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Oct 3, 2004
Sai Baba's Miracles
Picture of the 'Previous'
Venkamma, the 'sister' was pestering Baba for a picture of Shirdi Sai Baba, about whom so many songs were composed for the Bhajan by Baba, and it seems, He told her that He would be giving it by a certain Thursday. But, Baba went off to Uravakonda on the day previous to the Thursday indicated, and she too had forgotten all about it, for, she as sure she would get it some day and was not very particular. When night fell and all were asleep at Puttaparthi; some one called out, "Ammayi," "Ammayi" outside the front door, but, the sister did not go and open the door, since the call did not persist. She argued it must be some one calling the neighbour. When she laid herself down after the sitting up, she heard a sound, behind one of the bags of jowar in the same room; she imagined it to be a rat or a snake; it was distinct and loud; so, she lit a lamp and searched and, lo, something was sticking out behind the bag, white, sharp, a piece of rolled paper, a picture of Shirdi Sai Baba, mysteriously presented to her by Baba, who was at Uravakonda at the time!
http://www.srisathyasai.org.in/pages/bhagawan/miracles/Picture.htm
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Sai Baba's Miracles
Picture of the 'Previous'
Venkamma, the 'sister' was pestering Baba for a picture of Shirdi Sai Baba, about whom so many songs were composed for the Bhajan by Baba, and it seems, He told her that He would be giving it by a certain Thursday. But, Baba went off to Uravakonda on the day previous to the Thursday indicated, and she too had forgotten all about it, for, she as sure she would get it some day and was not very particular. When night fell and all were asleep at Puttaparthi; some one called out, "Ammayi," "Ammayi" outside the front door, but, the sister did not go and open the door, since the call did not persist. She argued it must be some one calling the neighbour. When she laid herself down after the sitting up, she heard a sound, behind one of the bags of jowar in the same room; she imagined it to be a rat or a snake; it was distinct and loud; so, she lit a lamp and searched and, lo, something was sticking out behind the bag, white, sharp, a piece of rolled paper, a picture of Shirdi Sai Baba, mysteriously presented to her by Baba, who was at Uravakonda at the time!
http://www.srisathyasai.org.in/pages/bhagawan/miracles/Picture.htm
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Sri Sathya Sai Exhibition on Value Parenting
Sri Sathya Sai Exhibition on Value Parenting
DO YOU WANT TO UPGRADE YOUR PARENTING SKILLS ?
HERE IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY
Venue: Swami Vivekanand High School Auditorium,
Sindhi Society, Chembur.
Date: 3rd to 5th October 2004
Time: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Mrs. P. U. Vaswani, Executive Secretary, Vivekanand Education Society, shall inaugurate and grace the function on 3rd October 2004 at 10 a.m.
Please make it convenient to attend the exhibition and enrich yourself as a parent.
Roma Talreja
Sai Ram
The 3rd Sri Sathya Sai Parenting Exhibition will be held at Chembur Vivekananda School as per the schedule and details as above .
This Exhibition is on Parenting called `Sri Satya Sai Parenting exhibition ' was inaugurated in Puttaparthi during last Gurupoornima and held last week in Vashi. The Current Chembur one is the third in the row and it is likely to be taken to other centres as our organisation decides.
A small handout of the display material on request shall be distributed along with the CD publication of this also is under consideration by the organisation.
The current Exhibition held in Chembur Vivekananda School will have the following coordinators (on 2nd/3rd/4th/5th Oct 04)who will handle the matter relating to their domain.
a. Mr.V.Shankar Znl.Cr. - All Volunteers and support services Ph.05229172
b. Ms. Radha Prabhakar/Ms.Jaya Talreja - Guest for Inauguration and school invitations - Ph:25224270
c. Mr.R. Chandrashekar - Exhibition display arrangements etc Ph: 9821482711 (Contents & Design Assistance - Miss Roma )
All are invited to visit the exhibition.
