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The Grand Glory of the Ongoing

Current Mission

of

Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba

in the Subtle Body

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The Grand Glory of the Ongoing

Current Mission

of

Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba

in the Subtle Body

The phrase 'Christs in the Making' in the caption for cover photo, 'The Divine Father and His

Christs in the Making', is taken from 'The Revelation of Ramala', and the beautiful photo of

Swami with Christmas season drama troupe of 1989 was sent by one of the participants.

First free e-book edition, Easter, 2018.

With the blessings and guidance of Baba

When the book was compiled with His inspiration and the typescript with some incomplete

chapters was shown to Him for His Divine blessings, during a group interview which He

granted out of His free grace and unmerited favour, even before flipping through the pages,

He commented, "It is incomplete; complete it and bring".

When again the 'completed' typescript was taken to Him after three months, touching it, He

said, "Not yet complete.”

Afterwards, He inspired to include three important chapters and a couple of paragraphs in

other chapters. Then, after forty days, He blessed it only when the last batch of the editorial

corrections were duly incorporated in the typescript.

(The entire process of compiling Swami’s glory – successive drafts of manuscripts, several

revisions of typescripts, coordination with editors in different time zones, interaction with

peer reviewers who are in a cloister of spiritual seekers out of network range – has been a

sadhana and a joyous experience. At a particular time when the process, for a moment,

appeared to be herculean, exactly at that moment the following passage arrived:

“Sri Aurobindo worked upon it [‘Savitri’] for five decades. As you know, he was a born poet.

Poetry was natural to him. He wrote his first poem in England when he was thirteen and it

was a pastime with him to write poetry. But this particular poem, ‘Savitri’, he revised and

re-revised, some portions as many as twenty-one times. When he was asked why he needed

to revise when he had already received the overhead inspiration, he said that the revision also

came from there. He explained that he was striving for a perfect perfection.”)

Email ID: sai.sannidhi@outlook.com

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The Grand Glory of the Ongoing

Current Mission

of

Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba

in the Subtle Body

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A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that

God’s truth is attacked and yet remained silent.

— John Calvin

[...] So many of you have become awakened but not all of you have taken

advantage of that awakening to spread the Divine Message to the world.

— Swami’s Message to Lucas Ralli,

‘Sai Messages For You And Me, Volume V’

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Indeed that voice is from the King, although it comes from the lips of His

devotee.

— Masnavi 1:213, Rumi

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Dedication

Om Sai Ram

It is His Glory

Sung with His words and tunes

Compiled with the insights given by Him

And with humility dedicated at His Divine Lotus Feet.

May we express gratitude to His saints, seers and prophets,

May His prophets continue to proclaim His will and alert us to the path.

May His instruments in the Mission, whom He brought along with Him,

Give us the opportunity and benefit of their good company – satsang –

And thereby inspire us to join His majestic, fast-paced, ongoing Mission.

May He keep us safely under His wings during the tumultuous times before

The dawn of the Sathya Yuga, the Swarna Yuga – The Golden Age – And

May we enjoy His Divine Proximity and be a part of His majestic glory.

Samasta lokaah sukhino bhavantu

Samasta lokaah sukhino bhavantu

Samasta lokaah sukhino bhavantu

Om shaanti shaanti shaantihi

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Spiritual Oases around the World

“The Ramala teachers often use the analogy of a lifeboat to describe the purpose of the Ramala Centre and

its teachings. They say that the Earth can be likened to a ship on which humanity is sailing. At present, the

ship of Earth is sailing through relatively calm waters and, even though storms can be seen ahead, no-one is

particularly interested in building lifeboats or practising lifeboat drills. But, when the ship does sail into

stormy weather, then humanity will rapidly become interested in the lifeboats, and, should the ship of Earth

appear to be foundering, then many will rush to the safety of these lifeboats. The Ramala Centre, therefore,

is but one of many centres preparing a lifeboat — not a physical lifeboat but a lifeboat of consciousness, as

did the prophet Noah before the last great planetary upheaval six thousand years ago. For what was the Ark

but a lifeboat, a lifeboat of human consciousness? The purpose of the Ramala teachings is to help humanity

to prepare for this great moment of transformation and transmutation so that we may be ready for the Golden

Age that is to come.”

— From ‘The Wisdom of Ramala’ * World map designed by Evening_Tao / Freepik

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Table of Contents

Introduction 11

Chapter One

God’s Mission Statement 13

Chapter Two

The Time Is Near – Let Us not Treat God’s Word Lightly 16

Chapter Three

Prophecies about the Current Mission 18

Chapter Four

God Is Trikal Darshi and the Eyewitness-Consciousness of Everything 22

Chapter Five

Light vs Darkness 25

Chapter Six

The Unprecedented Precedent–Sporadic, Yet Powerful 27

Chapter Seven

When the Truth Is Obvious and Shining Forth, Is It Still Necessary to Rely on

‘Expert’ Opinions? 28

Chapter Eight

This Part of My Mission is Performed in Absolute Silence 30

Chapter Nine

I Am against This Year’s Sun; I Only Accept Last Year’s 33

Chapter Ten

Our Collective Prayers to Swami ‘to Speak through Us’ Have Been

Answered! 35

Chapter Eleven

They Cannot Tolerate the Splendour of the Divine 37

Chapter Twelve

Do Not Be Afraid of Any False Publicity 39

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Chapter Thirteen

A Devotee’s Dilemma 41

Chapter Fourteen

He Will Go on Attracting More and More Devotees 43

Chapter Fifteen

The Resurrection is the Foundation for Joy 44

Chapter Sixteen

Aren’t You Beginning to Be More Sure of the Invisible Than the Visible? 46

Chapter Seventeen

A New Definition of the Martha Syndrome 48

Chapter Eighteen

God’s Chosen Instruments 51

Chapter Nineteen

God’s Very Special Chosen Instruments – His Own Scribes and

Communicators 52

Chapter Twenty

Recognising a Tree by Its Fruits 56

Chapter Twenty one

A Divinely-Chosen Mother’s Love Attracts All Faiths to Her Lotus Feet 59

Chapter Twenty two

‘We Belong to Sai’ versus ‘Sai Belongs to Us’ – Which Category Are You

In? 64

Chapter Twenty three

The Question of Sustainability 66

Chapter Twenty four

The Hadiths (The Words of Prophet Muhammad) Relevant to the Current

Mission 68

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Chapter Twenty five

A Tiny Pebble Which Is Filled with Unfair Hatred in the Love-Filled Mighty

River Niger 70

Chapter Twenty six

“Chi Sputa In Su, Lo Sputo Gli Torno Sul Viso”– ‘If You Spit in the Air, It Will

Hit You in the Face’ 73

Chapter Twenty seven

How Swami Glorifies His Previous Avatars Including How He is Glorifying the

First Phase – the Pre-transition Phase – of His Present Incarnation 75

Chapter Twenty eight

Powerful References to How We Are Moving into the Golden Age 77

Chapter Twenty nine

Code of Conduct Prescribed by Swami for Ashrams 79

Chapter Thirty

Now More Powerful Than Ever 82

Chapter Thirty one

Swami’s Message to the Meeting of the Sai Organisations of Europe through the

Vocal Cords of Lucas Ralli on 12th May 1989 84

Chapter Thirty two

The Fastest Phase of Swami’s Avataric Mission 86

Chapter Thirty three

‘Nenu tvaralopalane prapancham tour kuda chestaanu’ – I Will Undertake a

World Tour Shortly! 88

Chapter Thirty four

The Golden Age of Many Years of Peace 93

Chapter Thirty five

He is Here and There – and Everywhere, and He is a Living and

Loving Presence 96

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Chapter Thirty six

God’s Heavenly Abode on Earth 100

Prayer 103

Glossary 104

Index 107

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Introduction

“A true Master is not the one with the most students, but

one who creates the most Masters.

A true leader is not the one with the most followers, but the

one who creates the most leaders.

A true king is not the one with the most subjects, but

one who leads the most to royalty.

A true teacher is not the one with the most knowledge,

but one who causes the most to have knowledge.

And a true God is not one with the most servants, but

one who serves the most, thereby making Gods of all others.”

— ‘The New Revelations: A Conversation with God’ by Neale Donald Walsch.

Sri Indulal Shah ji, in his preface to his book, ‘Remove the Curtain Between You

and Me’, published on 27th

March, 2009, on the occasion of Yugadi (Gudi

Padwa), writes, “The Phenomenon of His Divine Holiness Bhagawan Sri Sathya

Sai Baba has generated an unprecedented interest and yearning in mankind all

over the Globe to know more about Him.”

When Baba, after 2011, returned in His Subtle Form to continue His Mission, the

interest and yearning to know about Him became even greater.

Here is an humble effort to share with fellow spiritual seekers some insights

about Swami’s ongoing Current Mission in His Subtle Form: some of the lesser

known hints about the Current Mission given previously through several

instruments of God and also by Swami Himself; the way the Mission is

happening simultaneously everywhere across the globe; about the heralding of

the Golden Age; how the sceptical are staying away from the Mission and so

forth.

While approaching Swami in His Subtle Form for His Divine Darshan or while

approaching a book on the Subtle Form or any spiritual book for that matter, an

attitude of sincerity and an attitude of open heart and mind is a prerequisite.

The duration of time in which the Subtle Form is to be freely available for us

being very short, and the pace at which the Mission is going on being very rapid,

there is no time left to analyse unendingly before taking part in the Mission, like

the proverbial pilgrim who went to the holy shore of a sea and waited and waited

for the waves to subside before taking a holy dip, which never happened! As

Swami often says metaphorically, we should not ‘miss the bus again’, meaning

we missed the bus of the first phase of His Sathya Sai Avataric Mission and we

are going to miss the ongoing Mission in His Subtle Form as well.

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In this connection we may also have to remember the following anecdote of our

Swami:

“Some professors of Benaras University once ridiculed another from the same

seat of learning for wasting ten minutes in the morning and ten in the evening in

meditating on a non-existent God. He replied, ‘Brothers, if God is, as you say,

non-existent, I agree I am wasting twenty minutes every day. But if God exists,

as many believe, I am sorry you are wasting your entire lives!’"

— Divine Discourse, 27th

September, 1979.

As our In-dweller, He is just a thought away; or, if we want to meet Him, He is

available during His world tours and approachable, within a stone’s throw from

our area anywhere in the world; or, if we want to interact with the devotees and

get the benefit of the synergistic effect, they are there close to us; as regards the

information on this wonderful phenomenon, it is just a click away!

Swami says we are all Gods in the making and He is making all of us Sai Babas.

“Ask Me for My presence and help before beginning each and every work. Call Me with an open heart and

mind, and let Me subtly direct you and carry out your work the way I want. Stay open to My energy and

suggestions with your mind and heart turned towards Love. A prayer uttered quietly to Me will help you do

this. Pray and ask.”

— Swami’s message to Daniel Ostoja as recorded in his free e-book

‘First Steps Towards Love : Conversations With A Spiritual Master’

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Chapter One

God’s Mission Statement

“The ways of the Divine are not easy to comprehend. Wishing the welfare of everyone in the universe, the Divine uses a myriad of

methods.”

— Divine Discourse, 28th May, 1990, Summer Course in Indian Culture and Spirituality.

In His Sookshma Form, Swami has assured us that He will be with us ceaselessly,

seen or unseen, working for our realisation and using His chosen ones to help

Him.

“[...] My Mission will not be over till the last person on this Earth is

transformed into the Divine. I will take some Form, some Name and keep

coming till I accomplish that. I was there before, doing the same thing; I am now

doing the same thing, and will continue doing the same thing, maybe assuming a

different Name and Form. For I am not attached to any name, place or people. I

am attached only to My work that I have come for. And I will go wherever My

work is being done. I will be with whoever is doing My work. For that is dear to

Me. I am with all those who are there for Me, who are here to grant joy to people

around. To help people come back to the right path when they have strayed away.

And to give the poor and needy what they lack. Whoever does these three, I am

there with them, whether seen or unseen, whether known or unknown, whether

realised or unrealised. I am there with all those who lead their lives on the basis

of this truth, goodness, and beauty. That is My work which I love. I love those

who are doing that and I will be with them, wherever they are. Today I am here

because My work is being done here. And I know much more of My work will be

done here. For there is no other way but to follow Swami in order to redeem the

world.

“In times to come, having become fed up with all the greed, selfishness, violence,

and hatred, the world will look forward to peace, to camaraderie, and

brotherhood. At that point of time, My people and My places – these Centres –

will serve as beacons of hope and guidance to all those who seek. I am moving

around travelling and meeting people to establish such beacons of hope and love.

The scriptures say ekoham bahusyaam – the One becomes many. That is how it is

with God. Just as the same sun is shining in the sky and reflects in all ponds, all

puddles and all bodies of water, likewise one God becomes many in the hearts of

devotees. Likewise, where there is purity of heart, Divinity will manifest. In the

hearts of such pure devotees I reside and through them I do My work. In times to

come, there won’t be just one Sai Baba; hundreds, thousands will transform

themselves into the Divine! The Vedas declare sahasra sheershaah purushah

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sahasraakshah sahasrapaath – the Purusha, the Supreme Being has thousands of

heads, He has thousands of eyes, thousands of feet. He pervades the entire

Cosmos.

“The meaning is: in the hearts of such pure people God resides, and through their

hands, through their feet, through their eyes, through their faces He manifests.

“If you move a magnet in a pile of sand and iron filings, it will attract the filings

and leave the sand. Likewise, as Swami moves from place to place and country

to country, He is attracting all His people to Himself, who will not merely be a

witness, but they will be a part of it. He will identify and attract those iron filings,

those pure devotees from a pile of sand or the crowd. Otherwise, how else do you

explain, with so few people, how so much is being done. Because they are not

operating at their limited human capacity. They are operating at unlimited God

capacity. For their purity and their selflessness have made them nearer to their

Divinity. As they live closer to the magnet, they themselves become a magnet.

“There is a great transformation happening around the world. A silent (SAIlent)

revolution is happening. Slowly, slowly but steadily and gradually. Good people

are coming together who are willing to sacrifice for the sake of others, who are

ready to put their individuality behind for the sake of the collective good and

who are courageous enough to discard their pettiness to embrace the vastness of

Divinity. I am searching and searching and finding My people, and developing

them, training them, evolving them to be Me. So that, like mirrors, you all reflect

the same love that I am. You all become the expressions of that Divinity which is

within you. That is the purpose, that is the point to which I am working. Don’t be

fooled by all this that is happening; that is not the end. Don’t be guided, rather

misguided, by Names and Forms. For I am beyond. And I reside till the last

person on the planet is transformed into the Divine. I will keep coming in some

Form, in some Name, in some place, and through someone I will keep doing My

work. That is My Divine work, which I am attached to and I love. And if you

want to enjoy this Divine Love, Divine Joy, then you must also work. By

repeating the name of the food even a thousand times, your stomach is not going

to be filled. By staring at the picture of the food, your stomach is not going to be

filled. And by talking and listening to talk about food, your hunger is not going to

be satisfied. Only when you eat will you be satisfied. It is time to put all that

which you have learned, heard, read, seen, into your life, so that you digest it,

assimilate it, and get energised.

“Each one of you is nothing but Me, but covered with lot of rust and dust. Once

you remove that, it is only Me inside. With the water of love and soap of service,

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all this accumulated dust can be cleaned up and the Divinity which is within will

shine forth. Not only will it brighten your path, it will also brighten the path of

others. May you all lead your lives in accordance with these principles. May you

realise your truth and teach this truth to others by practice. May you revel in that

Divine bliss and share it with others. And as you walk and transform yourselves

on the path of spirituality, help others and make them transform. That is the help

that you can give Me, by helping another person reach his Divine destiny. [...]”

— From Swami’s Divine Discourse in Bogota,

Columbia, 13th

October 2017.

“But one should not make the mistake of thinking that the plane is a ground machine because they see it on

the ground. In like fashion, although the Lord has made a landing here on Earth, so to speak, He is not

limited to His human form.”

— Baba

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Chapter Two

The Time is Near – Let Us Not Treat God’s Word Lightly Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written

in it, because the time is near.

— Revelation 1:3

Swami tells us that we need to adapt and change to be able to be part of the

Golden Age.

During His visit to The Netherlands during April 2016, after His Divine

Discourse, Swami gave an opportunity to devotees to ask questions. While

answering one of the questions, Swami mentioned the dawn of the Sathya Yuga,

the Golden Age.

A devotee asked: “Swami, I want to see the beauty in the universe where we live.

I have two beautiful sons and, through their eyes, I can see their discovery of the

world and things they find beautiful. However, when I turn on the eight o’clock

news, I see many horrible things and find it difficult to see Swami in these things,

such evil and violence in the world.”

Swami in His Answer said: “The whole universe is governed by three laws: the

law of Creation, the law of Sustenance, and the law of Destruction. Based on

these three laws, the universe moves forward. Creation is as beautiful as

sustenance; Sustenance is also as beautiful as Destruction, for all the three are

God’s wish.

“In a given season, a certain flower blooms. It stays for sometime, but then it

withers away and dies. As the seasons change, it cannot continue living.

“As we were coming here in the car, the boy told us that the largest garden of

flowers is here, in The Netherlands. However, this happens for only three months

in the year. For three months, all the flowers bloom and then they wither away.

As the seasons change, they cannot continue to remain and you have to wait for

another season to see them again. Likewise, in this creation, all beings are

created, they live for a certain time and when their time has passed they must

leave, too.

“The seasons are changing. The Golden Time and Golden Age are coming. Those

who will not fit into the new Golden Age, some way or the other, will be

annihilated. Therefore, those who do not become pure, those who do not remain

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kind and those who cannot develop their Divinity, will not be in service in this

new season. It is a natural law; in some way or another, they will be destroyed. If

you look at the whole universe from this point of view, you will understand the

beauty in it. I am putting in effort all the more, and so must all of you, to become

worthy to move into the Golden Age. If you do not change and adapt yourself to

adjust to the Golden Age, you will not be able to move into it. Look at the whole

world from this point of view and pray for those who are unable to understand.

“Swami has given you two beautiful children. See to it that they grow into golden

ones. Help as many as you can to become golden. For those whom you cannot

reach, pray for their welfare.

“Arjuna had a similar dilemma in the Bhagawad Gita. When he saw the Virata

Rupa, the Viswarupa of Krishna, he understood the secret: everything is born out

of Krishna, is sustained by Krishna and finally merges into Krishna. Those who

follow the path of dharma will continue in the coming Sathya Yuga, Dharma

Yuga, Suvarna Yuga, which is the Age of Truth, the Age of Righteousness, the

Golden Age.

“You have been seeing all these things happening in recent times because the

season has changed. Let it go on as a part of creation. Pray and help many to

make the transition from this age to that age. You help many people to move

from this to that, and, for the rest, just pray.”

Hilda Charlton, an ardent devotee of Swami, received dictation from Skanda and

recorded in her book ‘Skanda’, out of which a small passage is given here:

“Mankind has fallen so low that we of the celestial abode will no longer tolerate

man's darkness and waywardness. Great numbers will have to leave the Earth

unless they change their ways. You, My faithful ones, must keep your hearts, full

of love and faith, stayed on the highest during this time soon to come on Earth.”

“A very spectacular, extraordinary and never-before-seen time is approaching. Purity is the ticket if you

want to see it with your own eyes and experience it. Without purity, it is not possible to board the bus and

proceed further. Develop selfless and pure love.”

— Excerpted from Swami’s Discourse given to devotees from Hyderabad, 6th March, 2015 at Sri Sathya Sai

Anandam, Muddenahalli. Source: ‘Sri Sathya Sai Uvacha, Volume Seven, Divine Discourses of Bhagawan

Sri Sathya Sai Baba in The Subtle Body’

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Chapter Three

Prophecies About the Current Mission Before the LORD God does anything, He tells His plans to His servants, the prophets.

— Amos 3:7

Just before His physical transition and afterwards, several decades before, and

even centuries before that, Swami hinted and shared with His saints and prophets,

with His instruments and functionaries in His Mission, the exact details about His

ongoing Current Mission. We are all familiar with the details about His sharing

His Divine plan of His early transition with Sri Isaac Tigrett; about His stay in

and continuing His Mission from Sathya Sai Anandam, Sathya Sai Grama,

Muddenahalli, with Sri B N Narasimha Murthy; about His worldwide Health

Mission and other details with Sri C Srinivas; the minutest details of the

unfoldment of His majestic Mission with Brother Madhusudan, and several other

details with His instruments, functionaries, devotees, seekers and even to

apparent strangers all over the world.

Here are some lesser known, but astonishing, hints about the current phase of

Swami’s Mission.

(i) Hints given to an ardent devotee of Swami, who is a well-known journalist

from Mumbai:

In her book written in 2011– written by Swami through her instrumentality – and

published in 2012, she says that the title of the book, ‘Self-Realisation in the Kali

Yuga at the Dawn of the Golden Age’, the cover page, and everything else, was

decided by Swami. Here are brief excerpts from the book:

“When I leave this Body, I will be Formless and then again with Form. My work

will continue. There will be peace and happiness. My work then is to keep the

peace and happiness. All is well; all will be well. [...]

“Do not grieve for the Body. I am always with you; I live in your heart.

“I will be back. [...]

“The Golden Age has begun in pockets. Just as the Kali Yuga began in pockets

and then spread all over the world, the Golden Age has begun in pockets and the

winds of change will blow it to the entire world. That is when the Mission of this

Body will be complete. Prema Sai will come when the world is in the thick of the

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Golden Age. He will sustain it with Love; that’s His Mission. (In the Inner View

to her on 11th May 2011) [...]

“I am Pure Energy. Even ‘Om’ is just a part of Me. It is a symbolic representation

of Me. Before light and sound, there was complete darkness. I am That... I am

Nothingness. [...]

“You are a good example of a devotee to whom I have not spoken while in My

Physical Form or given interviews; but I give you Inner Views, I talk to you. I

appear to you in your dreams and I am transforming you. [...]

“I am not in My Physical Form now, but I am there. I am as Myself, behind the

veil of creation. My devotees must continue with their daily sadhana. I live in

their hearts. If they continue to look to Me, I will continue to appear to them in

their dreams, they will hear Me as their Inner Voice and they will continue to get

Inner Views. I will be back... I will usher in the Golden Age. There will be peace,

happiness, food for all. All will be One. Give this message to all.”

(ii) Swami gave weekly messages during 2011, written in His own handwriting,

dated and signed, indicating the exact time, to an ardent devotee in New Delhi.

