Divine Satsang

Singapore
5 January 2016

Divine Satsang
Singapore
5 January, 2016
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Divine Discourses
By Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba
In the Subtle Body

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Table of Contents
Page
1. Introduction

2. Morning Session at Dr. Ganesan Naidus residence

a. Excerpts of Talk by C. Sreenivas

b. Divine Discourse

3. Evening Session at Sai Anandam

a. Excerpts of Talks by Devotees:
a. Sri B.N. Narasimha Murthy

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b. Sri C. Sreenivas

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c. Mr. Ryan Tan

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b. Divine Discourse

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c. Question and Answer Session

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d. Glimpses of Sai Anandam, Singapore

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Introduction
Singapore devotees were greatly blessed when our Divine Lord
decided to make the Lion City the first port of call for 2016. It was
certainly a blissful and blessed way to usher in the New Year.
On 4th January, 2016 evening, Swamis entourage, comprising Sri B.
N. Narasimha Murthy, Sri C. Sreenivas, Sri Madhusudan Naidu, Sri
Sumeet Tappoo and Sri Praveen Gundappanavar arrived at Changi
Airport from Bengaluru. Bhagawan blessed Sri Hiro Bhojwani and
his wife Neelam by paying a brief visit to their home that evening.
The next morning, on 5th January, 2016, Swami paid a visit to the
residence of Dr. Ganesan Naidu. A small group of devotees joined the
devout couple and their family to welcome Swami by singing
devotional songs. Music was followed by a talk by Sri C. Sreenivas
and the Lords divine discourse.
The Evening Session was held at Sai Anandam and began with
inspiring speeches by Sri B.N. Narasimha Murthy and Sri C.
Sreenivas, followed by a young adult from Singapore, Mr. Ryan Tan.
Swami then blessed the entire group of close to 250 devotees with His
divine discourse, followed by a Question and Answer Session. The
evening programme then ended with Arathi and the universal prayers.
The following morning Swami and His entourage made their way to
Kuala Lumpur, West Malaysia.
This Booklet of Bhagawans Divine Visit to Singapore in January
2016 has been prepared as per the Lords command and includes
excerpts of talks given by the speakers requested by Him to speak, as
well as complete excerpts of Swamis divine discourses.
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5th January, 2016 Morning Session

Dr. Ganesans Residence
Excerpts of Talk
Sri C. Sreenivas
Yesterday, Swami gave a new definition which was so thoughtfully spoken,
when he conveyed to a few of us that it is the start of another new year, and He
asked, What is Happy New Year? Yes, the calendar of the time progresses
from the year of 2015 to 2016 and it will keep progressing into eternity. Truly,
every year, or for that matter, every moment, is an exercise to discover the
newness within ourselves. In the newness of the moment that is waiting to
come, is the constant beauty and timelessness of life.
The youth here today epitomise all that moments can capture and will capture in
the years ahead. New vistas are going to be open. New handholds are going to
happen. New connections between each of us are going to happen in a large
measure. New patterns of the thinking are going to emerge. Global peace is
soon going to become reality.
Do not for a moment underestimate the power of one single individual charge,
fire, waiting to do good in Gods good name or in Gods image. The bane of our
times has been to limit the power of the good and the power of God. Do not be
ashamed in 2016 and the day after that because Swami Sai will be the blood that
flows through our veins and our beings. He is going to infuse in them love and
service so that we become the harbingers of so much good that the world will be
worthy of calling itself in entirety as devotees of Sri Sathya Sai Baba.
Swami says, the true moment is that which culminates in unity of thought, word
and deed. Each is singularly beautiful but, collectively, all three present the
essence of life. Noble thought by itself means little; it only brings the beauty of
the moment to each individual. However, the need of hour and the moment is to
act, to discover new ways of the act, to fathom ways of acting, to envision in
new patterns which we do not know.
The last years have been amazing. Do not limit the power of God. He has
opened doors so amazingly beautiful where we thought doors did not exist.
Believe me, the impact is far more solid, far more deep, far more heart-touching
than we can imagine.
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5th January, 2016 Morning Session

Dr. Ganesans Residence
Divine Discourse
C. Sreenivas has been with Me for a very long time; much longer than you can
imagine. You may think in terms of this birth, but I am talking about many past
lives. Just as a good film or stage director casts the same actors in different roles
in different productions, God, in different period of time, brings with Him His
cast to play a part in His drama, whenever He makes a new production.
Those who act well get the opportunity of another role at another time, but those
who cause the director too much trouble, have to join the audience. Thus, it is
essential that you do exactly what the director says; then he will be happy with
you and keep you with him all the time. The only way to be with the director is
to act well, in the manner that pleases the director for he knows what the play
is all about. You may be playing one part and may not understand where it fits
into the whole, but the director knows the entire story. For him, it is very easy.
You are all merely actors in the bigger performance. You are very fortunate to
be directed by God Himself, otherwise, if somebody else were directing the
drama, you would not know what to do next!
I have planned everything.
Everything
is
already
happening in My mind, just
as the director already sees
the entire script in his mind
before he casts people for
it. I know who is going to
play what part, till what
time and in what way.
Everything
is
already
decided.
So, how much is in your own hands? It is in your hand to just obey, carry out
My instructions and play your part well and if you do your part well, you will
get another chance to do it better.
Suppose that a boy is to sing; if he is given a chance to sing and he sings well,
you will call him to sing again and again. That is how he gets the opportunity to
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do things for God. If a lady cooks well, she will repeatedly be looked to for food
as people like to eat what she cooks. If somebody speaks well, he will be called,
again and again, to give speeches. If a surgeon carries out surgical procedures
well, he will repeatedly be asked by patients to help them.
Similarly, if you just do perfectly, whatever you are supposed to do, you will be
given more opportunities. I always tell C. Sreenivas, the reward for doing good
work is more good work. So when you get more good work, you should know
that you are appreciated. Dont feel burdened; the greater responsibility is
nothing but the reward from God and others who appreciate you.
Nothing in this world functions without sacrifice it is the fundamental basis of
everything. Unless the sun burns, it would not be able to sustain the solar
system. Unless trees give fruits, leaves, flowers and wood to the world, the
world will not be sustained. Unless rivers keep flowing, irrespective of who
drinks from them, people would not survive. Everything in this universe has
been created in a way that promotes this concept of sacrifice. Living for the sake
of others is sacrifice.
The scriptures say that the body given to you is also for the sake of others. You
may think the body is given to the individual, but it is not solely for ones own
use. The only reason the body is given is to achieve the purpose for which it is
given the realisation of ones divinity, as a boat is used to cross a river. It may
look good on the riverbank but that is not the reason why it has been created. A
body may look good; you may decorate it and do everything you can to make it
look better, but as a boat with holes is of no use to cross a river, a body without
a sense of sacrifice is of no use. What manner of sacrifice? Not the kind that
waits and watches, thinking, let everybody else do something and if something
is left, I will also do my part. No, no; it is the kind which leads, not follows.
In our scriptures it says very beautifully, Shraddhaya deyam, ashraddhaya
deyam, shriya deyam, bhiya deyam, hriya deyam, samvida deyam.
Shraddhaya deyam means, to give with a sense of sincerity and faith.
Ashraddhaya deyam do not give with insincerity. Shriya deyam give in
abundance, not tightfistedly. Bhiya deyam give without anxiety. Instead, be
anxious that it should be fit for the purpose for which is given. Hriya deyam
give with humility. Samvida deyam give knowing the purpose for which it is
being given. In this way, a sacrifice is to be made.

