Prof. ANIL KUMAR'S TALKS IN SINGAPORE

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Prof. ANIL KUMAR'S TALKS IN SINGAPORE

Taken from talks given by Prof Anil Kumar in Singapore (10th May - 14th May 2005)

With all the comforts and convenience of that we enjoy today, in the present

society, we do not have peace of mind. You talk to any rich man. You talk to

any man in very high position. You talk to any man in exalted high position.

He will be bearing a caster oil face as Baba puts it. Long Shakespearean face.

Why? He has no taste of happiness in life.

Love for money. Love for money is fear of death. People think that money will

save them from debt. No No No, money will hasten death. Money would rather

advance death. Money would never save us.

It is only the cheapest thing in this world which we love the maximum.

As Baba puts it, with money you may have a comfortable foam bed, but you cannot

buy sleep. People with luxurious beds will never sleep unless they (resort) to

certain other alternatives. We may have five star or seven star or superstar

hotel, you may buy luxurious food, but you cannot buy the appetite.

Impossible!!! You may have heard of very costly medicine but you cannot buy

cure

Somebody came to Swami and said, Swami I want peace of mind. Swami said, where

is peace to give you? You don't have peace. You have peace conferences.

International peace conferences. But in reality only pieces and no peace

anywhere. Only pieces note. Where is the peace of mind? Where is happiness?

Where is bliss? We don't find anywhere. God the super intelligent has got his

own technique of hiding (this most valuable of things - Peace of mind).

Basic fundamental supply is freely available to man. Most precious things in

life are totally given free of charge. Totally free. Oxygen cylinder cost about

300RPS or so even more. How much of oxygen we must have been inhaling all

through till this day. How much of money should pay towards oxygen we are

inhaling. This is Baba's words. I know not anything other then what Baba said.

Further Bhagawan also said, you pay money for a bottle of Bisleri water. How

much of money you pay for the river water? How much of money you are paying?

And you pay money for your air conditioners and fans. How much of money you pay

for the cool breeze?

For the water, which is readily available, when it passes through some tubes we

say water bill, water tax. So all that God has given free of charge, man is

able to successfully make business. That's why we lost the charm of life. We

have lost the charm of life. We have lost the beauty of life because we want

to take to life of business. But my friends, there are most precious things in

this world. Love, beauty, sacrifice, truth, peace. Most precious gems in this

world available. Alas we don't enjoy them. We don’t enjoy!!

God has hidden happiness within you. God has hidden bliss within you and we

never look within. We never look within. All our looks are outward. All our

thoughts are outward. Mind is outward. Therefore, we do not know the springs

of joy within. The spring of bliss within. We have no taste of it. Bhagawan

Sri Sathya Sai Baba has come down on earth today walking on two feet like

anyone of us to let us know, oh man peace is within you understand that. Bliss

is within you realize that.

Swami how do I know that? When it is within me why don't I know that? Baba

said, many people come to me and say I want peace. Three words, I Want Peace.

Remove I, that is ego. Remove Want, desire Peace is automatically there within

you. Peace is within you. Only thing we are suppose to do is remove I and

Want. You are the embodiment of Bliss, you are the embodiment of peace says

Bhagawan.

To tell you today my friends, most of us want to achieve something by taking to

the path of religion. Most of us want to be something different from what we

are by following the path of religion. No my friends. Christianity clearly

declares that kingdom of heaven is within you. Sanathana Dharma says Aham

Brahmasmi I am God. Tat tuamasi that thou art. You are basically divine that

we do not understand it.

The role of Sathya Sai Baba today, is not to make you any promise, is not to

entertain any hope. It's to tell you what you really are. That you are the

embodiment of peace. That you are the embodiment of bliss. You are basically

essentially divine. That's what Swami says. This kind of approach to religion

is very much needed to modern society than ever before. If we say God is

available on Saturday, I'm afraid we will all say oh God this is my weekend let

me meet you next. If I limit God to Sunday, well we may say to God, God this is

my laundry day I cannot see you.

Somebody in US asked me, last year, there in Las Angeles, when can we expect

Bhagawan in the United States of America? I told them, even if Bhagawan is

prepared to come now, you'll say not now Bhagawan, it's our weekend. We have

no time for God. And tomorrow God will say I have no time for my dear son.

