240 without any calculations and judgments, will mercifully take us further, as He has always done. Out of His compassion, even if He places us in the next phase, we won’t be able to understand a thing. For example: “Let us say a school principal takes pity on a student he likes or knows and passes him on to the next class out of mercy. Would this unqualified student understand anything in the next class, if he has not studied well and understood the subjects in the previous class? Definitely not. It is the same thing here.” Baba, in fact, recently said, “People will go ‘mad’ in Prema Sai’s presence, because they will not understand anything. They will arrive and simply sit for hours on end in silence. Then they will get so restless that they will leave in frustration, having understood and experienced nothing.” “However, those who have connected with Him at a deeper level in their hearts will remain, as they will understand and experience His divinity due to their refined and evolved sense of spirituality.” So, that is the future and it is for everyone. Age does not matter. Rather, it would be your ‘Stage’ of spiritual development that will really matter.
241 No worldly connections would work here, be it family, friends or neighbours, co-workers or business associates, nationals or wealthy politicians etc. Nothing will work here except purity of heart. Children grasp things faster than adults, who have a lot of ‘unlearning’ to do from their past. They have to just learn, so they are definitely at an advantage. No wonder they have so much love for Baba, so much love for God and so much understanding of spirituality, which tends to elude the learned elders. Baba is definitely preparing us all for a very great future and these institutions are just His factories to manufacture such elevated beings. A couple of years ago in Argentina, when the daughter of a devotee conceived, Baba said, “See, a lot of My servants want to come back to earth to be with Prema Sai and do His work. Each of them is waiting for a pure womb. They are waiting to be born into the right families. I am going to bring them to the families of My devotees, so that they get the proper environment to grow.” Madhusudan related the incident where Baba told this young lady, “I am going to send you an angel.” Now that baby is almost two years old and has lots of photos in the ashram of many gods and saints.
242 There are images of Buddha, Jesus, Mother Mary, Gayatri, Ganesha, Swami, Shirdi Baba and so on. In the evening, this little girl came upstairs while we were having our dinner, and she wanted to go to each of these photos. So I picked her up and took her to the photos as she had asked and I was pleasantly surprised to see that this toddler, all of two, stood transfixed in front of a photo of Jesus, for almost 40-50 seconds, without batting her eyelids. Then she wanted to go to the next photo, so we took her to the next photo and to the next and the next, till she finished visiting all the photos, but she still did not seem satisfied. She could not speak, but she was trying to tell me something. I could not understand what she wanted and despite my best efforts she started to cry. Listening to her cries, her mother came up and the grandfather too followed, enquiring what the matter was. I told them that she wanted something, but I didn’t really understand. The grandfather said, “She wants to go to all these photos.” I told him that I had already taken her to some of them. “No, she wants to go and kiss all these photos,” revealed the grandfather.
243 Then he picked up the child and took her to each photo and each statue and she went on kissing each one of them, Jesus Mother Gayatri, to Goddess Lakshmi, Goddess Durga, Lord Ganesha and Shirdi Baba! I was naturally curious at this behaviour and asked him, “Who taught her to do this?” He replied, “Nobody taught her. She just developed it on her own. Unless she does this to each one every night, she is not happy. We noticed that she would only go to sleep after visiting all of them. This will be the “new normal” for Sai devotees in the future under Prema Sai. Only a few courageous people will turn their gaze inwards and search for God. The rest will always be looking outward and running after the ephemeral world.” Swami said, “I want a few ‘dheeras.’ I want a few courageous people.” Baba needs people who don’t say ‘No’ to Him, whose answer is always ‘Yes’. He wants only those people with Him who have the courage to say ‘Yes’ to Him in the face of all adversities, objections, obstructions, oppositions and ridicule. When Shirdi Sai Baba left the body, He really did
244 not leave this consciousness and He continues to serve and bless people as Shirdi Sai all the time. In the same way, Sathya Sai Baba continues to serve people and bless them, even after He has left the body. In the same manner, there is also going to be Prema Sai, who will continue to serve and guide people through His own individual consciousness. It is the same water flowing from one tumbler to the other, without the previous tumbler becoming empty. Every time it flows into the next tumbler, it fills it up and somehow the divine water multiplies. “Poornamadahpoornamidam” – that is full, this is also full. So the individual consciousness of Swami will always remain. Every time we remember Him as Sathya Sai, He will manifest as Sathya Sai and do what needs to be done. Prema Sai will have His mission cut out for Him and He will continue to run that mission. “So will Sathya Sai not be there?” is a question that many ask, as so many of us are so strongly attached to His name and form. Sathya Sai will also be there, even when Prema Sai is present. He will be there because He still has the identity of Sathya Sai when we call Him as Sathya Sai.