Swami’s letters and messages have been manifesting in her Bhajan Hall for many

years, but the letters of the year 2011 are very significant.

In one of the weekly Thursday letters of 2011, He wrote: “My miracles have just

now started and will not end till the whole world becomes one big Sai family.”

[...](From Swami’s letter of 28th

April, 2011)

In His letter of 12th

May, 2011, Swami, among other things, writes, “I need

people to take My spiritual work ahead. I choose; that is why I manifest through

them.” [...]

Here is one more sample passage from the letters: “I am very sad that My

students, My close devotees – My pillars have not acknowledged these messages.

This is your Swami writing. Come, unite, leave your ego and small-mindedness.

Unite in love and faith.”

(Many of the devotees are aware of these original English letters of Swami in His

own handwriting and the transcription alongside. Swami’s handwriting is crystal

clear, as it is familiar to the devotees. The devotee’s Vasant Kunj address is

known to many; with a view not to cause too much disturbance for her personal

sadhana, the details are omitted here.)

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(iii) Sensei David Steadman Davies realised that Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba

was an Avatar. He was born in 1925 and cast off his physical body in 2010 – born

one year before Baba’s Advent and left the physical one year before Baba’s

transition! He says in ‘Afternoon Tea With Sensei’ by Kathy Haler, “Jesus came

to lift humanity to a higher level of consciousness and, to do that, He took some

of the negative karma of the world and placed it in His physical body. This was a

deliberate act of compassion. Jesus first said that He was a Messenger of God.

Then later on He proclaimed He was the Son of God, and at the end He said,

‘God and I are One’. Now the Father has come.

“Trying to comprehend the ways or laws of karma is like trying to comprehend

the source of creation; it is beyond the everyday mind. Karma is for the evolution

of the individual soul, not the body. The karma of all souls is called world karma.

Baba is taking on world karma, taking on the negative vibrations that have built

up over the centuries; that is why His body is as it is. One day Baba will do

something about the world’s karma He holds within His form; He will blast it to

smithereens. [...]”

(iv) Vasantha Sai amma, with the support of mind-boggling sacred naadi

readings compiled by ancient rishis(most had the same theme as this one, “when

Swami comes again, He will not be in an aged body or a young body, but middle

aged”); Jiten Thakrar, in his wonderful film ‘Sathya Sai Baba’s Return’; and

Sreejith Narayan, in his beautiful book ‘Sai Thy Kingdom Come’, which is

available for free in about twenty languages, all postulated that Swami will be

back to continue His unfulfilled Mission. One who reads Sreejith’s book, (the

time frame in which the book is written and published quoting different religious

Scriptures and world-famous naadi grandhas including his own naadi reading)

can understand that it is indeed Swami’s inspiration!

(v) Brother Anthony Bong is an ardent devotee of Swami and very active in His

Current Mission. Around Mahashivaratri of 2011, when he approached a psychic,

he channelled a Taoist mystic, who revealed that Swami would be leaving His

physical body very soon.

Again Brother Bong went to the same psychic on 29th

April, 2011. This time the

psychic channelled a Javanese Sufi mystic. He revealed how Swami timed His

departure to prevent a big disaster – the Fukushima nuclear reactor meltdown;

how He would come back and how He, in His Subtle Form, would communicate

with a young man who, in turn, would pass His words on to others. And he even

revealed the name of the young man. When Brother Bong could not make out the

name containing multiple syllables, he told him the two-syllable name ‘Ma dhu’.

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He was able to link the fulfilment of these prophecies when Bhagawan’s

Kodaikanal Discourses were published in May 2014, where there was mention of

Brother Madhusudan Naidu. Swami visited his house in Kuching, in the state of

Sarawak, Malaysia, during January 2016 and reminded His devotee of the

promise to visit his place that He had given him twenty-two years earlier!

(vi) Half a century ago, a devotee, by the name Sri K. Gopala Rao, wanted to

know how great a God Baba was. He heard about a psychic, who channelled very

high beings, and approached him. The psychic, reading out from the

automatically-written sheet of paper, told the devotee: “Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai

Baba is the highest GOD in all the fourteen worlds.” Later, the devotee started a

high school in Swami’s name in Repalle town in the Guntur district. The school

is one of the earliest schools in Swami’s name and achieved high standards, and

several students from that school studied in Swami’s Anantapur and Prasanthi

Nilayam campuses.

(vii) Sister Smt. Shanti Bhawalkar compiled a wonderful book, ‘From Him to

Me’. The book, which is translated into several languages, contains valuable

messages she received from Swami. Brother Sunil Gavaskar, in his wonderful

foreword, mentions how this book will help all those who cannot directly receive

messages from Baba. Swami, through these messages, exhorts His devotees to

transcend the form; not to get trapped in duality but grow beyond it; and to feel

His constant presence. In one of His messages, Swami says how He likes the

game of hide-and-seek and tells us, “I will be hiding and you have to seek Me!”

“As the word of the Lord comes to me, so do I utter, O Lalo.”

— Nanak, 722, Adi Granth

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Chapter Four

God is Trikal Darshi and the Eyewitness-Consciousness of Everything

Swami’s new Ashrams that He is founding and preparing for Prema Sai are being

modelled on the plan that He gave several decades ago.

He also warned through an allegory in a message not to depart from His

principles.

Swamini Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda from the USA was an ardent devotee

of Baba, and she received Divine Revelations from Baba and other Avatars

between 1968 and 1995, which she compiled under the title, ‘Divine Revelations

Rendered by Sri Sathya Sai Baba, Lord Rama and Lord Krishna’. She was an

accomplished musician and performed in Swami’s Divine Presence. She was

well-known among music lovers, Sai devotees, and spiritual seekers. She guided

many groups of seekers from the USA to Swami. In 1983, following the Divine

directive, she established the Sai Anantham Ashram in Chumash Pradesh, near

Malibu, California, on a fifty-acre piece of sacred land. The Supreme Lord has

provided her with the wisdom, knowledge and guidance required to engage in

spiritual service to humanity. Her disciples are spread all over the world and

some are running their own Ashrams. Details of two aspects of her mission

which are relevant to Swami’s Current Mission are given here.

The first is her Ashram itself: Swami appears to have inspired His wonderful

instrument to start this Ashram as a prototype for a score of such Ashrams to be

started after two decades all over the world. The size of her Ashram premises, the

sylvan setting, streams and brooks criss-crossing the Ashram land, beautiful hills

in the background, natural flora and fauna, indigenous people in the vicinity,

prayer halls and eco-friendly cottages, entry for all spiritual seekers from various

faiths, inputs consisting of universal truths from scriptures of all religions, dress

code and code of conduct in the Ashram, the Divine-Valley-like ambiance of the

whole area and so forth are almost identical to those Ashrams being started now

as part of His ongoing Current Mission. There are also Sunday EHV classes for

children, regular study circles, worship services for the people from the

surrounding community, a well-stocked bookstore and facilities for the

production of radio and TV programmes. The names of many Ashrams and

foundations started now are almost homophones of Sai Anantham, including

Swami’s residence in Muddenahalli.

Just as the small Veda paatashaala (school) started by Swami gave birth to a

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world-wide movement of Veda chanting; an orphanage (dheenajanodharana

pathakam) started by Swami inspired many to establish similar orphanages

elsewhere in each district or town, it appears that Swami inspired

Turiyasangitananda to start this Ashram, in a sense, as the forerunner and pioneer

of many such being started now all over the world.

The second is the Message she received from Lord Rama on July 19, 1971,

wherein He narrated an episode which allegorically points to the early physical

transition of Baba in 2011, His Majestic Reappearance to carry on His Mission,

the happenings during the brief interregnum – and how His devotees would

forget His teachings and totally identify Him with His body.

Here is the Divine message received by A.C. Turiyasangitananda on July 19,

1971, as contained in her book, ‘Divine Revelations Rendered by Sri Sathya Sai

Baba, Lord Rama and Lord Krishna’:

“On this day, the most glorious Lord Rama said, ‘Centuries ago, on the continent

of Africa near the banks of the Nile river, there was a peaceful village presided

over by a wise, old chief named Olan. He was insistent upon regulative

adherence to traditional and spiritual values. Peace and order were to be strictly

maintained under his leadership. One day, the chief decided to examine the

obedience and sincerity of the people in a specific way. Thus, he devised a plan,

one that required the cooperation of the elders.

‘The plan involved his enacting a pretence of his illness and death. It succeeded.

After the funerary rites were over, he obscured his identity in such a way that he

could walk amongst the villagers and observe them unnoticed. What he found

disturbed him. He saw the people involved in unspiritual practices and deplorable

conduct with complete disregard for ethical and traditional values. The chief

decided to cast off his disguise. Suddenly, [by his] removing it, his identity was

revealed, to the utter shock and dismay of the people. They became contrite and

ashamed of themselves. Olan admonished them and warned against the dangers

of living an immoral, unspiritual life. They begged his forgiveness and promised

not to return to their unspiritual ways’” [...]

Here is another Message received by her on July 3, 1975:

On this day, Lord Sri Rama said, “Several persons in this country (USA) are

inquiring amongst themselves, ‘How does an American, black, Christian lady

become an East Indian Swamini’?”

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“In this regard, Baba said, ‘It matters not whether public inquiry and opinion are

favourable or unfavourable; one’s country and nationality are not the underlying

criterion. If one has dedicated one’s life in devotion to God, one can be selected

to become a candidate for initiation into the renounced order of sannyas’.”

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Chapter Five

Light vs Darkness “You can only be jealous of someone who has something you think you ought to have yourself.”

— Margaret Atwood

Right from the beginning of creation, members of God’s inner circle – His saints,

sages, monks and devotees – have been subjected to attacks and made objects of

derision and scorn. Even God Himself, when He descended from time to time as

Avatars, was not spared!

Let us see what Connie Shaw, the Marian visionary and ardent devotee of Swami,

says about the attacks from her contemporaries:

“At the personality level of challenge in dealing with my unfolding life’s work,

there have been brief moments of self-pity that have had to be healed when

friends and neighbors, out of scorn or jealousy, suddenly refused to continue

friendships after learning of Mary’s visitations. Various clergy and theologians

have attacked me, asking in stinging tones of disbelief, ‘Why on Earth would

Mary appear to someone like you when I myself have a doctorate in theology?!’

or, ‘I am a minister, a nun, a Sunday school teacher.’

“The answer has always been that:

1. Mary says everyone is special, therefore no Marian visionary is special – just

lucky.

2. In the future, most people will be able to see through the veil of illusion to

perceive Her, the angels and other Masters.

3. After ten years of testing to see if I would carry out simple requests, I was told

that I was dependable and would be given more service tasks in the future.

4. We are not our roles! Even the role of ‘being a messenger’ can be the most

subtle trap, thus a hindrance to experiencing our True Nature.”

— From Connie Shaw’s wonderful book ‘Mary’s Miracles and

Prophecies – Intimate Revelations of a Visionary’

When the Lord incarnated as Rama, He was sent into exile; when He completed

this ‘sentence’, again society ‘forced’ Rama to send His consort Sita to the forest.

When the Lord came as Krishna, His own maternal uncle put His parents in

prison, and His birth itself took place in prison. Furthermore, His cruel uncle

made several attempts to kill Krishna when He was still a child. Even after seeing

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His Divine miracles including His Cosmic Form, society continued to criticise

His actions and doubt His intentions. Jesus Christ was crucified, His apostles

were tortured and martyred and the early Christians were persecuted. Most

Meccans ignored and mocked Prophet Muhammad and persecuted his followers.

Even Shirdi Sai was not spared. The villagers of Shirdi, whose village gained

prominence and popularity because of Baba’s glory, neither believed His Divinity

nor respected Him. There came a fake guru who claimed that Baba was his

disciple. God was so humble that He acted as a true disciple of this fake guru till

the villagers themselves realised who the real Guru of the world was and exposed

the fake one!

The smear campaign against our Swami during the first phase of His Mission –

the phase up to the year 2011– was widespread, because of the reach of print and

electronic media and internet! The same perpetrators then became stronger,

joined by others, and continue to react in negative ways towards our Swami –

who is now in His natural, much more accessible, and energetic Subtle Form – as

well as towards His saints and instruments in the Current Mission. For the same

reason – the reason mentioned in Margaret Atwood’s quote above – the

perpetrators are now asking similar questions to those society asked Connie

Shaw two decades ago.

It is God’s unfathomable Divine play that whenever He comes with so much light

and splendour to accomplish His Mission, there have been dark forces also

challenging His might. It may be that it is only then that God reveals to us His

full Glory and His miracles are known to all! God’s Divine Plan conceals subtle

secrets.

“Why is it that when we talk to God, we’re said to be praying, but when God talks to us, we’re

schizophrenic?”

— American Comedian Lily Tomlin

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Chapter Six

The Unprecedented Precedent – Sporadic, Yet Powerful

Just as all those things part of Swami’s Current Mission happening from Sathya

Sai Grama are God’s official things, the following account is also one hundred

percent official.

Place: Hamburg, Germany

Time: 12th

to15th

May 1989

Occasion: The meeting of the Sai organisations of Europe

Motto for the meeting: “Love in Action”

There were participants from Sai Organisations of all the countries of Europe and

invitees and guest speakers from USA, Thailand etc.

The beauty and significant part of the meeting is Swami’s Message to the

meeting.

Can you guess how Swami gave His Message to the meeting?

Did He send His written message by post?

No!

By fax?

No!

By Email?

No, the facility was not there in 1989.

By recorded voice?

No!

Then how?! You will find out if you read on.

Those whose hearts are open already know or can find out the answer easily. As

for others – let the suspense continue, keep guessing. Spirituality does not come

on a platter of gold!

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Chapter Seven

When the Truth Is Obvious and Shining Forth, Is It Still Necessary to Rely

on ‘Expert’ Opinions? “The truth has one useful asset, that it can be checked. So, you can find it out yourself.”

— Swami’s Message to Daniel Ostoja, as recorded in his free e-book

‘First Steps Towards Love – Conversations with a Spiritual Master’

Once a group of students from a Sailand visited their neighbouring country on a

study tour. As part of their visits to places of historical importance, they had been

to a museum. An exhibit attracted the attention of a boy from the visiting group.

It was a small skull like object. The boy enquired what it was. This is the answer

he received: “It is the skull of the young Buddha!”

The boy is now grown-up, dons ascetic’s attire and is running his own monastery

in a quiet corner, guiding his fellow spiritual aspirants, but he still holds the

belief that what he saw in the museum was really the relic of his Master when he

was young. This is the reason for his conviction or rather misplaced conviction:

the day the students visited the museum, the director of the museum, who is the

overall head of the museum, himself, took them around the museum, as the

visiting team brought a letter of recommendation from their minister of tourism

and foreign affairs. The director himself explained the ‘minute’ details of each

exhibit, including the exhibit in question.

The monk believed that the expert, in this case the man overall in charge of the

museum, who has several degrees in history and archaeology, could never be

wrong!

Can the expert’s opinion be contrary to the reality? Let us see. Here is another

calamity wrought by another expert: the doctor bent over the lifeless figure in

bed. Then he straightened up and said: “I am sorry to say that your husband is no

more, my dear.”

A feeble sound of protest came from the lifeless figure in bed; “No, I am still

alive.”

“Hold your tongue,” said the woman. “The doctor knows better than you.”

Have we been conditioned to believe in the experts’ opinion rather than reality?

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Are these so called experts always right?

Do we tend to fall into the trap of a high regard for experts’ opinions rather than

going by the facts?

In the process of our depending on experts, do we at times miss the reality? Do

we still keep doubting the contemporary Avatar and keeping ourselves away

from His Mission and are we going to miss the bus this time also?

Should we question the experts? If not, why not?

Following Krishna’s command, when the citizens of Brindavan stopped

worshipping Devendra, thus ignoring the expert opinion of the village elders, and

instead worshipped their real benefactor, Krishna blessed them with His abundant

grace and also an opportunity to witness the great miracle of the lifting of the

Govardan Hill. Krishna made Devendra realise the truth that, whereas Narendras

are rulers of human beings, Devendra is the fixed-term ruler of the demi-gods;

but He, Krishna, is the Lord of lords! Lord Krishna made Devendra clearly

understand that He is the one from whom Devendra and his subjects, and also all

the beings in all the planes, draw their sustenance.

“And here is My new blessing: blessed are those who smile often, for pure rejoicing is what God likes,” [...]

“Smile. A smile helps to live. When a man of pure heart smiles, God is delighted.” [...]

“Joy is the path to Divinity.”

— Swami’s message to Daniel Ostoja as recorded in his free e-book

‘First Steps Towards Love – Conversations with a Spiritual Master’

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Chapter Eight

This Part of My Mission Is Performed in Absolute Silence

The title sentence of this chapter is taken from that landmark message Swami

gave to Charles Penn. The entire message is applicable right now to the current

phase of Swami’s mission. It appears that what Swami had achieved by 2011 is

only 20 percent of His Mission and the remaining more than 80 percent is being

accomplished now in the Ongoing Mission in His Subtle Form. It seems that a

different Pareto principle is in operation, the Divine Pareto principle – without

proportionate human effort but purely by Divine Will – through the

instrumentality of His chosen instruments.

And, also, this is going on in absolute silence. When the rest of the world was

still mourning Swami’s transition from the physical, the instruments of Swami,

following His command, were working with missionary zeal and starting to

accomplish project after project – a school in Gulbarga (which now has grown

into Sri Sathya Sai University for Human Excellence, Gulbarga) with a beautiful

pentagon structure, a free children’s Super Specialist Heart Hospital, Sri Sathya

Sai Sanjeevani Hospital at Naya Raipur, Chaattisgarh State; schools and colleges

in different districts of Karnataka State; another hospital near Delhi, Sri Sathya

Sai Sanjeevani International Centre for Child Heart Care & Research , Palwal,

Baghola, Haryana; a college near Hyderabad; breakfast seva for school children

in hundreds of villages and towns; eighteen Ashrams in different countries;

hospitals in Nigeria, Fiji, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and

Australia and other countries.

What about the publicity? For Swami’s activities, no publicity is required. Swami

attracted those required for His Mission as a magnet attracts iron filings.

If you still want to know how people are getting to know about the Grand

Mission that is unfolding with its headquarters at Sathya Sai Grama,

Muddenahalli, Chikkaballapur district, Karnataka, here is an analogy that can

help you understand.

Lord Krishna as part of His childhood pranks would steal butter and fresh cream

from His house and neighbours’ houses. One day, He, along with His

‘accomplices’, prepared a plan of action to steal butter from His own house.

Little Krishna, along with a group, entered the corner room of the house where

butter, curd and fresh cream were kept in earthen pots and safely hidden in a

fibrous netting sling and suspended from the beam of the house. He kept a couple

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of cowherd boys outside the room in order to alert them in case any of the elders

approached from that side.

Mother Yashoda came that way, suspecting some mischief from the kids. Even

without any provocation from Mother Yashoda, the boy on sentry duty

announced, “Mother! Krishna is not there in the corner room.”The clue was

enough for Mother Yashoda; she caught hold of her little Krishna, and pretended

to be angry, and the very next minute took her child into her lap, cuddled and

caressed Him and enjoyed His Divine proximity. Then she thanked the sentry

boys in her heart!

That is how the handful of elders, who are busy tomtomming ‘He is here, not

there’, are in fact guiding the devotees to Muddenahalli! Till then people had a

vague idea about the location of Sathya Sai Grama, Muddenahalli, that it is just a

place close to the highway that connects Puttaparthi to Bengaluru, but now they

know exactly that it is just five kilometres from Chikkaballapur, the district

headquarters, and also just twenty-five kilometres from the Kempagowda

International Airport, Bengaluru, the capital of the Indian State of Karnataka; and

about twenty-five kilometres equidistant from Doddaballapur and Gauribidanur

railway stations.

Those who try to prove that God is not there at a particular place are

inadvertently hinting at His Presence, like the friends of Krishna in the above

story! Having failed (or should we say having achieved!) their mission, most of

them are now silent!

Swami says there are no atheists. Those who say “God is not there,” in fact, are

first declaring “God is” and then they are adding “not there.” Swami says

‘Devudunnaadu’ is the panchaaakshari mantra – the five-syllable mantra

(De-vu-du-nnaa-du), which is the English equivalent of the five-letter mantra,

‘GOD IS’.

Even the Bal Vikas children are aware of God’s power of omnipresence; even in

their early years, they know that Swami, as a small boy, could be seen

simultaneously both inside a Hampi temple in place of the deity and also outside,

guarding the baggage of His entourage, which included His elder brother,

sister-in-law, the Municipal Commissioner of Bellary town and other devotees.

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But these handful of elders who go on criticising have forgotten the fundamental

attributes of the Divine Personality – His power of Omniscience, Omnipotence,

and Omnipresence.

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Chapter Nine

I Am against This Year’s Sun, But I Accept Last Year’s

“Blind is not he who does not see.

Blind is he who is disinclined to see.”

— Baba “All divine incarnations, without any differentiation, are one and the same. The one and only God dips into the ocean of life and,

upon reaching one shore, is called Krishna. When God dips again and reaches yet another, He is called Rama. In a similar fashion,

on the mighty tree of sat-chit-ananda (Truth-Consciousness-Bliss), Rama, Krishna, Christ and Allah – one God in different Forms

– hang as several bunches of fruit. From these bunches, one or two of them descend to the Earth to bring in mighty

transformations. When Sri Ramachandra incarnated on Earth, only the sapta rishis (seven Rishis of the Vedic world) could know

that Ramachandra was God incarnate. Only very few comprehend the divinity of an incarnation.”

— ‘Sathya Sai Sath Sambhashana’ , written by Swami decades ago

and published in 2012; the book contains scanned pages of

Swami’s own handwriting along with English text.

Rumi condemned the ignorance of people who accept one prophet and reject

another one. Rumi could never even have visualised such ignorance as that of

accepting one phase of an Avatar and rejecting another phase of the selfsame

Avatar!

Now let us look at an excerpt (just to create interest and make you read the full

book) taken from the wonderful book, ‘Teachings of Rumi’ by Andrew Harvey,

and understand how these words are as relevant today as they were eight hundred

years ago in helping us understand Swami’s continuing work.

In the chapter ‘One Light, Different Windows’, Rumi says, “The prophets are

like one single being. If you refuse one of them, you refuse them all.

“It is like a ritual washing. If you don’t wash one of your organs and wash all the

others, it will be of no use. So, as the prophets recognise each other, if you don’t

admit one of them, it is as if you had admitted none of them. In fact, there is only

One Light that appears through different windows and which reaches us through

the person of each prophet. All of these lights stream from the same sun.