SAIRAM
R.Chandrashekar
Exhibition Coordination group
http://sss340.tripod.com/parenting/parenting.htm
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Prof Kasturi and Governor's Birthday
Prof Kasturi and Governor's Birthday
Prof says once it happened to me. Swami was in Whitefield at that time and the private Secretary of the state Governor was running about to carry a message to Swami. Unfortunately for me, he saw me, and said "Mr. Kasturi, I am glad you are here. I am trying to contact Swami, but not able to do so. Tomorrow is Governor's birthday and He wants to come to offer his homage to Swami tomorrow morning. So Please find out from Swami when he can come.
"My head began swelling! "Ah private secretary of Swami!" I accepted the assignment and asked him to wait. I went inside the bungalow, and waited for Swami being alone. Because, if Swami reprimands me, there should be no witness of my discomfort!
I succeeded in having Him alone, and said "Swami private secretary to Governor" and so on. Swami was furious. He said " Who gave you authority to wag your tail here.
If you wag your tail, I will cut it. Why did you accept the assignment? That man asked you" to find from Swami! Is it a thing to be found out? It is his birthday, he wants to come, and I will have to be ready to receive him, is it? Tell that man that the gate will be open from 6 am to 8 p.m. nothing very remarkable about Governor's visit. It is not such important thing that you bring that message to me.
You got my reply, now go back and tell him. What is all this nonsense? This is what I got. So don't take advantage of closeness and don't allow your head to swell! You should not look down upon others, who have not that chance. You should not try to find out the reason for your being graced so much to be near Him.
Even the slightest wave of egoism in your mind is unspiritual, because Swami is spiritual leader. So every act of His, ever gesture of His, every word of His, is to promote our spiritual progress, to illumine our consciousness, to elevate our consciousness.
Swami Says: "Life is a game of football. You are the ball, and you are bound to be thrown and kicked about, this side and that. How long have you to bear this treatment? Until the air is full in the ball. Deflate it; no one will kick it again. The air that inflates it is ego. When the ego is out, bliss comes in.
Jai Sai Ram
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"Training ground for spiritual life"
"Training ground for spiritual life"
There was a poor man in a village who had desire to become rich. God took the form of a fortune-teller and told the poor man to dig a pit near the wall at the back of his house to find a rich treasure-trove in it. The poor man did the same and obtained much wealth and thereafter, he became relaxed and careless even for the maintenance of the wealth. Coming to know of his carelessness, one day a thief entered the house and carried away the treasure-trove. The poor man found that his wealth was gone and ran here and there in search of the treasure-trove. In the meantime, the same fortune-teller caught hold of the thief and duly returned the treasure-trove to the poor man. From that moment, he never relaxed his vigilance and was ever guarding the treasure-trove and exerted himself to add to it.
Similarly, God sends a Guru to the Spiritual Aspirant who shows him that God resides within the chambers of the heart in the form of Supreme Bliss. The Spiritual Aspirant exerts himself and attains some measure of success in the sadhana. This success turns his head and makes him relax his efforts. Finding this, Maya overpowers him and carries away his spiritual progress. He suddenly discovers the truth and laments over his fate. The Guru comes to him again and recaptures for him the experiences he had previously gained by Sadhana. He also warns him against relax in Sadhana. Once having known the consequences of non-vigilance, viz., great misery, he never relaxes his vigilance once again.
The basic teaching of our ancient scriptures says that you are child of Immortality (Amrithasya puthraah). Man is not a product of slime or mud but he is the one who manages to live with viveka so that he is able to attain the divinity latent in him. The word 'Man' means - Ma means 'Ajnaana' (basic ignorance), n, na means 'without'. One is called as 'Man', He who is without ignorance, who is wise and who knows himself and knows that he is immortal. Man is frittering his energy on collecting tawdry tensel (Materialistic things) and forgetting the diamonds (God's Grace). Both are available on earth but man is led by glitter and not by worth.
