"Thursday Divine Darshan" Short darshan Video Clip every Thursday
Darshan - 02 <https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/10533833_10204133368595373_8165559456180991442_n.jpg?oh=830a6ce4cb76bb295e97a53108cc6306&oe=5446447A&__gda__=1413692677_67223d9fe376141251a8e6a01cdf63d1> When the compassionate Lord chose to move amidst us... even as He glided past us and before us, He silently slipped into our hearts too! The eyes that were intoxicated with the beauty of His Darshan and never satiated, unknowingly then, turned within in search of that divine glimpse. Isn't that how He purified us, isn't that how He made us seekers? That was the magic of our Sai's Darshan! Looking at Swami we wondered, was He more gracious or more graceful... nay He is verily grace itself - when He walks, when He talks, when He scolds, or when he gathers His robe's folds, when he smiles and beckons or in disappointment frowns... Seeing His grace our hearts gaped, 'How could one be so very graceful?' He could be, because He was as gracious as He was graceful, and to shower His grace was the very purpose of His presence. Darshan was that special moment when He allowed us to witness His gracefulness and graciousness. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDbkZN_zivw&feature=player_embedded> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDbkZN_zivw&feature=player_embedded Courtesy: Sai Love Team Sri Sathya Sai Higher Secondary School, Prasanthi Nilayam -TOP TEN schools achieving an average of 90.12% <https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/t1.0-9/10551021_688216017934206_5737776385354197977_n.jpg> It is heartening that the Government of India is now recognising some of the achievements of Sathya Sai school. Some good news to share: 1. The Sri Sathya Sai Higher Secondary School, Prasanthi Nilayam is the one and only school in the entire state of Andhra Pradesh to be listed in the TOP TEN schools achieving an average of 90.012% out of a total of 5347 schools all over the country, as per CBSE Class XII results 2013-14. Our school stands 8th at All India level. 2. A total of 14 students are going to receive a scholarship of Rs. 80,000/- per year for the next 5 years from the Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India. We are proud to announce that these 14 students from Sri Sathya Sai Higher Secondary School, belong to the top 1% of the entire student community of the country as per the recent results. 3. A total of 25 teachers from Sri Sathya Sai Higher Secondary School, Prasanthi Nilayam received “Personalized Certificates of Appreciation” from Smt.Smriti Irani, Minister, Human Resource Development, Government of India, for their excellence in Service. As a sample the letter received by Mr. B. Surendranath is enclosed herewith. Please do share this with everyone! Learn to see the Unseen Force that is driving this body itself.” <https://scontent-b-sin.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t1.0-9/10534530_688159874606487_713702832525332508_n.jpg> Once in an interview given to a student, everything happened the same way, except for one. After closing the door behind, instead of asking 'emi samacharam (what’s the news?), Swami thundered: “How long will you go behind this body of Mine?... How long will you cage Me in this physical body? Learn to see the Unseen Force that is driving this body itself.” The student who was by now stunned and surprised by Bhagawan’s words, who lived all this while out of pure love and devotion for His physical Form pleaded with Bhagawan, saying “Swami, but I don’t know how to connect to that Unseen, I know only You in this beautiful physical Form. Please tell me the secret of connecting to you through the unmanifest, the unseen, the eternal.” Bhagawan said, “All My life I have been telling you only this and you still ask Me this question again?” Swami then continued: “The only way, the simplest way, the most beautiful way for a devotee to connect to this Unseen Power, the Eternal Power of Divinity, is Love.” >From the transcript of the talk delivered by Sri Sai Giridhar in Sai Kulwant >Hall, Prasanthi Nilayam on the evening of April 25, 2012. The complete transcript of the talk can be read at : <http://media.radiosai.org/journals/vol_10/01MAY12/03_Giridhar.htm> http://media.radiosai.org/journals/vol_10/01MAY12/03_Giridhar.htm What is the best way to escape from the cycle of birth and death? Bhagawan lovingly explains to us today. Today’s Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam, Thursday, July 17, 2014 <https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/t1.0-9/10448202_688046707951137_6274712724911508986_n.jpg> Just as all rivers merge in the ocean, all branches of education end in spiritual education. You must experience that kind of totality and merge with