Sairam Friends...... The Ganesha Principle as I Have Seen and Witnessed: When the Sai Kulwant Hall was constructed, a Vinayaka idol was brought. It was black in colour and had an old and archaic look. Swami felt that it should be more of a golden colour. So He said, “Why don't you boys try to remove the black colour and polish it?” We tried our level best but it was not happening. Swami Himself personally observed us doing this. We started polishing the back of the statue but then Swami said, “Just leave it. Don't do anything.” That Ganesha was installed as the main deity behind Bhagawan's chair as He sat in the Sai Kulwant Hall. After the Mahasamadhi in April 2011, when the authorities felt that Swami's Samadhi had to come up at that place, a question arose as to where to shift this Ganesha. Temporarily He was kept inside. Later I found that they wanted to install the same Ganesha in front of the Gopuram gate, which was now open for devotees. When people enter through this gate, there is a Ganesha here too. This is all divine sankalpa (will). Not only that, on the day of this installation I was there and I could not believe it was the same old Ganesha because the authorities had sent the idol for polishing. When it came, it was a golden Ganesha which Swami wanted from day one! The Ganesha idol that was installed behind the dais on which Bhagwan sat for decades, is now installed in front of the Gopuram gate for all devotees to worship It might be something very insignificant but He had already made the sankalpa that it was going to be a golden Ganesha. That is what happened; it is just that it took its own time. That day when I saw the installation of Lord Ganesha in between the statues of Lord Rama, Lakshmana, Sita and the Gopuram Gate I could not believe my eyes. Everything has its own beautiful time. We have to pray to the Lord to grant us that siddhi and buddhi so that we learn to surrender to His will and lead a life in tune with the divine all the time. — -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "saimsg" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