245 The consciousness just keeps on multiplying and increasing all the time. It never diminishes or lessens. Baba once said to Madhusudan, “If I tell you too many things about about Prema Sai, people will lose interest in Sathya Sai”, to which Madhusudan replied, asking “Having loved You, how are we to love Prema Sai? We have seen You, experienced You and loved You and then suddenly You ask us to love another person. How are we going to do that?” Baba explained very lovingly, “If you look into His eyes, you will know that He is also Me. That is how you can love Him.” The arrival of Prema Sai will signal the dawn of the “Ascension” of Mankind from the human level to the Divine Consciousness. This elevation of Humanity to Divinity will be the last chapter in the Mission of the Triple Sai incarnation of the Sai Avatar, starting with Shirdi Sai in 1838 to Sathya Sai in 1926 and finally to Prema Sai. In total, the triple incarnation would have occurred across three centuries beginning with the 19th century, crossing over into the 20th century and finally ending in the 21st century.
246 This extended lifespan would have been the longest period of time taken by an avatar to complete its mission on earth. Other avatars were split up into different physical bodies like Rama and his brothers but this occurred at the same time with the four brothers growing up together simultaneously in one lifetime, but the Sai avatar, although being one incarnation, was split up into three successive lifetimes. This was the main difference between the other Avatars who also incarnated to destroy adharma and re-establish the Dharmic way of life on earth. While avatars in the past could have destroyed the representation of evil present in the form of a single individual like Ravana or Kamsa, Baba had very meticulously explained that if He were to destroy the evil in the world today, then no one would be left alive, as everyone was tainted and not just one single individual. That’s why instead of destroying everyone, He has come with the weapon of Divine love for the transformation of mankind into the divine and not of mass destruction, which would surely destroy all of humanity. This method of transformation would have the divine virtue of “Love All Serve All” as its core principle, in which all of mankind is being asked to
247 love everyone and serve everyone selflessly, without compromising on anyone’s religion, faith, belief, creed or identity. To see all as Divine, to treat all as Divine and for all to come to the realisation that all are Divine including oneself, is the ultimate goal of the Sai mission. Nothing else really matters. Therefore, the ultimate Mission of Prema Sai will be to teach that not only He is God or Divine, but that every other single person is also Divine or God. Prema Sai will be manifesting the feminine aspect of love, which represents the pure or motherly love of the female species. This is because He will be the incarnation of the Shakti or feminine aspect of the divine principle of all creation, which encompasses the all-embracing love of the entire creation as one being. Only the feminine aspect of creation has this all powerful universal selfless omnipresent aspect of love attributed to it. This will be the final lesson for Mankind to learn in realising its own innate divinity. All other lessons learnt in life would have been preliminary to the ultimate lesson that, “We are all Divine beings having a human experience” and not human beings
248 having a divine experience, as is often wrongly interpreted and taught by many. Prema Sai therefore, would teach mainly through silence and not through discourses which was the method used by Satya Sai, since the time for talk and speeches is now over and the time is now for action. To activate the divinity in man is the main task of the Avatar and He has come only as the facilitator to enable man to discover and identify with his own divinity. It is for man now to unravel the mystery of his own being. The groundwork has been laid by the two previous incarnations of Shirdi and Satya Sai and Prema Sai would now be acting just as a “Manager.” The work has to be done by Man and not Prema Sai, something which everyone would have to understand and make the transition from only being the spectator looking on, to being the main actor on the stage. The lesson is crystal clear. Man needs enlightenment not the Avatar. Man needs to ascend to Divinity, not God and hence, the work must be done by him along with the guidance of Prema Sai. This transformation has to be a full time task and not a part-time one on a weekend or one day of the
249 week. It cannot be that one day you are divine and the next day human to be followed by another day of divine and human. Instead, what this entails is that you must be divine at all times, in the home, in the temple, at work or elsewhere. Nothing should come in between or prevent your spiritual evolution from happening. This is moksha, realising and living in your own divinity at every single moment of your life. This is your ultimate Mission and goal in life. “Avatars Descend For The Ascent Of Mankind”
