PROF ANIL KUMAR PART-2...SEPT 3OTH,2002 ...I DON'T WANT THESE COMFORTS AND CONVENIENCES.

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September 30th, 2002 Part-2 “I Don’t Want These Comforts and Conveniences” Well, this happened on the 30th of September this year, 2002. Well, we think that Bhagavan has so many cars, and we also think that Swami has so many comforts and conveniences. That’s what we think, what we see and what we say. But this is the remark of Bhagavan: “Anil Kumar, look here. I'm never comfortable with these conveniences. I don’t want these comforts and conveniences. Devotees force Me to accept these things, so what can I do? They go on crying and crying until these things are brought here. Do you see? They also put a lift for Me there inside. I want to

walk, but what to do? I like to walk, but they brought a lift there. I don’t want these conveniences.” My friends, because we are human, we think that God also needs comforts and conveniences. As human beings, we may want conveniences. With this feeling, we think God also wants them. But here Bhagavan clearly said, “I don’t want them. I feel very comfortable just being average and normal.” That’s what He said. “Where Do You Come From?” And that evening, there was a joke. The primary school boys spoke to Swami -- so nice to watch. To a

little boy Swami asked, “Boy, where do you come from?” That boy said immediately, “Swami, I come from You, Swami!” “Oh.” Then He will turn to the big boys and say, “See? He says, ‘From You, Swami,’ whereas you fellows say, ‘From Bombay or from Chennai.’ Chi! See those boys!” And then He’ll ask another little boy, “How old are you?” “Swami, eight years.” “How do you know?” “My mother told me, Swami.” “Correct answer. Hey, where are you fellows? How old are you?” “Twenty years.” “How do you know?” “Date on birth certificate.” “Chi!” (Laughter) See, what nice answers given by the little boys! As a result, the big boys wanted to copy them so that Swami would appreciate them too. Then He asked one big boy (I mean a postgraduate student), “Hey, where do you come from?” Swami asked this question in Telugu. That boy said, “I come from You, Swami,” imitating the primary school boy. Swami immediately said, “Oh, from Me? Then you must know Telugu! If you are from Me, why don’t you know Telugu?” Because that fellow could not give an answer, Swami said again, “Where do you come from?” He could not answer. “Why don’t you give an answer?” “Uh, I don’t know.” “You said, ‘From Me’, so then you must know Telugu!” (Laughter) So, it was a big joke. But at the same time, it was a hint that we should never imitate; we should never copy. Long ago Bhagavan said, “Imitation is human. Creation is Divine.” We are basically Divine. We don’t have to imitate. When we imitate, we lose our originality; we lose our nature; we lose our identity. So let us be creative by being original. This is a lesson for everybody. September 29th, 2002 “Do You Have Faith?” This happened on the 29th of

September. One boy suddenly came up to Swami with folded hands and said, “Swami, please touch me here.” “Why?” Swami said, “Why?” “Swami, there’s a swelling here, I'm suffering from mumps. It’s very painful. Please touch here.” “Why should I touch? Go to the hospital.” “No, no, Swami! If You touch, it will be cured.” “Do you have faith in that?” “Swami, I have 100% faith.” “Oh, I see.” Swami

just touched gently on that swollen part. Believe me, by the end of bhajans, there was no pain at all. The whole swelling subsided right there! That was a miracle. The touch of Bhagavan is a guaranteed cure -- a total cure. That’s what all of us witnessed that pleasant evening. September 28th, 2002 “Never Lose the Confidence of Others” This happened on the 28th of September, 2002. Swami was talking to some accountant and He was just asking him, “What are you doing?” He said, “I am doing

this…I'm doing that.” Swami was not happy with one thing he did. He asked him, “Why did you do that?” And He was asking, “Why did you do that and that?” And that accountant said, “Swami we made some adjustments. We made some changes for our convenience.” Please note this message, which applies to everybody. “By looking to your conveniences, you may lose the confidence of others. Others have confidence in you. If you go by your conveniences, you lose their confidence. So in life, confidence is more important. You should never lose the confidence of others. By simply taking care of the conveniences, well, you’ll never do well in life.” That’s what Swami said.

“Everyone Should Do Seva Wholeheartedly” Then Bhagavan asked one boy to speak. You might have heard him. You might have seen the boy standing there talking to the other boys. I'm talking about the 28th of September -- the details of that boy’s speech. He spoke on seva. He said that everybody should do seva wholeheartedly. And then he quoted Swami’s poem where this is mentioned: “More than all worship, meditation or pilgrimages, service is most important.” And then he mentioned a few of his experiences: Some time ago, Swami used to serve food to all the poor people. This is called Narayana Seva. It seems one time when Swami had started serving food, He stopped at one spot, noticing a lady who

was carrying a little, small child in her arms. Swami stopped there and called to one Seva Dal boy. “We are serving food to these people; how about that child?” That Seva Dal had no reply. “Swami, what should I do?” “Bring a glass of milk for this child.” So the Seva Dal boy went all the way to bring one tumbler of milk. Swami went on moving around the lines, serving food. From a long distance, He stopped and shouted, “Did you give milk to that child?” That boy said, “Yes, Swami.” Swami said, “Nothing

doing!” Swami went all the way back to that lady and touched the glass. “It is very, very hot. How do you expect the child to drink the milk? No, bring another glass.” He started cooling the milk -- pouring it this way and that, pouring it from one glass into the other. He made it cool and offered the milk to the child and only then left. This shows the personal care He takes and the sprit that He wants us to maintain while doing seva. Seva or service is not a routine; it is not mechanical, no! It is not a schedule. We have to do it wholeheartedly. “He Was

With Us in Bosnia” And then, the student went on to mention another thing that had happened in Bosnia. Bosnia, as all of you know, was the starved country that went through a period of drought where many people fell sick. Well, it was in a horrible, terrible, pitiable condition. Most of you must have heard of Bosnia. And then Sai workers, Seva Dal went to that place, Bosnia. They started distributing bread and blankets to everybody and they also distributed Baba’s photos to the Bosnian people. One person came and said, “Photo?” “Yes.” “Who is this man?” And they said, “This man is Sathya Sai

Baba.” “Sathya Sai Baba?” “Yes.” “Why are you giving us this photo? This man was with us until yesterday. He was with us, walking among us and today you give us His photo?” So, this shows Bhagavan is in you, with you, above you, below you, around you. “What Quality of Food?” And then the student in his talk also mentioned another experience. It was the time when Bhagavan visited Bombay and He gave an interview to all the

ladies, the Mahila Seva Dal. While talking to a few ladies He said, “What seva are you doing?” “Swami, we are serving food.” “Oh! What type of quality? Is it the two-rupee or the four-rupee quality?” (Laughter) There are two varieties of rice. The little bit cheaper variety is two rupees. The better variety, a little more costly, is four rupees. The ladies said, “Swami, we are giving the two-rupees variety.” Swami said, “Look here! For you, for your children, for your husband, you get the four-rupee variety. For those poor people, you provide only the two-rupee quality. It is not

service. If you distribute the cheap quality to those poor people, they’ll fall sick. They cannot afford medical treatment. That’s not right. What is best for you should also be given to the other people. Do not give that which you reject for yourselves, that which is useless or that which is condemned. That which is best should be given to others.” That’s what Swami said. Ram ChuganiKobe, Japanrgcjp

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