excerpts from shri anil kumar's satsang

[Guest guest]

25TH OF JANUARY, 2003

provided they come for Me

Now, let me take you back to the 25th of January 2003. (We are going backwards,

you know.) One very big man, a chairman – rather, a president of an

international club - came to see Swami. Swami made him sit and wait, as is

usual with Him. (Laughter)

 I said,  “Swami, I came to know some international chairman (or president) is here.”

He said, “What if? Everyone must wait for Me.”

“OK, Swami. Then is there no hope of meeting You immediately? No chance?”

Baba said, “People come to Me for various reasons - for their business

prospects, for their family problems, to have their desires fulfilled. But

those who have come to Me for Me, I’ll certainly meet them immediately after

their arrival here. I’ll certainly grant them an interview, provided they have

come for Me. But many people don’t come for that. They come to fulfil their own

personal desires or personal comforts.” That’s what Bhagavan said.

 

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24TH OF JANUARY 2003

Personality is very important

Now we come to an episode from the 24th of January 2003. Swami started speaking about many aspects.

He said, “Personality is very important. Personality is very important.”

I said, “Swami, personality? I have quite a good personality (in local usage,

‘personality’ means ‘physique’).” (Laughter)

Then He said, “It is not this personality - not physical personality. Behaviour,

manners, courtesy, etiquette, discipline - altogether they constitute what you

call personality. This (character) personality is very important.”

It is in this context He said, “Who is a boy? The one with ‘boyish’ behaviour is

a boy. Who is a man? The one with ‘manners’ is a man.” That’s the definition He

has given. 

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Ramesh and Suresh could not bear separation

And Swami also talked about attachment. Attachment to Bhagavan should be so

intense and intimate, like that of two of His previous classmates, Ramesh and

Suresh. They could not bear separation from Swami, so they took another birth

as Jack and Jill (Swami’s two pet dogs), who stayed with Him.

And now, let me not mention their names, but they have taken this birth as two

sisters. It may be out of place if I mention their names, as they belong to a

royal family,  the two sisters. So, Ramesh and Suresh, who were born as Jack

and Jill, are now born as sisters. Their husbands are Bhagavan’s devotees, and

one gentleman is already here. Please don’t tempt me to mention their names.

(Laughter)