Our Guru, Everyone's
Guru
Once Seva workers of
the Sri Sathya Sai Seva
Organization reached the
outskirts of a remote
battered village with
packets of food,
medicine, clothes and
blankets. When they
arrived at the village,
it was past noon and the
entire area was
submerged. It was still
drizzling. The
volunteers stood at the
gate hoping someone
would come forward to
show them where the
survivors were most in
need of their services
and goods.
Finally, some villagers
saw them and came
running. The volunteers
thought that help had
come and they would be
directed to where they
could be of the most
use, but the villagers
began snatching and
grabbing the rescue
items. The volunteers
stood there dumbstruck
not knowing whom to
pacify and whom to
control. They were
themselves drenched and
exhausted.
Then a Girl appeared and
pacified the villagers.
She told sweetly the
necessity of being
patient and disciplined
and to allow the helping
team to carry out their
mission. She enabled the
volunteers to reach
those with the most
urgent needs first, such
as first aid, medicine
and food, and helped
organize the entire
rescue mission. When the
villagers became
impatient, she spoke a
few kind words and also
lent a helping hand in
the distribution of food
packets and medicine.
Throughout the day, she
led the team through the
muddy and flooded roads
to every nook and corner
where people were who
required help. She never
looked tired and her
face was always
radiating with gratitude
and loving-kindness.
The Seva Dal team
finished their work and
sat down for some rest.
Suddenly one of the Seva
Dal team members
recollected that while
the girl had taken them
to all the needy people
and helped them
distribute food and
medicine she had not
taken any food for
herself.
They asked her why she
had not taken any food
packet. Hesitatingly,
the girl said that her
GURU had told her that
duty towards others
should be the prime
concern and when that
duty is fulfilled He
himself will take care
of their needs. Such a
small girl, staying in a
poor condition and
imparting the knowledge
of the highest teachings
reflecting implicit
faith in her Guru held
the team in awe and
admiration. They
inquired about the Guru
and also wanted to know
how she had met her
guru.
The girl said, "I have
not met or even seen my
guru personally but I
have his photo given to
me by my teacher who
stays in the nearby
town."
The team members got
more curious and asked
her the name of her
guru. "Bhagawan Sri
Sathya Sai Baba," came
the prompt reply. "I am
a Bal Vikas student,"
she said further with a
voice soaked in
reverence and pride.
Everyone of the Seva Dal
members were in Tears.
Swami always and every
time reminds all of us,
"There is no other
quality nobler than Love
in this world. The
highest spiritual
practice is to transform
this love into service,
Serve and help the
Needy, Swami will be
closest to you when you
do Service and help the
Needy".
Om Sai Ram.
SWAMI LEAVES HIS BODY
AND COMES BACK TEN
MINUTES LATER
Narrated by a
Dear Sai Brother:
(A Trayee experience,
happened when one of our
sirs Devsen was a
student)
We, students, have great
experiences at
Prashanthi and
Vrindavan. But the most
memorable experiences
have been at TRAYEE
BRINDAVAN, the official
residence of SAI BABA,
where we spent the
closest moments with
HIM...
SAI BABA during the
sessions in Trayee is
most informal, asking
students individually
about their personal
problems, their families
and other things. It was
during such a session
that the following
incident, which shocked
the students beyond
measure, giving them an
indication of the kind
of phenomenon SAI BABA
is, took place.
The students had
assembled in TRAYEE and
Baba was on HIS way from
HIS room to take HIS
seat. Before that
session Baba had given a
discourse on the purpose
of life -- the need for
an individual to
experience his divine
SELF, only after such an
experience does a person
reach the end of the
cycle of birth and
death. As a part of the
discourse Baba also
asked the assembly to
keep reminding
themselves of they (all
of them) being a part of
the divine from which
everything emerged and
everything will one day
merge into.
As soon as Baba came
into the room, He looked
around at everyone and
stood silently for
sometime. Then HE
started asking each one
those present there,
"who are you... who are
you". Surprised at such
a question, many replied
" Swami, raja ... Swami
Shyamkumar" etc, many
others said remembering
the discourse of Swami,
telling all to remind
themselves of they being
a part of the divine,
said "Swami, I am Sai
Baba".
