Thursday, March 28, 2013

Sai Spiritual Showers - Issue 3/94


All are devotees, who have gathered here.
Devotees from all the nations of the world have gathered here.
Therefore, I should not fail to tell you about a certain matter:
World Conferences or Conferences of different faiths or assemblies of spiritual aspirants from all nations have taken place, before this.
But, such have happened, after the Divine Inspirer has left the world.
This Conference, however, is taking place, when this Body and the Name associated with this Body are present in the World.
This has to be considered by you.
The basic cause of this uniqueness is the Reality of My Advent.
Ninety nine out of a hundred among you cannot delve into that Reality.
You have gathered here, drawn by diverse needs.
Some have come seeking spiritual uplift.
Some have come seeking the progress of institutions and organisations, in which they are interested.
Some have come prompted by mere love and reverence.
Some have yielded to the temporary urge of enthusiasm
To every one, My Reality is unreachable,
Unreachable it will be, not today only, but, for a thousand years of ardent inquiry by all the people of the world, even if, they sought it unitedly.
But, the Bliss emanating from that Reality (Tattwa)—that has come in this sacred Body—is within your reach and the reach of the nations of the earth, and you can partake of it quite soon.
When you observe Me moving among you, talking as you do and eating as you do, and thence conclude that I Am but human, you are perpetrating a mistake.
In all ages, this has been the lot of man.
Men have failed to recognise Me, for I am enveloped in humanness.
My Reality is this: This is a Human Form, worn by the Principle that manifests Itself as all, the God-forms adored by Man.
I must say that I confuse you through words and actions.
But, however confused, if you only install in the altar of your heart, steady faith in My Divinity, you can achieve the Vision of My real Reality.
If, instead, you swing like the pendulum of a clock, one moment to one side and the next to the other, you can never comprehend My Truth.
Let Me draw your attention to another point:
On other occasions when there was the Advent of the Incarnations of God, the world bent before Them, often for reasons other than Divine, namely, imperial authority or some such related power or influence.
But, now, in this Kali Age of rampant materialism, in this Manifestation of Sathya Sai, all the peoples are adoring It, because, as must be clearly evident to you, It is the Godhead that is the Prime Principle, beyond All.
This Sathya Sai Swarupam (Manifestation) is Daivaswarupam (Divine Reality).
You are fortunate that you can grasp this Truth, not at some future date when this Human Frame has been discarded, but, luckily, even while It is with you, before you.
You will soon be awarded the chance to witness the homage of adoration that all countries will offer to India (Bharat-desa), and to listen to the Declaration by all peoples of the Divinity of this Sathya Sai Manifestation.
And, there is something more:
I have resolved to enfold in the fostering care of Sanathana Dharma, the Dharma laid down in the Vedas, the peoples of the world.
This will be done, soon.
This is My Task; it is not My Task to spread awe and wonder in the World, by My Power and draw men to Me thereby.
I shall sustain Truth, and uproot Untruth.
I shall render you happy and ecstatic, in the Splendour of that Triumph.
This Saiswarupam is the Sakthiswarupam which will achieve that Triumph, and confer that Bliss.

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Sai Spiritual Showers - Issue 3/93

On Friday, 28 June 1968, at Devi Vilas, Palghat, thrice blessed by Baba's visit, 93 year old Sri Bharat Kesari Mannath Padmanabhan, the founder-leader of the NSS, Nair Service Society, Kerala, was suddenly taken ill. His condition worsened hour after hour. Speech became incoherent; he lost his memory; his condition was pronounced comatic. His pulse was only 50; he was definitely sinking. Stalwarts of the medical profession had rushed into the room as soon as they received the news; they declared that it was a case of cerebral thrombosis. "Only a miracle can save him," they said.
Mannamji had dedicated himself 50 years ago, to the service of the community. Before a lighted lamp, with five wicks, and a measure of paddy kept in ritual ceremonial, Mannamji had taken solemn pledge, and his aged mother had blessed him, invoking God, while placing her hand on his head. He has worked to fulfill that pledge, for half-a- century now; the result is evident all over Kerala, 100 High Schools, 20 Colleges, Polytechnics, Engineering College, Medical, Missions, Temples. Unmindful of his 93 summers, Mannamji had come to Palghat, for some work related to the Engineering College of the Nair Service Society. The day he arrived was Thursday, when Devi Vilas had Baba Bhajan, in the evening. He listened reverentially to the Bhajan. He said, "This Bhajan has given me overwhelming joy; I am so full of joy, that I have no relish for dinner.’ He stood with folded palms before the decorated portrait of Baba for sometime. He talked with the inmates for some time, on the meaning and purpose of the advent of Baba. Then, he retired for the night. Next morning, he was ill.
The foremost doctors, standing around his bed, said, "Only a miracle can save him." And, the miracle happened! Mrs Menon dashed into the prayer room. She recalled the miraculous cures effected by Baba's grace; she remembered His declaration: "My Dharma is Bhaktarakshana.” She brought a packet of the Vibhuti which Baba had created and given to her; a few pinches of that Vibhuti were given to Mannamji.. Amazing! Glorious! Mannamji rallied round; he tided over the crisis; he became almost normal. Doctors, kinsmen, and friends stood bewildered; they whispered, "It is Divine Grace, indeed, that has saved Mannamji!"
What was developing into a dangerous and critical cerebral thrombosis fizzled out, into a mere blood spasm. The clot in the brain had dissolved.
Doctors say that this cure is unique in medical history... After a couple of days' rest at Devi Vilas, Mannamji went back to Trivandrum journeying 250 miles, by car. And, there, he progressed fast.
I was privileged to be a thrilled participant of this Mahima revealing Baba's Glory and Grace, His Compassion and His Omnipresence.