“If you refuse a part of this light, that shows that you are a bat. You are like a bat

who says, ‘I am against this year’s sun, but I accept last year’s’. In fact, this

year’s and last year’s sun are not different in any way. Whatever difference you

think you perceive comes from the fact that you didn’t really experience last

year’s sun.”

There have even been devotees who, out of delusion, extended their ignorance to

one of the previous Avatars of Swami, when they said, “Rama of Ayodhya

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(Rama’s birth place) is the only Rama, but not the Rama of Chitrakoot Hill, or

the Rama of Dandakaranya forest or the Rama who fought the wicked forces in

Lanka!” It would seem those ardent devotees forgot for a moment that Rama of

Ayodhya simply spent His first Avataric phase playing with his siblings and

mastering the various branches of learning that would be required for

accomplishing His future Mission. But, later, while in the forest, in subsequent

phases of His Mission, He single-handedly killed the demons and fought the evil

forces. Afterwards, before fighting with the wicked Ravana, He consolidated

various friendly forces to organize a mighty army. (Swami, in one of His recent

visits to a country in the Asia Pacific region, revealed that people from that

country also helped Him in the war, as the vaanaraas!)

Rama’s Grand Mission – for which He descended on earth – actually started after

He left His place of birth. Of course, it is always a delight to His devotees to have

the Darshan of any Avatar, whether God is in His cradle or in His mother’s lap or

while He is performing childhood pranks and leelas.

If treating one saint better or worse than another is misguided, how much more

so it would be to discriminate between the different phases of the Mission of the

same Avatar!

When Shishupala, a cousin of Lord Krishna, started abusing his Divine cousin in

an august assembly, all the devotees of Krishna, who were also the rulers from

different countries, left the scene covering their ears because they knew that,

according to the Scriptures, not only those who insult the Lord and His devotees

but also those who hear such insults lose their punya (merit).

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Chapter Ten

Our Collective Prayers to Swami ‘to Speak through Us’ Have Been

Answered!

“Let your faith grow and open like a flower in full bloom: My Love, My harmony, My bliss dwell deep

within your own hearts. Let it flow forth and bless all and create a new world. Become My spokesmen and

spokeswomen, My liaisons upon this Earth plane. Hear these words and profit thereby.

"I, Sri Skanda, Son of Siva, have spoken."

— From ‘Skanda’1 by Hilda Charlton. This book is a record of dictation that she

received from Skanda, also known as Subramanyam, Muruga, and Karthikeya.

Hilda Charlton was an ardent devoteee of Swami. She was a spiritual teacher, author, dancer, and healer who

touched and uplifted the lives of many thousands during the twenty-three years that she taught classes in

meditation and prayer in New York City. In the foreword to her book, ‘Divine Mother Speaks’, she writes,

“For those who have ears to hear, She speaks. For those who have eyes to see, She takes form, if form is

needed to give faith. To some, Her form is but the symbol of the manifesting force called Shakti.”

In any meetings of Sai organisation, school assemblies, Sai centres’ meetings,

spiritual retreats and in any programmes in the Divine Presence, all the speakers

invariably start their speech with this opening sentence: “Swami! Please speak

through me.” And immediately they recite this Sanskrit verse:

Mookam karoti vaachaalam

Pangum langhayate girim

Yatkripaa tamaham vande

Paramaananda Maadhavam

This means, “I salute You, Lord God. You are the source of bliss. Your grace

makes the dumb man eloquent and the cripple cross mountains.”

And at the end they again reiterate, “I said whatever Swami spoke through me.”.

But these same people, now that Swami chooses to speak through one of their

younger brothers, have difficulty accepting it.

Here is a joke from a children’s drama:

It is our common experience that, when food is offered with love and devotion,

the deity partakes of the food and leaves the empty container, or in some cases

takes a little, and in yet other cases leaves a sign that He has touched the food.

The deity partakes according to the feeling with which we offer the food. Just

recollect the song ‘kaun kehta hai Bhagawan kaate nahi, ber Shabri ke jaise

khilate nahi’ – ‘who says God doesn’t eat? You don’t offer berries to God the

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way mother Shabari did’.

In this school drama, a social worker encounters a miserly character who

pretends to be a devotee and worships God in a hypocritical way. The social

worker teases him by asking, “If one fine morning, God were to partake of your

offering, would you continue to offer Him food?”! And the fact is that he

wouldn’t!

Now back to our brothers; if only they could listen with open hearts and minds to

the recent Discourses available in the public domain, they would more easily

understand that it is the same love of our same Swami, the same simplicity

and profundity. His message, of course, comes out through the voice of our

brother Madhusudan, and loud and clear for the whole world to benefit from. It is

the same concern for the seekers’ progress with which He encourages them to ask

questions, and the same omniscience that answers in a way perfectly suitable for

that particular seeker and all such seekers for generations to come.

Have faith that you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.

— Matthew 21: 22

---------------------------------------- 1Lord Skanda’s assurance and direction: “Though the lessons herein were spoken by Me through the Daughter of Light for those

who gathered at the full moon each month, I want to emphasize that My blessings go out to all who hold this book in their hands

to read. All who struggle upon your Earth plane are equally dear to Me. All you who have chosen the path of righteousness belong

to the Hierarchy and are overshadowed by its Light.

“I make one last plea before I close this book, requesting that you dedicate your lives to help the downtrodden and those striving

against darkness, and thereby save humanity from a great calamity that awaits it unless all those of the Light help. A life is

worthless that does not reach out a helping hand to others.

“This invocation I sing from the highest heavens for you, that the Light may reign within you in these coming years and may clear

your way. Tread your path firmly and bravely, and remember that, when you call My name, I will hear.” (from the epilogue of

‘Skanda’)

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Chapter Eleven

They Cannot Tolerate the Splendour of the Divine

God’s Power cannot be comprehended or overcome.

In this chapter and in the next, brief excerpts are taken from Swami’s Divine

Discourses of year 1970 and 2000 from ‘Sathya Sai Speaks’ to give a glimpse of

how misguided forces try to tarnish the image of Avatars but end up, at the same

time, glorifying the Avataric Mission. Jealousy in contemporary society has been

the same as two thousand years ago with Jesus and forty-eight years ago and

eighteen years ago with Swami. Elsewhere in the book, it is briefly mentioned

how it is the same, even now, with Sookshma Swami.

“Embodiments of the Divine! This is the best time to tell you something about

the authenticity of this Advent. I am saying this, not for establishing a claim for

superiority or importance for this Body; I only wish to communicate the Truth.

There are many who cannot bear or tolerate the splendour that I am manifesting,

the Divinity that is expressed in every act, the wonders and the amazing

happenings that are the result of Grace; these people label these as acts of

mesmerism or miracles or feats of magic! They hope to bring these down in the

estimation of people. Let Me tell you this: Mine is no mesmerism, miracle or

magic. Mine is genuine Divine Power.

“There are others who cavil at these, and whisper that miracles are not conducive

to spiritual development, that they will be handicaps in the process of realisation

of God, and they persuade you to stray away from the true path. These people are

too weak to conceive the Divine; they have no strength or stamina to understand

its magnificence and majesty. They have small minds and limited intellects.

“Kamsa, the wicked uncle of Krishna, knew that he was to meet his death at the

hands of Krishna; so, he was so terror-stricken that he saw Krishna wherever his

eyes were turned! He saw Him beside him, before him, above him, all around

him! So, he shook his fist against the appearance, and, saying, “Krishna, fie upon

your magic! I spurn your tactics to terrify me!”, He boasted that his physical

prowess could overpower the effects of the perceived magic. But, when the little

seven-year-old boy, Krishna, jumped up in the arena and gripped him by the neck,

and sat on his chest, when he fell, to pound him to death, He shouted into his ear,

‘Uncle! This is Magic! Magic! Magic! You cannot declare that you have

understood a phenomenon when what you do is simply to slight it by the use

of a certain word!

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“God can do anything; He has all power in the palm of His Hand! My Powers do

not abide in Me a while, and then, fade away! Indhra jaalam idham – All this is

apparent manipulation by Divine Will! My Body, like all other bodies, is a

temporary habitation; but My Power is eternal, all pervasive, everlasting! This

Body has been assumed, to serve a purpose: the establishment of dharma and the

teaching of dharma. When that purpose is over, this Body will disappear like a

bubble on the waters [emphasis added].”

— Divine Discourse, Dharmakshetra, 25th

December 1970.

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Chapter Twelve

Do Not Be Afraid of Any False Publicity

What mistake can there be if one loves God?

“[...] In this sacred land, many men of nobility and virtue had to face hardships

and criticism, yet they remained firm in their resolve to set an ideal to humanity.

“Today you have to remind yourselves of the ideals Jesus stood for. From time to

time, many noble souls, endowed with immense spiritual power, have taken birth

to propagate sacred teachings to the world. They struggled hard to make the

world a good place to live in. But without understanding their noble intentions,

foolish people tried to ridicule and persecute them. Right from his birth, Jesus

had to face many trials and tribulations. When the name and fame of noble souls

spreads far and wide, many people become jealous. [...]

“No one needs to be afraid of .... false allegations. Why should one be afraid of

the mistake that one has not committed? [...]

“We should not criticize anybody. But I am forced to tell you all this, as it has

now become the demand of the situation. Do not be afraid of any false publicity.

[...]

“Salute even those who criticize you because divinity is present in all. Do not

spoil your mind by harbouring feelings of anger, etc. Pray to God with love. All

noble souls and incarnations in the past had also to put up with criticism. You

may ask why such criticism should arise? Criticism, in fact, adds to their glory.

Pleasure is an interval between two pains. Shadow follows light. One should not

be afraid of shadow. There is light even in shadow. Light and shadow cannot

exist separately. [...]

“In future, you are going to witness many more glorious events. There is

nothing that Sathya Sai Baba cannot accomplish. In fact, people will be

struck with awe and wonder by His deeds. [...]

“Since Jesus bore all the difficulties with fortitude, he is being adored and

worshipped to this day. [...]

“One should install God in one’s heart. In fact, you don’t need to install Him; He

is already there. It is enough if you know the truth that God is present in your

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heart. Once you recognise this truth, you will become God yourself.

“Embodiments of Love!

“Be fearless. Do not be afraid even if a thunderbolt were to land on your head.

Death comes only once and not twice. It is bound to come one day or the other.

So do not be afraid of death. Be ready for anything. Do not be afraid to follow

truth. Fill your life with love. Only then will your life be sanctified. No spiritual

practice like japa and dhyana can redeem your life, if you do not adhere to truth

and love. Whatever happens, hold on to these values. These values alone can give

happiness and prosperity to the entire world. Develop love more and more. Do

not pay heed to the criticism of others; because you are not committing any

mistake. What mistake can there be if one loves God? Have unflinching love for

God till your last breath. Do not entertain conflicts or doubts.

“Everyone has to face the consequences of his actions. None can predict when

and how, but you are bound to face them. However, when you constantly think of

God, you will never be put to suffering. He will always be with you, in you,

around you, safeguarding you. You may worship God by any name – Jesus,

Rama, Krishna, etc. But remember that God is one, the goal is one, truth is one

and love is one. Love is God. Enshrine this unity principle in your heart and have

firm faith in it. Then God will certainly take care of you, wherever you are – in a

forest, in the sky, in a city, in a village, on a mountain top or in the middle of the

deep sea. No one has the right to deny your God. [...] One should strive to earn

the wealth of love. When you have the wealth of love in your possession, you

will never suffer [emphasis added].” [...]

— Divine Discourse given at Christmas,

25th

December 2000, Brindavan.

“Hard is the world-redeemer’s heavy task;

The world itself becomes his adversary,

His enemies are the beings he came to save. ||109.1||

Those he would save are his antagonists.

This world is in love with its own ignorance,

Its darkness turns away from the saviour light,

It gives the cross in payment for the crown.” ||109.2||

— From Sri Aurobindo’s epic poem ‘Savitri’

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Chapter Thirteen

A Devotee’s Dilemma

The LORD asked Moses, "Is there a limit to the LORD's power? Now you will see whether or not my words come true."

— Numbers 11:23

This is about those devotees who put limits on God’s capacity. The Phenomenon

finally took place in broad daylight. It lasted for months in the doubter’s own

home. He had denounced them all along when such phenomena occurred

elsewhere, in devotees’ houses!

There was an ardent devotee, a fine instrument in Swami’s Mission and an office

bearer in the Sai Organisation. Whenever any of the humble devotees from his

province shared the happy news about Divine ‘visiting cards’ falling in their

houses, he used to threaten them with dire consequences, like reporting them to

the police, or threatening them with visits from fact-finding teams etc. One fine

morning, the miracles started manifesting in his own home! Now see his

predicament. Who is going to inform on the most powerful and principled

politician and Swami’s wonderful instrument, whom the people of the province

revere as a SAInt? Or can the office bearer do so, himself? If so, to whom can he

complain, against whom, to which police officer can he turn?

Naturally, he rushed to Swami. When he was about to inform Swami that a

copious flow of honey was being manifested in his house, Swami – being the

Source of the miracle – interrupted and corrected him saying, “It is not honey; it

is amrit” – the celestial ambrosia!

The devotee had seen with his own eyes God causing bigger miracles but

doubted His small acts of love in his chosen devotees’ prayer halls. It is like

someone who has seen God, in His childhood, lifting the mountain on His little

finger but again, due to the power of delusion, doubting and questioning how He

could catch hold of the demon-horse and toss him to a great distance, a

subsequent childhood leela!

Likewise, people believe in the fact of a saint (Sant Jnaaneshwar1) making a

buffalo recite the Vedas, but they don’t believe it if the GOD of the saints speaks

through one of them.

Here is an anecdote relevant to our theme. An alumna of Swami was working in

an Ashram of a saint in the north of India. During his interaction with the student,

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the saint was so impressed by her devotion and knowledge of nutritional values

of various staple food grains and herbs, that he wanted to know from which

institution she had acquired all this knowledge. When she said she was the

student of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, the saint, in ecstasy, instantly uttered

“Baba tho rishiyonke Eashwar hai,” meaning Baba is Lord of saints. Though the

saint was already self-realised, his sadhana attained consummation when he

understood that our Swami was the Supreme Lord.

Coming back to the Sai office bearer, like the Sai devotees of Thailand making it

Sailand, and devotees of the United Kingdom transforming it into Sai Kingdom,

and, like devotees of Sri Lanka filling their country with the love of Sai and

making it Sai Lanka, and like devotees from New Zealand referring to their

country as New Sailand, this office bearer also, with his efforts coupled with

Swami’s grace, made his province earn a holy sobriquet associated with ‘Sai’.

------------------------- 1A 13th century saint. Many miracles came to be associated with Sant Jnaaneswar's life, one of which was the revival of his

disciple Sachchidanand's corpse. During Jnaaneswar's visit to Paithan, to obtain a certificate of purification, he was confronted

with a man who violently lashed at an old buffalo. When Jnaaneswar expressed concern for the animal, he was ridiculed by

Brahmins for being more concerned about a beast than the teachings of the Vedas. Jnaaneswar retorted that the Vedas themselves

held all life to be sacred and a manifestation of the Brahman. The outraged priests pointed out that his logic implied that beasts

should be able to learn the Vedas as well. An undeterred Jnaaneswar then placed his hand on the buffalo's forehead and it started

reciting a Vedic song. According to Fred Dallmayr, the story signifies that to be "divine is not a property of the learned elite; rather,

it is a spread out gift, a largesse, over all creation".

Mukta Bai, Sopan and Nivrittinath were Sant Jnaaneswar’s siblings. Jnaaneswari, the saint’s wonderful commentary on the ‘Gita’,

is a regular paaraayana book for many spiritual seekers.

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Chapter Fourteen

He Will Go on Attracting More and More Devotees “ I have greater love for those who deride Me and I draw them nearer to Me. I derive great joy from this.”

— Swami in Active Workers Conference, 21st November 1989

“[...] In the next ten years, a lot of things will happen all across the globe. Swami

will manifest Himself in many, many ways in many places, at the same time. I

am not telling any lies. I have said this earlier, that there will be a day when you

will see Me everywhere at the same time, and this is what is happening. [...]”

— From Sookshma Swami’s Kodaikanal

Discourse, 16th

May 2014, Morning.

After His Grand 92nd

Birthday celebrations in 2017, Swami performed bhoomi

pooja for the Navi Mumbai Hospital, and participated in the 1st Anniversary

celebrations of the Palwal Hospital (near New Delhi) and took devotees on a

pilgrimage to Mathura, Brindavan and Rishikesh. On His return to Muddenahalli,

He gave a Discourse to the devotees on the 3rd

December 2017. Here is an

excerpt from this Divine Discourse:

“[...] Nevertheless, Swami’s Mission, Swami’s glory and Swami’s devotees will

grow, grow and grow, both in quantity and quality, in times to come. Next

November, We will see many glad tidings – the opening of the Mumbai Hospital,

the bhoomi puja for yet another hospital at Kolkata and another wonderful trip to

the Himalayas (loud applause). Therefore, be prepared, be ready, be deserving for

such an opportunity that comes once in a lifetime, in fact lifetimes, because it is

not something that comes to everyone just like that!”

God’s wonderful heart-changing Grace can even turn Sauls into Pauls,

persecutors into defenders and promulgators, and faithless people into faithful

servants of His Mission.

“Who says you need to be perfect to love God? You have to be earnest in your intent. Even a moment of

sincere love for God will make you His instrument for life.”

— From ‘The Power of Transformation: Inspirational Writings’ by Seema M. Dewan.

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Chapter Fifteen

The Resurrection is the Foundation for Joy

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

— Hebrews 13:8

Let us study here three assertions from the Avataric Missions of Master Jesus,

Shirdi Sai Baba and Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, which have much in

common.

1. A verse from New Testament:

If Christ hasn't come back to life, our message has no meaning and your

faith also has no meaning.

— 1 Corinthians 15: 14

Jesus’ resurrection is history’s most significant event. He died for our sins in

accordance with the Scriptures, He was buried and He was raised on the third day

in agreement with the Scriptures. Resurrection strengthens our belief in God’s

promises and His great power and in His ultimate dominion over death and life.

“And one reason why He could not be any longer under the power of death or the

grave, was because He was the Son of God as well as the surety for His people;

and had paid every demand of law or justice, even the whole debt. So, the

preaching of His incarnation, sufferings, or death, is of no use or avail if He has

not abolished death, and brought immortality to light, first, for Himself, then for

His people.”

— ‘The Earthen Vessel and Christian Record & Review, Volume 3’

2. Many of the devotees are well aware that Shirdi Baba left His body in 1886

and reentered it after three days and then lived for 32 years till 1918, when He

finally left the body. About this event – leaving His body and reentering after

three days – B V Narasimha Swamiji, who was acclaimed as Shirdi Baba’s

apostle, writes as follows:

“What did the passing away from earthly life and the return to it in 1886 mean?

Baba evidently returned to the world because more of the Avataric Mission of the

Sai body, that is the original intention of His coming into this body, His mission,

remained unfulfilled, and therefore He had to get back into the same body to

work out the remaining portion of the present life. This is a noticeable or

remarkable feature of His life, that is, leaving the body and returning to it, which

we do not find ordinarily in other cases. Now what was the main thing that He

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did after His return? By observing the nature and results of His activities after the

return, we can easily see why He returned to the body in 1886. If He had left the

body finally in 1886, no person in India, certainly not in the South and in the

other States, and not even in Bombay (Now Mumbai) or Maharashtra, nor

even in the other parts of Ahmednagar District, would have heard about

Him or felt His influence, and all the grand work of His that is being

described in this book would never have taken place. The essential part of

Baba's life is that which comes after 1886, perhaps that which is yet taking shape

though this is grounded upon the earlier part, especially upon the training He had

and the work He went through in the earlier stages [emphasis added].”

— ‘Life of Sai Baba Volume II’ by B V Narasimha Swamiji.

3. Looking at the plans revealed by Swami in His Subtle Form, and going by the

speed and progress at which the Mission is unfolding across the globe

simultaneously, and the visible, mammoth structures all around that one can see

for oneself, one can conclude that by 2011 only one fifth of Bhagawan Sri Sathya

Sai Baba's Avataric Mission was completed and the remaining four-fifths is being

accomplished now in His Subtle Form. A chain of modern hospitals, which give a

tertiary level of healthcare totally free of cost, and schools in each district of

Karnataka are already functioning. Out of the 18 Ashrams that are already

coming up in different countries, some are equipped to cater for the entire

continent in which they are situated and some are meant for the entire country

and the neighbouring ones. A time will come, say after five years, while

recording the history of this glorious period, that even the secular historians will

acknowledge this fact.

Just as Jesus’ resurrection fulfilled God’s promises, now the Mission in the

Subtle Form of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba will fulfill His promises made

long ago – the 96-year Mission, His world tours, uniting mankind with the

message of universal love, heralding the Golden Age and so forth. If the

resurrection of Jesus Christ is considered to be the single greatest event in the

history of the world, then imagine how Swami’s Mission accomplished over a

period of several years in His Subtle Form will be described in future!

Jesus’ Mission did not end at the cross, nor Shirdi Baba’s Mission in 1886 or

1918, nor Swami’s Mission in 2011 because they eternally guide humanity and

interact with humanity.

“All the newspapers and TV channels went on proclaiming that Sai Baba was gone! Am I an ordinary

human being to go away so easily? Not at all! Only the body has gone. I am not the body, I am the

Indweller.”

— Divine Discourse, 13th

March, 2015, Malaysia, taken from ‘Sri Sathya Sai Uvacha, Volume Seven’

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Chapter Sixteen

Aren’t You Beginning to Be More Sure of the Invisible Than the Visible? May the invisible be more present to you than the visible.

Both the above headline and this quotation are taken from Gabrielle Bossis’ book

“He and i”. In this wonderful book, Gabrielle recorded the messages she received

from the Supreme Source.

“Achintyaa khalu ye bhaavaaha nataam starkena yojayet” — Mahabharata.

“Things which are inconceivable should be understood by the authority of the

scriptures; it is not proper to try to understand them by logic and argumentation.”

“We ought to wonder what might be hiding in plain sight around us.”

— Lee Smolin

Human beings cannot always see things which are only a short distance away. If

there is no light, they cannot see things which are in front of their eyes. It is no

wonder that such people cannot grasp the principle of Divinity!

