SAI DARSHAN - THE GIFT OF DARSHAN

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SAI DARSHAN - THE GIFT OF DARSHAN

The experience that is freely available to all and the one everyone invariably

looks forward to is Darshan. To be in the Divine presence and to catch a

glimpse of Swami as He gently glides along is the longing of all devotees. Just

for this, they come from all over the world. How they crane their necks to see

Him as He comes out! That is hunger for the Divine; that is the deep yearning

for the Divine. If that thirst is there, then He makes sure that it is

satisfied….whatever the place and circumstances. Our joy is His joy. As Kasturi

found out:

Baba visited Kakadi village and Razole in the Delta of Krishna river and then

proceeded to the village of Sathyavada, where the yearning of rural hearts drew

Him. The village houses have thick and high mud walls around them and so, Baba

could not grant Darshan to the thousands who filled the narrow serpentine

lanes. Sensing the anguish of the crowds outside the walls, Baba had a ladder

brought, a narrow contraption with eight horizontal rods as steps; He climbed

it, reached the top, and got a precarious foothold on the crest of the wall. He

stood there, silhouetted against the sky, in the hot Sun, to confer coveted

Darshan on the people. I have seen Him ascend the parapet of walls of storied

bungalows and the top of His own car in order to give Darshan to milling crowds

and to calm their ardour. In Bombay, He has walked on the parapet of the Gwalior

Palace; in Kurnool, He has stood on the narrow slab on top of an arch; in

Budili, He has stood on a

chair placed on a bullock cart; in Trivandrum He stood on the top of a Fiat car

in the hot Sun so that more people could see Him and feel joy. But, this quick

climb up the bamboo ladder placed against the mud wall, the stately stand on

the narrow wall, will shine in my mind as a golden memory of His Grace!

On another occasion, Baba went to Hindupur, a town about fifty kilometres away,

that He had visited last when quite a boy ………… He was taken in procession

through the streets of the town in an open jeep. While devotees felt that He

was in the scorching Sun far too long, Baba expressed His joy that the jeep had

wound its way through all the roads and by-lanes of the town. Later He said,

"How else could the sick, the weak, the lame, and the old get My Darshan?"

The Darshan of Baba is a creative chance to transmute our base metal into gold.

To listen to His words is to be charged with the current of spiritual

regeneration. To read His writings is to feed the intellect with wholesome

sustenance and purge it of egoistic dross.

Let us now find out what Swami Himself has to say about Darshan on various occasions:

Later it may be difficult to approach Me and ask Me. For, people are coming

towards Me in full, unending streams, and you may have to have My Darshan from

miles away!

There are those who may never see Me in the concrete form. They have, all the

same, reached Me through a friend, a book, or a photograph. To each of these,

if they yearn deeply, I give My Darshan inwardly. These too I love as deeply,

for they have begun to see themselves as being beyond their body, as Divine

Souls. This is the advancement towards Self-Realisation.

After My Darshan, always find a quiet corner, where you may enter into the

stillness and receive the completion of My Blessings. As I pass you, My Energy

goes from Me into you. If, immediately after Darshan, you start talking, the

precious Energy gifted to you gets dissipated and returns to Me unused. Be

assured that whatever My eyes see, becomes vitalised and transmuted. You are

being changed day by day - never underestimate what is being accomplished by

the act of My Darshan.

My walking amongst you is a gift yearned for by the gods of the Highest Heavens;

but here you are receiving this Grace without much effort. Be grateful for what

you are getting. The Blessings you receive would express themselves in due

course, when the time comes. But also remember: To whom much is given, from him

much also would be demanded!

Well, it is time we realize how lucky we are to be able to see God walking on earth !

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With Sai love from Sai brothers - ''

Courtesy: http://www.radiosai.org/

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