SWAMI’S DECLARATIONS ON HIMSELF: Part-1

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SWAMI’S DECLARATIONS ON HIMSELF: Part-1

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SWAMI’S DECLARATIONS ON HIMSELF:

Part - 1.

Extracts from Sai Vaani

 

(Poem) Sathyam is My Prachar (Truth is what I preach)

Dharma is My Adhar (Righteousness is My basis)

Shanthi is My Swabhav (Peace is My Nature)

Prema is My Swarup (Love is My form)

Follow any one of the four

You are Mine, I am yours.

(Poem) When we delight, as He keeps us close and near,

He sows anxiety in the heart, of separation a sad,

When we despair and feel His sport is our wail

He grants us in plenty laughter to split our sides.

When we ride on the crest of the wave of His presence

He pricks our pride with well-timed jeers.

When we roam quite free at the boon, "Don’t fear"

He heaps trouble on trouble and silently passes by.

We cannot turn away nor proceed forward!

Thus He in Parthi holds the earth in thrill!

(Poem): The one who has come to teach

The one who churns butter,

The hearts and minds of men,

The friend, the Charmer

The Liberator from binding bondage

The Comforter of those who clamor and pray,

The destroyer of currents that drag,

The Consoler of torn hearts,

Like the moon so cool,

The destroyer of [ride,

The Healer, curing birth and death,

The Lotus eyed, the negator of time,

Himself the process and the play of Time,

The Thief who steals for Himself

The pure minds of the good,

Beauty embodied, the child of Devaki,

Vaasudeva, Son of Vasudeva,

The Glory of the Yadu race,

Is here with you, beside you!!

(Poem) The eternal, with neither entrance or exit

The one who neither was, nor is, nor will be.

The immortal person, free from birth and death,

The ever-effulgent Atman is Sai

Sai is the ever-effulgent Atman.

You are singing with Me, conversing with Me, and filling your eyes, ears and

hearts with My utterances and activities. This is not a mere physical form

composed of the five elements, nor is this day My birthday though you may call

it thus. This body might have a birthday, but I have no birth. You say I am

fifty-four year old, but I have no age that can be counted.

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When I am in the midst of men, I a Man. When I am amidst women, I am Woman. When

I am amidst of children, I am a Child. When I am alone, I am Brahmam. Not only

I, even you, when you are midst of ten elderly men, you behave as an elder.

When you are midst of ten women, you exhibit femininity. When you are amongst

children, even if you are a Supreme Court Judge, you behave a like a child.

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I have come to reform you. I won’t leave you until I do that. Even if you get

away before I do that, don’t think that you can escape Me. I will hold on to

you. I am not worried if you leave Me, for I am not anxious that there should

be a huge crowd gathering here around Me. Who has sent invitations to you? Yet,

you have come here in thousands. You attach yourselves to Me. I am unattached. I

am attached only to the task for which I have come.

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The purpose for which I have come is not to fulfill small desires or attend to

the small incidents like what you have now heard about. There are greater

Truths that I have to establish. There is a considerable change in human

outlook that I have to bring about. No one can stop Me or deter Me, from

fulfilling tasks for which I have come, namely the establishment of the

unchanging Truth.

You have a part to play in the fulfillment of the Sai Mission that remains ahead

of us. Establishment of Dharma is the task to which we have to attend

immediately and I hope that you will all play your part, however small it may

be in completing the Sai work. Everything depends on Truth and such Truth is

not something that has to yield (something) to anyone. Untruth has to

sub-ordinate itself to almost everyone with whom it comes into contact. Truth

will never sub-ordinate itself to anyone. This form is the form of Sathya Sai

or the embodiment of Truth.

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Unless the child starts wailing, the mother will not feed it. But this Mother is

different. She knows that the child must be fed, and also when it is to be fed.

The advent itself was according to My Sankalpa. Every step in this Avatar is

due to My own Sankalpa, not due to the prayer or petition of devotees. The

devotees seldom know what is good for them. You are listening to Me, and what

do you get when you listen? You agree that I am giving you Anandam, is it not?

Well, what do you give Me in return? Give Me Aacharana of what I am telling

you. Practice what I teach, that is enough, that is all I ask.

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Avatars choose the time and the mode of announcement of their Advent and their

glory. Even in this Avatar, such miracles had to e done when I decided that the

time was opportune for taking the people into My secret.

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You should offer your knowledge for the benefit of the people. You should set an

example to your fellowmen. Cultivate the spirit of oneness to all mankind. It is

to teach this message that the Sai advent has taken place. Sai has come to

indicate the omnipresence of God. The Avatar has come down to declare that God

is present everywhere. This is as necessary as the as the need for someone to

light a lamp, even if one has a lamp holder, oil and wick. The Avatar comes not

only to proclaim the eternal virtues, but also to shower His love on mankind.

But, each one will get the benefit according to the size of the vessel he

holds.

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Some of you may imagine that it a source of joy for the Lord to take a human

form. If you are in this state, you will not feel so. I am always aware of the

future, the past as well as the present of every one of you.

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I may recall a poem I wrote at the age of seven. It was as follows:

To see your face in a mirror do you need anybody’s help?

Why do you need anyone’s friendship for this purpose?

To view the moon in the sky do you need a lamp?

To look at the moon shining in the sky do you require any other source of light?

To know your own Atma why do you need a Guru?

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There are many who do not understand the Sai principle. Who is this Sai? Why are

certain things happening in this manner? These questions are asked. I am not a

Sanyasi. I am not a Yogi. I am not a Bhogi (Pleasure seeker).. I am not a

Thyagi (renunciant). "I am I". This "I" is the first name given to Atma. A

Sanyasi is bound by certain restrictions. The Bhogi is bound in many other

ways. I have no restrictions. I am limitless. Mine is boundless bliss. My name

is "I". It is not a name given after one’s birth. To understand Me, everyone

has to realize that the "I" is present in everyone, the "I" used by everyone in

every context, whether he is a millionaire or a pauper; this "I" is Brahman.

Everyone uses the "I" from dawn to dusk without understanding its meaning.

 

TO BE CONTINUED…..

 

 

 

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