As Tulsidas says to Lord Rama[...] “Chidaanandamaya deha tumhaari bigata

bikaara jaana adhikaaree [...]” – "This world is a spectacle and You are its

spectator; nay, You make even Brahma (the Creator), Vishnu (the Preserver) and

Shambhu (the Destroyer) dance to Your tune. Even these latter know not Your

secret; who else can know You? In fact, he alone can know You, to whom You

make Yourself known; and the moment he knows You, he becomes one with You.

It is by Your grace, O Delighter of the Raghus, that Your votaries come to know

You, O Comforter of the heart of devotees. Your body is all consciousness and

bliss and is devoid of change; it is the competent alone who realize this. It is for

the sake of saints and gods that You have assumed a human semblance and speak

and act even as worldly monarchs do. The stupid are puzzled, while the wise feel

delight when they see or hear of Your doings. All that You say or do is true; for

one should play the role one has assumed on the stage."

— From ‘Ram Charit Maanas’

As Sookshma Swami has explained to us, “Everyone in this world has four types

of bodies: Sthoola shareera – the physical body; sookshma shareera – the subtle

body; athi sookshma shareera – the higher subtle body; and para sookshma

shareera – the omnipresent super subtle body. Sthoola shareera is the physical

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body, which anyone can see.

“Now, I am not in the Physical Body, but in the Sookshma Shareera (Subtle

Body), which is beyond the physical. In My Sookshma Shareera, I can move to

any part of the world without taking any time. In My Athi Sookshma Shareera, I

enter the dreams and meditations of people and guide them. In the Para

Sookshma Shareera, I am present in every atom.

“At this point of time, you are in the physical body. If you are in a room, you

cannot see what is outside, since there is a wall in between. However, the

Sookshma Shareera is not bound by desha, kaala and paristhiti (space, time and

circumstances) and, therefore, cannot be seen with the physical eyes.”

“Baba appeared before Charles Penn at his U.S. Residence and said,

‘You, Charles, saw at Bombay the tens of thousands of seekers of Liberation, striving to catch at least a

glimpse of Me. These numbers are but a drop in the ocean, compared to the countless unseen souls who try

to reach Me from beyond mortal bounds. To all I give My Light and Love, and help each forward, towards

Liberation.

‘All who come to me in their concrete form have fortunately reached the stage when they are beginning to

'see' the reality. Those who cry for the chance to see Me in the concrete form have their prayers answered; to

each I give every opportunity for Darshan, for they deserve and receive My Love.

‘Then, Charles, 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 true advancement towards self-realisation. Liberation and peace can be theirs

through loving the Lord in meditation. All who meditate upon Me as the One with many names and forms

will have shanti.’"

— ‘Sathyam Sivam Sundaram: Volume 3’ By N. Kasturi, also reproduced in

‘Finding God: My Journey to Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba’ by Charles Penn.

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Chapter Seventeen

A New Definition of the Martha Syndrome

It is easy to forget that God’s sankalpa can bring about absolutely anything!

Just remember what Mary and Martha were doing when the Divine Master

visited their house. While Mary was sitting at the Divine Lotus Feet, Martha was

busy with a hundred and one household chores. Hence, according to the

traditional definition of the Martha syndrome: when a devotee lets something

else take the place of or interfere with her or his relationship with God, then he or

she is said to be suffering from the Martha Syndrome. The Martha Syndrome is

when we let the pressure of life take over and displace our relationship with God

and become distracted from what is most necessary. Swami often reminds us that

to derive JOY we have to put Jesus first, Others next, and Yourself last.

Before we formulate the new definition, let us look at an incident recorded in the

Aquarian Gospel, as transcribed from the akashic records by Levi H. Dowling

(1844-1911):

“12 Now, Mary, Martha, Ruth and Lazarus were in their home, when they heard

the rumour that their Lord had risen from the dead. Then Martha said,

13) ‘It cannot be, for such a thing has never happened since the world

began’. 14) But Mary replied, ‘Did not the Lord bring back our brother from the

dead? So He could surely bring Himself to life again’. 15) And, as they talked, the Lord stood in their midst and said,

16) ‘All hail! For I am risen from the dead, first fruitage of the grave!’

17) And Martha ran and brought the chair in which the Lord had ever loved to sit,

and Jesus sat down on the chair (Ch 175 : 12 – 17) [emphasis added].”

Here is a suggested new definition of the Martha Syndrome: To sing God’s praise

after seeing His power to perform miracles and awesome deeds but later go on to

forget what He has done. This makes God small by our disbelief.

Our forgetfulness is an indication of our ingratitude towards God. The old

definition makes Martha’s behaviour acceptable, as she is busy making

arrangements befitting her Divine Guest and His apostles. Furthermore,

Scriptural code prescribes that ‘the guest is equivalent to God’, and here God

Himself came as Martha’s guest. (As mentioned in ‘The Philokalia, Volume

Three’, the Lord’s answer in Luke 10:41,42 is not in order to disparage acts of

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service, but so as to distinguish clearly what is higher from what is lower. For

how could He not give His sanction to service, when He Himself performed such

service in washing His disciples' feet, and was so far from discountenancing it

that He bade His disciples to behave in the same way towards each other [cf.

John 13 : 4 – 16]?) But, in this new definition, she has actually forgotten about

her own brother Lazarus’ resurrection after the decay of his body had begun.

While Lazarus’ name will be eternally used to connote ‘resurrection and physical

restoration to life’, his own sister ‘forgot’ the miraculous fact within months,

even when he was still enjoying his second lease of life – a new birth bestowed

by the Master.

Likewise, some devotees who have seen many similar things during Baba’s

physical sojourn on Earth are now doubting and giving vehement opposition

to what is now happening in Muddenahalli! They have seen Baba’s

bi-locations, and multilocations and omnipresence and at least two

resurrections in their own extended families, but they still doubt that God

Himself ‘has come back’ in His Subtle Form to continue His Mission.

Lord Sri Krishna, when he approached Dhritarashtra as Emissary to prevent the

impending war, conferred vision on the blind king, Dhritarashtra, to enable him

to see His grand Cosmic Form. Dhritarashtra had seen the majestic power of

Krishna with his own eyes. But the blind king feigned forgetfulness out of greedy

desire to hold on to the kingship and he did not prevent his son from waging war.

His forgetfulness and greed clouded his common sense and, as a result,

ultimately he lost all his hundred sons. His spiritual blindness was the cause of

his ruin.

Just like Dhritarashtra, biblical Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea and some

others also knew the Divinity of Jesus but used to meet Him in private – at night,

for various reasons. Having received the Master’s Message, later Nicodemus

spoke in support of His Master, by advising his colleagues to hear and investigate

before making a judgment. He questioned them, “Does our law condemn anyone

without first hearing him to find out what he is doing?” He finally became a

follower of Christ, and came with Joseph of Arimathaea to take down and

embalm the body of Jesus.

Even now, there are devotees like Nicodemus who are meeting the Lord in His

Subtle Form, ‘in private’, and getting His personalised attention. He, being the

Universal Teacher, always shows the same concern towards His slow-learning

students and finds time to interact with them, so that they can learn the truth

which will bring about the needed transformation in them!

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Here is what Swami said, some twenty years ago, about such devotees who do

not want to appear to be devotees in front of others!

“Be fearless. Lead your life without fear disturbing it. Do not be guided by the

opinions and advice of others around you into actions not in line with your

conscience. There are a few who piously place the mark of vibhuti on their

forehead while at home but wipe it off the moment they step out. Some are

even ashamed to say that they are coming to Prasanthi Nilayam and tell

their friends that they are going to Anantapur. Why should you worry about

their opinion? Is it something wrong to come here? There are so many wrong

things that people do without any fear, then why are you afraid of saying that you

are going to see God? One should never be afraid of expressing one’s faith in

God. Be courageous and bold. These days, people are afraid of performing their

cultural and spiritual practices or good deeds.

“Give up fear and live in bliss. Involvement in worldly life engenders a sense of

fear in you, and you forget your spiritual way of living. The bliss that is

experienced when you are with God is beyond words; it is unimaginable. Words

and thoughts return in utter futility, unable to describe this experience. It is this

type of divine bliss in which you should lead your life. That is how a human

being should live.”

— Divine Discourse, 23rd

November, 1999.

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Chapter Eighteen

God’s Chosen Instruments “Where I am, there shall also be those who love Me above all else”

— Chapter 285, ‘From Hell to Heaven - Volume 2’, Lord Jesus Christ

dictated to Jakob Lorber during the middle of the 19th century.

“Our Friends,

All the Groups on your planet have been prepared for the Golden Age, that is, for the present days. [...]

You, who are the investment of the years as the residents of the Golden Galaxy, are in your world at the moment on a mission, by

the plan, as peace missionaries, by the command of the Divine ranks.”

— The Knowledge Book, originally revealed in Turkish, dictated by the Supreme

Assembly to the Light Teacher, the Spokesperson Mevlana, Vedia Bulent Corak.

“Mark My words – in the years to come, thousands of people with a sense of

sacrifice and service will appear on the world stage and undertake acts of selfless

service to benefit mankind.”

— Divine Discourse given by Bhagawan, 26th

January 2015

at Muddenahalli, p 85, ‘Sri Sathya Sai Uvacha – Volume Six’

When Swami announced His Current Mission in His Subtle Form, His chosen

instruments readily recognised Him and became part of it. They included

devotees who have been in His Mission for decades, working in various countries

as administrators, medical doctors, engineers, scientists, vice-chancellors, saints,

EHV gurus, scholars, writers and full-time functionaries in the Mission. While

some are already active in His Mission, others have been constantly –

notwithstanding Swami’s physical transition in 2011 – praying and waiting for an

opportunity to actively serve in His Mission. The prayers of all such devotees are

now being answered in miraculous Sai-ways. Because of the devotees’ readiness

to serve and Swami’s Divine Will, the Mission is unfolding simultaneously in

different parts of the world.

“You are not on Earth by chance at this difficult and perilous time, but have taken

incarnation to be My helper, to help usher in the Age of Truth. You must remain

firm and stalwart, My soldier, nay, My general, to help guide those who might

flounder, not knowing what is happening around them.” — From ‘Skanda’ by

Hilda Charlton. Hilda recorded the messages as dictated by Skanda, Shiva’s son,

also known as Subramanya or Muruga.

“Lend Me your hand to write. Lend Me your voice to teach the little ones the living truth. Lend Me your gestures to love them.

And to cheer your pastor in his duties, lend Me your kindness. In this way, through you, I shall be among them, among yours.

Your influence will be increased and you will think less of yourself. ‘This is not the fruit of my own effort,’ you will say. ‘Jesus

was there with me.’ Say it to yourself over and over again; it will keep you humble. And humility is truth.[...]”

— From ‘He and i’ by Gabrielle Bossis (Here is a reader’s remark about this wonderful book: “How often I have paused in

reading ‘He and i’ in the last four years and asked, ‘Am I really reading this; is this book really in print?’ I would love to see it

done in leatherette, gilt edged, like some of the old manuals of devotion, for example ‘The Imitation’, etc. ‘He and i’ will be

around for 100 years.”)

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Chapter Nineteen

God’s Very Special Chosen Instruments – His Own Scribes and

Communicators

“Other people are challenged by the idea that I exist, let alone that I can be so easily communicated with, and that anyone can start

doing it, that you don’t have to be some spiritual master, some great yogi, some advanced being from the planet Koo-Koo, to get

telepathic with God, with me.”

— From ‘God Consciousness’ by God, the contents of the book were dictated by God to

Robert Farmilo from September, 2009 to January 2010. Mr Farmilo wrote down each

word as dictated with no changes or editing.

This chapter is dedicated to presenting the details of four chosen communicators

of the Divine.

Before proceeding further, it is worthwhile to just take a look at this Divine

Statement:

“It is all in the Lord’s plan. Consider, for example, how, long before the Gita

was spoken, the Lord had got ready a Sanjaya, who could see and hear

whatever was done or spoken at a distance; his mission was to preserve the

Gita for humanity.”

— From Divine Discourse, 9th

March 1962.

1. Jakob Lorber, who described himself humbly as a ‘scribe servant of God’, was

busy taking dictation from God for twenty-four years from 1840 to 1864. This

work contained 24 books of almost 500 pages each.

Let us hear what he communicated, in answer to a question of a friend

concerning the Inner Voice, on May 16, 1858:

"With regard to The Inner Word and how one hears it, speaking of myself I can

say little, in fact not much more than that I perceive the Holiest Word of the Lord

always in the region of the heart, like thoughts expressed with the greatest

distinctness, clearly and perfectly, like words spoken aloud. No one standing

even quite close to me can hear any kind of voice; but, for me, this Voice of Holy

Grace sounds nevertheless more clear than any material tone, be it ever so loud."

2. Lucas Ralli, an ardent devotee of Swami, and who also served as the President

of the UK Council of the Sri Sathya Sai Organisation, received daily messages

from Swami, and the same were authenticated by Swami personally. When,

during one of the interviews, he wanted to know whether the messages were

definitely from Him, Baba commented, “Where do you think they come from?

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From the sky?”

With Baba’s permission, those messages were compiled into five volumes, ‘Sai

Messages For You And Me, Vol I to V’, and translated into more than ten

languages. The forwards to these volumes were written by well-known

instruments in the Divine Mission like Prof Kasturi, Sir George Trevelyan, the

winner of the alternative Nobel prize for peace, Peggy Mason, and Phyllis

Krystal.

Here is what Lucas Ralli wrote about the messages in his introduction to ‘Sai

Messages For You And Me – Volume II’:

“During the last few years, many people have asked me how I receive the

messages. Clearly, it is a thought process, the result of close attunement with

Bhagavan Baba. In this state, the messages flow very easily, often in response to

questions. It is therefore a two-way communication and, at the time, I feel as

though I am with Baba, just talking to Him.”

3. Glenda Green is well-known for her wonderful book ‘Love Without End: Jesus

Speaks’, containing messages relayed from Jesus to all of us. And her beautiful

painting ‘The Lamb and The Lion’ is familiar to many.

About the conversations she had with Jesus, she writes:

“In a presence as real as life but manifested from realms divine, Jesus appeared

to me and was with me for almost four months between November 23, 1991, and

March 12, 1992. During this time, we spoke... as friends do... of matters large

and small. [...]

"This was a deeply personal experience, yet it was also external to myself. Not

only was there a sacred presence before me, visible to my eyes, but there was a

beautiful voice, and I responded to it with my own. The words you are about to

read are not the result of automatic writing or channeling. We are all channels for

God. Nevertheless the practice of channeling as an intentional process was not

used. Channeling, as a way of direct communication from other realms into this

one, is a very ancient practice currently revived in its popularity. My reason for

mentioning it, however, is neither to commend nor to disparage – merely to

distinguish. The words Jesus spoke to me were audible, and I responded in

full consciousness [emphasis added].”

4. Brother Madhusudan, Swami’s alumnus and chosen communicator, before

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starting to articulate each of Swami’s Divine Discourses, prefaces the same with

a sentence or two of his own, confirming Swami’s Divine Presence in His chair

placed in the auditorium and also the colour of the robe Swami is wearing on that

particular day. Before starting one of the Divine Discourses during December

2017 in Rishikesh, Brother Madhusudan prefaced the Divine Discourse a bit

more elaborately, because the audience, which included the monks and seekers of

the Himalayas and tourists visiting Rishikesh, were new to this phenomenon. The

audience also included Swami’s students and His chosen devotees from

thirty-five countries. Here is the excerpt:

“Very revered Swamiji1, Mataji

2 (as Swami has rechristened her), and all the

devotees and seekers of Truth who have gathered here!

“I am only here to convey Baba’s Message; I have no voice of my own, no

thoughts of my own. I am a mere ‘mike’ through which His voice is heard by

many. He is very much here in our midst in a Form that the Vedas declare yato

vaacho nivartante apraapya manasaa saha – that Form which cannot be

described in words and which cannot be grasped by our limited minds. He is very

much here in His Sookshma Roopa (Subtle Form).” With that introduction he

delivered Swami’s Message.

Swami, during His visit to Croatia during April 2017, while answering a

devotee’s question about a channelled book through a lady from Turkey,

confirmed that, “God has been speaking through very many.” He also said,

among other things, that all the Vedas were received by more than four

hundred rishis in the state of contemplation.

Swami, in His wonderful Discourse to global translators on 24th

November 2015,

gave details of how one can hear words of God’s wisdom within oneself by

undertaking spiritual practices.

The speed at which the Current Mission of Swami is going on in His Subtle Body

is amazing. He is just continuing where He left off while in the Physical. The

emphasis and areas of priority are the same; the compassion and His constant

availability to His devotees are the same; and the daily interviews are going on as

usual, whether to those who are in need or to those who are His instruments in

the Mission, or functionaries in His various institutions. The Divine visits, to

places wherever His Devotees are calling and wherever His Mission is happening,

are the same, the only change being now that they are on a global scale.

While the long-standing devotees can instantaneously reestablish their rapport

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with their beloved LORD, new devotees will not take long to become convinced

that He is the Indweller of their hearts. There are now even cases of new devotees

who have not even heard of Swami being called by Him in a dream to His

Mission in Muddenahalli. It is the same flow of love that prompts His gifts of

objects of love like rings, bracelets, and other sacred things to His devotees, and

this is accomplished through the instrumentality of Brother Madhusudan and

other chosen instruments.

“Today we know how radio and television broadcasts are transmitted to all parts of the world by radio waves.

Is it unbelievable that Krishna was able similarly to appear in the homes of Gopikas simultaneously? If a

Yantra (machine) could achieve such a result, how much more power should be attributed to Manthra? The

power of the divine name and form is all pervading. The electromagnetic waves in the atmosphere can

preserve sounds and forms for all time.

“When Swami was recently in Hyderabad, His activities there were seen on the TV in various parts of the

country. If a mechanical contrivance could achieve this, is it incredible that much more could be done by the

divine power of manthras? What is needed is the power to tune in to the Spirit just as appropriate tuning is

needed to receive a radio or TV broadcast. Regard your heart as a radio receiver. Your concentration is the

tuning device. You will experience the Divine when you tune your heart properly. This calls for firm,

unwavering concentration. The inauguration of the Navarathri celebrations means that you should use this

occasion for offering worship to Nature and resolving to make sacred use of all natural resources.”

— Divine Discourse, 27th

September 1992.

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1 H.H. Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji. He is the President of the Paramarth Niketan Ashram, the largest Ashram in Rishikesh. His

Holiness participated in the inauguration function of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba’s Hospital near New Delhi during 2016. Sri

Narendra Modiji, Prime Minister of India, in his address on that occasion, acknowledged the presence of His Holiness on the dais.

2 Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswatiji. She is from the USA and has been living in India for the last twenty years. She is a disciple of His

Holiness Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji. Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba during this visit to the Himalayas rechristened her Mataji,

saying she was no longer a seeker and had attained the stage of Divine Mother!)

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Chapter Twenty

Recognising a Tree by Its Fruits A good tree can't produce bad fruit, and a bad tree can't produce good fruit.

— Luke 6:43

“I continue to work, continue to meet My devotees and give them these

opportunities because I like being with devotees who are pure-hearted. Bees get

attracted to a flower full of nectar and will not go anywhere near a plastic flower,

however beautifully the flower may be painted or however big it might be ...

Then not even a mosquito will go, let alone bees!

“Only hearts that are full of pure love will attract God. Like a bee, He will come

all the way to drink from this nectarine love in the hearts of the devotees. If you

apply vibhuthi (sacred ash), a bit of kumkum (vermillion), don white clothing and

sing bhajans at the top of your voice without having any purity or love in your

heart, it is like an artificial flower to which God will not come.”

— Divine Discourse, 11th

August 2016, at Sai Ananda, Malaysia

“There are so many flowers here. These days, people make flowers in many

colours, out of paper and plastic. Though the paper or plastic flower looks

beautiful, not even a single bee will go to it. Why not? Externally, the flower may

look beautiful, but the real nectar is missing, and that is why no bee will go to

plastic and paper flowers.

“It is not good enough to call oneself a devotee, wearing white clothes and

vibhuti, putting your hands together and always chanting ‘Sai Ram, Sai Ram’. If

there is no devotion within, this is artificial, not ‘heartificial’. In the same way

that the bee does not approach a plastic flower, neither will God go to that kind of

devotee. What you need to develop is inner beauty – not physical beauty, which

is nothing but ostentation. For external beauty, just five things are required and

the body is a part of it.”

— Divine Discourse, 3rd

April 2016, Suffolk U.K.

“If, within a few months of My visit, so many people are migrating to

Murwillumbah, you can imagine that within a few years the whole of Australia

will be here (laughter). No, it’s not a joke. It is the truth. When a flower blooms,

the bees will find their way to it. Bees won’t want to come, if it is artificial. If the

flower is real with the nectar inside, you don’t have to send invitations. The bees

will find their way to partake of the nectar which is in the flower. This is just in

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bud now. This whole place will become a very big Sathya Sai Centre, an

Ashram (a spiritual community), as time progresses. I have begun by sowing the

seed here; now it has grown into a small sapling with a few buds. In time, it will

grow into a big tree full of flowers and fruits and, automatically, it will attract

people to itself. Let it take its natural course. In the country of Australia, this will

become like a Sathya Sai Ashram in times to come and, as Tigrett said, this is all

preparation for the next Avatar, rather than the present one.”

— From Swami’s Divine Discourse in Australia during

September 2015, taken from the Divine Booklet.

“Just as the body is dead without breath, so also faith is dead without good

works.”

— James 2:26

In reply to a devotee’s question during His visit to The Netherlands, Swami

nicely elaborated how one can perceive Swami’s presence by looking at the

various service projects happening everywhere.

Here is the devotee’s question and Swami’s answer:

Question: “Swami-ji, we have heard from the eloquent speakers of the great

works that You have done and the inspiration You have given to the rest of the

world. Yet, we are in a quandary, hearing the drums beating from Puttaparthi,

where they are reiterating that Swami-ji does not need a ‘third party’. Can You

please settle this doubt for us?”

Swami: “I just gave an entire discourse about the oneness of all. Where is the

‘third party’? All hands are Mine; all eyes are Mine; all heads are Mine; all ears

are Mine; all feet are Mine. Who and what is not Mine? Those who see the

reflection as different from them will bark out of fear. Whereas those who

know the nature of God – who is omnipresent, omniscient and omnipotent,

and can do anything He wills – will understand.

“Who is Swami, again I ask? Swami is nothing but the same Divinity, the truth –

the truth which you are. Avatars come to show you that; they come to take you to

your Divinity, which is within you. If you think that way, even an Avatar is a

third party to you and your Divinity. Why do you need an Avatar at all? You are

yourself Divine. Because you do not know, you need a teacher to teach you that.