Once, Dharmaraja, the great king, was approached by a poor man who was in
difficulty. The poor man knocked at the kings door, approached him and asked
him to solve his problem. Dharmaraja always kept his door open to anybody in
distress, so he heard what he had to say and told him, Just one thing come
tomorrow, and I will solve your problem. At that very moment, Bhima, who
had heard the conversation, began ringing all the palace bells and proclaiming
that Dharmaraja had conquered death. Everybody thought, What is this new
revelation that Bhima is making? Dharmaraja was also surprised he went to
Bhima and asked, What is this you are shouting aloud, that I have conquered
death? I havent conquered death. Bhima said, Just now you told that man
that he should come tomorrow and you will solve his problem. It means you
know that you are going to be alive tomorrow which means you have
conquered death! How do you know that you will be alive tomorrow to help that
person? Should you not do whatever is needed now?
That is how Bhima taught Dharmaraja the lesson that what is important is now
the present postponing doing good things until tomorrow is not the right way.
You tend to put off good things until tomorrow, and do what is not good
immediately it should be other way around to postpone what is not selfless
until tomorrow. Do what is selfless today; that way, selfish thoughts will
gradually diminish and, eventually, disappear.
(Referring to the hosts, Dr.
and Mrs. Ganesan) You are
all good families, good
children; everybody is
happy and there is great
support
and
strength
between both husband and
wife. More importantly, all
the people who are being
served through both of
them.
The children; through the children, the parents; through the parents, the society,
through the society, the state and then, by degrees, the whole country. Never
think that it is just a small part it is a big part. In a play every small part is
equally important; the entire play is made up of all the small roles. In a
machine, every small screw, every small bolt, every small nut, everything, is
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important. When these are put together, the machine works. In the same way,
every single person is important in My mission. I say constantly that not one
single person can do all that is needed to be done, to make the world happy. It is
when everybody unites that much more can be achieved.
These last four years, you have yourselves witnessed not My glory but the glory
of your own selves the devotion to Me of the devotees, which has made so
many things happen. Most of the world has been crying and moaning that they
have lost their Master, lost everything. Here you are celebrating not only
celebrating, but sharing the celebrations with others in need. That is the right
way of celebrating My presence.
I always think, sitting there in India, what I can do for all the devotees in
Singapore, for they always dedicate to Me everything they do; they never think
about themselves. I can only assure you that all the good that you are doing will
come back to you in your times of need. May the children be happy. May the
children be healthy. May they lead lives of dharma, sathya, shanti and prema
(right conduct, truth, peace and divine love). May they experience the bliss of
Divinity. May they spend every moment in divine joy, not mind joy. Most
children are taking the wrong path, but children born into a family with faith in
God are truly blessed; they shall be protected.
I only came here to convey My abundant blessings to all of you, for having been
a part of this great mission. The mission is not about hospitals; it is not about
education it is the mission of transformation.
However good a teacher may be, if the student is unwilling, he cannot teach the
child anything. Just as it is important to have a good teacher, it is equally
important to have a good and willing student. Similarly, both devotees and the
Lord are important in this mission of transformation.
I am here to transform if you are ready to become transformed, then it will
happen. That is what I do all the time.
Now, your recent presence at Raipur, your visits to Muddenahalli so very often,
has inspired all of our students. Every now and then, I get letters from the
children, saying, Swami, I did not buy an item which I thought I would and I
saved the money; please use it, or, Swami, during the vacation I did not waste
money on certain things; please use it. This is putting into practice Ceiling on
Desires; this is transformation. Children can spend their money on anything
they want to, but they are now thinking that it can be spent in a better way. They
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offer it to Me in tiny envelopes they have folded from paper given with so
much joy, and with no expectations. A boy even wrote, Swami, please dont
call me onto the stage and give me a chain or anything like that; I am just giving
it to You so that You may use it the way You want to. Dont make a fuss about
it in front of everyone. This is the childrens way now. This transformation is
important for Me. What is the seed to sow? It is one which, later, becomes a
strong tree, bearing many fruits, giving shelter and sustenance to all.
Do you have any questions you want to ask? In the public satsang you will not
have many opportunities to ask.
A photographer has to ask a lot of questions. When the photographer has his
camera ready, you should be always ready with a smile you dont know when
he is going to click the shutter. When you get a bad picture, you cant use it
properly. It is not the fault of the camera or the photographer that you get bad
pictures it is because you are not smiling. Be happy all the time, then
whenever he clicks, you will get a good picture. If you are happy all the time in
your life, any time God calls, you will always be ready. Whatever your work,
whatever your situation, always keep smiling.
I told Sreenivas that I am now
opening another hospital in Delhi.
The moment I told Indulal Shah, he
came running and said, Swami
what is that You want me to do?
Indulal is constantly thinking only
one thing; if I ask him, What do
you want? he will respond by
asking Me, What do You want? I
dont know how to answer Your
question.
He will say to Me, Swami, please give me some work, give me some work. I
tell him, You have worked enough, now you should get some rest; you should
let others work. He says, Rest, rest rust, rust. I dont want to rest, I dont
want to rust. Give me something to do. So I have to come up with new ideas
for him to do.
It is like children; they want to do something but they dont know what. You
have to give them something to do. So I told him, Okay, come up with a New
Year message. He thought and thought, and then came to Me and said,
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Swami, I have no message to give, whatever message You give is best. I said
to him, Give the message now. He said, Love All, Serve All this is the
message.
That is truly the message. Now, he has come to live in Muddenahalli and he is
very happy. He is healthy when he is in Muddenahalli, because of the pure
weather not like Mumbai. He is happy to be there and to help. He was the first
to say to Me that, if I build the Delhi hospital, he wants to do something for it.
Now he has given his property to Me and has come to Muddenahalli.
I wanted the Delhi hospital to be ready by 26th November, 2016. I have already
seen it developing, but it will be built in phases, rather than one big project.
With Delhi at the top, Chhattisgarh in the centre and Bengaluru below, all three
will be in a straight line. There will be three super speciality hospitals, with
small satellite centres for cardiology and diagnostics, etc., all over the country.
At present, all the patients come to Raipur. Some children need surgery, but
others do not they simply come for a diagnosis so that a decision may be made
whether or not there is a need for surgery. That makes Raipur overcrowded and
it is a lot of trouble for both parents and children to come long distances just to
find that they do not actually need surgery and that all they need is medication.
The satellite centres around the country will examine the children and decide
whether an operation is needed. If not needed, they will not bring them to the
super speciality hospitals; they will be treated, then and there, in the local
centres. If there is a need, they will talk to the local doctors and send them.
This helps both ways; first and foremost, it helps the patient, in that he or she
does not have to travel unnecessarily. Secondly, they are more comfortable in
their own locality, with their usual language and familiar people. It is very
difficult for a South Indian person to communicate with North Indian doctors,
which leads to further anxiety. Many doctors will understand this problem. If
you can speak to the patients in their own language, their anxiety disappears
instantly. They feel that they can explain their problems better and the doctors
will understand their problems better.
The Delhi super speciality hospital will have four wings, like the petals of a
flower. To begin with, two wings will open for surgery to commence, and the
remaining two will open at a later date.
(To C. Sreenivas) How many patients are on the waiting-list now at Raipur?
What is the lead-time between when they arrive and the operation taking place?
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C. Sreenivas: Today, it is a matter of pride and sadness that we have the

