Taken from the Talks given by Prof.Anil Kumar - www.saiwisdom.com
September 21st '2002
The Secret of a Long life
Swami asked somebody, "Do you know how to live a long life? Do you know the secret of a long life?"
"Swami, I don't know."
"It's very easy."
"What is it, Swami?"
"Only two things are needed."
"What are they?"
Bhagawan said, "One is sacrifice and the other is love or prema. Sacrifice and love will give you long life. Thyaga or sacrifice is the medicine, while love is the diet. If we take the medicine without following the diet, the disease will never be cured. If we follow the diet without taking the medicine, we are nearer to the grave. Unless we have the diet and the medicine together, the disease cannot be cured. So the medicine of sacrifice and the diet of love — both are necessary to live a long life." That's what Baba said.
Swami gave an example from the United States — Rockefeller. Today, in the United States there is the Rockefeller Foundation. This charity is working all over the United States. How did this come about? Rockefeller was fabulously rich -- very, very rich. He had no time to think of anything other than making money. He reached the stage where he forgot the amount of money he had because he was so busy.
But Rockefeller fell sick at the age of about 48. And the doctors said, "Look here, you are not going to survive for more than eight or ten months. You are not going to live much longer."
Who said this? His doctors in the United States spoke this. Doctors in the U.S. are very, very responsible, to the best of my knowledge, because they will be sued in the courts of law if anything goes wrong. Then they would have to pay money throughout their lifetime, oh yes -- so they have to be very responsible.
So those doctors said, "You won't live very long."
So Rockefeller started distributing his money to everybody — educational institutions, medical institutions and many others all over the United States, with the result that he lived for almost 90 years. A person, who should have left this planet earth 40 years earlier, got an extension of his life. How is that possible? Because of his sacrifice.
What is required today is for our hearts, which are hard like stone, to melt. Even stones wither and become ordinary sand with continuous exposure to rain and heat. Similarly, our hearts of stone should melt, seeing people's misery, so we will be prepared to sacrifice.
The Compassion of Bhagawan
Bhagavan's compassion is so deep that sometimes He goes out of His way to bless people. He forgets His position and He comes down to bless His devotees to any extent.
Bhagavan said that He would see an old lady while He was in Bombay. This happened some time ago. Bhagavan went all the way to see this old woman who was seriously ill at the time. Even though she was lying in her bed, Bhagavan went out of His way to bless her. To help her take padanamaskar, you won't believe what He did. He got a footstool from the drawing room and put His feet on it so she could take padanamaskar. He placed both of His feet on the footstool so that she would be able to touch His feet while she was still lying on the bed. That is the compassion of Bhagavan.
Thereafter, she began to recover and she got well. After some time, she came to Prashanti Nilayam with her three-year-old grandson. Bhagavan blessed the grandchild and the grandma. The student who was telling this story said: "I am the same one who was blessed by Bhagavan at the age of three, who was carried by my grandmother." Then he went on telling more about his grandmother's miracle.
Sometime later, his grandmother fell sick once again when she was in Bangalore. The doctors said she must be operated upon.
She refused, "No, you can't do it. "
The doctors said, "Why not? You need this emergency operation."
She said, "Until Bhagavan says it's alright, I am not going to be operated upon, okay?"
"How do you plan to contact Swami? You are bedridden. You are here in Bangalore. How will you do it?"
"No, nothing doing. Contact Bhagavan on the phone."
Immediately the boy called Bhagavan on the phone and got a reply. It was Bhagavan's voice saying, "Don't worry. Why fear when I am here? Ask your grandmother to have the operation. I will take care of her. But give the receiver to her now. I want to talk to her."
When the phone receiver was given to his grandmother, what happened? Vibhuthi started coming out of it!
Bhagawan never speaks to anybody on the phone. There was no phone connection physically. How could that old lady's grandson speak to Him on the phone? He is Divine. Without having to go anywhere, without having to move to the other room to speak on the phone, His Will, His thought, His grace must have done it. He called there in the form of sound, in the form of conversation that could be heard.
Bhagavan's miracles are meant not merely for amusement or entertainment, but for enlightenment. Sai miracles are for enlightenment.
Swami, the Divine Master of the Universe
This happened during one of Bhagawan's Visits to Bombay. Large and Massive crowds came to have His Divine darshan and to listen to His discourses everyday.
One evening, the whole Dharmakshetra was full of devotees all round -- a sea of humanity, vast humanity – all heads, that's all! Not even an inch of space to move. All heads looked up. It was very cloudy as it is now, with just a slight drizzle. Bhagavan's discourse was still planned. The convenor and the office bearers of the Sathya Sai Organization of Dharmakshetra started shivering in their shoes. What will happen to the public? What will happen to the ladies who came with their children? How can we still have Bhagavan's discourse?
Then one gentleman said slowly, "Swami, why can't we have your discourse now instead of at five o'clock? Let us have it at four."
Bhagavan said, "Since the announcement has already been made, nothing doing. You keep quiet."
So this man had no choice. He returned. Then what happened? Swami opened His windows, looked at the sky full of dark clouds and lightening. It could shower anytime.
And Bhagavan said, "That's all."
He waved His hand like this. Believe it or not, within ten minutes it was clear. Everything - the whole sky was clear without any clouds. And Bhagavan's discourse went on as scheduled, uninterrupted, without any disturbance. This miracle shows that Bhagavan is the Master of the whole universe. He is the Master of the five elements. He can control anything.
Om Sai Ram
--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "premasai.gurukulam" group.
To post to this group, send email to premasai_gurukulam@googlegroups.com
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to premasai_gurukulam+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com
For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/premasai_gurukulam?hl=en-GB
-~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
No comments:
Post a Comment