"Swami, Any drop taken
out of the ocean has the
same quality as that of
the ocean. Since we all
have emerged form you
Swami, we are all same
as you." so saying they
justified their answer.
Baba then said, "All
right if you really are
Sai Baba, then leave
your body and show me.".
Taken aback at such a
command from Baba, the
students did not reply
back. Obviously none
present there could ever
think of doing what SAI
BABA had asked tem to
do. "Come on, Come on",
He commanded them back.
Finding the silence
still pervading in the
hall, He said " As you
experience your divine
self, you will have all
powers given to you to
perform do acts that are
above the laws of
nature."...So saying He
got up all of a sudden
and said " SEE I AM
GOING TO LEAVE MY BODY",
a moment later He
collapse into the chair,
leaving everyone in the
room shell-shocked.
Commotion, pandemonium,
confusion... Hell seems
to have broken loose.
Almost all the people
assembled there stood up
in their places and
tried to rush towards
Baba’s fallen body. As
this happened, one of
the college teachers
pushed ahead, trying to
control the mayhem
requested everyone to
stay back and not harm
Baba's body by thrusting
themselves on the body.
It took sometime for the
crowd to be bought under
control as people were
being convinced to go
back and sit in their
places. As the crowd
settled, Baba's personal
doctor was called in and
what he found sent
shivers within everyone.
Baba's heart had stopped
beating; there was
absolutely no pulse beat
in his arm and the
breathing (after noting
the air movement under
His nostrils) was found
to have stopped
completely. Hearing
this, each and everyone
present there started
praying to Swami to come
back into His body for
it was too much to
expect for them to live
in the world without HIS
guidance and presence.
Some suggested that
Bhajans be sung and
slowly the chants arose
which later became full
throated. Five minutes
later, the bhajans had
become louder and the
crowd was already into
their 2nd song with
everyone concentrating
on Baba's body looking
for signs of movement.
If there were any, they
hadn't noticed.
The third song got over
and as the 4th song was
being sung, those in
front noticed a small
movement in Baba's
fingers. As word spread,
the bhajan singing went
into feverish pitch.
Prayers became even
stronger asking Baba to
come back into His body
soon. As the chants grew
louder, the movements
became even more
significant and by the
time the 6th song was
over Baba had opened His
eyes to the great joy of
all those present.
Thrilled at the
spectacle that they saw,
the people assembled
started reaching out to
Baba again, only to be
asked by Baba to go back
and settle down in their
seats. Baba asked for
the bhajans to be halted
as soon as the next song
ended. Silence pervaded
throughout the hall as
none spoke, all eyes
rested on Baba.
A few seconds later Baba
spoke "Those in divine
bliss will not be
restricted by ordinary
laws of nature. What you
saw here was a small
example of what is
possible for those in
the highest state; a
state in which I always
was, is and will always
be. Remember God is not
to be found outside for
He is within you.
Understand that,
experience and enjoy for
happiness really lies
not in comfort, but in
contentment, in UNION
WITH GOD."
This experience was long
talked about, both in
Prashanti and Vrindavan.
It showed Baba's control
over nature and more
importantly leave and
come back into it at His
will, proving beyond
doubt that He really is,
as He says "MRITUNJAYA",
one who has won over
death, who lives
forever.
The Divine Voucher
Swami once materialized
a beautiful watch with
Diamonds for a devotee
from Sweden , The Next
day Swami noticed that
the person was not
wearing the watch. When
Swami asked him the
person smiled and kept
quite, Swami again asked
him the next day and the
person said that " He
could not take the Watch
to Sweden as He will
asked for the Purchase
Voucher by the
Authorities and if he
did not produce it, it
will be classified as
stolen property and that
they would take it away
from him, So saying He
gave the watch back to
Swami.
Swami smiled and said
"You only want the
Voucher, that's all? "
By a Wave of His Divine
Hand, Bhagawan
materialised a Voucher
and said that He could
produce it at the
airport and there would
be no worry at all.