“You can find out the nature of an object by looking at its reflection. If you see

the shadow of a tree, you will know that the tree is behind you. If you see the

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reflection of a boy in the mirror, you will know that the boy is behind you. You

might not see the tree, you might not see the boy, but, by looking at the shadow

or the reflection in the mirror, you can ascertain that both exist behind you.

Likewise, Swami’s reflection is service. If love is the object, service is the

reflection or shadow. All the service that is going on right now is, itself, the

proof of Swami’s presence. If you think Swami was just the body, even that

body was only a third party. It was your own Divinity that had to take a physical

form to show you who you are.

“Even now, Swami is Divinity, nothing less, and again He is here to teach you, to

remind you of your Truth in various ways. As I said, a pure and calm mind can

see the reflection clearly. A mind that is afraid and ignorant will always see

duality.

“When Swami manifested in Puttaparthi, the whole world did not believe. Even today, how many in the world know or believe that Sai Baba is God? There

were always many people who did not come to know or did not believe, and that

was Swami’s will.

“Even now, it is only Swami’s will – whom He wants and whom He does not,

at this point. In the darkness, you may mistake a rope for a snake and be afraid.

In the darkness of your mind, you do not realise the truth. When you light the

lamp of love, then you can see in its reflection the truth. Just as nobody can eat

for you, breathe for you or sleep for you, nobody can tell you where Swami is

and where He is not. It is your own experience; it is your own understanding

that will be a witness to it. You must understand and experience it yourself

to know the Truth – and truth alone will free one from all the fear of

ignorance [emphasis added].”

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Chapter Twenty one

A Divinely-Chosen Mother’s Love Attracts All Faiths to Her Lotus Feet

No human being can control how, when or where God chooses to manifest.

From Garabandala in Spain to Our Lady of Good Health in Vailankanni, Tamil

Nadu, India, and from Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City to Gunadala Mary

Matha Shrine in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India, the globe is filled with

Mother Mary’s shrines and daily occurrences of the Virgin Mary’s apparitions,

miracles, and messages, which can be seen in all those places. The Blessed

Mother is touching millions of hearts from these syncretic shrines.

To give an instance, during the annual festival, over a million devotees attend

Mother Mary’s shrine near Vijayawada. And as a result, all of them are reaching

out in love and compassion to assist others who are suffering. All

Divinely-chosen mothers are mediatrixes of God’s grace to mankind, the

intercessors of God to His children. It is the experience of many devotees and

Bal Vikas children that, by praying to Mother Easwaramma, the chosen mother

of our Swami, for Her intercession, they get their wishes fulfilled. Devotees

recount countless favours they obtained through Her intercession.

The believers flocking to these sites are not just from a particular denomination

or religion; they are from diverse religions including Hinduism and Buddhism,

like the famous Sufi Saint Bande Navaz Darga of Gulbarga in Karnataka, which

is being visited by Muslims, Hindus, and Christians alike.

The devotees are not concerned whether the apparitions are approved by their

respective religious heads or not; they simply go by what they see with their eyes

and what they feel in their hearts. They judge by the mental peace that the

Blessed Mother confers on them, the dramatic cures they obtain for their ailments,

including birth defects, with the Mother’s intervention, the transformation the

Holy Mother brings into their lives and so forth. In fact, often the true believers

in any faith are ignored both by their respective religions and the census

authorities of their country, because either the believers, themselves, prefer to be

incognito or the data collectors routinely include them in some or other

denomination or religion by default!

While thousands of believers daily and millions yearly go to these Shrines and

find solace and progress spiritually by so doing, there are some who say Mother

Mary is there on that hill but not on this hill. There are still some priests who say

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Amma was there on this particular hill in Her resplendent glory, magnificence,

and omnipotence only for the first eighteen years or eighteen months after Her

apparitions started way back in 1981. But the believers are still flocking to this

site, and have been for the past thirty-six years, with the same enthusiasm,

ignoring the unsolicited advice, because the believers know full well the

intentions behind such advice and because their hearts tell them the truth loud

and clear. Will any experienced astronaut follow the advice of a member of the

flat Earth society? In the process, shrines, monasteries, Ashrams, and

headquarters of various other faiths are also recording increased pilgrim flow, as

these places are on the itinerary of Marian pilgrims.

To confine the Holy Mother’s presence only to a particular hill is ignorance. It is

comparable to that of some interpreters, who say Lord Narasimha hid in that

particular pillar only, at that point of time only, and emerged from there to honour

his devotee Prahlada’s word! But the truth is, the Avatar Narasimha came down

to prove to the world that God eternally exists in every particle of the whole

universe. And so, to declare that Mother’s miracles were authentic for a particular

period only is another sign of limited thinking. It is like the ignorance of that

museum official who displayed the second skull-like object for the same Buddha

Avatar!

While believers believe the Holy Mother’s miracles right from the beginning, the

sceptics do so only after the confirmation by the fact-finding team, as if their

predecessors started breathing oxygen only after Joseph Priestley’s discovery!

Medjugorje’s future glory was correctly predicted by a villager Mate Sego, who

said that Medjugorje would become an important place one day; that people from

all nationalities and colours would come; the congregations would be so vast that

churches would not be able to accommodate them; Gospa (Croatian for Virgin

Mary) would come, and blessed are those who believe and remain in prayer.

He further said, “There will be lots of buildings, not like the houses we have

nowadays – some of the buildings will be huge. Our folks will sell their land to

foreigners who will build hotels. Medjugorje and the surrounding hills will be a

holy place. There will be so many people on our Crnica Hill that you won’t be

able to sleep at night. They will come for my Gospa! Be kind and hospitable to

those who come here and all will go well for you.”

— From ‘Medjugorje: The First Days’ by James Mulligan.

Now we will see what our beloved Swami told His devotees about the glory of

the Holy Mother on the Medjugorje Hill:

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(1) When a devotee from Slovenia came to Puttaparthi for Swami’s Darshan, He

asked her in the Interview room why she had come all the way to Puttaparthi to

have His Darshan when she could have felt His Presence on the Medjugorje hill

in her nearby country of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

(2) Yor Glory Amma in her wonderful book ‘Divine Revelations of the Third

Millennium from the Avatar Sri Sathya Sai Baba’, narrates her conversation with

Baba. The following brief passage contains the conversation she had with Baba

on 8th

October 2009. (Many seekers have this book, and another wonderful book

by Yor Glory, ‘Talitha Kumi 2000 Years Later An Experience with the Avatar Sri

Sathya Sai Baba’, as their constant companions.)

“When I asked for explanations of the messages of Our Lady of Medjugorje,

Baba replied:

‘The Spirit intervenes with the language most agreeable to those who are to

receive their mission, for them to accomplish the task of spreading the Word of

God.

‘In that context, the people in question could and can perceive the basic words

underlined by you (words often repeated in the messages, namely: intercession,

confession, sacrifice, fasting, prayer) to change their lives and set an example for

many others.

‘The faith and culture of My messengers is respected to facilitate their mission

that will continue for the rest of their lives.

‘In brief, it is Divine Love that always shines through those messages inviting all

humankind to pursue “salvation.” You were there precisely ten years ago, the 7th

and 8th

October 1999, and perceived My Presence on Apparition Hill.

‘I deliberately left no room for useless, imaginary speculations because the

language addresses large masses of believers, mostly of the Catholic religion.’”

Here is a beautiful passage where Swami tells us about the intermediary role of

Mother Mary in a conversation with His wonderful devotee, Geesje Lunshof:

“Baba: The form is in the process of being transformed or has already been

transformed and in doing so the Atma has created itself as form. Even if the

form is dissolved again, it will also at all times keep on existing as form for

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whoever calls on it, or to whomsoever it wishes to reveal itself.

Q: Just as, for instance, Krishna or Jesus also still exist as form?

Baba: That is right.

Q: Before You existed as the form of Sai Baba, was the appearance to others not

possible in that form?

Baba: Exactly, that is the importance of the ‘divinised’ form. Once it has

manifested itself, it will be there as long as the Earth lasts.

Q: Are saints divinised forms as well?

Baba: Some of the saints are. Those who chose to be so.

Q: Mary for example?

Baba: Yes, she is a divinised form, who is, through the form, able to act as an

intermediary between people and God.

Q: Not all saints are?

Baba: Some have merged in God, without having to perform another task on

Earth. Both Atma and form have merged in God. With others it is the Atma that

has merged, whereas the form is still able to manifest itself on Earth. Others

again manifest themselves, Atma and form, on Earth.

Q: Like you?

Baba: I am the totality of all forms, the divinised as well as those that still have

to become divinised. In Me it merges. In Me everything will eventually merge.

Q: Then there will be nothing anymore?

Baba: Then there will be everything.”

— From Chapter 21, ‘Inner Dialogue with Sai Baba’

by Geesje Lunshof.

It will be appropriate to conclude this chapter with one of the two Messages

given by the Blessed Mother of Medjugorje on Christmas 2017:

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December 25, 2017 Message to Jakov

The apparition began at 2:07 pm and lasted 10 minutes. Afterwards Jakov

transmitted the message. "Dear children, today, on this day of grace, I am calling

you to ask the Lord for the gift of faith. My children, decide for God and begin to

live and to believe in that which God is calling you to do. To believe, my children,

means to surrender your lives into God's hands – the hands of the Lord who

created you and who loves you immeasurably. Do not be believers only in words

but live and be witness to your faith through good works and through your

personal example. Speak to God as to your Father. Open and surrender your

hearts to Him and you will see how your hearts are changing and how your life

will marvel at God's works in your life. My children, there is no life without God

and that is why, as your mother, I intercede with, and pray to, my Son to open

your hearts and to fill your life with immeasurable love. Thank you for having

responded to my call."

“Easwaramma was the chosen one. I chose her to be My mother. That is the intimate relationship between

Mother Easwaramma and Myself.”

— Sri Sathya Sai Baba

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Chapter Twenty two

‘We Belong to Sai’ versus ‘Sai Belongs to Us’ – Which Category Are You In?

Here Swami nicely explains how people who think that ‘Swami belongs to us’

always find difficulty and those who think that ‘we belong to Swami’ will never

experience conflict. In His Question & Answer session during His Divine

Discourse given on 3rd

April, 2016, in the UK, Swami clarifies a pious devotee’s

doubt. Here are the details:

Question: “With the sudden and extensive expansion of Swami’s work, is it

unavoidable that conflict will arise? Is conflict the result of the sudden expansion,

which we have seen in other faiths like Christianity, which spread far and wide

along with its divisions? Or like Islam, which spread far and wide with its

divisions? Or Buddhism, which, too, spread far and wide with its divisions? Is

the expansion and intensity of activity unavoidable? Why is there conflict? When

Swami was in His physical form, He established an organisation. Now, in His

subtle body, He is working so extensively; so, is conflict unavoidable? Please

clarify, Swami-ji.”

Swami: “Krishna, before Mathura, lived in Brindavan – a small place with a few

devotees, gopikas and gopalas. All He did was play with them and teach them

great spiritual truths in a simple way. He taught them love for God and how to

redeem themselves by loving selflessly. Whilst playing with Him, those children

never imagined that, one day, the same Krishna would rise to kill Kamsa and

become the most important person in the city of Mathura.

“Who would have thought that a cowherd boy, playing a flute and taking the

cows and calves for grazing, could later have risen to such a powerful position?

Little did they know about Krishna. When Krishna decided to move on to

Mathura, leaving Brindavan behind, what was the attitude of the gopikas? Their

attitude was of surrender; they said, “Lord, You know best. Over the past 14

years, You have played with all of us here, all day, but what You are going to do

in the future is completely Your choice, so we have nothing to say. We are here

only to surrender at Your feet. Make use of us in whatever way You can.” To

have stopped Krishna’s chariot and tried to talk Him out of leaving Brindavan,

because they were going to lose His company and proximity, would have been a

very narrow way of thinking. However, their devotion for Krishna was such that,

even though they were uneducated, they knew Krishna was on His Mission and

the best thing they could do was to avoid standing in His way – to let Him do

whatever He wanted; then, there would be no conflict.

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“Because there was complete surrender, they put no obstacles in Krishna’s path

as He was leaving. Of course, they shed tears, but that was more from the

memories of their time with Krishna. Finally, what happened was that each of

these gopikas discovered Krishna within themselves and they achieved bliss.

There were no more pangs of separation, no more misunderstandings, no more

conflict.

“One who has that kind of humility and surrender towards the Lord, will

never find it difficult to understand the Lord’s ways. One who thinks that

the Lord belongs to them will always find difficulty, but one who thinks that

he or she belongs to God, will never experience any conflict. It was the Lord’s

wish; He chose to be born in one place and to work in another. He may choose to

move to another place tomorrow; who are you to stop or question Him? If you

have surrendered, let Him choose and let Him do as He pleases.

“It is very difficult to compare with the missions of other Avatars, which

happened in the past, because there is no real point of comparison between this

and that. Each is unique and this, again, is unique. My mission is unfolding now

at what you may think is a great pace, but I am constantly scolding Narasimha

Murthy for his slowness.

“In My estimation, there is so much more to be done. One Narasimha Murthy

and one Sreenivas can do so much, but ten of them would change the world. I am

looking for such people and always have been. Up to now, I have been preparing

the ground; I sowed the seed and, now that it has sprouted and is growing into a

tree, suddenly the growth appears fast. The truth is, all the while the seed was

germinating within. That was the only time it was truly growing fast, but you

could not see it. Now you are able to see it, so you feel that it is fast. This is the

way Sai has designed His Avatara, His Mission, and this is the way He wants

to take it forward. A surrendered mind will immediately understand, for it

will believe it belongs to Sai. However, for those who have not surrendered,

they think Sai belongs to them and they will always experience conflict.

Surrender, and there will be no conflict [emphasis added].”

Now He did not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.

—Matthew 13:58

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Chapter Twenty three

The Question of Sustainability Even when you're old, I'll take care of you. Even when your hair turns grey, I'll support you. I made you and

will continue to care for you. I'll support you and save you.

— Isaiah 46:4

During the Interfaith Service and Inauguration of Sai Grace at Potton Hall,

Suffolk, UK on 3rd

April 2016 – in the Morning Session, a participant expressed a

doubt about the sustainability of Swami’s projects. This is the doubt even the

most ardent devotees have in their minds, out of love for the Mission, forgetting

for a moment the fact that it is God’s own Mission! But the faultfinders express

this doubt because it is their nature to criticise everything, just as the cricket that

destroys clothes does not have any idea whether it is destroying a costly silk

saree or a dust-cloth!

This was Swami’s answer:

“All the worlds, including the material world you are all living in, are governed

by certain laws: laws of finance, laws of business, laws of commerce – but My

world lives by only one law – love. When I created the universe, I did not think,

‘Who is going to pay for the oxygen being used? Who is going to pay for the

water being consumed? Who is going to pay for the land on which people will

walk?’ I created it out of love and I knew it would happen. It is others, with

narrow thinking, who have divided up the land, earth, sky and water and have

started charging for it.

“My creation is always sustainable, because it is based on love – and that love

will reach out to millions of people who have that type of heart, and it will

sustain itself. Love will sustain love. I always tell them, ‘As long as you are

running it with absolute, selfless love, without any iota of ‘I’ and ‘mine’, nothing

on Earth can stop any of My work. The only person who can stop My work is

you, yourself, if you lose the selfless love within. As long as you do everything

with love, absolutely selflessly, love itself will sustain the whole universe’. [...]

“Sreenivas, did not such questions arise when you started the Puttaparthi hospital,

too? Tigrett appeared from somewhere and built a hospital, and many more will

come in the future; and so it will continue. I am the Sanathana Sarathi (The

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Eternal Charioteer) and I will guide people to do what they need to do (applause).”

— Divine Booklet UK April 2016.

“My very little one, don't be afraid to come and drink at the fount of My power. It never runs dry; nothing

ever comes to an end in Me. Does anyone diminish the ocean by taking water from it? What riches do I lack?

Do the blessings I give now seem to be fewer than the ones I have been giving since the beginning of

Creation? Would I be God if, in giving, I became poorer?”

— From ‘He and i’ (God’s original words to His chosen instrument, Gabrielle Bossis, as contained in the

French original ‘Lui Et Moi’, were translated into English by His holy and ardent devotee Evelyn M.

Brown. The translator humbly says that she considers herself the dot over the ‘i’ in the title.)

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Chapter Twenty four

The Hadiths (The Words of Prophet Muhammad) Relevant to the Current

Mission

Many Sai devotees described in dozens of their books the physical characteristics

of the Hazrat Mahdi (the expected Messiah of Muslim tradition), as described in

various Scriptures like the Hadiths of the Prophet. Based on the features like a

broad forehead, a space between the middle incisors, a protruded mole on the

cheek, a straight nose with a dip in the beginning and an orange robe, scholars

concluded that these are exactly applicable to our Bhagawan. At that time, the

scholars did not mention the other features which are applicable to (i) the early

transition of Swami in 2011 (ii) His very brief [apparent] occultation after 2011

(iii) the ‘reappearance’ of Bhagawan to continue His Glorious Mission.

However, for the Supreme Lord – Who is eternally present everywhere in the

entire Universe – there is no coming and going, and the apparent appearance and

disappearance are just a leela, His divine Sport!

These are the astonishing details in Bihar Al Anwar ‘The Promised Mahdi’,

including the mention of time-assignors, those who decreed that His Mission

ended with the death of His physical body!

“One who denies His Eminence during the period of occultation is like one who

has denied the sun when it is behind the cloud.

“Sometimes, when the sun is behind the clouds, it is for the good of people. In

the same way, the occultation of His Eminence is better than His reappearance,

due to their immature state of receptivity.

“It is ordinarily not possible to see the sun directly when it is not behind a cloud.

It can lead to blindness, if one sees the sun with naked eyes. In the same way, the

sun of His Eminence may cause incapable people to be blinded by the truth.

“Sometimes, the sun comes out from behind the clouds and some people see it.

In the same way, during the period of occultation some people will see His

Eminence and will be honoured to be in His service.

“Behold, He will have an occultation during which ignorant individuals will

be perplexed and the invalidators will perish and the time-assigners (those

who decree that His Mission was over on a certain date) will lie. Then he will

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rise.” [...]

“His luminosity will remove the darkness of ignorance and oppression and the

truth will be unveiled. He will distribute wealth among the people equitably. He

will place the sword back into its case and then never shed any blood. People will

live a life of prosperity and comfort and he will establish justice and peace in the

world and restore the rights of the oppressed and deprived. There will be

celebration everywhere. Due to his justice, blindness and ignorance will

disappear. He will fill the Earth with justice and equity.”

“All people are afraid of the reckoning of the Day of Judgment, whereas I long for it. At last, Allah will

address me as ‘O, My servant!'”

— Rabia Basri

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Chapter Twenty five

A Tiny Pebble Which Is Filled with Unfair Hatred in the Love-Filled Mighty

River Niger Listen to me, you who know righteousness,

you people who have my teaching in your hearts;

do not fear the reproach of others,

and do not be dismayed when they revile you.

— Isaiah 51:7

Can a pebble block the flow of the mighty Nile? Is there any force that can delay

the Mission of the One who is himself time personified? Is there anyone who can

catch unawares that all-knowing One for whom all time – the past, the present

and the future – is NOW? Is there a single particle in the universe of which He is

not aware, or is there an atom that can try to harm Him? Is there anyone who

can avert the design of Divinity? But the pebble forgot that it was meddling in

the affairs of the One whose power can shatter the everlasting mountains and

level the eternal hills! This is a tale of a solitary marijuana weed in a garden of

holy basil. This weed is the only one of its kind across a continent full of

wonderful Embodiments of Divine Love. While many from the country and also

the entire continent – priests and fathers, students of His schools and peasants

from remotest of villages, His devotees and alumni – are jubilant to receive their

LORD, this weed remained the odd man out.

To the question as to how it came about that such an obnoxious weed could grow

among wonderful sacred plants – because normally weeds, also, will be of the

less damaging kind among the more delicate plants – the answer and explanation

the agronomists and anthropologists give is that it is a recently-infiltrated exotic

weed!

Let us see how this is a case of failure to show gratitude to God and His devotees:

‘When a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong.

You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and

you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. I am

the Lord your God’. – Leviticus 19:33, 34. The other blatant transgression is, by

denying justice to the visitors, the weed is guilty according to Ch 24, Verse 19 of

Deuteronomy, which says: ‘Cursed is anyone who denies justice to foreigners,

orphans, or widows’. Incidentally, through an unfortunate turn of events, the

weed in its own subcontinent, had, in the past, itself become a refugee and fled to

another part of the same subcontinent and enjoyed its generous hospitality. Now,

here, many years later, in this new holy continent in search of greener pastures

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and, with the newly-acquired affluence and power, it even forgot to show a bit of

gratitude to the visiting people of its place of origin – the Indian subcontinent.

Enough about the weed, now let us concentrate on the main crop.

Maybe looking at the apparent wickedness of the perpetrators behind the episode,

it might appear to deserve to be condemned; but, for mortals, it is very difficult to

fathom the Divine significance behind it. Here are some pointers that may help

us to understand its significance:

(a) In the otherwise silent Mission of God, the episode alerted and woke up both

believers and non-believers to see for themselves the grand glory of the ongoing

Mission of Baba. Only after this incident did people come to know about the

mega service projects started in Naya Raipur in the central part of India four

years earlier and many others elsewhere across the globe.

(b) Contrary to the popular belief that the character of Kaikeyi is a wicked one in

the Raamaayana, Swami eulogises her role in His Mission as the one who

worked in His Mission as per His script and still earned a bad name. Knowing

full well the nature of the role, she willingly accepted to play it in an earlier

Avatarhood of our Swami.

(c) In any story, even that of a God, the twists and turns are an integral part,

maybe to make it interesting and lively. The ‘They lived happily ever after’ type

of stories may not attract an audience. They need Hitchcock’s suspense and

Charlie Chaplin’s comedy and all the nine forms of expressions from sadness to

anger that any good book or play must contain. To transform the audience of the

size of a universe, our Swami’s story also needs all these navarasas (nine

aesthetic flavours of parental love and filial piety; laughter and comedy;

compassion and mercy; fury; heroism; horror and terror; disgust and aversion;

wonder and amazement; and peace, tranquility and composure). Only then will

the devotees enjoy His Story for generations to come in various forms – in print,

art form, audio, and video – as they are now enjoying the childhood heroic acts

of Rama and Krishna.

(d) Maybe He is gathering all the hatred and jealousy from the whole world and

planting it in a small pebble till He can blast it, as Sensei prophesied, as

mentioned elsewhere in another chapter.

