Universe, the Individual, the Paramatma are all insepa­rably unified.

Scientists parade the little peeps they have of the Truth as big

victo­ries. Even the technology that Science has encouraged so far is

fraught with danger to mankind. They cut up the Cosmos and the Forces

behind it and specialise in minute parts and thus present false

pictures of Reality.

Devotees are also

caught in this game of seeing many where there is only One. They seek

the path that is popular, that will bring them fame, rather than the

path that can ensure liberation and illumination. They place their own

idea of God in the forefront and fight for precedence and sup­port. The

Vedic Sutra—Ekoham, Bahu­syam—I am One, I shall be many—is igno­red. It

is the One that pretends to be many. So, one has to feel the impact of

the One, rather than of the many, while moving in the world.

Faith

is very essential for the pilgrim on the Adhyatmic path. Man is now

caught up in temporary and trivial pre‑occupations in the too short

interval between birth and death, and he deceives himself by placing

faith in these, rather than on truer and more lasting realities and

experiences. He does not hold on to discrimination and deeper

realities; so, he is carried away by every gust of doubt or

disappointment.

The baby is calm and

unaffected on the lap of the Mother, since it has faith in the Mother.

The mother points out to some­one as its Father, to another as its

Grandfather and to another as its Sister or Brother. The child accepts

these statements with­out question. The Mother creates the Faith in the

Father for the child. So, too, Mother Nature proclaims that there is a

Father, who has designed and who is ener­gising and motivating these

worlds; but, man does not accept it, for he has lost the capacity of

Faith. Faith is the basis of every act; you do not run away from the

barber because he is armed with a sharp razor. You place faith in him

and allow him o give you a haircut, quietly sub­mitting to his

idiosyncrasies. You give away costly clothes to the dhobi, since you

have the faith that he will return then washed and ironed. You have

faith in the driver of your car, in the engineer who built your house.

So too, believe in the Inner Motivator, the Atma within, the voice of

God. People are going about now, advising that one should believe only

things that one has `seen' and `experienced'. Something happens

somewhere and the news is published in the papers. It is belie­ved

without question. So too, believe in the experience of seers and sages,

who had no other purpose than discovering the Truth and sharing it with

others who are unaware of it. In India, we have had millions who

believed in God and in the seekers after God, and who have themselves

realised the Truth of God. This has made their lives happy and

contented.

Of course, the seeker has to

encounter many obstacles, both inner and outer. But, each one of them

is a challenge, which must bring out his latent faith. Where there is

no darkness, there can be no appreciation for light. Without the pangs

of hunger, no one will seek food. It is the possibility of death that

makes even the mother love the child and deal with it affectionately.

That

is the reason why one saint advised his followers `Do not ask God for

any­thing. Let Him deal with you as He wills'. Did Jatayu ask that Rama

should come to him and perform the last rites? Did Sabari plead with

Rama? Earn the qualifications ‑ holiness, purity, faith, universal

Love; He will approach you on Foot to console, com­fort and save!

Purity of heart, mastery over the senses—if you have those two,

credentials, Grace is your right. Imagin­ing that Bliss is available in

the outer world, men stray away from the inner path and are caught up

in misery. They seek it in the family—the wife and children—and, to

keep up a standard of living for them, they take to evil ways. The

funda­mental flaw is their belief that the Body is the be‑all and

end‑all of existence. They ignore the Indweller, who has to be

re­cognised, revered and responded to.

The

Avatar is the Atmashakti, that has put on the raiment of Kriyashakti,

and Yogashakti. Generally, Avatarana or the process of Incarnation, is

described as a 'coming down' from a higher status to a lower one. But,

no. When the child in the cradle weeps and wails and clamours for help,

the mother stoops and takes it up in her arms. Her stoop is not to be

des­cribed as a 'coming down'. The aeroplane has to fly up above; it

cannot move along the road. But, it does not fly all the time. It comes

down at the airport, because there are persons there who have purchased

the tickets which entitle them to journey in the plane. If you earn the

credentials, the Incarnation will come and save you. If on the other

hand, one multiplies one's demer­its and descends lower and lower, how

can he be saved? Have Love and Ananda your heart. Ananda comes from

pure sight, pure hearing, pure speech and pure ­actions.

The

Day you establish yourselves in this Ananda that Day is My Birthday for

you. I must tell you another fact. Swami's birthday is being celebrated

at Puttaparthi, because so many thousands are coming from far‑off

places, in spite of great difficul­ties during the journey and the

expense. Do not be under the impression that Swami's Birthday is being

celebrated and therefore, you are coming. I have no desire to have My

Birthday celebrated; such trivial thoughts can never come to Me. My

only desire is to share My Ananda with you, to encourage you to lead

lives full of Ananda. My Birthday is when you get Ananda. My mission is

'Lokassamasthaa Sukhino Bhavantu'. May all the worlds be happy and

prosperous. Become aware of the unity of mankind; promote by love and

service the joy and contentment of every one on earth; fill your hearts

with that yearning. Then, it becomes verily, the Sai Mandir. From that

moment I am where you are.

Since

this morning many people have come to me with the greeting, 'Happy

Birthday!' No one need wish for happiness for me, since I am always

happy, everywhere. For Anandaswarupa why talk of happy birthday? You

too must be happy, all through and not wait for the Birthday to recur

every year, to accumulate Ananda.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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