This person still had
his doubts like we all
do at some point or the
other, He rang up the
watch company and asked
them questions like “Is
this your company's
Watch? Is this the watch
that you had sold? To
whom? and all the other
details”.
He got the most amazing
answer, the Shopkeeper
told him that "The Watch
was purchased by a Man
wearing a red robe with
thick hair", The
Shopkeeper said that "
He remembered him quite
Vividly because everyone
who purchases a Watch
take the Voucher with
them when they go, But
this Particular Man had
come again and asked for
a "Duplicate Voucher ".
Nobody so far had come
back for a Duplicate
Voucher.
Swami being in Prasanthi
Nilayam and giving
Divine Darshan to all
had purchased the watch
and brought back the
voucher while at the
same time being in
Prasanthi Nilayam
because Bhagavan is
everywhere.”
Om Sai Ram.
"I brought you the
Ring along with the
sand" - Swami
Swami once materialised
a ring for a young man
from Chitagand
(Nagaland). As the young
man was involved in road
construction work he
lost the Ring. After a
Few months he went to
Prasanthi Nilayam, and
pleaded with Bhagawan
that He had "Lost the
Ring”
Swami smiled and said "
What I give is never
ever lost, Bhagawan then
materialised the ring
along with his Divine
Hand full of "Sand "
Bhagawan then said "
This Ring was lost on
the Road, I brought it
along with the Sand from
there ". So saying
Bhagawan gave the ring
back to him.
Where do you come
From?
One of the most
wonderful questions that
Swami puts to the boys
of the Primary School is
"Where do you come
from?”
The Inevitable answer is
“Swami, I come from You,
Swami!”
Then Swami will turn to
the big boys and say,
“See? He says, ‘From
You, Swami,’ whereas you
fellows say, ‘From
Bombay or from Chennai.’
Chi! See those boys!”
And then He’ll ask
another little boy, “How
old are you?”
“Swami, eight years.”
“How do you know?”
“My mother told me,
Swami.”
“Correct answer. Hey,
where are you fellows?
How old are you?”
“Twenty years.”
“How do you know?”
“Date on birth
certificate.”
“Chi!” (Laughter)
See, what nice answers
given by the little
boys!
As a result, the big
boys wanted to copy them
so that Swami would
appreciate them too.
Then He asked one big
boy (I mean a
postgraduate student),
“Hey, where do you come
from?” Swami asked this
question in Telugu.
That boy said, “I come
from You, Swami,”
imitating the primary
school boy.
Swami immediately said,
“Oh, from Me? Then you
must know Telugu! If you
are from Me, why don’t
you know Telugu?”
Because that fellow
could not give an
answer, Swami said
again, “Where do you
come from?”
He could not answer.
“Why don’t you give an
answer?”
“Uh, I don’t know.”
“You said, ‘From Me’, so
then you must know
Telugu!”
So, it was a big joke.
But at the same time, it
was a hint that we
should never imitate; we
should never copy.
Long ago Bhagavan said,
“Imitation is human.
Creation is Divine.”
We are basically Divine.
We don’t have to
imitate. When we
imitate, we lose our
originality; we lose our
nature; we lose our
identity. So let us be
creative by being
original. This is a
lesson for everybody
Source:
www.saiwisdom.com
The Power of
Bhagawan's Love
This is was related to
me by One of my Dear Sai
Brothers who had studied
in the Institute in
Prasanthi Nilayam.
When he was in the High
School and before Sai
Kulwanth Hall was built,
This boy Naresh was
wanting to give a letter
to Swami very badly and
was trying very much for
a week to no avail, On
One Sunday Swami
suddenly called him and
told him " to call his
Mother and ask her as to
how she was", Naresh had
written exactly about
His Mother in the letter
and had asked Swami to
help his Mother regain
her health a she was
suffering very badly
from severe sinus
problems.