(e) With the earlier Avatars, according to the Divine script, God’s servants – His

door-keepers at His Celestial Abode – were born as demons and challenged God

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at every step and, in the process, they were in constant remembrance of God,

even more than His devotees who remember Him with love. Finally, these

demons also attained liberation, because chanting God’s name, even with

inordinate hatred, is also a form of devotion!

(f) God does not desire anyone’s damnation; He saves all. He simply removes the

pests and white ants from the tree with an application of mild bio-pesticides and

saves the tree. When the washer-man removes the stains from the white shirt,

what remains is the pure white shirt. Likewise, since God’s creations are

inherently good, when God removes the bad, all that remains is good, the original

goodness.

(g) As this Avatar is only concerned with the transformation of the wicked and

not their destruction, the treatment may not be like that of the one narrated in

Matthew 13:30; only God knows what is beneficial to the individual and to

society.

“Let not another’s mistrust of Me become yours; let not another’s agitation with life become your source of

losing rest; and let not another’s blindness to Me result in your pretence of losing vision, too. If you have

found Me – you must keep Me!”

—Swami’s Message excerpted from ‘Living in the Presence of God – Volume 1’,

Divine messages received and recorded by Seema M. Dewan.

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Chapter Twenty six

“Chi Sputa In Su, Lo Sputo Gli Torno Sul Viso”– ‘If You Spit in the Air, It

Will Hit You in the Face’

Nothing can interfere with Divine Will.

Recently some greedy people tried to put obstacles in the path of the unfoldment

of Swami’s Divine Plan. They agreed to sell their land for the construction of a

school and later backed out demanding more than three times the agreed price.

This is the Divine Declaration in connection with this incident:

“I and mine is immorality; we and ours is morality in society.

“Love is morality;

Sacrifice is reputation.

These are the innate qualities of the human race.

“Human beings without love and sacrifice are worse than animals. Where there is

love, definitely there will be sacrifice, because sacrifice is the reflection of love.

If there is no sacrifice, there is no love. We should lead our lives with both love

and sacrifice. A bird can fly with two wings. Likewise, man also, if he wants to

fly from the human level to the Divine level, should have the two wings of love

and sacrifice. Since these people established these institutions with so much love

and sacrifice, we came here in spite of our preoccupation with other activities.

“Three days ago Narasimha Murthy was very worried. He has been worrying as

these programmes [the ground-breaking ceremony for the Karwar school] were

arranged in Swami’s Name. He was concerned that Swami’s Name should not be

damaged [by the cancellation]; it is not in the name of others. Who are you to

spoil the name of Swami? Since My name is at stake, I will protect My name; it

is not possible for you (loud applause). If the bhoomi pooja (ground-breaking

ceremony) has to happen, it will happen; it is Swami’s Will! Whatever anybody

may say, whatever anybody may do, Swami’s Will must happen. If they spit on

the sky, the spittle will fall on them; it cannot contaminate the sky (applause).

Likewise, it is not possible for anybody to harm God or to do any act of

impropriety against God. Swami’s Sankalpa (Will) is Divya Sankalpa (Divine

Will), Vajra Sankalpa (Will that is as strong as Diamond); it will happen,

come what may. You are just acting as instruments to achieve this.

“Two years ago when we came here, he (Dr Anant Raikar) offered [land] at

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Swami’s Divine Lotus feet with a lot of love and devotion. He also wrote a letter

with the request, “Swami! I am offering my entire land at your lotus feet, kindly

utilise it for Your Divine Mission either for an education or health project.” But

that was not the right time. I waited for a right time. Nothing will fructify, if it is

done at an unseasonable time. If you sow the seed at the wrong time, it will not

yield fruit. Similarly, when we do something based on the right place, time and

circumstances, it will give proper results. This is the right time. All the devotees

also gathered here with a lot of devotion and love in their hearts. All these things

are required. When we are establishing an Institution, it is a mistake if you think

that we are just constructing a school for children. I am telling you the truth: this

will develop as a Spiritual Centre for this entire region (applause). Hence, the

right people should join, the right time should come, and the right land should be

acquired in a way befitting such a Centre. We have established so many

Institutions, and so to establish this one is not a great thing for us. But to

demonstrate the devotion of this sadbhakta (pious devotee) to the whole world in

this way, I scripted this play (applause)! Uttamo para devata – A noble person is

the Supreme God. They are not ordinary people. Because of his devotion we are

establishing this Institution [emphasis added].” [...]

— Divine Discourse, Kodibagh, Karwar, 22nd

October 2017.

It may be mentioned as an important postscript to this chapter that The

ground-breaking ceremony took place on exactly the same day, at the same

time as originally planned!

Sri Sunil Raikar, Sri Anant Raikar’s son, who is a financial advisor to the

Government of Oman and had come down from Muscat for this function, spoke

briefly, offering the land to Swami. He pleaded with the audience not to consider

the land as belonging to the Raikar family, as it always had been Swami’s since it

was purchased by his mother 20 years ago. “The announcement of the Campus in

this land might have come today, but Swami had planned it 20 years ago”, he

remarked.

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Chapter Twenty seven

How Swami Glorifies His Previous Avatars Including How He is Glorifying

the First Phase – the Pre-transition Phase – of His Present Incarnation.

It is not surprising that many people who worked with Swami until His physical

transition do not believe in His continuing Mission in the Subtle Form, because

the majority of Shirdi Sai devotees never recognised Sathya Sai as His second

Avatar.

Whoever visits Bhagawan Baba, He instills in them a better faith in whichever

religion they follow and sends them back as a better follower of that faith.

Whether the pilgrim is from any of the major religions or tribal faiths or those

who worship their departed ancestors, when they go back, they take up many

service activities and pursue spirituality in their chosen path with more

conviction.

Swami toured the entire length and breadth of India from Kashmir to

Kanyakumari and from Badrinath to Somnath and sanctified the holy places and

energised the shrines and deities. He glorified all the previous Avatars from the

Gods of the Upanishads to His immediate previous incarnation, Shirdi Sai Baba.

He installed the first statue of the Shirdi Avatar in Guindy, Chennai, in the year

1949. The statue in Shirdi was installed later, after five years. Till then there was

only a framed photo of Baba on the Sannidhi in Shirdi. The first movie on Shirdi

Baba, ‘Shirdi ke Sai Baba’, was produced by the Sarla Charities Trust of Sri

Indulal Shah. An excellent instrument in Swami’s Mission, Sri Indu Bhai (as Sri

Shah is affectionately addressed) produced the film at the command of Swami.

After the success of the film and after devotees started congregating in big

numbers daily from all over India and abroad at the Shirdi Shrine, the Shirdi

Trust authorities expressed their gratitude to Sri Indu Bhai. The Shirdi Trust

periodically invites there Manoj Kumar, the Bollywood actor who wrote the

screenplay for this feature film and played a role in the film and also took an

interest in organising the cast of the movie. The Trust named one of the main

roads of Shirdi after Manoj Kumar. In one of the functions organised to

congratulate him, the actor expressed his gratitude to Swami and recalled how

Swami sent word to him with Sri Indulal Shah in connection with the film on His

previous incarnation.

The actor also shared in the function that all the actors acted in the film without

taking any remuneration, and the profits earned from the film were utilised by the

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Sarla Charities Trust to finance the service projects run by them.

Swami has been teaching devotees with individual signs and confirmations that it

is the same Shirdi Avatar come again as Sri Sathya Sai Avatar, but there are still

many who doubt this fact. While all the devotees of the Sri Sathya Sai Form

believe that He is Shirdi Sai come again, the devotees of Shirdi Baba do not

believe that Shirdi Baba was reborn as Sathya Sai Baba, eight years after leaving

His physical body, as He Himself disclosed to His close devotees that He would

be, as recorded in Shirdi Baba’s official biography. When people are not even

ready to connect these two Avatars, it is not surprising that they are not able to

believe in two phases of the same Avatar, the physical and the subtle. Those in

the Subtle Sai’s current Mission visit all the Shrines, including Prashanti Nilayam.

However, just as those devotees of Shirdi’s Form do not believe in the Sathya Sai

Form, similarly those who are strongly connected to the first part of His Mission

do not believe in this new phase in His Subtle Form. They are still watching the

progress of the Mission from a distance. As He rightly said, He has drawn a

Lakshmana-rekha (impregnable barrier-line) which allows only those whom He

calls to enter the Muddenahalli Ashram.

In the same way that Swami glorified His previous Avatar by the feature film

earlier, now He has commanded His dedicated instruments to produce a feature

film with the story of the full span of the Avataric Mission – pre- and post-2011

phases!

All the devotees, and all those associated with the current Mission and all the

beneficiaries of various projects in the current Mission, know that it is the same

compassionate Lord continuing to help His children.

Jesus believed that the Old Testament was Divinely inspired. He referred to the

Scripture as ‘the Commandment of God’ and as the ‘Word of God’. He claimed

that He was ‘I AM’ and identified Himself as ‘I AM’, which exists eternally.

Shirdi Baba used to pronounce Allah as a synonym for God. For paaraayana

(recitation of a Scripture in a fixed time, e.g. in a week), He used to suggest the

ancient texts, either the ‘Raamaayana’ or the ‘Bhaagawatha’ or the ‘Gurucharitra’.

He never asked His devotees to glorify His Name and Form only.

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Chapter Twenty eight

Powerful References to How We Are Moving into the Golden Age

“Great changes are coming on your plane called Earth. The Earth itself is being raised in vibration and

therefore will have to shift its position. Before long the Kali Yuga Age will recede and the Age of Sathya,

Truth, will dawn. The preparatory changes will be immense and awesome. The mind must be kept firm, the

emotions calm. Wisdom and understanding must be your weapons to come through unscathed. You must

prepare yourself by raising your vehicle, the body, to a higher vibration as I help you accelerate and activate

your atomic structure in preparation for the dawning of the New Age of God.”

— From ‘Skanda’ by Hilda Charlton, Hilda recorded the messages as dictated by Skanda, Shiva’s son,

also known as Subramanya or Muruga.

Here are brief excerpts from the book ‘The Light Shall Set You Free’, received

from Ascended Masters by Dr. Norma J. Milanovich and Dr. Shirley D. McCune,

published in 1996. These are powerful references to the year 2011:

“The date of entry into the Fifth Dimension is scheduled for the year 2012, says

Kuthumi. He emphatically states that all vibrational conditions will be in place

for this transformation to occur by the year 2011. This he calls the ‘end of the

world’. This, he also says, must be the turning point for all the cleansing to be

complete, for it will be at this moment when the critical mass should be ready to

take that leap of consciousness into the Fifth Dimension of time/space.

“This phenomenon will consume all that has existed before”.

Here is Swami’s testimonial to His servants – the saints and messengers – and

how they carry out His Will:

“The connection between Me and the perfected yogis, masters and messengers is

the connection between the principal and the teachers of the school. God runs the

Universe as a university. He who started it, to promote the knowledge of the Self,

does not always come to teach in the classes, though He administers and

manages the whole affair, just like a principal. He has teachers who go to teach

the subject to the students. He entrusts them with the great responsibility of

spreading the wisdom of the Self, but His teachers are not just preachers – they

are people who teach through what they practise. [...]

“Many people think, ‘There are so many great masters around the world who are

so devoted to God. Why do they not know about Sai Baba? When Sathya Sai

Baba came as an Avatar, why is it that so many masters and gurus did not come

to pay their obeisance to Baba?’ That is all your imagination, with your limited

understanding. A student may not always get to see the principal, confined to his

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class with the teacher. Nevertheless, the teacher and the principal are always

connected. They meet often to discuss the work and seek guidance from the

principal. Therefore, do not limit your thinking to just ‘Masters and their bodies’

and ‘Swami and His body’. You are all connected at a much deeper divine level.

It is the same Divinity that exists in each of them, by which they are guided and

through which they teach – and what they do teach: to become the divine nature

that is already there within you and to help you to restore what you truly are and

get rid of what you are not. That is why complete education is Educare; to bring

out what is latent within you, which is your own Divinity. You are all connected

and working together, like various schools and teachers, but there is only one

principal. That is how it is.”

— Excerpts from Swami’s answer to a devotee’s question about the connection

between the ‘perfected men’, who are the Masters of Wisdom in the

Theosophical tradition, and Swami, during His visit to Croatia on 24th

April

2016.

“Today, the world is sick, poisoned by man. But all is not lost and the day of awakening will come and lead

to a new golden age. All of you should play a part in bringing forward that transformation, and the

instrument you should use is LOVE.

“Let the world be filled with love, loving thoughts pouring out from a million sources. That is the way to

cleanse the world and overcome the evil that has soiled the very atmosphere.

“LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, that is My medicine! And it is already there in such abundance, but man is so

blinded by his past that he does not see the vast ocean of love surrounding him on all sides. You must

become part of that ocean once again, for that ocean is God , the ocean of love, and I AM THAT.”

— Swami’s Message to Lucas Ralli, from ‘Sai Messages For You And Me, Volume II’

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Chapter Twenty nine

The Code of Conduct Prescribed by Swami for Ashrams

Swami warned gurus not to impose restrictions on their devotees by

forbidding them to go to other Ashrams or preventing others from joining

their Ashrams.

Swami has enumerated in detail how a guru should conduct himself and how he

should run his Ashram. He should work for the happiness of his devotees, and

endeavour to gladden the hearts of his devotees and so forth.

Swami called those gurus who do not work for the welfare of the devotees and

who dishearten them as ‘gorre’ (Telugu for sheep), not guru (teacher/shepherd).

He further called them beasts of burden!

The book, ‘Sandheha Nivarini,’ in which the above advice of Swami is recorded,

is like Swami’s ‘Vahinis’; it is in His own handwriting; it is a commandment

engraved on a stone – like biblical verses inscribed on bronze and gold tablets –

and will be a part of the code of conduct to be observed by all in the times to

come!

Let us follow His command as He is the totality and He can see the whole

picture.

The glorious story of Don Mario Mazzolini will remain fresh in the minds of

devotees: how in around 1990 when an Ashram excommunicated him and His

great God welcomed him to His Ashram in Puttaparthi and how He looked after

him by providing him all temporal and spiritual requirements. Though the

Church had excommunicated him, he continued to love Her as his Mother.

Devotees are also well aware that Rev. Father Charles Ogada was

excommunicated by his people as they did not like his frequent visits to

Puttaparthi and he is active now in Swami’s continuing Mission. Swami in His

Divine Discourse on 9th

November 2017 mentioned the trials and tribulations

undergone by Father Ogada and the great spiritual heights attained by him and

how he has become His chosen instrument for that part of the world. In this

Discourse, referring to his excommunication, He emphatically declared, “Dikku

leni vaariki Devude dikku” – “God Himself is the protector for those who are

devoid of any protector”

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When God Himself admitted such ‘banished’ people into His Ashrams and gave

a place in His heart, it was more comforting than the revocation of the so-called

excommunication order would have been.

Here is a demonstration of how people are being fed with a blinkered view of

reality and false and distorted facts, and how they themselves don’t want to see

the truth. The fake gurus and caretakers of Ashrams, because of the strong coterie

and huge resources at their disposal, think they are greater than God. It is nicely

brought out in the story of the egoistic king who asked his minister, “Who is the

greater, me or God.” And the wise minister, who got his shelter and salary from

the king, naturally replied, “You are, O king! For you can banish anyone from

your kingdom, but God cannot banish anyone from His Kingdom, because God

rules over the entire earth, the sky and the heaven. There is no place in this

universe that does not belong to God.”

Here it is appropriate to recall a practice in ancient Rome where there was a

custom to prevent the emperor from getting the impression that he was a living

God.

When the emperor went in procession through the main streets in his royal glory,

he was seen as, in some way, divine, representing the god Jupiter. One of the

most interesting parts of the royal procession was that behind the emperor in the

chariot stood a slave, holding a golden crown over his head, and whispering to

the emperor throughout the procession, “Remember you are a mortal, remember

you are only a man”, reminding him that he was a man even when he was

triumphing. The emperor should remember that he was being exalted for his

services to Rome and not for his personal glory.

Father Charles Ogada in his preface to the book ‘Love and Suffering: My Road

to Liberation’ by Nooshin Mehrabani, says, among other things, “In this state of

oneness, all barriers of division and separation are broken and humanity enjoys

the harmony of brotherhood and the unity of Divinity, where a brother will no

longer kill another brother in the name of God and where a sister will no longer

tell another sister, ‘My religion is different from yours.’ Nooshin’s book gives us

hope that this time will be here sooner that we expect it.”

“Embodiments of love! I continue to call you as such, though you are lacking in love! You need not

cultivate anything but love. That will be equal to any amount of penance you can possibly do.

“When new devotees come to the Ashram, you must welcome them as the air-hostesses do on a plane.”

— Divine Discourse, 3rd July 1996.

(All the devotees working in the Divine Mission could do well to read this full Discourse, at least on every

Thursday. Just like Gandhiji’s following quotation for service organisations, this Discourse of Swami

contains several instructions for those working in any Ashram.)

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“A customer is the most important visitor on our premises.

He is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him.

He is not an interruption of our work. He is the purpose of it.

He is not an outsider to our business. He is part of it.

We are not doing him a favour by serving him.

He is doing us a favour by giving us the opportunity to do so.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

It is worth recalling what Mother Theresa said in this connection, “Be kind and merciful. Let no one ever

come to you without coming away better and happier.”

“I am the Satguru...

Satguru means a teacher that is

True to His disciples...

True to the word He teaches...

True in example...

True to the life He lives...

True to His promises...

True to His love...

And true to all that

hold on to His Feet.”

— From ‘Sai Darshan Part II’ by Seema Dewan.

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Chapter Thirty

Now More Powerful Than Ever

Divine Missions continue long after the Divine figure-head leaves the physical

plane.

“He’s allowing me to speak about His work tonight because He wants you to

know about the formless. Sai Baba is not going to be here to hold you in His

hands physically much longer. What are you going to do? Who are you going to

worship? What are you going to feel? Do you need Him? Do you need this Form?

Do the Christians need a walking Jesus? Do the Buddhists need a walking

Buddha? They are having a big turnout tonight at the Christian Church next door

to praise the teachings of a Master whose Form passed to the formless 2007 years

ago. Yet, His Truth and powerful light beam on a billion of His devotees in the

world this very day. If they call to Him, He will come. When Sathya Sai Baba

moves into His True Formless Nature, He will be more accessible than

ever....forever. Sai Baba never arrived...so how can He leave.......to where [...]”

— Excerpts from the speech given by Brother Isaac Tigrett

in Singapore in the year 2007.

“I discovered that He only keeps His body to capture our interest. He is a

phenomenon of light.”

— Page 195 from the book ‘Journeys To Love’,

by Kirsten Pruzan Mikkelsen.

“I went to Singapore and gave a brief introduction on Rama, not the whole story.

What happened during His lifetime was very surprising, but, after His lifetime

was over, many more things happened. What happened during the lifetime of

Jesus was much less than what took place after He left the body; just take a look

at what He achieved. The body is a big limitation. With the body, I could do only

a few things, not everything. Now, because I do not have a body, I have infinite

power. Within a moment, I can go anywhere.

“The time will come when I will be seen everywhere; I will appear in the sky.

Very few devotees still believe in Me and are prepared to do anything for Me –

the rest have lost their faith and gone away.

“Now, the time has come when the real work is happening. You thought that

work takes place only when the physical body remains. I never said that. I told

you that a time would come, and now that time has come. Just believing what

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you see cannot be called faith. It is merely fact, not faith. When you believe in

something that you cannot see, that is true faith.”

— Divine Discourse, 4th

January, 2015, Pages 158, 159

‘Sri Sathya Sai Uvacha, Volume Five’

“So, sacrifice involves the release of physical matter and, once you have learned to release it, as did the

Master Jesus, then you, too, will be resurrected. You will change form; you will release new energy; you will

experience a new dimension of life. The primary lesson of the Master Jesus, the essence of his whole life,

was in the nature of his death. That is why the Christian religion holds onto it, the Resurrection: the fact that

one does not die, that one is not forever encased in form, fixed in shape, the fact that there is always another

life, another form, another shape, another purpose, another level of being. You are cosmic beings who have

eternal life. You dwell for the most part beyond the realm of Earth and after your physical death you will

return to higher and more familiar realms.”

— Form ‘The Wisdom Of Ramala’

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Chapter Thirty one

Swami’s Message to the Meeting of the Sai Organisations of Europe through

the Vocal Cords of Lucas Ralli on 12th

May 1989 in Hamburg Germany

Swami communicating His words and wishes through an official human

instrument is not new. It had a precedent in 1989 (and on a couple of other

occasions).

The following Message came out from the instrument’s lips as a first-person

Discourse, because it was God speaking through the instrumentality of His

chosen servant, Lucas Ralli!

Message

Love, love, love! That is the motivating force in the Universe. All else is as

dust, of no lasting value or consequence, regardless of its worldly

appearance, however attractive or fascinating it may seem.

My children, God is love and there is only God.

I am the Creator and I have created each one of you in My own image.

There is no second, only the one. You and I are truly one.

But today, man is lost and he is wandering without direction, attracted here

and there by this and that, things of the world.

The time for change has come, a moment of great awakening and the

opportunity for man to realise his own divinity, for that is what he is, divine.

The journey through life, many lives, leads man on and on along a path until

one day he begins to see the light. I am that light and I am here with you

today in your very midst, aware of every detail of what is happening, even

the thoughts that are passing through your minds.

Love in action is the theme of your meeting, and, if all of you allow My love

to flow through you, the world will be cleansed and man will find his own

way towards salvation.

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All of you are torch-bearers and you have been given this unique

opportunity to carry out the work of the Lord. Do not have any fears about

the outcome. My Mission will succeed and My love will cleanse the Earth

and lead mankind to a new Golden Age.

Let My love flow throughout the world. Let every thought and action be

motivated by love. That is the way ahead.

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Chapter Thirty two

The Fastest Phase of Swami’s Avataric Mission

Na tasya kaaryam karanam cha vidyate

Na tat samashchaabhyadhikashcha drishyate

Paraa sya shaktirvividhaiva shruyate

Swabhaaviki jnaana-bala-kriyaa cha

— Svetasvatara Upanishad

For God there is nothing to be achieved or done.

There is nobody similar to Him, how can one speak of anyone greater than Him?

His power with various potencies is matchless.

Supreme knowledge, strength, and actions are natural to Him.

The present phase of Swami’s Mission is going forward at tremendous speed.

To accomplish His Mission, Swami has given opportunity to His chosen

instruments in different countries, from Australia to Nigeria and from America to

Russia, to establish Ashrams in eighteen places.