Therefore my friends, the first and the foremost point, which I want to draw

your attention to, this present evening is, Bhagawan tells you your true

identity. Your true nature, your true self. The very centre of your being.

We are carried away by our circumference. We are drifted away by our periphery

but we have not tasted the glimpse of divine. Jyothi Sarma pitha jyothi samas

sat paramoshathay. That light of love, that light of sacrifice, that light of

truth is the very centre of our very being. Bhagawan wants us to think of that

centre so we, your centre and the centre of anyone, and the universal centre is

one and the same. We differ in our periphery, we differ in our parameters but

the centre continues to be the same.

We think that we can bribe God. Impossible! Impossible! We cannot do it. We want

to offer our hair to lord Venkateswara, as if he is running short of it. He is

responsible for your hair, so why does he want your hair after all? What is the

reason behind it? The reason behind it is the hair, which gives some grand look

to everybody. As we stand in front of the mirror and adjust our hair, 'Is my

hair ok? I look handsome? No we are not!

The hairs that gets to your personality, and when once it is surrendered to god,

meaning you come egoless. Offering your hair to Venkateswara means you are

reaching the state of egolessness. You are sacrificing your ego. We don't

understand it.

One gentleman came to see Baba. He came with gold pens. He wanted to present

that gold pens to Swami. He wanted Swami to distribute these gold pens to

students. That gentleman approached me and said, Sir please tell Swami, that

here are gold pens that I brought. And Swami may distribute to students. That

was the earlier period of my stay in Brindavan. I was quite fresh to the

campus. Those of us who were quite new to the campus. The earlier period was

the honeymoon period. Our lapses and mistakes are well forgiven understand. But

later on you have pay heavily later.

So I ventured and somehow went inside and said to Swami. Bhagawan, someone

brought gold pens to be given to you. Swami said you take them and keep them

with you. You have them. I don't want gold pens. Swami I too don't want it. But

that gentleman wanted me to tell you. Then Baba said "are you the post man? Are

you going to recommend cases? This is what Baba said, the bottom line.

Understand that you cannot buy me, you cannot bribe me, you cannot corrupt me.

No gold or diamond would ever make me come towards you. I want you to be the

diamond. You are the diamond but not the diamond that you carry with you!

That's what Baba said.

An old man is called for an interview. He was taken by surprise. He got into the

interview room of Swami. Swami started looking at him. I bless you. This old man

innocently said, Swami I don't deserve your blessings. I don't know why you

bless me. No no no no, you are a man of service therefore I bless you. And this

gentle man said, Swami I never served you. Then Baba said, Forty years ago when

I visited your place, you're not anywhere around. You were standing at the

gate, far away from me distributing water to everybody. Water distribution you

did. You fed thousands of people. Don't I know your love for me! You say that

you are not my devotee, but your service is the devotion towards me that's what

Baba said.

My friends! Service is the best _expression of love. Service is the right royal

role road towards Bhagawan. That is what we are supposed to do. But service

with intelligence, service with skill, service that is needed, service that is

most apt.

What we Sai devotees call Narayana Seva or feeding the poor. You cannot have

Narayana Seva in America. All are Narayanas themselves. Lakshmi Narayanas, you

don't get darithiraya Narayanas -the poor people to be fed. So Narayanas Seva,

feeding the poor doesn't arise there. And you cannot give sweets or offer

fruits to a diabetic patient unless to settle something between you. We should

know how to serve, what to serve. Sometimes my friends a kind word, a generous

gesture, a word of solace, a gentle look, an anchor of support, a sigh of

release would be of immense service than any other form that you can ever think

of.

The best way to reach God is service, to experience in His service. Because, we

go in a different direction today. Service is the message of Bhagawan. How does

he serve? How to serve. We must learn from him. We should learn from him. We

serve in our own way. Baba's method of serving is fantastic.

Once in Kodaikanal, he was having number of cameras, Japan made cameras. He

started distributing those cameras to all students and teachers around him. We

were all happy and seeing how nice the cameras are though we don't know how to

click. We were just watching how beautiful there are. But suddenly, Baba said,

you are selfish fellows. We are selfish, why Swami? How about drivers? How

about escorts, policeman that followed me? They too should receive these

cameras. He called them in. Presented every one of them with the costly

cameras. And then he looked at me and said, I don't observe any difference

between you and peons. I don t have any difference between boys and the cooks.

All are my children. All are my children said Baba.