The most desirable form of wealth is the Grace of God i.e., Ishwara anugraha (the Lord's Grace). The bliss that bestows due to God's Grace is experienced by many saints and sages who had faith in their hearts and withstood the onslaughts of poverty, neglect and cruelty. The sky and the sea are blue in colour on account of their vast depth. Similarly, God is described in blue colour because of his greatest mystery. Remove from the heart the darkness of vice and ignorance so that, the Meghashyama (whose colour is that of a rain-cloud) can easily be seen in that white background. Do not further darken your consciousness by blaming God due to your materialistic problems. Better live a moment as hamsa(swan) on milk than live for a century as crow by feeding on carrion.
Man is the repository of vast power. The body encasing you is the means to enable you to realise the Reality. Use the opportunities in the house-holder life as a training ground for spiritual life and develop detachment and self-sacrifice. You must remove the fibrous matter that encases his heart i.e., lust, anger and envy. You must Draw inspiration from the Divine in you and earn the glory by being good, sincere, honest, selfsacrificing and lovable.
Use your tongue for spelling the name of the Lord but not for hissing like a serpent or for growling with intention to strike terror. Do not start blaming the God if your wish is not fulfilled because the fault lies in you for not having the needed qualification to earn the fulfillment. The sorrows of life will yield only to nobler and higher thoughts and experiences. Our dharma insists that every act must be done as efficiently as act of worship and true love must forget all differences of status, age and wealth and man cannot claim humanity without self-control and detachment. Hear good things, see good, do good, think good and uproot all the evil tendencies will be uprooted otherwise, you are like the fool who puts on wrong glasses and spoils his vision.
--SATHYA SAI BABA
Omsai Srisai Jaijaisai
http://10815.tripod.com/recollect-3/300904.htm
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Mario Mazzoleni... about good & evil
Mario Mazzoleni... about good & evil
" To ask whether it is God or the devil who works miracles shows how deeply men are trapped in the snare of dualism. In fact, there is only one Divine Energy, there is only one Inventor of all things, only one Law that governs all. Obviously He is not the direct author of evil, but He is its Witness. In this dualistic play put on by an inscrutable Will, good and evil are two categories that have a precise purpose: to reveal the Principle that gave rise to the whole play, and to lead all things back to the Totality.
In this game, which the capricious human mind rejects as incomprehensible and absurd, the Supreme Principle, the Without-a-Cause, does not enter into the competition. He does not participate in it by rooting for the good, nor does He manipulate events so that the good people are on the winning team. The I Am of the Bible is the Pure and Simple Witness, the Absolute Observer of all happenings, recognized by Him as being perfectly in harmony with His Law. Everything derives from Him. How could He take sides? The distinction between good and evil, ethics, moral codes, all originate from man and vary according to tehe times, the place, the era, and the nation.......
If one understands the term miracle in its proper sense, devils cannot perform miracles, nor can any other creature, but only God."
from a CATHOLIC PRIEST MEETS SAI BABA
page 97-98
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"What description can I find for this generation? It is like
children shouting to each other as they sit in the marketplace:
-We played the pipes for you, and you wouldn't dance; we sang dirges, and you wouldn't be mourners. For John came, neither eating nor drinking, and they said,'He is possessed 'The Son of Man came, eating and drinking, and they said, 'Look a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners."
-Jesus
And these people, in whose name do they cast out their demons?