longest waiting list in the country, for both outpatient and surgical
appointments. On average, every day, we receive 100 to 120 children with
confirmed paediatric cardiac disease.
When we began, as most of you know, it was a trickle of two or three children
coming daily. Now, around 100-plus come to the hospital in person, every day.
We also have, as Swami directed us, what are called electronic consultations,
comprising another 100 every day. All these, as most of the doctors here will
understand, are referred by institutions such as the All India Institute of
Medical Sciences in Delhi; Kokilaben Hospital in Mumbai and everywhere.
All the acknowledged centres of cardiac treatment have begun referring
children, which speaks well for the quality of work that is being done and, of
course, the immense need that only Swami can bring to our awareness.
I always tell myself, it is Swami alone who shows us the face of the unknown
Indian patient. Because, had it not been for Swami, these patients, either young
or old, would have simply suffered their fate to die. It is Swami and Swami
alone who can open a hospital in Nagaland, or Sikkim, or Delhi and there will
be a deluge of patients that come to Him. It only confirms to us the extent of
health or the lack of it that is the reality that we are living with. This is so
true in every developing country of the world. There is also a stream of patients
coming now, courtesy of the governments of Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan,
and Bangladesh, and also from Nigeria, which is beginning to send patients.
In addition, a large number of associations are developing, like the hospital of
Mdecins Sans Frontires (Doctors without Borders) in Chennai, which invites
our surgeons there and wishes teams from there to come and train with us. So,
on many fronts, growth is taking place. We are also going to Fiji.
So, as I said the moment has arrived. Collaborative strengths have come to
the institution. Many institutions of repute have now begun postings, as many
doctors would understand. Post-graduate postings are beginning from the 9th
of January in anaesthesia, intensive care, paediatric cardiac surgery, and
paediatric cardiology. Some of the reputable teaching colleges are beginning to
send post-graduate students on observation programmes, which will be of
interest to our young boys and girls. Actually, again on the 9th, three observers
are coming from the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences.
Beginning in February, there will be three-month certificate programmes,
especially in paediatric cardiac nursing. The health situation in developing
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countries is quite different from developed countries. In a developed country,

cardiac disease is detected in the mothers womb, but in India, because of the
large population, most detection is post-natal, as the centres that provide
screening are so inadequate. 300,000 children are born with cardiac disease in
India alone every year and India treats just 15,000 cases a year. If you
contrast 300,000 with 15,000, you are talking of a gap which is going to grow
every year that is the simple arithmetic of it.
By 2030, the national loss would be a staggering 16 trillion because of the loss
of life due to non-communicable diseases. All in all, much has been done but,
more importantly, much remains to be done and I must submit that it is Swami
alone who is the guiding light. This is not merely a statement. This is something
about which I think we should all put our hands on our hearts and confirm that
Swami, as He said, has brought to us a great sense of purpose for His mission.
Without this, is none of us would have had the opportunity. It is totally thanks to
Swami and we thank You again, Swami, for enriching our lives by bringing so
much meaning and purpose in that we have touched so many lives.
I will tell you the astonishing power of the lives that Swami has been touching
it is something I wanted you all to know, because I tend to think we take it for
granted. The power of love, given so selflessly and so beautifully, to a young
family and their child will transform the world. We have not yet fully come to
comprehend the power of love in its enormity. It is more powerful than nature
itself, because nature sustains itself on love. Swami so silently but effectively, is
unleashing that power of the love. Each of these children can make such an
impact, such a transformational difference. The momentum is growing; it is
impacting children of the same age, families are being touched, they are
becoming aware, they are becoming inspired to do good.
I can clearly see signs of the transformation which we have talked about,
evident in real time in the world. Revolution would not be the right word to
use, but a reformation or transformation is certainly not a myth, nor a
Utopian philosophy; it is the true reality of the present and of times to come.
Swami: One person cannot achieve much, but when several people get together,
many things can be achieved in the spirit of unity. Five fingers can hold
something; one finger cannot hold anything. Therefore, be an example. All of
you Singapore devotees have already been an example. Other countries look to
you as an example of unity, purity and Divinity, working together ceaselessly
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for Me. However tight a fist may be, by opening just one finger, all strength is
lost; the fingers can be opened. Even one person leaving the group will weaken
it. Add more and make it stronger. In samashti, togetherness, lies your
redemption.
I keep telling everyone who comes to Muddenahalli and seek advice, One drop
that falls from the sky does not always reach the ocean. It may evaporate again,
or soak into the earth and disappear. When many drops come together, they
become a stream. When the streams come together, they become a river and
the river can carry the drop all the way to the ocean and merge it into the ocean
itself.
Therefore, the only thing to do is for
everybody to work together. If you want
to pass on a legacy to your children, pass
this on to them. Everything else will
come and go; your children will do
better than you they are now so smart,
is there any doubt they can do better than
you in spiritual transformation? That is
something you should be proud of. You
must pass it on to your children and to
their children. You want your children to
be happy; happiness is union with God.
Take them closer to God that is your
first and most important dharma.
Take your children to God, and later, your children will take you to God. That is
their dharma. Everything else is secondary, everything else is only incidental.
You must practise more and more, listening to Me within. I am there within
each one of you. It is very easy you just have to sincerely ask Me from within
provided that you are ready to listen to whatever I have to say. However,
dont expect Me to say what you want to hear. No, come with an open mind.
Come with whatever questions you have and wait for Me to answer.
Most people sit for meditation with the idea that they want to talk to Me.
Instead, sit and listen to Me, not talk to Me that is meditation. Just sit and
wait, until I have something to say. Sometimes, I may say something,
sometimes not; nevertheless, you should sit and wait. Practise that is the thing.
One part of your path is to serve to spend your time and energy helping others
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 but your own sadhana is also important. A combination of sadhana and seva
is the only thing that will take you closer to God.
What is sadhana? Something which will calm your mind, a time you spend
alone with God. Sometimes while doing seva, the seva becomes so busy you do
not have time for God Himself!
Here is a story of a guru and two of his disciples. The guru always spent time in
pooja (ritual worship) and things like that. One Guru Purnima, his disciples
decided to worship their guru. One disciple invited the guru to his home, whilst
the other disciple stayed back at the ashram. He worshipped the gurus
photographs with camphor, oil, flowers, and so on.
In the meantime, the guru went all the way to the other disciples home,
completed the pooja there and returned. But the guru had told the first disciple
that, when you are doing pooja, you should not get up, or let anything disturb
you; you should continue the pooja and only get up when you have finished.
When the guru came back, the disciple was performing the pooja. The guru was
knocking on the door, calling out, Open the door, it is so hot outside, I cant
stand it. The disciple replied, Wait, wait, I must finish the pooja before I open
the door. To whom is he doing pooja? He is doing pooja to the same guru who
is waiting outside in the sun. He wouldnt get up and open the door.
That kind of sadhana is of no use. You must understand what you are doing and
for what purpose you are meditating. Become close to your guru, listen to the
guru within dont spend time in mental chatter, talking nonsense. To calm
your mind, to listen to the inner voice that is the purpose of meditation.
Sadhana and seva together is a good combination. Why become so busy doing
seva that you have no time to do your sadhana? Whom are you serving the
guru outside? Then what about the guru within? He also needs to be served.
You should serve both. You should spend some time with Me every day. Of
course, helping outside is also important the two should go hand-in- hand.
Narasimha Murthy is very strict; he always does his sadhana. Every day, he sits
in meditation; that gives him the energy to do his work. Sreenivas sadhana is
different; he sits quietly by himself and talks to Me within.
Whatever time you choose, you must see it through; you must find a time every
day to sit down quietly. Whenever you are ready, put a photograph of Me before
you, think of Me, and try to listen to what I want to say. Practise! With more
practice, you will become better at it. The more frequently a singer practises a
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song, the better he will become at singing it. Similarly, the more practice in
meditation, the better it becomes.
There is time for everything. Tell someone to meditate and he will say, Oh, I
have no time. The whole day is given to you for you to become close to God.
Every bit of time you spend doing anything other than trying to become close to
God, is actually a waste of time. However, people think that sadhana is a waste
of time and that what they choose to do is good use of their time. It is not true.
Many devotees are coming to Muddenahalli from various places, and now that
the Premamrutam Hall is ready, they feel happier. If the hall had not been ready,
you could not have had the birthday function and you would not have been able
to give joy to so many. Did you see how much rain there was during the
birthday? You couldnt have done it in the Sports Ground. I had foreseen it a
year ago. I saw that, this year, you would not be able to do the birthday function
until you had a hall. Now it is ready and everybody is very happy.
A Supreme Court judge came from
Chikkaballapur. He said that he had never seen
a hall like this, never expected to see such a
hall in the district of Chikkaballapur. It is
because I have come that all these things are
happening.
Now, many people are coming. Have you
realised that it will become a great movement
of service and love across the world and
transform great numbers of people?
Nevertheless, the beginning is very important.
It began with you all and it should be sustained,
now that it is spreading everywhere. Be
exemplary; stay united as a group; serve
together then, all can share in service.

