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🎙️Do you know the 9 forms of Devotion?🎙️
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I feel very blessed to be part of the Sai Avataric mission. Being born and raised in a Christian family, sacred values have been embedded within me. With deepest gratitude to my dearest Swami, my life has changed when He stepped into my life. Swami has given me many blessings and also lessons through which I have grown.
Over the past few years, I have faced some challenging situations in my life. Even though I would never give up on anything, I began to have doubts about righteousness, fairness and truth. At times, I felt that my faith in God was being tested and I prayed to Swami for His Divine guidance. He has shown me through various signs that He is always with me. In one of the darshans in Puttaparthi, after intense prayer, vibuthi manifested in my badge. This experience made me realise that He is taking care of me as a loving mother and the materialisation was a beautiful display of His immense love and grace.
During the challenges that I faced, Swami was the only one whom I could trust. I learned the importance of allowing myself to hear His voice and follow Him. I also felt that I am never alone or abandoned. All I needed to do was surrender to the Divine will of Swami as His plan unfolds. I know that Swami is always with me, protecting and guiding me. (Irena, Slovenia)
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Over the past few years, I have faced some challenging situations in my life. Even though I would never give up on anything, I began to have doubts about righteousness, fairness and truth. At times, I felt that my faith in God was being tested and I prayed to Swami for His Divine guidance. He has shown me through various signs that He is always with me. In one of the darshans in Puttaparthi, after intense prayer, vibuthi manifested in my badge. This experience made me realise that He is taking care of me as a loving mother and the materialisation was a beautiful display of His immense love and grace.
During the challenges that I faced, Swami was the only one whom I could trust. I learned the importance of allowing myself to hear His voice and follow Him. I also felt that I am never alone or abandoned. All I needed to do was surrender to the Divine will of Swami as His plan unfolds. I know that Swami is always with me, protecting and guiding me. (Irena, Slovenia)
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Having restored our connection with Swami and Nature, let us seize the day and reimagine our relationship with Nature and recreate our future.
You have to realise that Nature is a manifestation of God. Hence, Nature should not be ignored. Nature is the effect and God is the cause. You should recognise the immanence of the Divine in the entire cosmos. - Sri Sathya Sai Baba (SSSS Vol. 29/Ch. 23. 20 June, 1996).
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#EarthWinandCeilingonDesires
You have to realise that Nature is a manifestation of God. Hence, Nature should not be ignored. Nature is the effect and God is the cause. You should recognise the immanence of the Divine in the entire cosmos. - Sri Sathya Sai Baba (SSSS Vol. 29/Ch. 23. 20 June, 1996).
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#EarthWinandCeilingonDesires
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🎙️Do you know the 4 steps to Self-realisation?
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In the Bhavani Ashtakam mantra, written by the revered Guru Adi Shankaracharya, it is mentioned that we should be cognizant of the fact that our sole savior is the Divine Mother.
“Gatistvam gatistvam tvameka Bhavani”- You are my Refuge, You Alone are my Refuge, Oh Mother Bhavani.
Sri Sathya Sai Baba has the love of a thousand mothers, and undoubtedly, He knows us better than anyone else, including ourselves. Swami is always keeping a watchful eye on us, wherever we are.
I vividly remember my first day in His Divine institution, when I was silently crying in front of Bhagawan’s jhoola (swing) in the prayer room. I recall telling Him that I was truly humbled and blessed to be part of His University but being away from home for the very first time was undeniably difficult.
We usually have chits available in every prayer room on campus, so with a heavy heart, I drew one chit and I was flummoxed by the reply, “I love, I know, I care, then why this unhappiness?” These were the words written on the first chit. I looked up at the jhoola and my eyes started to tear up again. I took out another chit since my fickle mind was still in doubt whether it happened by sheer coincidence or Swami indeed responded to my emotional outpouring. The next reply came thus, “Cheer up Sai Bangaru!” I was flabbergasted at this point. After all, He is the Supreme One! How can one escape His gaze?
This small incident enlightened me that He is always here. We may think that we are alone in despairing times, however, the Divine Mother will never leave the side of her child. Ultimately, we are all Her Bangaru (cherished children). She is our only refuge, “Gatistvam gatistvam tvameka Bhavani!” (Reshav, Mauritius)
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“Gatistvam gatistvam tvameka Bhavani”- You are my Refuge, You Alone are my Refuge, Oh Mother Bhavani.
Sri Sathya Sai Baba has the love of a thousand mothers, and undoubtedly, He knows us better than anyone else, including ourselves. Swami is always keeping a watchful eye on us, wherever we are.
I vividly remember my first day in His Divine institution, when I was silently crying in front of Bhagawan’s jhoola (swing) in the prayer room. I recall telling Him that I was truly humbled and blessed to be part of His University but being away from home for the very first time was undeniably difficult.
We usually have chits available in every prayer room on campus, so with a heavy heart, I drew one chit and I was flummoxed by the reply, “I love, I know, I care, then why this unhappiness?” These were the words written on the first chit. I looked up at the jhoola and my eyes started to tear up again. I took out another chit since my fickle mind was still in doubt whether it happened by sheer coincidence or Swami indeed responded to my emotional outpouring. The next reply came thus, “Cheer up Sai Bangaru!” I was flabbergasted at this point. After all, He is the Supreme One! How can one escape His gaze?
