2 Wonderful Incidents

[Guest guest]

Taken from the talks by Prof.Anil Kumar :

 

Once Bhagawan said :

 

"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.

 

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To a little boy From the Primary wing 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.

 

Om Sai Ram

 

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