Divinity. Traditions and truths are being separated into various groups and the vicious syndrome of dislike for one person towards the... other has come into existence. However, not just in the past, even in the present, there are quite a few people who conduct themselves as per the traditional rules and guidelines with purity to attain the ultimate goal in life. The means to liberation, in Krita Yuga was Meditation (Dhyanam), in Tretha Yuga was performing ritualistic worship (Yagna), in Dwapara Yuga it was worship (Archana), and in the present Kali Yuga, it is chanting the Name of the Lord (Namasmarana). Any or all of these methods, when followed with utmost sincerity and devotion, will help one achieve the ultimate goal of life which is Liberation (Moksha). -My Dear Students, Vol 5, Ch 1, Dec 25, 1980. Without surrender, there can be no liberation. So long as you cling to the “I”, the four prison walls will close in on you. Cross out the “I” and you are free. – BABA. Get 'Thought for the day' in your email every day. 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With the Grace and Blessings of our Lord, Team Radio Sai is informing you that Every Thursday, the members of the Radio Sai Team host some Special Segments Live from Radiosai Studio, Prasanthi Nilayam, throughout the day. Here is the complete schedule for tomorrow's Thursday Live programme – July 17, 2014 <http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.radiosai.org%2Fjournals%2Fvol_12%2F01JUL14%2F17_07_2014_schedule.htm&h=eAQFbrf0c&enc=AZP2XgSIY5vAOPW6C6pFlDDLAqyiia5D_v_BwfKudb3_OschupWGoGJGr9OQfBSXuHzOdimXl2MaVqeNlvY_c_9dG4ba8z4JRpJCuWsGisBf1P9Px4uyAnwCPwGwYtghVpLcRWb5i-bfxahMiJ4Oh_IG&s=1> http://media.radiosai.org/journals/vol_12/01JUL14/17_07_2014_schedule.htm Here is the link to Tune in and Listen to the Live Programmes. <http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.radiosai.org%2Fwww%2Fasia.html&h=pAQFGJPIF&enc=AZOoaMqMEee-5nru1l4vYmLnySq_ongfyFOxAsIhwyUH3x20AacQfluLSx6IWMiZz1eFTXJIx7bG3i0_TT83M5q5owHz_QD-YLmjI091fpFt_mgstdO0jWNKfEA36M7DCcFVcRbtUMlDMl5gsKwaFZUg&s=1> http://media.radiosai.org/www/asia.html. Every Thursday from 6:30 AM to 9.45 PM you will have a member of the Radio Sai Team hosting the programme Live from Prasanthi Nilayam on Asia Stream. This live hosting of our Thursday programmes is our offering to our Dearest Lord Sai for giving us this opportunity to connect the world to Prasanthi Nilayam, which is truly the spiritual capital of the universe. Radio Sai will provide these various segments as downloadable files soon for those who could not listen Live and for those who wish to listen the programmes again. Given below the link to Thursday Live Archives to download the Programmes <http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.radiosai.org%2Fjournals%2FArchives%2Fthursday_live_archive.htm&h=5AQEsZKg3&enc=AZPYpsSshEdyJDvYR102myGtikasobjVC3gGKo65BO0vg-KCGwITbhXuzbZzq-rl6VJdQ0HAEUDPONoSEKFrW8TulRqz5hOfVenUiAhXgIb2-q8zs4c2yQ7FhDC1aUDaGacyVw-CKWcNcvDID1VNxsem&s=1> http://media.radiosai.org/journals/Archives/thursday_live_archive.htm Also do send us your feedback after listening to these programs by writing to [email protected]. We are eager to know what you feel about this initiative of ours. Radiosai Facebook Team. <http://aravindb1982.blogspot.in/> Sai Student: Experiences and Musings Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba has been extremely kind and loving in giving me the chance of being a student in His Institute (and hopefully for life too). I would like to share personal experiences with Swami and thoughts that He has inspired via many episodes through this blog. Thursday, 17 July 2014 Illusion or Maya - Is this true or is that true? <http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YqzwREFpcX8/U8dBf-UMbvI/AAAAAAAACfQ/g7k3QlWAcno/s1600/True+and+not+true.jpg> The Janaka story There is a famous story of the wise king Janaka which is simply the perfect recipe to understand the illusory nature of the world. In the Sanathana Dharma (the Eternal Way of Life - which has been carelessly translated as ‘Hinduism’), there is a special term to denote this illusory and temporary nature of the world - Maya. The impact of Maya is tremendous; in fact it is the cause for everything that we see, hear and feel in the physical world. To understand what is Maya better, I would direct the reader to the introductory paragraph in <http://aravindb1982.blogspot.in/2014/06/being-of-squirrel-service-to-lord-arun-kharidehal.html> the story of the squirrel helping Lord Rama and to <http://aravindb1982.blogspot.in/2013/07/platform-heroes-and-practical-zeroes-sathya-sai-baba-sai-student.html> that occasion when Maya made me negate my own Master (Guru), Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba. The story of Janaka is yet another lovely