The western Sai Newsletter for Sai Graduates is on the air
Sai Ram everyone and a special Sai Ram to my fellow Sai Graduates
It has been such a short time since our precious Beloved left His body but, because He was the most photographed person in the world. His shining bliss -filled eyes watch us from every one of those pictures.. So even though we will miss the 'side-long glances' in the Hall we will have His Divine Darsan always from millions of photos.
GC starting note G
THERE IS NO BIRTH, THERE IS NO DEATH
THERE IS NO YOU OR I
THERE IS ONLY SATHYA SAI, BELOVED SATHYA SAI
SATHYA SAI, SATHYA SAI, BELOVED SATHYA SAI
Since the passing away of His adorable form, I have been hearing from everyone around that NOW WE MUST GET TO WORK ON HIS MISSION. It is time to put into practice His famous
axioms HELP EVER HURT NEVER, LOVE ALL SERVE ALL AND DO GOOD, BE GOOD, for they point the way to God.
It is true. We must not waste any more time But how shall we serve Him? What shall we do?
Perhaps it is true that any kindness shown to anyone at all wuth a pure heart is service to Swami. Why? Because He is omnipresent. Swami is everyone..
But first we must understand that we ourselves are God. No, first we must understand that He is omnipreent because then logically, we are God. Next we can draw the conclusion that everyone else is God too. Yes, because He is omnipresent.
As Swami has often said,
A D STARTING NOTE A
I AM GOD, I AM GOD
I AM NOT DIFFERENT FROM GOD
I AM THE INDIVISABLE SUPREME ABSOLUTE
I AM SAT CHIT ANANDA
I AM KNOWLEDGE AWARE AND BLISS
GRIEF AND ANXIETY WILL NEVER COME NEAR ME
I AM EVER CONTENT
FEAR CANNOT COME INTO ME
I AM EVER CONTENT, OM TAT SAT
ACTUALLY WE REALLY KNOW THAT WE ARE GOD BECAUSE SWAMI TOLD US SO.
God is love and love is God. LOVE MOREAND MORE PEOPLE MORE AND MORE. TRANSFORM THAT LOVE INTO SERVICE AND TRANSFORM THAT SERVICE INTO WORSHIP. THAT IS THE HIGHEST SPRITUALITY. SWAMI SAID SO
Sharing is caring. On television, Oprah SUGGESTS THE SAME THING. She says we should share our love with others because that will make our lives worth living. Oprah may share her love with millions each day but, it is a worthy act of service to smile and convey your love to an elderly neighbor because it is all God's love and who are we? We are God.
What is a Sai Graduate anyway, you may ask. A Sai Graduate to my way of thinking is a devotee who has benefited from being given Sai's teachings . It doesn't have anything to do with having letters after your name. It is a state of being. Of course it doesn't mean perfection or I wouldn't be doing this writing. It only means that we had the opportunity to study His teachings so that we can live His truth, upon occasion, more often then not and can pick ourselves up off the floor when we fall on our faces. ..and realize that in all probability we are SAT CHIT ANANDA.
This 'you stream' broadcast is my somewhat feeble attempt to LOVE ALLSERVE ALL. ...in order to carry on His work, His mission....but let me add that I know full well I am doing it for myself....for ME As Wavy Gravy says, 'I'm in it for the buzz. It makes me feel good.
I found Swami in1974. He asked me what I wanted and I replied...'a reason to live. That was when He gave me His mission to live for. He placed His torch in my mind and in my heart. Nothing has diminished that flame.
