78th Birthday Message from Regional Coordinator Sathya Sai Org. Australia

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78th Birthday Message from Regional Coordinator

Sathya Sai Organisation Australia & Papua New Guinea

 

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Message from the Regional Central Coordinator,

Sathya Sai Organisation Australia & Papua New Guinea

 

Understanding Sai Philosophy and putting into practice Sai teachings

is the mission of Sai participants. The seventy eighth (78th)

birthday celebrations of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba is a time for

reflection. There is only one religion in the world (not many). That

is the "religion of love". How true. Differences among religions are

narrowing and are fast becoming negligible. As we proceed, we note

that there is much to learn and more to unlearn. "Transformation" in

thinking and in ones life style is an important objective of the Sai

mission.

 

Achievement of this objective leads to "perfection and humaneness".

This is achievable by self-knowledge, self-discovery and self-

fulfilment. Sai devotees' greatness lies in what they are and not

what they have done. Sai mission is an "individual" mission.

The "one size fit all" approach will not work in individuals, in Sai

centres/ devotional groups or even in the different Sai

organisations in the world owing to the constraints imposed by

society/ culture/ government.

 

One of the many aspects of human frailty pointed out by Swami reads

as follows: -

 

"Diseases which torment man are many in number. Of these hatred,

envy and egoism are the worst. Even the doctors cannot cure them,

for even they suffer from these afflictions! Anger is another enemy

of health. It injects poison into the bloodstream."

 

Australia's success story in the Sai mission is due to putting into

practice, as far as it is practicable, Sai's wisdom and assisting to

minimise frailties of Sai participants. There are unquantifiable

aspects. "Creativity" is the Australian Sai Organisation's drive.

Sai participants are unleashed and not controlled or managed. We

harness creative energy. We decentralise decision-making. Sai

participants are given the freedom to provide inputs to make our

organisation unique in all aspects.

 

sgd. T. Sri Ramanathan

Regional Central Coordinator

Sathya Sai Organisation

Australia & Papua New Guinea

43/84, St. Georges Crescent

Drummoyne NSW 2047

5 November 2003

 

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Source: http://www.saiaustralia.org.au/release/165.html

Sai Australia web site: http://www.saiaustralia.org.au/