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Video - Eternal Moment With God by Seema M Dewan

Sai Spiritual Showers - Issue 3/92


I was in Madras on the 12th December, 1965. On the morning of the 13th, I had His Darshan and Bhagawan graciously anointed my forehead with the Vibhuti. I did not realise then that in a gathering of over 1000 devotees, I was the first to be blessed.
That same night, I attended His public lecture, where 20,000 sat in perfect silence. I was seated only a few yards from the platform. Bhagawan was showing me the crown of His head, a few times. What was it for? I saw on the top of the thick cluster of hair on His head, a flickering a Golden Light. It was the Kundalini Shakti, raised over the Brahma-randra, a sight I was pining to see, all my life.
I wanted confirmation of my conjecture. Bhagawan, knowing my yearning, asked Major Rayaningar to invite me also for the dinner on the 14th at his place. Bhagawan was there for over three hours and I got an opportunity to ask Him about that Golden Flame. He assured me that it was no illusion of mine! He had only fulfilled my desire.
He warned me that it is not the goal of life, which is still higher. There is a great distance yet, for a Yogi to cover, before he attains the Goal. He said, "Unfortunately all sastras and saints described that the rousing of the Kundalini to Sahasrara Chakra as Nirvikalpa Samadhi." He told me that it is not correct, even as He said as recorded in the Srimad Bhagavatam, that the Yajnas or the Vedas do not take man to the ultimate Goal of Life.
Baba has told us in His discourses that man cannot ordinarily live for more than 21 days, after such an experience, because food also appears as God and is in reality God, to him. It is impossible for such a one to eat and drink. Therefore, the body perishes.
Bhagawan insists that the Yogic experience of Oneness in the Turiya (and Turiyathitha) plane is not enough. The Jnani who has attained Nirvikalpa Samadhi must literally see and feel God everywhere and in all things in the physical plane also, all the time. To such a one, the planes are not watertight compartments.

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Sai Spiritual Showers - Issue 3/91


Letter No:1
I am writing to you for His Holiness's Blessings in a dire calamity that has befallen our family. My eldest brother's eldest daughter, aged 38 years, mother of seven children, has got cancer. She has been operated upon by Dr. B. N. B. Rao, Prof. of Surgery at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. The pathological report of the removed tissue shows most virulent type of cancer-aplastic carcinoma. Dr. Ramalingaswami, the renowned Pathologist of the same Institute has himself examined the tissue. This type of carcinoma is most fatal; she has now hardly eight months or so of life. My eldest brother lost his eldest son, a very brilliant boy, when the boy was only 14. His second son is now District Medical Officer, Patna. My Brother has two daughters also, the elder one is the one facing death. Her husband, an Electrical Engineer, has taken long leave and is ready to resign from a very lucrative position to give company to his ailing wife. We have many faults and blemishes, but, yet, I feel, He may take pity on my eldest brother and save the life of his daughter from this virulent type of carcinoma. She is in Surgical special ward, Room No. 367. I pray I may be kindly pardoned for making this prayer. I pray that my prayer at the Holy Feet of Baba will help us to save the life of this girl, the first girl in the next generation of our family. With prayers and with tears...
Letter No: 2
New Delhi: 20-2-65
I brought the Vibhuti packets from Baba which were sent to me, to Delhi, this morning, by Pathankot and ran to my niece's special ward from Nizamuddin and was able to give her the Prasad. Vibhuti as the first thing in the morning, and a tilak on forehead. By the grace of His Holiness, the temperature which was tormenting her for last ten days, rising with severe rigor up to 106.7 F with unbearable burning sensation and a severe sinking feeling, has disappeared today and all the painful symptoms remained away. What a miracle this alone is! How grateful I feel for the extra-ordinary clemency done on me and on my brother's daughter by the Great Reverend Bhagawan Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba. Please tender my Sashtanga Pranams to His Holiness...
Letter No. 3
Gwalior: 10-3-65
My niece is now much better. She has got over the anaemia, moves about, and is practically taking normal diet. Further, Cobalt 60, that caused so much of setback is now being taken very satisfactorily. Cancer is most unpredictable, according to medical science, but I am sure she would have a flourishing life with the blessings of Bhagawan Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba. I am leaving next month to take up the appointment of the Head of the Bio-Chemistry Division at Rajendra Memorial Research Institute for Medical Sciences; I am to devote all my abilities to bring about some benefit with the Grace of Bhagawan Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba for suffering mankind....
Letter No. 4
Patna: 23-4-65
My niece is, by the Grace of Bhagawan Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba, doing well. She was to undergo an operation, ovariotomy, as a precautionary measure. But, the Calcutta doctors have dropped the idea, as the same is not warranted. I am very sure, in my mind, that my niece has been saved by the Grace of Bhagawan Sai Baba. She was discharged a month ago and left for Calcutta the same day, with her husband. I offer my heart-felt thanks and Sashtanga Pranams and Dandabat.
H. N. Banerji