illustration. One fine day, as Emperor Janaka sat on the throne in his palace, enjoying a dance by a bevy of beautiful damsels, he dozed off! Seeing this, the courtiers and dancers wondered what they should do. Lacking the temerity to wake him up or disturb him, they all slowly slipped away to their respective rooms, leaving the king alone in the massive hall. In the meanwhile, the emperor had a dream. He dreamt that rival kings had joined forces and invaded his dominion and captured his capital and that, to save himself from them he ran into a forest. Fleeing from his foes, he had no food for days together. He was too exhausted to move. But, hunger dragged him on. When he came to the outskirts of a tribal village, he saw a man washing his plate after taking food; he shouted to him asking for a few particles. The man gave him a small morsel, but, as bad luck would have it, a crow flew in at that moment and snatched it away! In that pathetic plight, he began to scream in agony. And suddenly, he woke up! Even as he opened his eyes, he saw that he was surrounded by his queen, his maids and personal attendants. They were awaiting his slightest indication so that they could rush to serve him. He saw large trays and bowls of the choicest fruits. His cook too was in a corner, and he would surely whip up mouth-watering delicacies at the slightest wish of the emperor. But Janaka was in a daze. He looked at his queen and asked, “Is this real or is that real?” Since the question was with reference to his dream, the queen did not understand what he was saying. “Beg your pardon my Lord...” “Is this real or is that real?” “I do not understand.... Can I help you in some way? You appear flustered...” “Is this real or is that real?” And the emperor’s questioning continued. He spoke nothing else; did nothing else. It became evident that his thoughts were pervaded by nothing else except the unfathomable question, “Is this real or is that real?” At a loss of ideas of what had to be done, the queen summoned the wise sage, Vasishta. She intuitively knew that her husband was suffering not from any physical or mental ailment but a spiritual doubt. A spiritual doubt can be answered by a Guru and Guru alone. Sage Vasishta approaches the emperor with a smile and, immediately, Janaka asks him, “Is this real or is that real?” The sage answers him in a sentence. In a flash of illumination, Janaka discovers the Truth. He grasps the reality and is at peace. What is it that the sage tells him? The answer gains significance only when one pines for it. It makes greater meaning when one receives it after actively seeking it. So, it only makes sense that I reveal what the sage said only at the very end. Before that, here are a few insights and questions about illusions that we see and experience almost daily in our life. I shall stick only to optical illusions here because the popular phrase goes - “Seeing is believing”. How much can we really believe what we see? The relativity of everything Everything that we see in the world is relative. When we think of something as made up of ‘warm’ colors, it is in relation to some ‘cold’ colors. If we conclude that something is ‘moving’, it is only with respect to something that is ‘stationary’. There is nothing ‘absolute’ about things in the world. Here is a small example. Take a look at the photo of a baby. You can clearly see a vertical partition wherein the left half of the image is ‘cold’ or ‘bluish’ while the right half is ‘warm’ or ‘yellowish’. <http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nd0vjXV-_0U/U8c7s5R9QvI/AAAAAAAACek/0YT1o4OOIxw/s1600/5.1.vdb_chroma_adapt.jpg> Now, here is a cool way to correct the above image. Just stare hard at the ‘+’ sign in the center of the image below for about 20 seconds. Then, look up to the baby’s image. Viola! All corrections have taken place! <http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-InxqN9Orc_w/U8c7q1BattI/AAAAAAAACec/O1TyEvA11NA/s1600/5.1.2_vdb_chroma_adapt.jpg> Our perception of color depends on other colors surrounding it as well. It also depends on the colors we see before seeing the object. Could it be possible that our happiness or sadness in the world too depends on the emotions surrounding it and the emotions we are subject to before that? Then what is true emotion? What is true happiness? Color perception itself is such an illusion. When light strikes an object, parts of its electromagnetic spectrum are absorbed and parts of it are reflected. When we see something as ‘blue’, that is because that object has absorbed all other parts of the electromagnetic spectrum except ‘blue’. Blue is being reflected and so the object appears blue. Just imagine what a falsity it is to call an object blue when, in reality, it is all other colors except blue! Makes you go blue realizing that your