Swami the smiled and
told Naresh that "I know
everything what you and
everyone writes to me,
Everyone thinks about
oneself, Their family
and their Friends, Swami
thinks about everyone at
everytime that is why
Swami knows about
everything", Swami then
scolded him as to why
did he not tell Swami
directly about His
Mother's Health and
write a letter Instead,
Swami gave him Vibuthi
Prasadam and his Mother
was all right in a Few
weeks time.
That is the Power of
Bhagawan's Love.
I remember Swami telling
the Students once in the
Old Prasanthi Mandir
Portico when all the
Students were thrusting
letters in His Hands
that "Swami knew
everything that was
written in each and
every letter" and he
took a few letters and
told each boy the same
thing that was written
in that letter.
Swami is in our Heart
always that is why
Whatever we write to
Swami is already known
to Bhagawan, it is only
to make us happy, Please
us that Swami takes
letters from us, Swami
knows how happy anyone
feels if Bhagawan takes
our letters.
Om Sai Ram - A Divine
Miracle
Whenever A Flower falls
from Swami's Photo in
our House, We feel
Bhagawan's Presence,I
have many times
experienced Swami's
Presence in those times
and many of you must
have also done the same.
This is a Wonderful
incident which Shows
Swami's Grace and Love
towards everyone of us.
There was a Person by
named Shri.Hariharan in
Kurnool who was in need
of an operation for
quite a Long time, It
was a Major operation on
his Kidney's which
Doctors said could not
guarantee his health
back, Swami told him
three times to "Wait"
whenever He asked Swami
about the Operation, In
December'1998 he went
ahead with the
Operation, At the time
of the operation, His
Mother was praying in
the Pooja Room when A
Rose on Bhagawan's Photo
Feel down, His Mother
put it back, After
around another 15
minutes it feel down
again, Then again. It
happened three times.
When his Mother met the
Doctor the Next day, The
Perplexed Doctor who
performed the Operation
told her that He was not
sure about some
Procedures during the
operation and had to
take some Quick
Decisions, He felt that
Someone was telling him
what To do from deep
inside him, whispering
in his Ears and he felt
that Someone was guiding
him throughout.
A Few months after the
Surgery when
Shri.Hariharan went to
Parthi for Darshan,
Swami told him "Swami
maata vinaru, kaane
Swami matuku help
cheyali" meaning "You do
not listen to my Words
and then you want Swami
to help you ", Swami
told him that He was
guiding the Doctor all
the way and was with his
Mother consoling her all
the time. Needless to
say Shri.Hariharan is
happy and healthy today.
A Wonderful Divine
Miracle.
Om Sai Ram.
Wonderful Incidents
When the Giant Hanuman
Statue In the Sathya Sai
Hill View Stadium was
being made, Swami used
to go everyday to see
the Chiselling by many
architects.
During one such Visit
Bhagawan was standing
right on top of the Hill
overlooking the Stadium,
when Swami saw two boys
standing in front of the
Institute gate and
talking, they were like
tiny dots on the
Horizon, Swami smiled
and moved away, In the
evening During Bhajan
Swami called both the
Boys aside in the mandir
Portico and told them
that Swami saw them from
the Top of the Hill and
that they were talking,
Swami then said that as
to how anyone can see
and notice people from
so far away, Swami said
that Swami can see
anyone from anywhere and
Swami's "Mind is
everywhere (Na Buddhi,
Manasu sarvam unnadhi),
How? because My Mind is
Pure always".
Another wonderful
Incident happened during
that time when Swami was
going out in the
Wonderful Red Mercedes a
few minutes after
Morning Bhajan, Most of
the Students had gone
back, Swami saw two of
the boys talking on the
road leading to the
Stadium, In the evening
during Darshan Bhagawan
called them up and told
them that "Swami wants
His Boys to be the most
disciplined wherever
they go and in whatever
they do, they should be
the leading lights of
the world",
Swami said that Not only
"My Boys" but all the
people who come to me
should be disciplined in
every way, only then can
everyone spread my
message, Practise more
than preaching is
important, everyone who
comes to me should
practise what I say and
then tell others what to
do, Swami practises
whatever he says, that
Is why everybody Follows
Swami".
Wonderful Words from
Bhagawan.
Courtesy: emailed by KM
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