This small incident enlightened me that He is always here. We may think that we are alone in despairing times, however, the Divine Mother will never leave the side of her child. Ultimately, we are all Her Bangaru (cherished children). She is our only refuge, “Gatistvam gatistvam tvameka Bhavani!” (Reshav, Mauritius)
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Join the Serve the Planet team for the next installment in the Human Values and Nature Study Circle Series - Peace.
🍎Date: 19th June 2021
🍎Time: 1pm UK
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🍎Date: 19th June 2021
🍎Time: 1pm UK
Register: sathyasai.org/YA/serve-the-planet
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I was only 40 days old when I had to have life-saving surgery on February 5th, 1998. Years later, on February 5th, 2016, my name was announced on the radio for a major scholarship. In between those two dates, life had been wonderful at times, and incredibly difficult at others. My mother would always tell me that if I take one step towards God, He will take a hundred steps towards me. While I was facing serious mental health issues in 2015, I followed her advice and did my best, winning the scholarship through my hard work and with Baba’s grace. As the oldest child of a single mom, this meant the world as I received funds for my post-secondary studies abroad, allowing my brother to also go to university here in Canada.
I usually get little reminders from Baba that He is guiding me and helping me find my path. One of the most important reminders just showed up for me recently. I started writing again after a long hiatus and finally created my own blog. This blog is bringing me immense joy and peace during this challenging time. The first non-fiction piece on my blog was about childhood memories spent with my grandfather and a banyan tree in a quiet spot by sugarcane fields. I posted it at the same time that my mother was reading a book on Shirdi Sai, with a passage on the strength of the ashvattha (banyan) tree. My mother is right when she says that there are no coincidences and only “Saincidences” in life. (Nichika, Mauritius)
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I usually get little reminders from Baba that He is guiding me and helping me find my path. One of the most important reminders just showed up for me recently. I started writing again after a long hiatus and finally created my own blog. This blog is bringing me immense joy and peace during this challenging time. The first non-fiction piece on my blog was about childhood memories spent with my grandfather and a banyan tree in a quiet spot by sugarcane fields. I posted it at the same time that my mother was reading a book on Shirdi Sai, with a passage on the strength of the ashvattha (banyan) tree. My mother is right when she says that there are no coincidences and only “Saincidences” in life. (Nichika, Mauritius)
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Growing up, I remember very clearly the first time that I heard Swami saying that He showers the “love of a thousand mothers” on His devotees. At that time, I could not fathom what He meant by the “love of a thousand mothers”.
Through a series of beautiful events, Swami provided me with the opportunity to perform Bharatanatyam (an Indian classical dance form) in His Divine presence in 2009. I had to enact Lord Narasimha, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu, slaying the demon Hiranyakashipu. The Lord was so enraged that no one (not even Sage Narada) except Prahlada could calm Him down. However, I did not anticipate that I would have to depict Lord Narasimha in the dance, in His most enraged state to His most loving form.
The day of the performance was filled with many unforgettable and priceless moments. But the moment that changed my life was when I started enacting the slaying of the demon. I felt the anger course through me, while moving towards Swami. When I came very close to Swami and looked straight into His eyes, I felt as if time stopped. At that particular moment, I felt all that anger decimate instantly and was replaced with overwhelming love and positivity. Words cannot describe that sudden exchange.
That experience, given by the ever merciful Lord, was the answer to my question that I had as a child. I could now understand what Swami meant by the “love of a thousand mothers”. After this experience, every time I feel that I am deviating from Swami’s teachings or face any sort of negativity, I try to recall this moment, which reminds me to always choose love. Only such a loving Divine Mother could orchestrate this moment in such a precise manner that would quench my curiosity as a child. I cannot express my gratitude in words for my Beloved Sai Maa (Mother) who bestowed me with this blissful experience forever etched in my memory (Ramya, USA).
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Through a series of beautiful events, Swami provided me with the opportunity to perform Bharatanatyam (an Indian classical dance form) in His Divine presence in 2009. I had to enact Lord Narasimha, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu, slaying the demon Hiranyakashipu. The Lord was so enraged that no one (not even Sage Narada) except Prahlada could calm Him down. However, I did not anticipate that I would have to depict Lord Narasimha in the dance, in His most enraged state to His most loving form.
The day of the performance was filled with many unforgettable and priceless moments. But the moment that changed my life was when I started enacting the slaying of the demon. I felt the anger course through me, while moving towards Swami. When I came very close to Swami and looked straight into His eyes, I felt as if time stopped. At that particular moment, I felt all that anger decimate instantly and was replaced with overwhelming love and positivity. Words cannot describe that sudden exchange.
That experience, given by the ever merciful Lord, was the answer to my question that I had as a child. I could now understand what Swami meant by the “love of a thousand mothers”. After this experience, every time I feel that I am deviating from Swami’s teachings or face any sort of negativity, I try to recall this moment, which reminds me to always choose love. Only such a loving Divine Mother could orchestrate this moment in such a precise manner that would quench my curiosity as a child. I cannot express my gratitude in words for my Beloved Sai Maa (Mother) who bestowed me with this blissful experience forever etched in my memory (Ramya, USA).
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