world is not true! This brings to mind a statement from Swami’s discourse about the reality of the world: “All that you think is true, is actually not true. All that you think is not true, is actually true.” So true right? When we see and yet do not see Have a look at the picture below. Read out aloud what is written there. <http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JimdLkHHkTA/U8c74x9EoZI/AAAAAAAACfE/zpiI8JMvkBM/s1600/Springtime+in+Paris.jpg> If you ask anybody, “How do you see?”, the answer is, “Through my eyes.” That seems so natural because the blind cannot see. But is it true that the eye sees? Swami explains in a discourse that the eyes, ears, nose, tongue and skin remain even after death. And yet, they are unable to sense because it is the ‘indweller’ that sees, hears, smells, tastes and feels - not the sense organs. That is why, though he lacked ‘vision’ in the worldly sense, the blind saint Surdas always ‘saw’ his Lord. In fact when Lord Krishna blesses him saying, “I shall grant you vision”, Surdas refuses. He says, “Lord! What use is the vision that helps me see everything but you? I am happy to remain like this. Please do not curse me with sight.” During a Trayee session, I remember Sri Ajit Popat (aka Sai Puppet) praying to Swami, “Swami, please grant me those eyes through which Arjuna could see Lord Krishna in His true form. Grant me the eyes of wisdom.” Swami smiled and promised that He would bless him at the right time. The point is that one cannot claim to see just because one has sight. The image below will make you realize it. <http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1eMHbXSNjPI/U8c73V-Nf-I/AAAAAAAACe4/9_UEKAMWbq8/s1600/Springtime+in+Paris+Part+2.jpg> Swami exhorts in His discourses, “Pashyanapi Na pashyati Mudho, Mudho Mudho.” (You see and yet do not see you fool, fool, fool!) How correct right? The importance of experience Have a look at the images of Mona Lisa, hung upside down. Can you say which is genuine and which is fake? <http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KwPUgshgTFc/U8c7yfNF5KI/AAAAAAAACes/I7SJSLNztuE/s1600/MOna+Lisa+inverted.jpg> Of course, you could spot the fake. it might have taken 5-6 seconds and, depending on how well you know her, you could spot the correct one. Now, have a look at the Mona Lisa in the normal orientation. Did you ever think that the fake was so grotesque and ugly? Even I didn’t! And that is because we are never used to judging beauty when something is ‘upside down’. One definitely needs previous experience and proper perspective to judge beauty. <http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RdpXFtfapA0/U8c733-Us6I/AAAAAAAACe8/fSWrnEQtXi4/s1600/Mona+Lisa_+straight.jpg> We think that we have achieved happiness, peace and success in the world. But how can we even know what these are unless we have truly experienced them? That is why, all our happiness lasts only for a while. Soon, we are unhappy again and we realize that what we thought of happiness previously is not actual happiness. However, once we experience real happiness, it becomes easy to judge the original from fake! And what is that real happiness? “Happiness is union with God”, Swami says. Vasishta’s answer to Janaka Having briefly ‘seen’ the illusory nature of our world, we are now in a better position to appreciate the answer of the sage to emperor Janaka. The emperor asked him, “Is this real or is that real?” The sage replied, “Neither is true. The one that witnessed them (and thus was present both in the waking and sleeping state) alone is true.” Come to think of it. We often mistake ourselves to be the body and so, feel the experiences of the body as ‘true’. But when we sleep, the body is motionless and inactive. Yet, we dream so many things. That is because the mind is active. But are we the mind? When we enjoy a deep sleep, we feel refreshed. There are no dreams, the mind is silent and we enjoy nothingness. We wake up and proclaim, “I had a good sleep.” When the body was inactive and the mind was inactive, who is the “I” who ‘enjoyed’ the sleep? <http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YfY0PpaJBXQ/U8dBnPuU0WI/AAAAAAAACfY/xzXiwqUxhYo/s1600/240204maya2009.jpg> That is a good question; the answer to which lies in understanding Maya because Maya is the modelling clay God used to create the Universe! By the way, there is a 3-D software for creating 'virtual' worlds. It is used extensively for animation. You know what is it called? Yup! Maya! Autodesk Maya to be precise. sourced: <http://aravindb1982.blogspot.in/2014/07/illusion-or-maya-is-this-true-that-true.html> http://aravindb1982.blogspot.in/2014/07/illusion-or-maya-is-this-true-that-true.html -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "saimsg" group. 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