Are We Ready?
- Published on 22 January 2015
Sreejith Narayan
Sairam dear ones,
I am writing this in the wake of emails and messages floating around with unnecessary speculations concerning the identities of the Divine Duo mentioned in some of the recent dream experiences. I feel we must stop all these unfounded arguments in the lines of "it might be this person or that". To be honest, my focus is solely on Swami and the Reappearance. For me, He is all names and forms. At the same time I do understand (and as indicated in the recent dream experiences) that there are Divine beings who have incarnated on this earth at this time in order to be with the Avatar and to be part of His Mission. In the future when Swami Himself reveals their identities, we will all be happy to know (as when He had revealed Swami Vivekananda's reincarnation as Nalin Sedera). Until then let us not allow our focus to drift.
The real question that we need to pose ourselves now is whether we want to be part of His unfolding Mission or not. If we really do aspire to, then there is no other choice than to concentrate on our own spiritual growth (True Truth Aspirants, remember?). Swami will never go back on His Words. Whatever has to happen in the Divine Drama has been already scripted long long time ago. That is not going to change. It is only an illusion that He "changed His plan" and left early. Once during my meditation I was told "change of plan is also part of the plan". Which would mean that His leaving "early" too must have been decided eons ago. So is His Reappearance, for that matter.
We are all eager to witness the fulfillment of Swami's words regarding the future. However, of what avail is it if we ignore His words on spiritual transformation? Believing in Swami's Return is not an ordinary thing. It takes extraordinary faith for that. Having such a great asset in our hands, we have to channel that faith into an inspiration to do more Sadhana and grow spiritually. Otherwise we will be left only to watch His Reappearance and His next Mission unfolding, from the sidelines. The time is running out. Such an opportunity will never be upon this humanity again. If Swami asks "You were given so many indications of My Return. How did you make use of those?", what would be our answer?
Dear fellow Truth Aspirants, let each one of us work hard on ourselves so we may place the perfect answer at His Divine Lotus Feet: "Dearest Lord, we are prepared and we are ready"!
Comments
If Swami said the greater things than lifting of Govardhan is going to happen, It just has to happen and there is no other way about it.
Thank you for the timely reminder to intensify our individual sadhana rather than make this entire 'waiting for Swami's Reappearance" into a game of speculation and unnecessary and excessive interactions (Which Swami doesn't like, we already know). I also see a tendency, sometimes, to focus on the messenger, rather than the message (of dreams/visions, etc.). While Swami's grace is giving us these messages through others' dreams/visions, these are only side-stories. Using an analogy that Mr. Popat used in one of his talks: when Swami gives prasadam in Kulwant Hall, we just accept it and eat it. Do we analyze what is in it, what are the ingredients, which seva dal member handed it to us, how many calories does it have? No...we just eat it as Swami's prasadam. Let's do the same here - accept the prasadam, don't analyze what, where, WHO and why of it.
Let us FOCUS intensely on our prayers and one-on-one connection with Him and await Him with prayer, peace, joy and CALMNESS and EQUANIMITY. Thank you, as always, for showing the straight path when tempted to veer off into sub plots and stories.
lrao
Sairam
Thank you for being Swami's Faithful and True instrument for hosting STKC Website and Facebook page.
Your steady faith sooths my turbulent mind.
Om Jai Sai Ram
Love n' Light...
You have just given the need of the hour ! so true ! lets concentrate on the message, work on it and make swami happy. thank you again Jai Sai Ram !
My mornings now are filled with Joy and excitement for these extraordinary times we are all living! If I try to remember the last time I felt this way it was probably when I was 5 yrs old, in Christmas Eve, waiting for Baby Jesus to come. This is a magical time and also a time of preparation, I'm having the same feeling as you, that there is not too much time.
In our joy and excitement we may drift and lose perspective of what has to be done in preparation for what comes next. Your message is as usual filled with wisdom and viveka.
Love
Ana
"The One does not, of its own Free Will, desire to become many. It has no desire. It has no likes and dislikes. It is immanent and transcendent. It is all this and more. What then is the reason for this manifold appearance? The reason lies in the mind of bhaktha (devotee). You declare. "Baaba appeared before me in this Form; I saw Baaba in this Form." But, what happens is you desire that vision. I do not change into that Form."
