Three-day Sri Sathya Sai Aradhana Mahotsavam, commemorating the ascent of
the Avatar from the physical plane, commenced this Monday morning amid
heartfelt remembrance of the enchanting Lord Who walked the Prasanthi soil for
over eight decades.
Proceedings for the morning began with an introductory talk by University
Controller Of Examinations Sri S. Rangarajan who dwelled on the difficult phase
of accepting the reality of His changing over from the physical to the
omnipresence all-pervading reality. Calling the year gone by a tough one,
challenging His devotees to refocus on His subtler dimensions of eternal
existence, Sri Rangarajan invited the speakers for the colloquium on the theme
“Experiencing the Divine – >From the Form to the Formless”.
The speakers were Dr. Samuel Sandweiss, a familiar name among Sai
fraternity, a long-time time devotee, eminent practising psychiatrist from San
Diego, California, USA and Swami Suddhananda Giri of Yogoda Satsanga Society,
founded by revered Sri Sri Paramahamasa Yogananda.
Dr. Samuel Sandweiss, elucidating on the theme, spoke on the subject
based on facts of His own experience with Bhagawan spanning over four decades.
About the aspect of “Formlessness”, he said, “my understanding of the formless
if that it is infinite silence, eternal peace, emptiness of desires and
attachments: pure love, which is everything”.
Quoting Bhagawan, “Everything is Nothing and Nothing is Everything”, the
speaker claimed there is no separation, there is only One and that One is
Everything, that One is Love. With the help of a couple of actual stories, with
video clips, Dr. Sandweiss presented his theories of Swami’s Omnipresence and
how Bhagawan is the Ultimate Truth, Parabhrahmam.
The second speaker Swami Suddhananda Giri started off in typical Yogoda
style as taught and practised by Paramahamsa Yogananda, with an prayer
visualising Bhagawan at the brow-centre, visualising various Divine aspects,
calling attributes seeking Divine guidance. His speech was centred around how
the difficult phase of Paramahamsa Yogananda’s physical departure was dealt by
the followers when the Master shed his mortal frame six decades ago, in 1952.
Invisible, impersonal God can be projected in a personal form by
devotion…however, it is foolish to limit God in a form and forget His
omnipresence, said the Swamiji narrating the example of how Sri Ramakrishna
Paramahansa attained it, crossing from his dearest Mother Kali’s form to the
formless Mother Divine, with the help of sword of Wisdom. Sharing anecdotes,
experiences of Yogananda followers, the Swamiji expressed hope that Bhagawan’s
devotees would find it easy to cross over from the form to the formless. He
ended his speech with a prayer, joined by all, a prayer awakening the God
within.
A couple of bhajans continued before Mangala Arathi offering at 1030 hrs.
II Samastha Lokaaha Sukhino Bhavantu II
Source :
http://theprasanthireporter.org/2012/04/aradhana-mahotsavam-begins/
OUR LIFE IS HIS MESSAGE
Sai Ram
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