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5th January, 2016 Evening Session

Sai Anandam, Singapore
Excerpts of Talks
Sri B. N. Narasimha Murthy
Unless you live for the Avatar, you will not know the life of the Avatar. Unless
you work for the Avatar, you will not know the work of the Avatar. If you want
to know the Avatars life, you have to live for Him every moment.
It is a great mystery that today we are sitting in the presence of Bhagawan Baba,
almost 5 years after He shed His physical body. All this is His master plan. If
you look at the shining stars in the sky on a clear night, imagine what this
universe is. The Creator of this universe, who pervades every atom, takes on a
human body to save the world and mankind. That itself is a mystery, and then
He gives up the physical body and continues to pursue His mission without the
physical body it is a mystery wrapped in an enigma! Therefore, we have to
sympathise with people who cannot understand this.
Today, if we have gathered here and are able to get a glimpse into the divine
glory of Bhagawan in the Subtle Form, its only because of His grace. None of
us has come here on our own volition. He has called us; therefore, we are here.
Bhagawan was born in the remote village of Puttaparthi, but He will never die.
Who keeps Him alive? You and me. We will not allow Him to go. We have
bound Him with our love and devotion. How can He leave us and go? That is
why Swami is here today to give us His nectarine teaching on how we can
find fulfilment in our lives.

Sri C. Sreenivas
Recently, there was a function in Delhi of distinguished individuals, arguably
the most important body that governs industries and businesses in India and
advises the government in formulating business and financial policies.
During that meet, the President of the Indian Chambers of Commerce and
Industry said that India was, is, and will always remain great because it offers
the great principle of sharing, of attaching reverential value to everything in life.
He further said, the only solution that lies ahead is to learn adherence to truth,
and to live a life of sharing. He then gave the example of a major problem with
developing countries food shortage.
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In Sanskrit, food is called prasadam and Indian thought teaches that all food is
inherently meant to be shared. As a result, there is never a shortage of prasadam
in any place of worship, whether a gurudwara, temple, or masjid.
The problem of food shortage is, the moment you commercialise food; the
moment you corporatize or add commerce to food, suddenly it becomes an unsharable commodity, which is the antithesis to the great Indian thought. So, he
said that all industries in the country must learn to attach reverence to every
commodity necessary to human life.
Finally, and most amazingly, this gentleman, who has never seen Baba, said, If
there is a being on Earth who brought great reverence to life and
institutionalised spirituality at work, it is Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba. He
went on to say that the solution to our problems begins with us, with our
adherence to truth and learning from the life of Bhagawan Baba.