"...one has to seek God just as one seeks food. Both are necessary for happiness, man seeks happiness, for he is originally and truly free; he is immortal and so he seeks to overcome death."
Prashaanthi Nilayam, March 1963
www.sssbpt.info/ssspeaks/volume03/sss03-08.pdf
Anita
SAI RAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SREEJITH, DO YOU SEE HOW MUCH SAI LOVE WE HAVE FOR YOU AND WHOLE STKC TEAM, AND WORLD-WIDE SAI FAMILY!!!!!!!!!!!!?????????
OM JAI JAI JAI SAI RAM.
GOLDEN AGE MOST CERTAINLY HAS BEGUN!!!!!!!
I FEEL THE JOY OF SAI IN EVERY MOMENT OF DAY AND NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!
WOW. THE "SAI-PLANE" HAS MOST CERTAINLY "LIFTED OFF" GROUND.
"Sai-Plane" is steadily increasing altitude!!!!!!!!!!
"Public Darshan will come soon!!!!!!!!! As directed by the "Physically Descended SATHYA SAI BABA, HIMSELF!!!!!!"
OM JAI SAI RAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
One may be a master of all the Scriptures
And competent to teach the Vedanta
One may be a great ruler
Living in a many- splendoured mansion,
One may be a valiant hero
Who had vanquished his enemies,
Or may be a pitiable
Victim of poverty and privation
If he has no devotion in him
His life is devoid of meaning
A servant who is filled with love of God
Is more to be adored than the overlord of the world.
I have heard from at least three different sources, quoting different Masters, about the 'preparation' being done to raise 1,25,000 "Masterly' Beings for the above-mentioned rejuvenation task of Almighty. The most profound source is the Alimighty wordings of Lord SriPada SriVallabha, the first 'YOGIC' Incarnation of Lord Dattatreya... Who walked the earth of Andhra Pradesh just 700 years ago... Great Beings, are there in the form of Avadhootas, Rishis, Saints and Sages, Masters and even possibly in the disguise of Iconic Leaders... and also possibly in our midst as 'unsung heroes'... This world is being balanced only with His Blessings, radiating through these 'unknown' beings... Our Lord Is The CEO and these Masters are working at His explicit command... Rightly, at a human level one should understand, He Is Loka Natha... and the rest all are Vyakthi Nathas... Jagat Guru vs. Individual Guru... this is how Bhagawan Himself explained about His Role, when a prominent devotee raised the topic, comparing Him with an Indian Spiritual Master...
Also, SriPada SriVallabha had mentioned about "Golden Pithikapuram", a different higher level 'conscious' plane, apart from His Earthly Abode... similarly, who on Earth knows about "Golden Prasanthi Nilayam", which is verily existing, unknown to 'our' worldly myopic eyes????????
As Vivekananda often said, Arise, Awake and Stop Not.. this is the only way… Lord Krishna would easily slip out of the tender clutches of the Gopikas... He was (is) skilful is 'deluding and eluding'.... and when Krishna Himself Is here as Sathya Sai… much more vigilant one need to be, as times have changed…
His script was written at the Beginningless Beginning... when at different conscious levels, drama happens, the drama drama within drama within drama within drama... where He, our attributeless Lord dons all attributes for the earthly, He becomes most ‘unattainable’ for the Anatmas… Atma covered with darkeness of ignorance.
SHEER FOCUS WILL BRING SURE RESULT... again we may ask... ARE WE READY???
LOVE N' LIGHT...
Very true. As you said, we have to channel our faith into'' an inspiration to do more sadhana and grow spiritually.''
These are not ordinary times..they require something extraordinary from us. We have to keep praying to Swami to grant us the grace to be equal to the moment.....
Sairam, with love,
Para...18
Para...18
In this context, I found the following article in TPR very timely and useful:
theprasanthireporter.org/2015/01/who-is-a-sai-bhakta/
2. In terms of people's desire to see Swami in physical form, why not we, in the meantime, ourselves become the physical form of BABA by doing his work and transforming ourselves.