page 99
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"Every kingdom divided against itself is heading for ruin, and no town, no household divided against itself can stand. Now if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself, so how can his kingdom stand? And if it is through Beelzebub that I cast out devils, through whom do your own experts cast them out?" -Jesus
page 97
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"It is foolish for people to think that I am just a man of miracles and no more. The kind of feeling which an elephant gets when a mosquito lands on its body is exactly like what miracles are for me. These miracles have an insignificant place in my totality. Sometimes I feel like laughing at the ignorance
of people when they attach importance to my miracles. People talk of only such small things and forget the much bigger aspect in me." - Sai Baba
page 96
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A Catholic Priest Meets Sai Baba
by Don Mario Mazzoleni
Courtesy: http://groups.msn.com/SriSathyaSaiCosmicAvatar/
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Oct 2, 2004
You are the Atma, You are not this Body
You are the Atma, You are not this Body
Krishna said, "Arjuna, obey my commands. Give up body consciousness. Give it up completely. Stop identifying yourself with your body. The body is full of mucus and filth. You are not this body; it is only temporary and transient. You are the witness, the indweller, the atma inside this body. This six-foot frame is not you. You are the cosmic personality; you are boundless. This body is subject to birth and death. You, however, are the atma which is birthless and deathless. You are not a limited individual, subject to the passage of time. You are that most effulgent form which has conquered and mastered time itself. Discriminate between the permanent and the impermanent! Inquire into wisdom and ignorance! Distinguish between truth and untruth!"
Krishna continued, "Arjuna, recognize your real nature! Censure and praise are associated with the body; they are not permanent. Profit and loss are also associated with the body. They are a result of activity, of karma, but they are not characteristics of your essence, the atma. Be indifferent to all these polarities. Treat joy and sorrow equally. Only when you develop this kind of equal-mindedness, will you be able to realize true fulfillment and become a truly wise being." In this way, Krishna taught Arjuna the highest wisdom, the discrimination between truth and untruth, the recognition of that which is permanent behind all that which is impermanent.
- Sathya Sai Baba
Sai Baba Gita
http://www.atmapress.com/saibabagita/saigita346.html
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Let all the Poisons emerge Without Interference
Let all the Poisons emerge Without Interference
Suppose someone insults you what will you lose by their insult? You should not respond to such insults with any agitation or excitement. If you remain peaceful, all the anger of the other person may freely pour out. But if you try to obstruct others' strong feelings by preventing them from venting their anger, it could possibly lead to a dangerous situation. Consider, as an example, that someone has become sick, that he is feeling quite nauseous and is throwing up the contents in his stomach. What is the reason for his being sick and vomiting? It is because some impurities, some toxic substances have entered his stomach. Wherever there are impurities you will soon find germs or poisons, and along with them come sickness and diminution of health. For this reason, it is most important that no impurities enter your system.
The body is carefully arranged to immediately throw up and expel any toxins that attempt to enter it. When the body reacts naturally by vomiting out the poisons, it would be incorrect to give medicines to stop that vomiting. If medicine is given, the toxins will not be thrown up; instead they will remain in the stomach and soon poison the whole system. Therefore, one should allow all the impurities to come out and not obstruct them by giving medicine which suppresses the nausea. After all the impurities have been thrown up, then one can give some healing medicines.
Once the vomiting and nausea are over, a person will feel very weak. Then he will do whatever you ask; that is when he will obey you. So this is the best procedure to follow when someone is vomiting out poison. The same thing applies whenever someone is very angry and is vomiting out poison, in that form. Let them do it; do not obstruct them. Whatever they want to say, let them say it as long as they want to. Until such time as it all comes out, you should remain peaceful and patient. Why should you subject yourself to a lot of disturbance and excitement? Instead of becoming upset, your patient attitude will actually promote feelings of peace and happiness within you. This itself is the experience of heaven, namely. to maintain your equanimity and compassion under all circumstances. Why should you deny yourself the joy of such heavenly feelings?
Patience is a most important quality. Of all the good qualities a person can have, patience and forbearance rank at the very top. Baba has said a number of times that forbearance is truth, forbearance is righteousness, forbearance is nonviolence, forbearance is happiness. Forbearance really is equal in value to everything that you can find in all the worlds. If a person has forbearance, then he will be able to acquire all the other important qualities such as mind control, sense control, renunciation, fortitude, faith and equipoise. All these make up the state of inner purity.
You use soap and water and powders and perfumes of various kinds to purify yourself externally. In the same way, you develop these six spiritual treasures and put them into daily practice in order to purify yourself internally. Inner purity is extremely important; it is even more important than outer purity. The Lord is ever present both inside and outside. The entire place where the Lord is to be found must be purified and sanctified, both inner and outer. Then the indwelling God will protect you wherever you go.
