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Divinity is marked by two types of characteristics :
The first is termed "SVARUUPA LAKSHANA" - Its true, inherent, Absolute
Nature. The Upanishaths declare IT to be inexpressible by words and in fact
unreachable by the Mind: APRAAPYA MANASA SAH.
The second is called THATASTHA LAKSHANA or its partial attributes and
manifestations. When DIVINITY descends in human form, DHAIVAM MAANUSHA RUUPENA,
it is said, IT manifests sixteen aspects of selfless, loving, universal
attractive features or powers.
KAAMA AAKARSHANA or desire fulfilling power
BUDDHYAAKARSHANA - the power to activate, stimulate and fulfil our
intellectual capacities. He is the bestower of the power of reasoning, power of
discrimination and power of renunciation .
AHAMKAARA-AAKARSHANA transformation of our Ego sense
SHABDHA AAKARSHANA, the power of sound. Swami's words and teachings cast
a spell on us. They are put into simple language but are pregnant with
profundity and depth. They produce powerful vibrations in the hearts of
Scholars as well as laymen.
SPARSHA AAKARSHANA - the power of divine touch; it is healing touch.
His is a sin-erasing touch; It is a purifying sacred and holy touch.
RUUPAAKARSHANA. Svaami's forms are splendrous and wondrous. His spiritual
form has an aura of radiance!
The seventh power of attraction of Baba is called RASAAKARSHANA -
sweetness personified.. His words are sweet; His bearing is sweet and grace
filled; His gestures and movements exude LOVE and compassion.
The eighth power of Baba's attraction is called CHITTHAAKARSHANA. Chittha
is the store-house of our past and present memories and unfulfilled residual
desires and impressions from our previous lives, called Vaasanas which haunt us
in the present and will continue to
affect our future also. Baba, like Krishna can be be called Chittha Chora
- the stealer of all our dominating desires, thereby making us desire-free!
The ninth power of Baba's attraction is called GANDHAAKARSHANA - the
power of His divine fragrance. He exudes a fragrance of Purity, Holiness and
Loving Grace and Compassion. As the Upanishath states DUURAATH GANDHO VAATHI;
Svaami's spiritual "fragrance" spreads far and wide purifying our polluted
thoughts and our environment polluted
with pride and prejudice, hatred and violence.
The tenth is the power called DHAIRYA-AKARSHANA - the power of
overwhelming courage and self-confidence. Baba's early life was a saga of calm
courage and great patience in the face of heavy odds, of severe hardships, of
physical and mental violence on His person. He
was the object of calumny and poisonous envy from some of the villagers.
The eleventh power of Baba's attraction is called SMRITHYAAKARSHANA.
Smrithi means powerful memory power. Svaami has phenomenal memory reaching far
into our past and present and deep into our future too.
The twelfth power of attraction of Baba is NAAMAA KARSHANA, the power of
His Sacred name. Chanting of His holy name with faith, works miracles of
healing, ensures success in our undertakings, helps in overcoming accidents and
above all in the removal of our elemental fears of death - all these effects
have been testified and recorded by numerous devotees from all parts of the
wide world.
The thirteenth power of Baba's attraction is called BEEJAAKARSHANA
SHAKTHI. Divinity exercises elemental or seed force and incorporates it in all
beings. The Geetha says, "Beejam Maam Sarva Bhuuthaanaam.": Know Me to be the
eternal seed power, the cause of germination of all Beings. All beings are born
from the seed of Brahman, the Supreme
Divinity. He is indeed the seed force of all Manthras or holy,
thought-articulations in terms of seed syllables and words. These represent the
basic energies of various deities presiding over the forces of Nature and
Cosmos as a whole.
The fourteenth power of Baba's attraction is called AATHMASAKARSHANA;
Divinity attracts our inner Being, Antharaathma. It is called soul- power
attraction; drawing the sense oriented Self towards the experience of the bliss
of divinity.
The fifteenth power of attraction of Baba is called AMRITHAAKARSHANA.
Amritha is the elixir of life in divinity. Unbounded Love and immortality are
the signs of Divine life. The individual self prays to the Supreme Divinity to
bestow on a Life of LOVE, LIGHT and
IMMORTALITY, in the following Upanishaahik words:-
Asatho Maa Sath-gamaya,
Thamaso Maa Jyothir gamaya
Mrithyor-Maa Amritham-gamaya
Baba graces us with the nectar of DHARMA and BRAHMA: the attainment of
Supreme Bliss consciousness in eternity through Righteousness, Selfless Service
and Sacrifice. Baba frequently quotes the Upanishath; Thyaage Naike
Amrithathvam Aanasuh: Immortality cannot be attained either through actions,
through progeny or through wealth. Only by Sacrifice, meaning sacrificing
totally the possessive and the ego senses, is immortality possible.
The sixteenth is the totality of the above fifteen attractive powers and
it is called SARVAAKARSHANA SHAKTHI. Baba's Integral, Holistic, Divine,
Universal Personality exercises in totality all the fifteen powers mentioned
above. He is the embodiment of all Divine Principles; He is omniscient,
omnipotent, omnipresent, omni-named and omni-formed, the very Omni Self. That
is why people of all climes, castes, cultures and creeds are fascinated by His
divine drawing power and miracle of Universal Love and visit Prashaanthi
Nilayam, the Abode of Supreme Peace.
Om Sai Ram
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