Sri Ryan Tan

My name is Ryan and I am 22 years old. During my teenage years, I was really
self-centred and had an overwhelming sense of self-importance. I was arrogant
and felt everything in my life happened because of me. I always sought praise
and compliments, things that come from the outside. The worst part was how I
treated people around me, like my parents. I used to argue with them a lot.
Then one day, a series of the events happened and everything spiralled out of
control. There was nothing I could do; it was a helpless situation. I was very
angry and frustrated. Thats when Swami timed my meeting with Him. For the
first time in my life, I was forced to come to terms with the fact that maybe,
there is someone around and it isnt me whos in control.
I asked Swami how we can avoid getting too attached to the Subtle Form. He
said that it is a step-by-step process. Earlier, I was outside of you; now I am
coming closer and closer to you; eventually, I will be inside you. He also
advised me, Think, pray, then do. So I started praying a bit more before the
doing, and felt Swamis message of I am communicating to you through your
heart came through more and more. I started to think about what Swami would
want what is right, what He would approve of.
Finally, I asked Swami how to reconcile spirituality and society. He said, A
kite may fly in the sky, but the thread should be always in the hands of the flyer.
If he loses his grip, the kite will go. Likewise, your life may take you wherever
you want to go, but your spiritual connection must always stay strong. When
you are at work, you are serving someone; a person is the recipient of your good
work, efforts, service and how you treat them, and that is no different at all from
spirituality because Swami has said He is in each and every one of us.
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5th January, 2016 Evening Session

Sai Anandam, Singapore
Divine Discourse
The one who has given up ego will be become dear to all;
The who has given up anger will never be sorrowful
The one who has given up desires will always have an abundance of everything;
And the one who has given up greed will always be happy (Telugu Poem)
Embodiments of Divinity!
Today My heart feels great joy, just like a gardener who feels tremendous
pleasure when he sees the plants growing and flowers blooming, and smells the
sweet fragrance that spreads everywhere. All his efforts are fulfilled and his
heart is filled with tremendous joy when he sees his garden bloom.
I came to Singapore three years
ago and since then I have been
constantly guiding and showing
you the way, motivating and
encouraging devotees and
more importantly devotees
children, to learn the path of
love, the path of service, to
walk in the footprints that I had
left behind, of love and service.
Today, I heard one of the youngest boys here speak beautiful truths; truths that
are sometimes not understood even by great yogis and Mahatmas who have
spent years in penance and meditation. What does it demonstrate? It is not the
number of years that you spend in the company of great person that makes you
imbibe these teachings, but if you concentrate, even for a moment, with all your
mind, all your body and all your heart, and learn even one truth from the great
Master, you can spend the rest of your life in greatness. It is not the amount of
time that you spend with the Avatar (direct incarnation of the Godhead) that
matters, but the quality of time that you spend that is important.
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Many Avatars have come and gone; more will come and go. One year will pass
and another year will start. Time keeps moving on; however, it is not a matter of
how many years you have spent here, but how well have you spent those years
years which were Gods gift to you. How well you have utilized your time is
what will ultimately matter.
I have always said that it is not important how many times you visit places of
worship, or how many; it is not important how many times you turn your beads
and chant the divine names; it is not important how many scriptures you have
learned by heart. What is important, in order to cross the ocean of samsara (the
cycle of birth and death) is how many people you have been able to love and
how many people you have been able to serve that is the true definition of
how spiritual you are. The one who has no ego, no desires, no greed and no
anger; whose heart is filled with nothing but love, will see the whole of
humanity as ones own.
Three years ago, when I told Sreenivas to start a hospital and have it ready
within a year, he worked very hard for it. He did not know how it would
happen, but he had only Me. The hospital could be built within a year. With
only a few days left before the inauguration, there was a long way to go in order
to make the hospital usable. As you all may understand, building a hospital is
not as simple as building a house. There are many systems that have to be
integrated, medical gases, air-conditioning, sanitation and the many other
factors that come together to allow a surgical operation to take place. It is not
just about constructing a building per se. Sreenivas was a little worried and
asked Me, Swami can you postpone the inauguration by another month or so,
to give us time to get everything in place and in perfect order to begin?
I said to Sreenivas, If your child required surgery on the inauguration day and
his survival depended on it, would you come and bargain with Me for more
time? Would you not do everything possible to put that child on the operating
table and give him every chance to do well? He got the message.
As long as you feel that you are serving someone else, there will always be a
perceived difference between them and you but if you think of yourself as
serving yourselves rather than serving anyone else, by seeing them as your own
and feeling that all belong you, you will not waste a moment; you will
immediately plunge into taking care of those who need it.
I have been worshipped as the omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent Lord. I
have heard many great people speak from the podium, by My side, about how
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great I am, how many I have cared for, how many I have loved and served but
the truth is, I am not pleased by all this praise and worship. I am only pleased
when what I teach is followed. My nature is to love and serve. You don't have to
come and say, Swami, You are so great because You love and serve. That is
My very nature! If you tell a mango tree, Oh mango tree, how good you are!
it is no great help it knows it is a mango tree.
I know that I am love and I am service. My only desire, if indeed you can call it
a desire, is only that My devotees follow well what I have been saying. A
teacher finds great joy when he sees his students understand the lessons and
appreciate them and thereby benefit from them. There is no greater reward for
the teacher. Any amount of awards, recognitions certificates you may get from
outside that is all for the world to recognise. You know who you are; your
hearts are your witnesses.

Ryan Tan, a young adult

who spoke earlier in the evening

When Ryan was speaking here, it gave

Me tremendous satisfaction because he
spoke from his heart; he spoke truly
what he has learned. He was not simply
talking philosophy to impress others; he
was truthfully putting into practice what
he has learned. It is enough if all you
have learned is the simple truth that God
is in charge of everything; that there is
no point in worrying or feeling anxious
about your future, for it is safe in His
hands; letting God take over and being
at peace such simple truths. If a 22
year old boy can understand and practise
it, how much more should those be able
to, who have spent time with Me?

Until now, all devotees were known because of Me. People would say, This is
a devotee of Sai Baba, but, today, when Sai Baba is no longer seen, He will be
known because of His devotees. As long as a child is young, people will say
that he is the son of such-and-such a person because the father is more famous
than the son but when the father has retired and the son has grown up and
attained a great position in society, the father is known because of his son. That
is how it should be the world will recognise Me as your Master, because of
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your good deeds. There is no greater accolade for My love, for My care, than to
be known because of your character and conduct. That is truly the greatest
thanks you can offer to Me.
I do not want any words, poems or songs sung in My praise, nor do I want
people to offer Me expensive garlands and gifts. The only thing I expect from
My people is what I have taught at least to the extent of putting it sincerely
into practice and, thereby, becoming known for your goodness and setting an
example for others. There is nothing greater that you can do. As the boy said, be
an example; setting an example to others is a great service.
You have heard both Narasimha Murthy and Sreenivas speaking about the work
that I am undertaking. Many people question why I am so vigorously pursuing
the education and health missions? Why am I working so hard? Why the sudden
expansion and growth? Cant I slow down a bit? Is this all necessary? All these
questions come to those of selfish mind because they think they are doing
something for somebody elses sake. If your child had to go without good
education or good health, would you ask the same question? I want to serve as
many people as quickly and as well as I can, for every child belongs to Me.
Whilst I had a body, there were limitations, as with any other persons physical
body. It needed to sleep for several hours, it needed to eat, it needed to rest, it
needed to work but now that I am beyond the boundaries of time, space and
circumstances, I am ready to work any number of hours. My work will only be
slowed because of you, not because of Me. The tank may be full of water, but if
the tap is small, it can only deliver so much water per minute.
Similarly, I need instruments who are totally like Me clear inside, with no
blockages of ego, attachments or negativity just open to My love and allowing
it to flow through them to quench the thirst of those who need it badly. Those
who have known Me, or those who have been blessed by Me to know Me, have
a greater responsibility.
One day, a boy asked Me, You are an Avatar, so why doesnt the whole world
come to Puttaparthi? Why doesn't everybody come here? Why do so many
people still not know or believe that You are an Avatar?
I told him, Bangaru (golden one), I have kept it a secret. If I let everybody
know that I am here and I am the Avatar, the whole world would be here and
where would you be able to sit?