- Sathya Sai Baba
Sai Baba Gita
http://www.atmapress.com/saibabagita/saigita341.html
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Baba's Miracle
BABA AS BHAKTHA PARAADINA
The facts herein set down clearly demonstrate how one's absolute surrender to Baba blesses one with his infinite and never failing grace which in turn generates all the noble qualities like honesty and courage-honesty to confess one's errors, come what may, and courage to constitute oneself into a majority of one and stare the world in the face, even if it should have, blood-shot eyes! And by no means the least gratifying aspect of the situation is that in the final analysis such a one is seen invariably to come out unscathed, the so-called copy-book maxims incarnating themselves into little giants so to say, and forming an effective bodyguard.
My appointment in the Naval Armament Inspectorate, Khamaria as Examiner-in-charge of the manufacture of various components for a particular defence item involved meticulous planning and provisioning of high-precision gauges to be used at various stages. Since we were embarking upon the job for the first time in India, we had to obtain the blue-prints for the purpose from the British Admiralty. They were in the from of one single schedule catering for the different marks in use including the one being made by us. My boss Lt. Cdr. Rodney Todd by name, trained in England, was quite conversant with the practical aspects of the work. Nevertheless, he left the whole thing to me, both because he felt I could do it and it was the best way for me to learn. The result was I Bungled. Instead of confining my-self to the Particular mark in view, I prepared a demand for gauges for all the marks as given in the schedule. Quite a few of them had to be made in England, Since such sophisticated technology for making the special steel and achieving -the Precision was not then available with us. And so, the list as Prepared by me was forwarded and went through different channels at higher levels without anyone detecting the grievous error.
None of us was wise to the ignominious blunder, least of all myself. It is difficult to imagine what sleepless nights of anxiety and fear of impending doom would otherwise have held me in thrall. For, as will be seen presently, my huge mistake was to cost to the government quite an unnecessary loss of a few lakhs of rupees. This came to light only during the visit of a high-ranking Naval Officer sent to review and report on the progress we were making. While going through the records, he was taken aback to find that we had ordered for so many guages not required for our purpose and he was in a towering rage. He was closeted with my boss whom he squarely took to task for such sheer incompetence amounting to criminal negligence putting the government to the loss of a sizeable amount. What explanation had he to offer for such a disgraceful lapse? And so on.
Sitting in the adjacent room where I could heat everyghing, I felt as if I were the target of the 'slinge and arrows of the outrageous' insults sought to be heaped on thehead of my boss since the actual blame lay at my door. The impact on me of the realisation of the grave magnitude of my stupid error was stunning. I felt the need for courage to speak out the truth. After all, courage and honesty are not things to be put on the shelf, to be used when convenient. They should be the rules of life. Baba sees to it that it is so if one avoids trying to deceive oneself and Him into the bargain. Further, this would not be the first time when an unreserved confession of truth had steered me clear through "the sharks and shoals" of life's ocean.
So, nerving myself up and invoking Baba's grace for my aid, I went and knocked for permission to enter. I went in begging to, be excused for the breach of decorum in thus intruding but nevertheless requesting to be heard. Surprise and annoyance writ large his face, the officer from the NHQ demanded to know what the dickens I meant. I said the statement I wished to make would explain everything. I could see he was arresting his inclination to tell me to get out and asked with obvious jmpatience, "Yes, what, do you wish to say?" "Just one thing sir. I said, "and that is, the responsibility for this unfortunate state of affairs is primarily if not solely mine. Hence, it is I that should take the choking".
This momentarily nonplussed him. Presenlty he asked me authoritatively, "Who is running the show here, Rodney or you?'. "No doubt, he runs the show, sir, "I replied," but may I point out that situation de facto is that he has to take my word for granted for the purpose. This is the first occasion when he has had to regret it." The officer's mood suddenly changed, he seemed a bit overwhelmed by the unexpected turn things were taking. He calmed down, rang for a chair and asked me to sit down.