Swami says all these places will become very important. He said in Australia on

16th September 2017,“See, if you want to disinfect a tank full of water, you do

not have to add a tankful of disinfectant. You just have to add two drops of a

disinfectant like chlorine, and the water will become clean. In the same way, to

clean up this entire world, you do not have to create a whole new world of the

same size, you just have to create a few Centres like this that will take care

of the rest of the world. That is how it will happen. It will happen with the

passage of time.”

We are all aware of the silver medallion created by Swami in Ooty during the

Summer Course in the year 1976 and His Divine Discourse on that occasion to a

limited audience after the scheduled programme was over for the day. The

medallion with the map of India contained markings studded with gems at

eighteen locations where eighteen Ashrams would come up in the future and

Sanskrit inscriptions containing the names of Swami’s chosen instruments who

would be in charge of these Centres. If we imagine the glory of a worldwide

network of Ashrams as narrated by Swami in His Discourse during His

Australian visit, what He has shown on the silver plaque is just a fractal unit in

the big diagram – just a facet of the huge picture on the canvas, which is as big as

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the surface of the Earth! Maybe, along with India, similar fractal units will

emerge simultaneously in different parts of the world when He wills them to

manifest. Or maybe He created the India map instead of a world map as the

world was not ready to believe or even able to conceive, four decades ago, of the

possibility of a majestic, worldwide Mission. We humans cannot comprehend

God’s ways; it is like a tricky maths riddle to a kid, way beyond his ability.

Just look at this riddle: If the lotuses in a pond get doubled each day and it takes

fifteen days to fill half of the pond, then how many days will it take to fill the

entire pond?

In the first place, it is beyond the grasp of the boy or, if he attempts it at all, as he

is just learning to count, he may triumphantly declare, ‘thirty days’! Only with

some hint will he know that by the sixteenth day – the very next day – the tank

will be full. Likewise, Swami can secure the critical mass required for

accomplishing His Mission with a snap of the fingers. What is happening now is

not the result of the small phenomenon of just the ‘hundredth monkey effect’ in

small, isolated islands near a small country, but it is the majestic, millionth

SAInt effect happening across the globe!

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Chapter Thirty three

‘Nenu tvaralopalane prapancham tour kudaa chestaanu’ – I Will Undertake a

World Tour Shortly!

Swami, many years ago, gave several hints about the approaching Mission in His

Subtle Form and His availability to His devotees in this Form.

1. The headline is taken from Swami’s landmark Divine Discourse, given on 16th

February, 2007, during the Shivaratri celebrations.

Two years before this declaration, during the Buddha Purnima celebrations,

Swami said,

“Prema Swarupullaara! Nenu tvaralopalane lankanu kuda darshistaanu, meeku

shaashvatamaina anandaannandistaanu’ ... Adi meeru manasulo pettukondi’ –

Embodiments of Love! Very soon I will visit Sri Lanka and bestow eternal bliss

on all of you (thunderous applause). ... Have that firmly installed in your mind. –

Buddha Purnima, 23rd

May, 2005, Brindavan (Whitefield). [actual Telugu

statements of Bhagawan are given to show that there are neither additions in

translation nor any kind of editorial embellishment]

After His declaration about a visit to Sri Lanka, for additional emphasis He asked

the devotees to firmly fix in their minds and cherish in their hearts this sacred

feeling about the soon-to-be-fulfilled grand occasion. Both the occasions being

important festivals, devotees in large numbers congregated from all countries and

all of them, immediately after Darshan, shared this happy news with everyone

back home through emails and phone calls, and also carried the relevant audios

and videos. It appears Swami chose the vantage point of this festival day to have

His chosen devotees from all countries as witnesses to this memorable

proclamation!

He did not share this with a small group in the interview room; it was public

evidence where everybody was present and His Divine Discourse was recorded

and translated into many languages. It was not a purposeless comment, or

allegorical expression or reference, or a fantasy to occur in some Divine realm, or

metaphorical expression, but it was a significant and wholehearted statement by

God. His words are the essence of the Vedas. For God, all time is now, just like a

movie in a storage media where the full story is already there and it unfolds

frame by frame when we switch it on. Furthermore, the story scripted by God has

additional features – multiple outcomes are already embedded in the story, just as

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different outcomes are incorporated into a computer game, or different counter

moves in a chess game based on the moves made by the player.

These words of Swami were fulfilled by His Divine visit to Sri Lanka in the year

2015, and, by the year 2017, He had completed His Divine visits to all the

continents. By 2017, He had visited Russia, also, whose devotees He had

specifically and specially mentioned in His above landmark Discourse of 2007.

His expression “very soon” took ten years to be fulfilled in both the cases – His

delays are not denials. God is in charge at all times, in all places, here and there –

and everywhere, whether His body appears to be old or He appears to be

exhausted or He is in His omnipotent, formless state.

Entertaining even a small doubt that God is not capable enough of making

His own prophecy come true is not respectful. Let us not mock God’s

promises.

2. The extract which follows is taken from a Discourse given by Swami during

the early decades of His Mission. Look at the applicability of those hints given

half a century ago about the Current Mission:

“The sky itself will have to be the roof of the auditorium of the future; I will

have to forego the car and even the plane when I move from place to place,

for the crowds pressing around them will be too huge; I will have to move across

the sky; yes, that too will happen, believe Me.”

– Divine Discourse, 21st October, 1961.

We can appreciate the significance of this statement in the light of His comments

during the Current Mission: during overseas tours, He often refers to His travels

as being ‘by skyline’ as opposed to ‘by airline’, the mode of travel of the

members of His entourage!

3. Swami, in His letters to John Hislop, used to write about the need to buy a

helicopter for Swami’s use. But He did neither buy nor accept offers of copters

by several of His devotees in those days; probably He was foreshadowing

far-future events (His forthcoming Mission in the Subtle Body) by His letters to

His wonderful instrument in the USA. During His first phase of the Sathya Sai

Avatar, He rarely travelled in a helicopter – once to give helicopter Darshan to

multitudes of devotees during His fiftieth Birthday celebrations, once while

going to Latur in Maharashtra, once to go to Alike in Karnataka, and while going

from Madurai to Kodaikanal; and on a few ceremonial occasions to shower

petals on the devotees during Birthday festivals in the Hill View Stadium. But,

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now Swami’s entourage uses copters frequently to visit various campuses; the

need is greater because of the rapid phase at which the Current Mission is

progressing.

4. In one of His Divine Discourses, from which a brief extract is given below,

Swami, as if foretelling what is happening today (what was to come after twelve

years), talked about ‘psychotronic’ and ‘bioplasmic’ powers. In His lengthy

Discourse, full of scientific concepts, He mentioned that soon everybody would

be able to understand the intimate relationship between psychotronics and

bioplasmics. He also mentioned that very soon everybody would be able to

experience the super-Divine power themselves.

It is interesting to hear the actual audio clipping of Swami where He used many

jargon terms familiar to quantum physicists and metaphysicists, such as matter

and energy, transcendental powers and hidden powers, magnetic powers and

atomic powers, psychotronic and bioplasmic powers, and direct experience of

super-human Divine power. [He is the Supreme Expert among any group of

experts, whether it is a symposium on fluorosis or a conference of cardiologists.

While scientists in the symposium held in 1994 came out with costly and

cumbersome procedures for eliminating the fluoride content from drinking water,

Swami gave cheap and simple tips which can be followed even by villagers using

the things available locally! And, in a conference of saints, monks and nuns of

Andhra Pradesh and neighbouring states held in 1987, where the participants

recognised Swami as the Avatar of the age, He encouraged them and explained

how their role is more relevant in the changing times.]

“The whole world is permeated with magnetic energy. Green pasture attracts the

cow. A flower attracts the honeybee. The mother attracts the child. You are

unable to understand the magnitude of this power of attraction and are taking it

for granted. There is a power of attraction between human beings, birds, animals,

and even insects. The world cannot exist without magnetic power.

“For a long period of time, scientists were under the mistaken notion that

magnetic power is the same as atomic power. Only of late have they recognised

the difference between the two. This magnetic power is present in the human

body, from top to toe.

“There are innumerable unseen powers present in man. They are known as

transcendental powers (atheeta shakti). Scientists know that energy, which is

infinite and unfathomable, can be neither created nor destroyed. From time

immemorial, man has been investigating the nature of this energy. Scientists have

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come to the conclusion that the whole world is based on psychotronic power,

which is also termed bioplasmic power. This is present in every cell and every

vein of the human body. The human mind cannot comprehend the nature of this

power.

“This power is also called ajnatha shakti, that which is not known. All these

powers are not visible to the naked eye. It was this power that enabled mother

Sita to lift the mighty Siva Dhanush (bow of Siva) with her little finger. It was

then that king Janaka decided to give his daughter in marriage to one who was

equally powerful. Sage Viswamitra, who had understood the intimate relationship

that exists between Divinity and transcendental power, took Lord Rama to

Mithilapura and solemnised the marriage.

“Very often, scientists refer to the two terms – matter and energy – but truly only

energy exists. Whatever appears as matter also becomes energy in due course of

time. None can describe the glory and grandeur of this transcendental power.

Yatho vacho nivarthanthe apraapya manasa saha (this energy is beyond the

comprehension of the mind and description in words). This transcends the

powers of body, mind, and intellect. Who has created this power? Under whose

control does this power lie? In whose hands does this power exist? Who can

manifest these powers and prove their existence?

“Manifestation of these powers can bring about a divine transformation in the

hearts of men. Swami wants such changes to take place from now on. It is

impossible to say when, where, and how this power will manifest itself. Merely

listening to the glory of this power may not evoke interest in you. You will

understand only when you experience it. This is the super-human divine

power. Very soon you are going to witness it.”

— Divine Discourse, 15th

October, 1999 taken from

‘Sathya Sai Speaks Volume 32’.

5. Nearly half a century ago, Swami appeared to a devotee in her vision in Raipur

and informed her that He would be visiting that place on a particular day. The

devotee’s husband, Sri Natarajan, Asst. Engineer in Indian Railways and Sri C.

Subhrahmanyam, an officer of IRTS cadre who later became Chief Commercial

Superintendent in Railways at Kolkata, made all the arrangements to receive

Swami and decorated a big stadium near the Railway Engineers’ colony. As

anywhere in India congregations throng to see Swami, here also people came in

thousands. Swami didn’t visit the place for reasons known to Himself, or

postponed His visit! Imagine the predicament of the organisers! As if to

compensate for that, Swami, now in His Subtle Form, has been visiting Raipur

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several times. Swami used to talk to the Railway employees whenever they

visited Prasanthi Nilayam, and Swami gave a house to Sri Natarajan in Mother

Easwaramma Sannidhi street near the University staff quarters. Devotees donated

this flat to Swami and, in turn, Swami gave the same to this devotee at a nominal

cost.

At Swami’s command, one or two State Presidents announced His visit to their

respective states. Later, when the visits similarly did not take place, and the

Presidents shared the news with Swami about how the devotees of their area

were accusing them of having made the announcement without confirmation

from Swami, then Swami commented, “I know the truth; then, why do you

bother about public opinion?”

Swami sometimes tells His students who have finished their studies that they are

going to get jobs in a particular month, but it so happens that, even after the

expiry of that month, that year and even the following couple of years, they do

not get their jobs. But they do, finally, get settled in nice jobs exactly in the

month indicated by Swami but after several years! God's timing is perfect

whenever it happens. In one of His poems, He says one of the reasons for His

advent is to 'fulfill the boons He granted to His devotees in the treta yuga' (the

treta age when He incarnated as Lord Rama)!

“This is an historic and momentous time in the progress of man. At this time the veil is being rent in two and

that which has been hidden through the ages is now to be revealed. The secrets of the sages will no longer be

secrets, for all shall know about them.” (‘God Spoke to Me’, p.81)

“This is an exacting time for each of you, a time of deep changes within and without, a time of seeking and

sorting, a time of moving into new realms and new dimensions. This period of transition is not easy. You can

help by accepting change without resistance.... You will see the seemingly impossible become possible,

black turned to purest white, evil intent changed in midstream, man at last beginning to see the errors of his

ways.... He will become awakened at last to the things that really matter in life, the things of the Spirit.”

(‘God Spoke to Me’, p.110)

— Eileen Caddy, one of the founders of the Findhorn Foundation.

Eileen Caddy was instrumental in creating the international spiritual community centered around the

Findhorn Foundation in the north of Scotland, and, in 2005, she was awarded an MBE (Member of the

Order of the British Empire) from the Queen for her lifelong service to spiritual inquiry. She is the author of

‘The Dawn of Change’, ‘Footprints on the Path’, ‘God Spoke to Me’, ‘The Living Word’, ‘The Spirit of

Findhorn’ and so forth.

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Chapter Thirty four

The Golden Age of Many Years of Peace

Swami has already unfolded the Golden Age. It is humanly impossible to

visualise how majestic it will be when the whole world basks in its glory. In its

full Glory, the whole world will be a better place to live in and to pursue

spirituality and to attain Divinity. Nations will be ruled by God’s own people and

all the heads of nations will meet in God’s Supreme Abode.

Students will pursue knowledge but they won’t have to purchase it. Education

required for both the here and the hereafter will be imparted free. Teachers will

be teaching through precept and example. Educational institutions will be like

modern gurukulas, like Victor Kanu’s miracle schools of Zambia. Education will

be given free, and, in turn, the students will work for society.

All households will become Bal Vikas schools and every mother will become an

EHV guru, teaching children the values when they are still young. The senior

gurus will develop the course content for the Guru Vikas programme.

Governments will recognise the need for a values education and include the

syllabus in the curricula.

Concern for the environment will increase. Mother Earth will feel happy and

bestow bounteous yields, and communities will have their own local, renewable,

energy units.

Healthcare will be delivered with love, without any commercial angle. There will

be less and less dependence on conventional systems of healing, and an increased

incidence of miraculous healings with a pinch of Vibhuti or a sprinkle of water

from a Marian Shrine or a sacred river, or a spoonful of holy water from a sacred

stream like Nanak Jeera or a night vigil in a Sufi saint’s durbar or a

complementary therapist’s gentle touch or a couple of sugar globules ‘medicated’

with Divine vibrations under the tongue or regularly eating food after saying

grace.

The Ashrams being established by Swami all over the world will be great

spiritual centres for the entire region or continent in which they are located,

welcoming people from all faiths to progress spiritually through prayer, service,

and contemplation. They will prepare God’s apostles of Love, who can spread the

Religion of Love all over the world through the universal fundamental truths

contained in all religions. These apostles will stand out as leading lights and these

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Ashrams will be lighthouses, guiding humanity towards their goal of God. The

boundaries of these centres will expand, so that all faiths and cultures can coexist

in harmony, and God’s glory will be sung in a myriad of languages and tunes.

Villages and towns will wake up to the chants of nagarsankeertan, which will

keep the people in constant communion with the Divine throughout the day.

Seekers will understand the power of Now and continually abide in God’s

presence. When people see God all around them, they will consider everyone as

their kin and the whole world as a single family!

God’s devotees will progress spiritually, while serving society by creating valleys

of saints, huge Findhorn-like communities, sustainable-living centres of seekers

and peaceful hamlets like Ariyaratne’s Shramadana centres and the Serthar

Tibetan Buddhist Institute in China. There will be eco-villages, where dignity of

labour will be respected and spiritual harmony with Nature will be maintained,

modelled on the already existing, over four-hundred Anastasia-inspired

settlements across the world, as described by Vladimir Megre.

God’s Discourses will be made available to all devotees across the world in their

own languages in print, audio, and video. There will be thousands of dedicated

scribes like Vivekananda’s stenographer and disciple, Goodwin, to accomplish

this. More and more people will live for others and God, and not for their own

desires, and their talents will be used to glorify God.

Village squares and other gathering places will no longer be idle gossip centres

for drinking, smoking and drug consumption. They will become satsang halls,

filled with devotees participating in study circles, discussing a recent Discourse

of, for example, Swami, or a passage from a lucid commentary on ‘A Course In

Miracles’ or some other spiritual classic.

Pilgrimages will become journeys to love instead of picnic tours; pilgrims will

gather life experiences for growth and not tinsel and trash which burden them.

All along the way, people will encounter pilgrims who are chanting ceaselessly,

‘peace pilgrims’ relentlessly walking for a cause, Meeras melodiously singing

Krishna bhajans unmindful of the surroundings, Baul mystics constantly feeling

their ‘sai’ inside, Good Samaritans, and angels in plain clothes doing random acts

of kindness. All along the way, there will be shade-giving trees, water points,

langars and soup kitchens, and free accommodation.

Technology will be being used for spiritual growth and helping others – to book a

free surgery appointment or to tune into a spiritual radio programme or to watch

an episode from ‘Shirdi Sai Parthi Sai Divya Katha’; the time saved by using

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gadgets will be used for gainful purposes – to tell a chinna katha to a child or to

serve the needy.

The need for visas will be a thing of the past and movement will be free, like

between the colonies of the British Empire during Raj days or during the ancient

journeys of travelling Buddhist monks. Borders will always be kept open for

those people with good intentions.

“The time that you are living in is one of the most glorious times in this age, as this has not happened, nor

will it happen ever again. Today, as you live through this time, you do not understand the very meaning, the

very value of what you are experiencing or going through but, a few years from now, as people look back at

this glorious Mission of Swami and the devotees who are a part of it, it will be written in golden letters in

the history of mankind. Love God for God’s sake, then you will experience God everywhere.”

— Divine Discourse, 11th

August, 2016, Sai Ananda, Malaysia.

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Chapter Thirty five

He is here and there – and everywhere, and He is a Living and Loving

Presence

Here, experiences of a couple of chosen instruments of Swami are given – how

they received insights and how they were inspired to share the same with the

other devotees.

“Sri Sai Kumar, IAS, a senior officer in the Tamil Nadu Government, and ardent

devotee of Swami, mentioned to us a dream of his, which is worth recapitulating

here. He had been praying to Swami seeking His blessings to go to Puttaparthi.

Swami appeared in his dream and told him, even if he came to Sundaram, that

would be sufficient and told him, ‘Sundaram is also My home’. He also told Sri

Sai Kumar something which shocked us. Swami said, ‘Tell the State President

and the Trust Convenor (that’s me!) that they are not looking after My personal

needs – for example, in My room upstairs at Sundaram My bed and pillow have

been removed. They don’t keep water for Me. Just because I have left My

physical body, they think they need not look after My room and make Me

comfortable’. Both the State President and I were shocked when Sri Sai Kumar

told us about this dream. It was true, after the Mahasamadhi, we stopped visiting

His room upstairs. When we made enquiries, we were told that it was true that

the bed, bed sheet and pillow had been removed and put away after the

Mahasamadhi. The very next day we ensured that Swami’s room was restored

exactly as it had been when Swami was in His physical body. Subsequently, we

have often observed that there are signs that Swami has used the room.”

— From ‘Sathya Sai Baba Lives on ... Glimpses of Divinity Based on My

Personal Experiences’ by Dr V Mohan, First Edition Nov. 2017. (Dr Mohan is an

internationally acclaimed diabetologist and a member of the Board of Trustees of

the Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust, Prasanthi Nilayam, and the Convenor, Sri

Sathya Sai Trust, Tamil Nadu. This wonderful book, published by Sri Sathya Sai

Sadhana Trust, contains many miracles. While the book was being reviewed

numerous instances confirming Swami’s omnipresence were discovered.)

In the following paras, a brief account is given of how a vice-chancellor

recognised the loving and living presence of his Master after His physical

transition and shared his experiences during his inaugural address in the Summer

Course. It appears Swami chose him to be the vice-chancellor of His University

at the most crucial phases of His physical transition and also reappearance in

Subtle Form to continue His Mission. Being at the helm of affairs he considered

it his duty to share what he had perceived in order to boost the sagging faith and

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morale of his students and colleagues. He being an eminent scientist and ardent

devotee, the occasion being an important annual spiritual retreat comprising of

participants from all over the world and Swami’s students and faculty from all

His campuses, whatever was shared from this dais is considered as a scientific

paper.

Here is a passage from his talk:

“We can also appreciate His presence by realising how he has been working in

the minds of some people and in revelations to individuals in creating new

institutions for carrying out His legacy. The universe, and our Mother Earth in

particular, is a creation of God, i.e. our Swami. The Creator and creation cannot

be separated or distinguished. All the animate and the inanimate objects, and the

laws of nature – be it physical, biological or chemical – which govern their

behaviour, are all encompassed in the creator himself. Let us ponder over the

beautiful concept of physics known as wave particle duality. The presence of any

particle in gross form is identified in the probability amplitude of the wave which

is the subtle form. As Swami is the law Himself, He can manifest in gross as well

as subtle form. Just as the particle or the wave nature is observed depending

upon the experimental situation, Swami’s presence is observed by some and

not by all depending upon the extent of the faith, surrender and connectivity.”

Continuing his talk he said, [...] “A few days ago I visited a Sai temple near

Srirangapatna (near Mysuru), which was my base for testing the possibility of

miracles in 1970 when I was of the view that miracles could not be performed.

The miracles that I experienced four decades back are continuing with the same

intensity. Sometimes, we find ourselves bothered by the question as to why in the

Kingdom of God we face trials, tribulations, sorrows and difficulties. This can’t

be understood or solved by the presence of a personal God with form alone. The

answer to this can be obtained if we are able to visualize the impersonal, formless

God. This is one of the basic tenets of Vedanta. In Vedic literature, we come

across a mythical bird called Homa, which was half male and half female,

reminding me of Ardhanareeswara. This has a mention in Persian mythology and

Sufi fables as well. This bird is also supposed to be in perpetual flight without

descending to the earth. It builds its nest in the sky and lays its eggs; the eggs fall

from the nest, they break open and out come the young ones. The young ones

open their eyes, the wings become strong, and, just when they are ready to crash

on to the earth, they fly with a bang and reach their mother.

“This has a message for us all. Swami is now in His formless form encompassing

the whole universe as cosmic energy. We should try to connect ourselves to His

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Cosmic form; all of us bits and fragments of His totality, although we are living

on this Mother Earth like the water on the lotus leaf. Then, we can experience

and enjoy His presence in His impersonal aspect.”

— Prof. J. Shashidara Prasad, Vice-Chancellor, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of

Higher Learning, in his inaugural address during the Summer Course in Indian

Culture and Spirituality in 2012, held at Poornachandra Auditorium, Prasanthi

Nilayam.

