Mr G S Srirangarajan was a former student and currently The Controller of
Examinations in the Sri Sathya Sai University. He spoke in the Divine Presence
in Prasanthi Nilayam on August 23, 2007
1. This happened in the Brindavan Campus college auditorium. Swami had
just completed delivering His Discourse on the valedictory day of the Summer
Course. Towards the end, He had materialized a beautiful diamond swan, which He
related to the mythological story of Nala and Damyanti.
But what was more joyous was that, Swami came walking across the
auditorium, between every row of chairs, holding the diamond swan in His hand
for all to see. What compassion and love - the Lord walking across every row of
chairs in an auditorium. But would He waste this opportunity without giving one
of His roars?
Impossible. As He came closer to where we all were seated, He stood for a
while at one point. All of us craned our necks to catch a glimpse of that
beautiful swan. Well, this was the right moment for Bhagavan.
He withdrew the swan and as we all suddenly turned towards Him, He said,
“That is only creation - who is the creator? You all are interested only in the
creation, not the creator.” Wow! That was like a lightning from the blue!
Immediately, our mind did a summersault and went inwards to appreciate
and feast on this wonderful statement made by Bhagavan. Do we all not get
caught in this pretty trap of His? Bhagavan compares this to an aircraft and
the pilot. He says that when a plane flies across the sky, we get so enamored
by its majesty, that we forget that there is a pilot who is inside the cockpit
driving the aircraft. Bhagavan is the Cosmic Pilot who is driving the entire
Universe.
Again and again, Swami propels our mind to turn inwards and again and
again we bring it out and let it loose among the temptations of this attractive
world. How painful must this task be for Him? As Bhagavan Himself says, “I
alone know the agony of teaching you every step of the dance.”
2. This was right here at one corner of the Mandir verandah. It was 5.15
pm and the flute recital had just begun. It was those days when before evening
Bhajans, there would a 15 minutes flute recital inside the Bhajan Hall. One of
my brothers was seated at the corner. Swami came walking towards him. The
student folded his hands and knelt down.
Swami asked him, “Where is this sound coming from?”
Pointing to the speaker above, the student replied, “Swami the speaker is
up here.”
Bhagavan smiled and said in a voice that all of us could hear – for the
message was meant for all of us – “The speaker is outside here, but the actual
player is inside.”
Saying so, He smiled and went further. The message was loud and clear.
The real doer is within, and the body is just the instrument.
3. Bhagavan was talking about the Mahabharata and the episode where Lord
Krishna reveals to Karna the truth that he was actually the brother of the
Pandavas. We had heard Swami narrating this story before and hence we were
anticipating further details from the Mahabharata story. But most stunningly,
Bhagavan gave a sudden twist to the story and said,
“Understand that after Karna realized that the Pandavas were his
brothers, he felt so sorry that he was fighting and causing them pain for so
long. He was filled with uncontrollable grief.”
My dear ones, one day you too will realize that there is only One Self
and that all the others around you are none other than your own reflections –
reflections of the one Divine Self. At that moment, you too will feel
immeasurable pain for having hated and caused harm to so many of your own
reflections. Therefore, to avoid such a situation, realize now and at this
moment that there only one Divine self everywhere.”
Source :
http://media.radiosai.org/Journals/Vol_05/01OCT07/07-Srirangarajan.htm
Om Sai Ram
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