"Now that you own up responsibility for the sorry mess", he continued, "will you please say how it.happened and why?" "Pure ignorance, sir," I said. "That I can see what a blithering idiot I was, though I acted in good faith. However, I arn not asking for any leniency. I plead guilty to the charge if what is tantamount to criminal negligence1'. Silence reigned in the room for a minute or so. Collecting himself, the officer exclaimed, "Well, I don't know what to do with you, Mr, Ramaswami!
You have so frankly owned up the error for which you alone are not responsible. That calls for the frankness on my part too. I myself was guilty of having committed such blunders when young. "Then, turning to my boss, he continued, "The only thing to do now is to forget the whole affair.
A few lakhs are nothing to he government. We need honesty. I shall recommend for the loss to be written-off". "You can go, Mr, Ramaswami, thank you." He concluded. Tears welled up in my eyes as I realised the full significance of the dramatic manner in which acting in a split second as He always does, Baba had turned the tables to retrieve my position.
Glory be to Shri Shirdi Sai - Grace be to all
(Adopted from the book Divine Miracle of Shri Shirdi Sai Baba - A record of thrilling experiences of (late) Dr.P.S.Ramaswamy (An ardent devotee of Shri Shirdi Sai Baba) This book can be read at www.saileelas.org)
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An Avatar's Words
Porf. N. Kasturi
Only an Avatar (incarnation of God) could say those words. Lesser souls like seers, spiritual aspirants, great souls ascetics, and realized persons would not have the courage to utter them, and even if they mustered enough strength, the words would not have the ring of authenticity.
About four years ago, I went from Bangalore to Puttaparthi by night train. When I reached the place by 10 A.M. I peeped into the old temple near the village on my way to the new ashram and was shocked by the heavy cloud of sadness that hung over it. Baba” brother –in-law ( as we, with our limited family outlook, do prattle in delusion) Sri Subba Raju, Baba,s sister's husband, who was also his maternal uncle, had passed away the previous evening and was buried late at night.
I had known him as a good and active worker at the Prashanthi Nilayam, with a kind enquiry always on his lips, and so I was overwhelmed with sorrow. I also felt great anguish when I thought of the bereaved lady and her only son, a sweet little boy. With a heavy heart I moved towards the Nilayam, half apprehensive to meet there the stricken brother and nephew (Baba) and doubting all the time whether the words I might use would be enough to express my sorrow and convey my sympathy in front of Him.
The bereaved lady was evidently inside the Nilayam for her lamentation could be heard out side. Dark despair lay thick on every face and all were eagerly watching Baba's lips, waiting for His words.
Since I had not yet heard those words which only an Avatar could say, I had foolishly manufactured on my way to Prashanti Nilayam a sentence of consolation in the conventional style to be spoken to Him. But luckily, before I could commit that sacrilege, Baba looked at me with a be witching smile and, seeing my tears, He said, “Why? What is this? Don’t you know me? If there is no birth and no death, how am I to pass my time? And then He laughed!.
“How am I? … “Birth and death”… pass my time”?…What a profound utterance and before what an audience and against what a background!.
I saw before me not Baba with a physical body 28 years old, but an Avatar of the Lord Himself. Who else could have the courage?. Who else could infuse into those words that true ring of authenticity? Ponder over this, …Brother reader, that is my prayer.
SWAMI says: The principle of Atma is one and same in all, be it yogi or bhogi. A yogi renunciant or varagi. It is present in theists and also atheists, But you are unable to recognize this all-pervasive Divinity. You are undertaking various spiritual practices should confer the awareness that Divinity is all-pervasive just as fire is needed till the rice is cooked, so also the spiritual practices are needed till you realize the innate Divinity…*BABA*
Source: Sanathana Sarathi, April 1958
http://saibaba.ws/avatar/anavatarswords.htm
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