Where do expect that nearness? Where do you expect that proximity? Where do you

expect that love? When do you dream to experience that love, which is immortal,

which is nectarine. Unless God chooses to come down in human form and move in

our midst.

Bhagawan was talking to one boy quite frequently. When he starts showing special

attention to one boy, naturally others feel jealous or envious. What should I

say? Because this is not a property that we got it now. Ever since man is there

right from Adam and Eve, we have got this jealousy and envy with us.

So when Swami was showing special attention to that boy. All started inquiring

what it is you do? On one day Swami gave him a Cheque, the amount I do not know

and he said boy go and join the medical college there at Bangalore. Swami gives

a Cheque to a student to join a medical college. There are a number of

students. He can as well give them Cheques. Why to this boy? Naturally our mind

is after questions like why and why not?

That which bothers all of us, are these 2 questions, why and why not? Why should

He give you why not to me? Why not? Why should He give you interview, why not?

Why should He give you ring, why not? He got the cancer why not I get the

cancer? We want to be towards the advantage of positive things all. We do not

understand the reality. Sending that boy to go to Bangalore and report there

and seek admission in the medical college.

Suddenly Baba turns towards us and said, this boy lost His mother. His mother's

last wish is to make this boy a doctor. She died without seeing him as a

doctor. Her wish is not fulfilled. I am the mother of this boy. Therefore I

have to educate him said Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba. That is the divine love.

If you pray to God, He will give what all that you want. Why that Swami, I want

a transfer today. Ok you'll transfer. Tomorrow, Swami I want something else.

Why that list? I want you. It is His job to take care of you.

Bhagawan gave people a beautiful example. It seems a king organized a museum. He

collected most valuables from all over the world. He exhibited them in his

palace. Most precious, most beautiful, highly attractive pieces of art are kept

in the museum. And he made a loud announcement all over the kingdom, look here,

anyone can come, take anything they like, but one each. Alright, when things are

freely given, then even the dead will rise up. So they all stood, queued and

started receiving one one each.

One girl came and went round the whole museum and did not take one and was

silently getting out. The King noticed from the palace. It has become a

prestigious point. When I collect pieces of art from all over the world, how is

this girl simply going like that? Does she not like anything here in my museum?

They called her. Come on, don't you like anything? Yes my lord, I like, but I

have one doubt. What is it? Oh king would you give me that what I ask for? Yes

I have lots of things, I can give you anything. Then this girl said, I want

you.

So when King becomes her husband the whole lot, wholesale business, the whole

palace and museum belongs to her. To pray to god from a business management

side is also profitable. You don't understand, it's a wholesale contract,

that's all. Interest guaranteed, with no problems of inflation or deflation.

Liberalization will not be affected. See that! When once god is by your side he

will give you anything that you want.

Bhagawan distributed watches to students. The watches are very good, latest

model, simply shining. I cannot simply keep it in my pocket. Shall I say thank

you Swami? I get back now heavily. So what should I do? I cannot simply keep it

in my pocket as if it is from my father-in law. Therefore what I did was I had

the watch to my wrist and then sat there in the verandah, quite conspicuous to

Swami and there is sunlight. I started moving like that because the dial shines

brilliantly to catch his attention, something like floodlights of a lorry in the

night. Swami saw that from a distance and came to my close attention.

What is it you are doing? Why shaking your hand like that? Why? Why? Swami what

wonderful watches You have given us. They are shining. Our faces are smiling,

Swami. Thank you very much, but I have one doubt Bhagawan. Baba says, what

doubt? You have a watch. Why again you want another? No, no no Swami I have one

doubt. What is it? You distributed watches but You have none. You distributed

sweets but you don't take one. You distributed new clothes to everybody, but

You are one and the same. This time I am not able to understand, Swami. You

know what Baba said, You have desires. I must fulfill them. You have dreams. I

should see that you realize them. You have ambition. I should see that you

achieve them. I have no desires therefore I am...(Indirectly conveying

desireless-ness is divine)

Let me have only one desire as not to have any desires at all. After all as the

holy bible says seek thee the kingdom of heaven and the rest will be added onto

you. (Desireless-ness is divinity. Desire to be desireless.)

Jai Sai Ram

The Educare Bulletin Team

SAI = See Always Inside

Sent by: Ram Chugani, Kobe, Japan

rgcjp

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