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To specially bless you, I willed that

not everyone should know about
Me. The same continues today.
Some will never know who I am.
Not all will understand who I am.
Only those who have humility and
an open mind to accept that I can
come in a hundred ways will know
the truth. There is little scope for a
mind full of objections and
reasoning, to understand the truth.
Ryan was sitting and thinking, If I close my eyes and then open them, someone
will magically appear on the chair. Other than his mother, who came to tell him
that it was getting late, nobody else appeared after the meditation. (Laughter) It
didnt work, but he has discovered the truth he is forced now to look for Me in
everyone and that is the real lesson. Seeing Me in everyone and serving Me in
everyone, is the truth. Everything else is unimportant.
If you go to a temple, a church or another place of worship, what do you do?
You travel many kilometres, sometimes even walking all the way, to have
darshan (sight of the Lord) and then, when you get your one minute to stand in
front of the idol in the holiest of holy places, what do you end up doing? You
close your eyes. You walk all the way to see God and when you stand in front
of the shrine, you close your eyes. Why do you do that? It is because you want
to see God outside, but also want to see God inside. You want to talk to Him
within. If you speak to a photo or statue, do you think the statue is going to talk
to you? It is not. If you close your eyes and speak to God, who is within, He
will definitely talk to you.
You all have learnt the Vedas now (the ancient scriptures of India). The Vedas
are taught and learnt in many countries nowadays. The Vedas were not
transmitted like a dictation from teacher to student; they were all received in a
state of communion with ones own Divinity. Therefore, the Vedas are
something which is beyond humans. They came to people who were in a state
of meditation, who were able to lose themselves in God; it was then that these
higher truths were revealed. The sages did not say, I dont hear a voice, or, Is
it a male or female voice? or Is it a sweet or harsh voice? They just accepted
the truth as it came and then it was passed down from one to another.
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The purest form of communication is in thought. Thoughts, when they become a

little less unworldly, become words and, becoming more material, they become
actions. The purest form of communication is within your own thoughts.
Since I have been telling people to sit and meditate, many of them have tried.
They want to meditate, but they want to ask questions and get answers from Me,
and that is where they go wrong. The mind should be as still and as clear as a
lake, in which you can see your own reflection. Don't come to Me, don't sit in
front of My chair or photo, immediately expecting to hear something or to say
something; sit down and let the water become calm. Once the water is still, you
will be able to see everything clearly.
The Buddha asked one of his disciples to fetch Him water from a nearby river.
The disciple went, but just then, a bullock cart had crossed the river and the
water had become muddy. The disciple thought that it was not fit for the Master
to drink, so he returned and informed Him that he had not brought any. The
Buddha asked what had happened. He explained that a bullock cart had passed
and made the water very muddy, so he had not brought any. The Buddha
replied, That is alright, we will wait for a while. After a few minutes, he told
his disciple to go again and see if he could get Him some water to drink.
When he went this time, the water was clear and still; the mud had settled, so he
collected water from the surface pure water and brought it to the Buddha.
Then the Buddha asked his disciple, Last time you went, you said the water
was not good. Then you sat for a while what did you do to make the water
suitable to drink? What effort did you make? The disciple said, I did not make
any effort, because I allowed the mud to settle down; in due course, the mud
settled and clear water became available to drink.
That is how your mind is; every time a thought arises, it becomes disturbed.
Then you cannot hear, see or experience anything clearly. As long as your mind
is not at peace, you will not be able to know whether it is God who is speaking
from within, or your imagination. It is only when you allow the mind to calm
down and that takes a little time. Only then are you able to understand.
Many people sit for meditation, light a lamp and immediately expect great
results; it will not happen that way. If you plant a seed, it will take some time to
grow into a tree. Shraddha (sincerity) and saburi (patience) are the two
principles that Shirdi Baba propagated. One, sincerity to want to know God
within and two, having the patience to wait for Him to respond and not to be in
a hurry. Nothing but true sincerity will bring you Gods grace.
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Sri Ramakrishna used to hold up a

tumbler of juice and say, Look at
these flies; they are constantly
hovering around the tumbler, but
none wants to jump into the juice
to taste it. How are they going to
experience the sweetness of the
juice? It is all a drama. If they
really want to experience it, they
must jump into the juice and be
immersed in its sweetness.
If you want to know God, you cannot do it from a distance. You cannot know
God by reading or hearing about it; you have to experience it for yourself. Only
when the I goes will Sai come. Where there is I, there cannot be Sai. The
I of selfishness, ego and attachment must go, in order to experience God.
However sweet a dish may be, the tongue which is suffering the bitterness of
fever cannot truly experience its taste. Similarly, unless you get rid of that
within you which is not Divine, you will not be able to experience Divinity.
This New Year, I have not come to you with any new message. My message is
as ancient as the Vedas. However, you will become new if you follow this
message. This year, leave your old self, which was less than Divine, and attain
the new self, which is Divine. Otherwise, the opportunity will pass. Yesterday,
in My room here in Dr. Pillays house, I saw that the hands of the clock had
stopped there was no battery, so the clock was not working. I asked him, If
the clock stops working, do you think time will also stop? He said, No
Swami, time will go on. It is the clock that has stopped.
Similarly, if you stop working, time will not stop. You must start working, or
time will disappear; whilst you are children, you are busy playing and making
merry and, when you are young, you have other distractions. When you are
older, you worry about aches and pains and, in the end, you have no time to
think of God. Do not waste time that is why time itself is considered as God.
Like Ryan and many other boys and girls, take up the path of service whilst you
are young. Take to the path of spirituality start early, drive slowly, reach
safely. That is the message for this New Year. All of you, take it seriously, put it
into practice and attain the bliss which follows. It is My wish and My Blessing.
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5th January, 2016 Evening Session