During His visit to Kalady, Kerala, on 28th February 2018, Swami elaborated on

how devotees with love in their hearts only can recognise Him in whichever form

He comes. Here is a small excerpt from His Divine Discourse:

“God’s ways are mysterious, nobody can decide how it should be, or where it

should be how it should not be, where it should not be; this is God’s decision,

not others’. In this very same land (Kerala) He decided to come half-man,

half-animal out of a pillar for His devotees’ sake. In the same land He came as a

Dwarf and grew into a Virata Swaroopa (Cosmic Form) at His own will. So in

which form, in which name, in which way, from where He will come nobody can

tell other than Him. However a devotee’s heart knows the love. And this love is

alone the proof of one’s own understanding of God’s presence. Did Prahlada ever

see Vishnu as half-man, half-lion? Then how did He recognise Him as Lord? Did

Bali Chakravarthi see Vishnu as a little Dwarf? Or as the Trivikrama (the Form

which expands to all the three worlds)? Never! But when the whole world, the

father of Prahlada failed to recognise God, when the very guru of Bali

Chakravarthi failed to recognise God, it was Prahlada and Bali Chakravarthi

because of their purity of devotion that they recognised the Lord in whichever

form He came. That is why the Vedas say, ‘yato vaacho nivartante apraapya

manasaa saha’ – The one whom words cannot describe, and the one who cannot

be understood by the mind, He is That. Therefore, in your heart of hearts it is

only through love that you can understand God, that you can experience God.

“It is the tongue that tastes; even if the eye sees, it cannot taste. Even if the

tastiest sweet is kept in front of you, if you put it on your eyes you cannot taste

the sweetness. But even if you don’t see the sweet you close your eyes but you

put it on your tongue, without seeing it, you really taste and enjoy the sweet. God

is like that! Like that sweet which has to be tasted by the tongue not just be seen

by the eyes. It is the heart that experiences and enjoys the Divine, all other senses

are useless and of no avail in this matter.”

“I have been promising every year that I will come, I will come, and I will keep

up My promise, I will never break My promise (applause). Every year, every

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single year the devotees of Kerala have come; they have only pleaded with

Swami to come to Kerala, and they even booked flights to bring Swami to Kerala.

They even arranged the whole flight, they said, if Swami says, tomorrow the

flight will be ready and any number of people we will bring to Kerala. But, as I

said, how, where, when, in which way God acts is God’s prerogative. Therefore,

it is better to leave that decision to God. But we as devotees have to be always be

prepared, ‘whichever form, whichever name, whichever place, in whichever way

You come, we are here to receive You with love’. That is God’s love.” [...]

“Cease to make Me a symbolic God in the heavens. I am real. I am alive. I am omnipresent. Wake up this

moment and know My aliveness. Sit quietly and feel My power to conquer enter you. Breathe quietly and

feel My Love, My perfect Love, enter you. Let your heart center become alive as you softly breathe in and

out, in and out.

“I am real. I am alive. I am within you as your own perfection lying dormant, ready to burst forth. Believe in

yourself; believe in the real, alive, vibrant Me. I am not a myth. I have come down to be among you.

“I am Skanda, Son of Siva. Love Me and My Love will enfold you, Children of the Rainbow, Children of

the Light.

“I, Sri Skanda, have spoken in Love.”

— From ‘Skanda’ by Hilda Charlton.

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Chapter Thirty six

God’s Heavenly Abode on Earth

Here a brief account is given about (a) Swami’s residence, Sri Sathya Sai

Anandam at Sathya Sai Grama, Muddenahalli, and (b) His other residences

where He feels more at home – our hearts.

Swami, long before His physical transition, chose the place that was to be the

headquarters of the later phase of His Mission. The construction of His heavenly

abode, Sri Sathya Sai Anandam, was completed well before 2011, even before

His 85th

Birthday celebrations.

While wayfarers can discern from the outskirts they are approaching a village by

looking at the tall gopuram, the entrance gate of the village temple, the pilgrims

approaching this global spiritual village can spot this 120-Ft-high building

perched on the highest point of a hillock. The prominent clock tower is visible

from far away. Rising high into the sky, the clock tower projects from the

petal-like red shell roof, making the building look from afar like a lovely flower.

The podium of the Anandam Residence is located about 50 feet above ground

level on the hillock, and a beautiful 6-metre-wide winding ramp leads to an

8-metre-wide forecourt which provides access to the ground floor of the building,

from below. Architecturally, the building has been conceived in the form of

Adhisesha – the Serpent god on which God reclines – with its geometrical forms,

a combination of circles, squares, covered with a conical, folded - plate roof, all

symbolising the form of the snake when viewed from the air.

The 8-metre-wide circular ramp has been built with twin columns cantilevering

circumferentially with radial beams. This gives the forecourt the floating effect

on top of the hill. The ground floor has an area of 256 square metres and it

comprises the entrance car porch which leads in to the bhajan hall, lift and a stair

case further leading to the upper floors. The first and second floors have an area

of 214 square metres each.

From the terrace floor, or while circumambulating the Anandam from the ground

floor, one can experience a breathtaking view of the natural beauty of the

surrounding village. Perhaps the most captivating of all is the marvellous view of

the lofty Nandi hills (the river Chitravathi originates in these hills) on the

Southern side of the towers.

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During a group interview or a family interview or during a satsang in Anandam,

one can feel the wonderful vibrations of the Divine Abode. The best time appears

to be during nagarasankeertan time, when everyone feels as if they were gliding

in slow motion on the circular ramp.

While this is the basic structure made up of bricks and mortar, God’s constant

presence and the steady flow of His devotees, and their prayers and devotion,

constantly add to the glory, magnetic power, and elegance of the structure.

Once, with practice and God’s grace, we learn to concentrate on the Form of

God in the outer temple, we can easily turn inward and find Him there.

While it requires architects, engineers, cement and steel to construct a residence

like this, with just our effort and sadhana we can build an even better house

where God can settle down and be perfectly at home. If we purify our heart by

removing the weeds and trash of bad thoughts and bad feelings, and wash it with

the water of love and devotion, and the soap of service and earnestness, and rub it

on the stone of sacrifice and fill it with light, love, and joy and make it beautiful,

God will rush in to live there. May Swami sprinkle holy water and holy ash on us

and purify and give us new hearts and new minds.

All the members of the top management of Larsen & Toubro Limited, the

engineering and construction company which constructed this unique structure,

and members of the family of one of the co-founders of the company, Mr Soren

Kristian Toubro, are all ardent devotees of Swami. They have taken up Swami’s

projects at cost price or with low profit or as part of their Corporate Social

Responsibility (CSR). The company achieved record growth in India and abroad

after it involved itself in Swami’s construction projects! Dr A Ramakrishna,

Deputy Managing Director of L&T, an ardent devotee of Swami, was also the

person in charge of Swami’s construction projects. Dr Ramakrishna offered his

house in Kovvur town in West Godavari District to the Sai Organisation, where a

music college has been started (Kovvur and Rajamahendravaram are on either

side of the river Godavari, just as Paramarth Niketan and Sivananda Ashrams are

on either side of the Ganges in Rishikesh). His family’s dedication and sacrifice

is similar to that of Mr Victor Kanu and Mrs Genoveva Kanu, Walter and Elsie

Cowan, Smt. Girija Nair amma, Smt Saralamma and Sri Indu Bhai, Sri Madiyala

Narayana Bhat, and the devotees from different countries who are active in the

Current Mission of Bhagawan.

Both the Bootywada in Shirdi and Sathya Sai Anandam in Muddenahalli were

constructed under the direct physical instructions and guidance of the respective

Avatars, and, as both Avatars indicated during their physical sojourn, they are

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being used eternally as their residences during different facets of their respective

Avataric Missions. It is important to recall a conversation that occurred between

Baba and Booty when the construction of Bootywada was under progress: one

day while passing through the temple site Baba gave some suggestions and at

that time Bapusaheb Booty asked whether a statue of Muralidhar could be

installed on the ground floor. Baba approved it and replied, “When the temple is

built, We shall inhabit it and ever afterwards live in joy.”

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Prayer

Being contemporaries of this great phenomenon and

God’s decision to accomplish His Mission through this

phenomenon, let us become part of His Story, History.

Let us not bury our reason.

Let God open our hearts by untying the knots of our ego.

Let us not merely be witnesses, but be participants in this Great Mission.

Let us leave the ring of observation and enter the inner

circle – the ring of participation.

May our Lord give us the chance to be the pioneer band of dedicated

workers in His Mission.

May we constantly remind ourselves that the most special

thing about us is that we are His special choice – His

specially-chosen instruments.

May we constantly remind ourselves that He loves us and wants the

best for us and from us.

May we constantly remind ourselves that there can be no failure

when we are working for His Kingdom under His constant

inspiration, training and guidance.

May we re-examine our priorities in the light of eternity, as we have only

‘one life to live and shortly it will pass;

only what's done for God will truly last’!

Om Sai Ram

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Glossary

‘A Course In Miracles’: The book ACIM was scribed by Helen Schucman as dictated to her

via inner dictation which came from Jesus of Nazareth. Yaani Drucker, in one of her talks

shared this: Sai Baba told Connie Shaw that ‘A Course in Miracles’ was the advaita (the

highest spiritual non-dualistic teachings) for the West.

Akashic records: An energetic imprint of every thought, action, emotion, and experience

that has ever occurred in time and space. The akashic records can also be understood as an

imprint of all the experiences of all lifetimes in all realities.

Amrit: The nectar of immortality.

Ashram: A sanctuary where a spiritual community lives and progresses spiritually through

chanting, meditation, selfless service and other spiritual pursuits. The inmates make sincere

efforts to progress spiritually but they don’t unduly feel the burden of their transformation.

(The literal meaning of the word ashrama is the place where no strain is felt).

Bal Vikas: Sunday classes run by Sai devotees for children between 6 and 15 years of age.

Baul mystics: Wandering mystic minstrels of India and Bangladesh. Through spiritual

practice, the Bauls transform worldly love into Divine love, individual love into universal

love, and conditional love to unconditional love.

Bhoomi puja: Ground-breaking ceremony.

Bootywada: The main Temple of Shirdi.

Ceaseless chanters: Devotees who constantly remember God like Narada and the pilgrim in

the spiritual classic on prayer, ‘The Way of a Pilgrim’.

Chinna Katha: Stories and parables collected from Swami’s Divine Discourses and

compiled as several volumes of Chinna Kathas.

Chitrakoot: In the deep forests of this hill in the central part of India, Lord Rama, Mother

Sita, and Lakshman spent a few months of their fourteen-year exile.

Dandakaranya: The forest where Lord Rama spent thirteen years of His fourteen-year exile.

Darshan: Sighting, vision. Seeing a Divine person or manifestation of God.

Dharma: Virtue, righteousness, religious faith, right action, code of conduct, morality, duty.

Dhyana: Meditation.

Divine Pareto principle: While the Pareto principle follows 80/20 rule, the Divine Pareto

law, as God can do anything as explained in Ephesians 3:20, accomplishes things beyond the

known parametres, and more than all that we can conceive of. In contrast to what was

accomplished during the long 85-year Mission when Swami was in the physical, in the short

balance period of His 96-year Mission in His Subtle Body He is going to accomplish more

than 80 per cent.

Durbar: A shrine or an audience chamber.

EHV: Education in Human Values

Goodwin: Josiah John Goodwin, a British stenographer and, later, a disciple of Vivekananda,

who could keep pace with the Master’s rapid speech. It is thought that without his efforts

most of Vivekananda’s works would have been lost.

Gopikas and gopalas: Cowherd maidens and cowherds of Brindavan who were worshippers

and great devotees of Lord Krishna.

Gospa: Croatian for Virgin Mary

Guru vikas: A unique Mission of developing and training teachers. Swami has launched the

Guru vikas programme world-wide to work on the blossoming of the hearts of the teachers

through self-transformation.

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Gurukula: Residential schooling system in ancient India where pupils live with their teacher

serving him and learning from him.

Hampi: Ancient temple town in Karnataka, now a village and a UNESCO World Heritage

site.

IAS: Indian Administrative Service, the premier civil service of India.

IRTS: Indian Railway Traffic Service, an organised Group ‘A’ service (cadre) of the

Government of India.

Jakov: The youngest of the Medjugorje visionaries.

Japa: Recitation of the names of God.

Karwar: A port city in Karnataka, close to Goa.

Krishna: Bhagawan Lord Krishna, the Avatar of the dwaapara yuga.

Langar: Free kitchen service, a noble tradition in the Sikh faith.

Mahashivaratri: The great night of Lord Shiva observed once a year with prayers, fasting,

and vigil. It falls during February/March, before the arrival of summer.

Medjugorje: A town in Bosnia and Herzegovina, close to the border of Croatia, where Mary,

the Mother of Jesus, has been giving Her darshan to devotees since 1981.

Meera: Also known as Meera Bai, a mystic poet and an ardent devotee of Krishna.

Mithila/Mithilapura: The birthplace of Mother Sita.

Naanak jeera: A holy spring in the Sikh Shrine, Guru Nanak Jhira Sahib, in the town of

Bidar, Karnataka State.

Nagarsankeertan: Processional singing of holy hymns in the early hours.

Noah’s Ark: A massive ship, built at God’s command, that saved Noah, and his family, and

two of every kind of land animal, from the global flood that took place six thousand years

ago.

Oasis: Spiritually, an oasis is where God is. It is a place where one can interact with God,

and make friends with God. We can make our hearts and homes oases – places of peace,

safety or happiness in the midst of trouble or difficulty.

Peace pilgrim: An American non-denominational spiritual teacher, mystic, pacifist,

vegetarian activist who walked across the United States for 28 years.

Philokalia: A collection of texts written between the 4th and 15th centuries by spiritual

masters of the Eastern Orthodox Church mystical hesychast system. The writings of the

Philokalia help seekers to attain union with God.

Ramala: A spiritual retreat centre in Glastonbury, England – ‘A School on Earth Teaching

the Truth of the Heavens’.

Raghu (lineage): The dynasty of Kings to which Lord Rama belongs.

Rishi: A sage.

Rumi: Sufi mystic of the 13th century.

Sadhana: Spiritual practice.

Sankalpa: Will, resolve, Divine will.

Sannidhi: Nearness, proximity; holy place, a temple.

Sannyas: Renunciation.

Sarla Charities Trust: The Trust which produced ‘Shirdi ke Sai Baba’ at Swami’s command

and now producing ‘Baba Sathya Sai’ (His Story, including the ongoing Current Mission in

His Subtle Form).

Satsang: The company of the noble.

Saul: Saul of Tarsus, the original name of Paul the Apostle. Prior to his conversion, Paul was

dedicated to persecuting the early disciples of Jesus in the area of Jerusalem!

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Sensei: An honorific term for teacher that refers to masters of their profession in Chinese

and Japanese.

Serthar: A province in China where Larung Gar, the largest Tibetan Buddhist Institute is

situated.

Shabari: A tribal woman, ardently devoted to Lord Rama.

Shramadana: A gift of labour for a social cause.

Srirangapatna: A town close to Mysuru. The taste of Baba’s amrit from the Sathya Sai

Temple maintained by Sri Halagappa in this town is familiar to devotees.

Sundaram: Swami’s abode in Chennai. Sathyam in Mumbai, Shivam in Hyderabad,

Sundaram in Chennai and Anandam in Muddenahalli are the main Abodes of our Swami.

Now Swami is building 18 more spiritual centres around the world.

Swamini: A female guru.

Trikal Darshi: The One who knows everything about the past, the present, and the future.

Tulsidas: A saint, renowned for his devotion to Lord Rama.

Viswarupa: Cosmic Form.

Vladimir Megre: Author of the best-selling series of books, ‘The Ringing Cedars of Russia’.

The books became a basis for the back-to-the-land movement based on permanently

sustainable, self-sufficient, simple living.

Yuga: Era or a great age.

Yugadi: New Year’s Day for the people of some of the states in India.

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Index With Reference to Chapter Numbers in Which They Appear

Advent, the authenticity of this, Ch 11

Alice Coltran Turiyasangitananda Ch 4

Anthony Bong Ch 3

Apparent manipulation by Divine will Ch 11

Authenticity of this Advent Ch 11

Avataric Missions, full span of the, Ch 15

Be fearless Ch 12

Believe in the real, alive, vibrant Me Ch 35

Calamity that awaits Ch 10

Cater for the entire continent Ch 15

Cease to make Me a symbolic God in the heavens Ch 35

Charles Penn, Baba appeared at his US residence Ch 16

Chumash Pradesh, Malibu, California Ch 4

Citizens of Brindavan Ch 7

Communicating His words and wishes through an official human instrument

is not new Ch 31

Connection between Me and the perfected yogis Ch 28

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Ch 36

Different phases of the Mission of the same Avatar Ch 9

Divine Pareto Principle Ch 8

Do we at times miss the reality? Ch 7

Doubt that God is not capable enough of making His own prophecy come true Ch 33

Expert’s opinion, can it be contrary to the reality? Ch 7

False allegations Ch 12

Feature film with the story of the full span of the Avataric Mission Ch 27

First-person Discourse, because it was God speaking through Ch 31

Forgotten, the fundamental attributes of the Divine Personality Ch 8

Formless Nature, when Sathya Sai Baba moves into His True, Ch 30

Four types of bodies Ch 16

Fractal units Ch 32

‘From Him to Me’ Ch 3

Global scale Ch 19

Glorious events Ch 12

God Himself is the protector Ch 29

‘GOD IS’ Ch 8

God rules over the entire Earth Ch 29

God’s capacity, devotees who put limits on, Ch 13

God’s official things Ch 6

Golden Age Ch 2

Golden Age, those who will not fit into the new, Ch 2

Have we been conditioned to believe in the expert’s opinion rather than reality? Ch 7

He is allowing me to speak about His work Ch 30

Heads of nations Ch 34

Helicopter, about the need to buy Ch 33

His chosen servant, Lucas Ralli Ch 31

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His other residences Ch 36

His teachings, how His devotees would forget, Ch 4

Historic and momentous time Ch 33

Holy continent Ch 25

Homophones of ‘Sai Anantham’ Ch 4

Honoured to be in His service Ch 24

How, where, when, in which way God acts Ch 35

Human semblance Ch 16

I am not a myth Ch 35

I am very sad that My students, My close devotees – My pillars Ch 3

I can be so easily communicated with Ch 19

I scripted this play Ch 26

If they call to Him, He will come Ch 30

If you have found Me – you must keep Me! CH 25

In accordance with the Scriptures Ch 15

In times to come, there won’t be just one Sai Baba Ch 1

Inadvertently hinting at God’s presence Ch 8

Inconceivable to be understood Ch 16

It is not honey; it is amrit Ch 13

It is the same love of our same Swami Ch 10

Joke from a children’s drama Ch 10

Krishna’s childhood pranks Ch 8

Lakshmana-rekha Ch 27

Landmark Bogota Discourse Ch 1

Larson & Toubro, all the members of top management of Ch 36

Lazarus’s resurrection Ch 17

Leap of Consciousness Ch 28

Let us not mock God’s promises Ch 33

Letters of Vasanth Kunj, New Delhi Ch 3

Liaisons of God upon this Earth plane Ch 10

Lily Tomlin Ch 5

Limitation of body Ch 30

Long before the Gita was spoken, the Lord had got ready a Sanjaya Ch 19

Lord of saints, Baba is Ch 13

Love itself will sustain the whole universe Ch 23

Margaret Atwood Ch 5

Mediatrixes, all Divinely-chosen mothers are, Ch 21

Meeting the Lord in His Subtle Form ‘in private’ Ch 17

Mesmerism, label these as acts of, Ch 11

Millionth SAInt effect Ch 32

Miserly character Ch 10

Missing the bus Ch 7

Missions continue long after Ch 30

Most glorious time Ch 34

My miracles have just now started and will not end till the Ch 3

My power is eternal, all pervasive, everlasting! Ch 11

Never-before-seen time Ch 2

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Newspapers and TV channels Ch 15

Next ten years, a lot of things will happen Ch 14

Nine aesthetic flavours Ch 25

No one has the right to deny your God Ch 12

Nobody can decide how it should be Ch 35

Notwithstanding Swami’s physical transition Ch 18

Now, because I do not have a body, I have infinite power Ch 30

Now, the time has come when the real work is happening Ch 30

One can see for oneself Ch 15

One Light, Different Windows Ch 9

People will be struck with awe and wonder by His deeds Ch 12

Phenomenon, you cannot declare that you have understood a, Ch 11

Place of birth, actually started after He left His Ch 9

Plastic flower Ch 20

Prepared for the Golden Age Ch 18

Preventing others from joining their Ashrams Ch 29

Promises made long ago Ch 15

Quantum physicists, their jargon terms, Ch 33

Raipur, Swami appeared to a devotee in her vision in, Ch 33

Reentered after three days Ch 15

Remember you are a mortal Ch 29

Riddle to a kid Ch 32

Rumi, teachings of, Ch 9

Sarla Charities Trust Ch 27

Sauls into Pauls Ch 14

Secular historians will acknowledge Ch 16

She is a divinised form Ch 21

Shishupala Ch 9

Silent revolution Ch 1

So much more to be done Ch 22

Spirituality does not come on a platter of gold Ch 6

Spokesmen and spokeswomen, of God Ch 10

Swami had planned it 20 years ago Ch 26

That is My medicine Ch 28

That will take care of the rest of the world Ch 32

The beauty and significant part of the meeting Ch 6

The first movie on Shirdi Baba ‘Shirdi ke Sai Baba’ Ch 27

The Mission is unfolding simultaneously Ch 18

The power of the Divine name Ch 19

The proof of Swami’s presence Ch 20

The success of the film and after devotees started congregating Ch 27

The time will come when I will be seen everywhere Ch 30

Therefore, be prepared, be ready, be deserving Ch 14

They are not looking after My personal needs Ch 35

They still doubt Ch 17

Things which are inconceivable to be understood by the authority of Ch 16

This is the way He wants to take it forward Ch 22

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Turning point Ch 28

Vice-chancellor recognised Ch 35

Virgin Mary’s apparitions Ch 21

When the temple is built, We shall inhabit it and ever afterwards live in joy Ch 36

Whenever He comes with so much light and splendour Ch 5

Where do you think they come from? From the sky? Ch 19

Who can catch unawares that all-knowing One Ch 25

Whole world as a single family Ch 34

Will continue to care for you Ch 23

Will help all those who cannot directly receive messages from Baba Ch 3

Will that is as strong as diamond Ch 26

Without seeing it Ch 35

Would I be God if, in giving, I became poorer? Ch 23

Your grace makes... Ch 10