During the 33 years in India I was His instrument in that I wrote books for His children. And the lessons I learned then allowed me to recover from having to leave my beloved India last year. In fact, I landed on my feet here in the west, and immediately began to do a blog on the internet for Sai Graduates. I knew a few devotees who also had to leave and were having a rough time of it. And I never stopped singing His glory
C G STARTING NOTE C
TO YOU SAI BABA WE BOW
TO SHIRDIE BABA WE BOW
YOU ARE THE ATMA INSIDE
ACCEPT OUR PRANAMS DEAR SAI
YOU ARE ESWARA ALLAH RAM
PLEASE ACCEPT MY PRANAMS
FULLFILL ALL MY HOPES AND DESIRES
AND QUENCH THE THIRST OF EGO'S FIRE
I was very ill when I stepped foot on western soil. I felt totally destroyed but He pr opted me up with the blog. I may have been separate from
THE HOLY LAND' BUT NOT FOR A MOMENT WAS I SEPARATE FROM HIM. His grace. His passing away was a shock and a calamity but was bearable.
I really missed the Ashram Sat Sang very much
And so I felt that I should try to recreate that wonderful loving feeling of togetherness. The Sai Center here didn't work for me somehow. At first I thought of trying to organize a splinter group from the organization. A place for westerners to sing songs in English, discuss topics pertinent to our western lives and wear clothes that are acceptable here in Florida.
I knew that it wouldn't work to splinter off because Swami teaches UNITY above all. Then my programmer who is from Chennai told me about 'you stream.' I decided to try to air devotional music etc in English. that other Sai Graduates might use at home in their Sadhana or even in groups. So here it is. I wondered, however, about the service aspect of belonging to a center. Our center here does wonderful things with medical camps and Dentistry. That was when I realized that Bhagavan probably appreciates the loving conversations I've had with the homeless and Down's syndrome people almost every day that I go out.. It's sort of like tossing a pebble in a pond. It has a center but no circumference, going out for ever,
This broadcast along with all the rest of my stuff is a gift to and from Bhagavan. I can never NOT work for His Mission. Later I will include the Rudram English translation and the Sai Astotra also in English and a few blogs maybe, We'll play it by ear. It it doesn't work for you, turn it off. For me it might quench this burning flame to help Swami who certainly does not need my help. Now I just have to try to figure out how to use this 'you stream'( http://www.ustream.tv/channel/sai-graduates ) thing.
Sai Ram everyone and a special Sai Ram to my fellow Sai Graduates
It has been such a short time since our precious Beloved left His body but, because He was the most photographed person in the world. His shining bliss -filled eyes watch us from every one of those pictures.. So even though we will miss the 'side-long glances' in the Hall we will have His Divine Darsan always from millions of photos.
GC starting note G
THERE IS NO BIRTH, THERE IS NO DEATH
THERE IS NO YOU OR I
THERE IS ONLY SATHYA SAI, BELOVED SATHYA SAI
SATHYA SAI, SATHYA SAI, BELOVED SATHYA SAI
Since the passing away of His adorable form, I have been hearing from everyone around that NOW WE MUST GET TO WORK ON HIS MISSION. It is time to put into practice His famous
axioms HELP EVER HURT NEVER, LOVE ALL SERVE ALL AND DO GOOD, BE GOOD, for they point the way to God.
It is true. We must not waste any more time But how shall we serve Him? What shall we do?
Perhaps it is true that any kindness shown to anyone at all wuth a pure heart is service to Swami. Why? Because He is omnipresent. Swami is everyone..
But first we must understand that we ourselves are God. No, first we must understand that He is omnipreent because then logically, we are God. Next we can draw the conclusion that everyone else is God too. Yes, because He is omnipresent.
As Swami has often said,
A D STARTING NOTE A
I AM GOD, I AM GOD
I AM NOT DIFFERENT FROM GOD
I AM THE INDIVISABLE SUPREME ABSOLUTE
I AM SAT CHIT ANANDA
I AM KNOWLEDGE AWARE AND BLISS
GRIEF AND ANXIETY WILL NEVER COME NEAR ME
I AM EVER CONTENT
FEAR CANNOT COME INTO ME
I AM EVER CONTENT, OM TAT SAT
ACTUALLY WE REALLY KNOW THAT WE ARE GOD BECAUSE SWAMI TOLD US SO.