Sai Anandam, Singapore
Question and Answer Session
Question 1: Swami, in many of Your discourses You have said, Always
follow your heart, but even as young people or adults, when we make
decisions, we don't really follow our heart we use facts and figures. So, can
You explain what You really mean by following your heart when we make
decisions in life?
Swami: Your answer is in your question. You say, Follow your heart, and
then you say that you don't follow your heart. Facts and figures, data and
intelligences, are all good, but should ultimately lead not just to your own good,
but to the good of others. Only that which is truth will be good for all;
otherwise, it may be good for some and not good for others. When you follow
your heart, it will tell you that which is good for everyone, not just for you. It
does not mean that you should follow your heart in a contrived or concocted
way.
One day, I called two students into the Interview Room and I asked one, Are
you loving and serving each other in the hostels?
He said, Oh yes, Swami. In the previous exam, he did not know the answer, so
I gave him the answer. I served him because I love him. I didn't want him to fail
and feel bad. I wanted to make him happy.
I told him that this is not following the heart; following the heart should be good
for everyone. This is attachment. This is my friend, I want to help my friend
and, therefore, I do it. Had it been a competitor for the same position in the class
that had asked you for an answer, would you have given him the answer? You
would not have done so; in fact, you might even have given him the wrong
answer, so that he got less marks than you. That is not following heart.
Following the heart should be to tell the boy, No, this is not dharma. This is
not right. It does not matter if you lose a few marks, rather that you have the
satisfaction of not having cheated. Learn from the mistake that you didn't
prepare well. Go back, prepare well and get much better marks than you did
before. That is dharma.
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So, following the heart should be measured against the dictates of dharma.
Dharma arises from inside. Dharma is not a religion. In a religion, some may
say that you must pray looking towards east, some towards the west, some north
and some south; what are you going to do? These are all specific rules. There
are specific rules in specific schools, but what is more important is what is
coming from within you. That which comes from within you is good for you
and good for others, not just in the short term, but in the long term. It is good in
the past, in the present and in the future.
If this boy cheats and allows his friend to pass, do you think the friend will go
back and study and work hard the next time? No, he will always think, Oh, I
always have a friend who follows his heart so I can always get marks this way.
Therefore, if you truly listen to yourself, there are no questions. Once the heart
says something, you really know it is the heart; it is as strong as that but what
happens? Your mind will keep chattering. If everybody in this room starts
talking, are you going to be able to listen to what I am saying? It is impossible.
Because everybody is quiet, you are able to listen.
This is what to do let the mind calm down from voicing all its ideas and
opinions, all its facts and figures; let it settle down a bit then make your
decision. Haste makes waste, waste makes worry, so do not be in a hurry.
Always take a little time before you decide on a particular thing. Get all your
figures, all your ideas, everything together, put it in front of you and then sit
down, pray and think, How do I use this information to make a decision which
is following my heart? That is the right method.
You must practise; without practice, you cannot achieve anything. Even to
walk, to talk, to write, to read, you have practised, so you are able to do so. This
also has to be practised. Somehow, I think I have produced too many miracles
for you all; you have got used to it! You constantly want a miracle to happen
and not put in any effort. That is not right. At that time, you were young; just
like a young boy, where the teacher will sit and help the child to finish the
homework but, as the child grows up, he has to do it for himself and not depend
on others. Therefore, you must practise now and achieve perfection in
understanding your heart and following it.
Question 2: Swami, a lot of emphasis has been placed on the Gayatri Mantra.
How much of our time should we dedicate to the Gayatri Mantra?
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Swami: The Gayatri Mantra is like medication. If you are sick what do you do?
You go to a doctor. The doctor will say, Take this medicine and you will be
cured, but the medicine also comes in certain dosages. If it is a small child, you
give half a pill; for a slightly older child, the doctor will give one pill and, if it is
an adult, maybe more, based on the sickness and age of the patient. The doctor
decides how much. The Gayatri Mantra is like medicine; if you take it in the
right quantity, it will definitely have the right effect. The effect of the Gayatri
Mantra will be to purify your intellect. It will make it pure and Divine and help
you think, say and do everything in a divine way.
The sound Aum is the beginning of all Creation; it started with that sound.
When there was nothing, the first sound with which the vibrations started,
leading to Creation, was Aum. Even today, in anything, the last dying sound is
only Aum. Aum represents the beginning, middle and end of everything. You
begin the mantra with this and pray to God, who has the nature of the Sun
which is full of brightness and represents wisdom to illumine your mind and
make it wise. If you understand the meaning of the mantra and say, Please
make me wise, it does not mean you will become sharper, more proficient
these are side-effects having a good mind, you may become a better engineer,
doctor or lawyer, but the true reason why you should chant the Gayatri Mantra
is to remove the darkness of ignorance, in thinking that you are just the body,
that you are a limited being.
You are only bound by these things and they have to go. You are Divine. You
are Atma Swaroopa (an Embodiment of Divinity). You are none other than
Divinity itself. That is the jnana (wisdom) that it should give you. That is the
prayer; Gayatri Mantra is the essence of prayer to the Lord. Chant it with
complete faith and it will heal you.
People ask Me if there a magic number of times that you should chant the
Gayatri Mantra, so that it will heal you? It depends on how sick you are! If you
are really sick you are very selfish, very self-centred chanting for 24 hours
will not be enough, but if you are a little sick, even a little chanting will bring
you wisdom and peace. Therefore, you must take the medicine until you are
cured. It is important. Take it in any form or any name. The Gayatri Mantra is a
very potent mantra the mother of all mantras but, just as different drugs are
manufactured by different manufacturers, you can also chant verses from the
Quran, verses from the Bhagawad Gita, or whatever brings your mind to the

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state of steadiness and wisdom. Until you are cured of the disease of samsara,
you must continue taking the prescribed medicine.
Take one. Dont keep changing doctors say the same, dont they? If one
medicine suits you, take it, otherwise, you may have side-effects. Whatever
gives you peace! Take a form, take a name. Meditate on that form, chant that
name. Chant as many times as it suits you, meditate for as long as you need to
you will know whether you are becoming cured or not. How will you know that
you are cured? You should feel less selfish; you should feel less afraid of things;
you should be less worried. You should be more joyful, more peaceful, more
loving, more giving. These are the ways you can know. All the negative things
should disappear, all the positive things should appear; then you will know that
this mantra is working. The truth is that any mantra you chant is okay. The
Gayatri Mantra is a very well-formulated medicine, very potent if chanted well
and, with understanding of the prayer, will definitely show its effect.
Question 3: Dear Swami, however much we participate in satsang and bhajans,
we only understand things theoretically, but the practical understanding or the
understanding in the mind does not happen. How do you get the calmness and
perfect state of devotion?
Swami: Unless you start putting it into practice, you will not experience
anything. Many people may stand on the shore and demand, Teach me how to
swim, only then will I jump into the water. This will not work. You must jump
into the water, even if you are afraid that you may drown. Only when you jump
into the water will you start to swim. Any amount of theory you read about
swimming that you must turn forward or backward, flip your hands, legs,
head; breathe this way, breathe that way is not going to teach you how to
swim.
Plunge yourself into sadhana (spiritual practice). Take it up seriously, knowing
that, like a lifeguard, I am there with you, to protect you in case you happen to
slip. Do it with that faith and you can definitely achieve it.
Most of you do not practise; you only think, sit here, listen and decide, like a
New Years resolution, This time, I will go back and practise, but then it lasts
for barely a few days. God should become like hunger! Hunger that will not go
away, making you determined not to give up until you are satisfied. You should
be hungry to become Divine!
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I tell this story to the children: Someone came to Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

and said, You are a Master. Can you see God? Can you show me God?
He said, Of course I can show you God.
Where is he?
He is right here in the garden. Lets go, the Master said. He took him by the
hand, into the garden and what did he do? He said God is inside this well,
look down. When the person was looking down, he pushed him into the well.
The man was terrified and started shouting, Master Im going to die! Pull me
out of this well. I dont see any God, other than the God of Death. Pull me out!
The Master said, If you cry to God in the way you are crying for your life now,
you will definitely see God!
Simply coming and expecting things to happen without making any effort, will
not get you anywhere. If you have the same kind of yearning to see God, as the
way you crave for your next breath, or for your next meal; if you have that kind
of perseverance to see God, you will definitely attain God.
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa tried all kinds of things for twelve years. He studied
under various masters and learned many spiritual practices, but he was not able
to experience God. Finally, he went to Mother Kali, took the knife from her
hand and said, If you dont talk to me now, Im going to cut off My head and
offer it at your feet.
When he was about to cut off his head, the Mother spoke. She said, Today you
believed that I am not a statue, but I am truly the living Mother. Because of your
faith, I am appearing to you. All this time, you have thought I have to come
from somewhere. Today, you spoke to Me as if I existed in this very statue.
Practise with that yearning, with that faith and you will definitely achieve
success. You have to ask yourself, Am I really yearning in that way? Am I
really wanting to experience the God-principle? Am I really making the effort to
get there? In most cases, you will get the answer, Not enough. Failure means
insufficient effort has been put in towards success. Failure does not mean you
cannot succeed it only means you have not made enough effort to succeed.
Question 4: Swami, I would like to ask about the four Yugas (ages). What is the
reason you created the world, such that spirituality will decline as time passes
and God comes back in the Sathya Yuga to uplift it?
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Swami: Sathya Yuga or any other Yuga is like a different class in school. You
have to progress from primary to secondary school and from secondary school
to college. Whilst you may have reached college, there may be people who are
still in primary or secondary school. So, for some, Kali Yuga continues even in
Sathya Yuga and, for some, Sathya Yuga is there even in Kali Yuga!
So, do not depend too much on the apparent time factor; the inner significance
is what you are within. For a man who is asleep, at daybreak, it is still night.
Even if the whole world is awake and doing things, he will be asleep, thinking it
is night. Therefore, all these concepts Sathya Yuga, Kali Yuga and so on, are
not external, but internal. Nevertheless, there is a time factor that binds
Creation, including this universe. At different times, different things happen,
just as in different seasons, different plants flower. Not all flower at the same
time some are winter-flowering plants, some are summer-flowering and some
spring.
Similarly, each Yuga has certain characteristics, and Sathya Yuga is a period
during which it is easiest to achieve certain things. In broad daylight, it is easy
to drive fast; similarly, in Sathya Yuga, the atmosphere is such that you will be
able to fulfil dharma much better, much easier. In every Yuga, a Master comes
to guide those who sincerely seek to move forward on the path of spirituality. It
is said that, if the disciple is ready, the Master will appear. Once one is ready to
take upadesha guidance from a Master the Master will be there. He may
come as Sathya Sai Baba, Jesus, the Buddha or any physical form, or he may
come without form, just as a voice from within.
Whichever way it happens, you must accept the guidance and go forward. As
the cycles of time pass, God will descend time and time again, for the
upliftment of mankind. So, do not worry about what is coming next, or how I
am coming next. One may be asleep indoors, whilst things are happening
outside so first awaken yourself from within. I am there with you, have been
with you and will continue to be with you, as your innermost Divinity. Contact
Me within and then you will be out of this whole reckoning of Yugas and eras. I
tell you; do not wait for it to happen some day the time is here and now!
Question 5: How does a person lose his body consciousness if, he is always
suffering from pain and the body is diseased. How can he think that he is not the
body?
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Swami: When you sleep, do you remember that you have a body? You wake up
and, only then, do you realise that you have a body. Without the conscious
mind, there is no perception of the body. When you are watching television, you
tune to a certain channel, say a cartoon channel and see animated figures
dancing. When you tune to a music channel, you see people singing. If you tune
to a drama channel, you see drama. Similarly, your mind is like the receiver; if
you tune it to the body, it will experience everything the body experiences, but
if you tune the mind to the fact that you are not the body, that you are God, you
will become constantly in a state of awareness that you are God. Then, you will
immediately lose your body consciousness and will experience no further pain.
If you ask the doctors of whom there are many here, who were serving Swami
at Prasanthi Nilayam My physical body, too, went through the cycle of
disease and decay, but I was full of bliss. When I said that I had no suffering, I
was not speaking a lie just to pacify the devotees; I meant what I said. When I
said I was not suffering, I tuned myself to the highest Divinity instead of
thinking that I was the body. I never suffered as the body suffered.
If you constantly chant and tell yourself that you are Divine, you will
experience nothing of the body; just as you do not experience your body when
you go into the sleep state, because your mind is no longer connected to the
body. That is the state of communion with God, which does not allow you to
experience any body-related pain. If you practise, you can definitely achieve it.
There was a dull boy who was unable learn anything, however much the teacher
taught. So, the teacher thought that there was no point in struggling to teach the
boy, but he told him, I will teach you one thing and, if you learn that, it is
equivalent to learning everything.
He taught the boy Aham Brahmasmi which means I am God. He asked if the
boy understood, What did you understand?
Teacher is God.
Not teacher is God, but I am God.
That is right. Teacher is God.
You are such a dull boy, nobody can teach you. Go!
He went home and his uncle, who had come from a neighbouring town, asked
him, What did you learn in school?
He said, I learned that teacher is God.
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That is true, but what were his actual words?

The boy said, Aham Brahmasmi.
The uncle said, Aham Brahmasmi does not mean teacher is God, it means I
am God.
Oh, not teacher, my uncle is God.
Then his father asked, What did you learn today in school?
I learned that uncle is God.
Uncle is God? That couldnt have been taught in school. What were you
actually taught?
He said, Aham Brahmasmi.
The father replied, Not your uncle is God, I am God.
Oh! My father is God.
They finally concluded that the boy was never going to learn. He cried and
cried, asking himself over and over, What does it mean? and then, meditating
on the words, I am God, I am God he became God.
The mind should constantly tune itself to the Divine Self. Unless, by continuous
tuning you learn from within, people will give you different interpretations of
the same truth and you will become confused. Body consciousness can easily be
given up, in a moment, if you tune your mind to God. Given practice, it is very
easy. You know fully well that your body is going to grow old and deteriorate
with disease and other difficulties. If you practise whilst you are young you can,
at any time, escape body consciousness in old age and remain in a state of bliss.
If you start early, it is easy.

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