God is love and love is God. LOVE MOREAND MORE PEOPLE MORE AND MORE. TRANSFORM THAT LOVE INTO SERVICE AND TRANSFORM THAT SERVICE INTO WORSHIP. THAT IS THE HIGHEST SPRITUALITY. SWAMI SAID SO
Sharing is caring. On television, Oprah SUGGESTS THE SAME THING. She says we should share our love with others because that will make our lives worth living. Oprah may share her love with millions each day but, it is a worthy act of service to smile and convey your love to an elderly neighbor because it is all God's love and who are we? We are God.
What is a Sai Graduate anyway, you may ask. A Sai Graduate to my way of thinking is a devotee who has benefited from being given Sai's teachings . It doesn't have anything to do with having letters after your name. It is a state of being. Of course it doesn't mean perfection or I wouldn't be doing this writing. It only means that we had the opportunity to study His teachings so that we can live His truth, upon occasion, more often then not and can pick ourselves up off the floor when we fall on our faces. ..and realize that in all probability we are SAT CHIT ANANDA.
This 'you stream' broadcast is my somewhat feeble attempt to LOVE ALLSERVE ALL. ...in order to carry on His work, His mission....but let me add that I know full well I am doing it for myself....for ME As Wavy Gravy says, 'I'm in it for the buzz. It makes me feel good.
I found Swami in1974. He asked me what I wanted and I replied...'a reason to live. That was when He gave me His mission to live for. He placed His torch in my mind and in my heart. Nothing has diminished that flame.
During the 33 years in India I was His instrument in that I wrote books for His children. And the lessons I learned then allowed me to recover from having to leave my beloved India last year. In fact, I landed on my feet here in the west, and immediately began to do a blog on the internet for Sai Graduates. I knew a few devotees who also had to leave and were having a rough time of it. And I never stopped singing His glory
C G STARTING NOTE C
TO YOU SAI BABA WE BOW
TO SHIRDIE BABA WE BOW
YOU ARE THE ATMA INSIDE
ACCEPT OUR PRANAMS DEAR SAI
YOU ARE ESWARA ALLAH RAM
PLEASE ACCEPT MY PRANAMS
FULLFILL ALL MY HOPES AND DESIRES
AND QUENCH THE THIRST OF EGO'S FIRE
I was very ill when I stepped foot on western soil. I felt totally destroyed but He pr opted me up with the blog. I may have been separate from
THE HOLY LAND' BUT NOT FOR A MOMENT WAS I SEPARATE FROM HIM. His grace. His passing away was a shock and a calamity but was bearable.
I really missed the Ashram Sat Sang very much
And so I felt that I should try to recreate that wonderful loving feeling of togetherness. The Sai Center here didn't work for me somehow. At first I thought of trying to organize a splinter group from the organization. A place for westerners to sing songs in English, discuss topics pertinent to our western lives and wear clothes that are acceptable here in Florida.
I knew that it wouldn't work to splinter off because Swami teaches UNITY above all. Then my programmer who is from Chennai told me about 'you stream.' I decided to try to air devotional music etc in English. that other Sai Graduates might use at home in their Sadhana or even in groups. So here it is. I wondered, however, about the service aspect of belonging to a center. Our center here does wonderful things with medical camps and Dentistry. That was when I realized that Bhagavan probably appreciates the loving conversations I've had with the homeless and Down's syndrome people almost every day that I go out.. It's sort of like tossing a pebble in a pond. It has a center but no circumference, going out for ever,
This broadcast along with all the rest of my stuff is a gift to and from Bhagavan. I can never NOT work for His Mission. Later I will include the Rudram English translation and the Sai Astotra also in English and a few blogs maybe, We'll play it by ear. It it doesn't work for you, turn it off. For me it might quench this burning flame to help Swami who certainly does not need my help. Now I just have to try to figure out how to use this 'you stream'( http://www.ustream.tv/channel/sai-graduates ) thing.
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