250 10 THE ‘GOLDEN DOORS” OPEN The Golden Doors To “Super” Consciousness Opens After Millenia For all those who have ever prayed for moksha since time immemorial, that time has never been so auspicious as now. Why is this so? It was on the morning of Guru Purnima on the 16th July 2019 in Muddenahalli that the “Gates to Heaven” and the doors to ‘Super-Consciousness” were flung open for the first time in millennia heralding the arrival of the ‘Dawn of a New Age of Consciousness” in the world. These were the words of Isaac Tigrett as he was commanded by ‘Sadguru Sri Madhusudan Sai’ to say this on his last speech in Muddenahalli and India, since he was informed by Swami that his mission in India had now come to an end after many decades. According to Tigrett, some may call it the “Energy of the Crystal”, others may call it Liberation, Moksha, Super-Consciousness, the “Gateway to Heaven”, “Paradise on earth”, “Ascension of the highest order” or any other name, the fact is that on this
251 day of Guru Purnima the “Golden Doors” to Super Consciousness,” which represents the highest possible level of human spiritual aspiration and evolution was finally made accessible and available to every single living being in all the multiplex universes and galaxies, human or otherwise, to obtain oneness with the infinite Omnipresent, Omnipotent and Omniscient Lord of Creation. This opportunity should be seized by every single aspirant who has ever traversed the spiritual path of the journey from “i to I”, because it marks the culmination of hundreds and thousands of lifetimes of penance, sacrifice, worship and prayer to the Divine for the opportunity to experience that “Oneness” with the Creator of all creation. All religions, spiritual practices, philosophies. rituals, festivals, yoga, meditation, prayer, faith and belief end in this unification and merging of the individual consciousness with the Universal Cosmic Consciousness. Once this occurs then the spiritual journey of an individual soul automatically comes to an end as it now becomes one with the Creator. The next step in this journey now takes a different turn as this “Newly Enlightened Soul” has the opportunity and responsibility of assisting others in their quest for the ultimate experience of being “One with the Divine.”
252 Those who have not traversed the spiritual path may not understand the vast significance and importance of these times, but simply put, it is the best time to be born on planet earth. Millions of beings both here on earth and in other realms of existence have been waiting patiently and anxiously for thousands of years for this gigantic opportunity of becoming permanently ‘One’ with the “Brahman Consciousness” of the Creation. On this supremely auspicious morning of July 16th , the “Ascension” from human to Divine had finally taken place and while it may be argued that only a handful of individuals had conquered this spiritual divide in the past, it was never before made so accessible as it is now for anyone to accomplish this. How many would grasp this supremely auspicious and divine moment and strive to achieve ‘Moksha’ is left to be seen, but the opportunity which was not publicly there previously, is now open for the masses of humanity to attain as has never before been possible. This is the ultimate goal of all life and existence and if the choice is made to ignore this, then it is only your own ‘karma’ that is preventing you from doing so. So while all the scientific, technological and digital transformation of the world continues at an
253 unprecedented unabated pace, if one does not avail of the opportunity to transform oneself spiritually into the divine being inherent in every single individual, then one would have lost the single greatest opportunity ever granted to mankind by Baba in its vast historical chronology of civilisation. Baba have emphatically stated that He has come specifically for the sake of His devotees but that anyone may benefit from His presence on earth. Absolutely no individual, can ever therefore claim afterwards, that the opportunity to “Ascend” to the highest possible level of spiritual evolution was not afforded or given to them. Every living being has this chance now and if the opportunity is not seized then no one knows when it will be provided again. In what age, in what ‘yuga’ or in what ‘kalpa’. The choice of making your own decision has always been there from time immemorial and has never been thrust upon by the Divine unto anyone against their own personal wishes. It has always been a matter of a free choice for any individual to make without any interference or coercion from the Divine. Everyone reserves the right to make their own decision and choice. That has always been the premise of the past set down by the Divine and this
254 continues till today and will continue to do so in the future. The future therefore, truly lies in your own hands. You choose your own destiny and fate according to the decisions you have made in your daily life and every single one must eventually face the consequences of the choices they have made during the course of their own personal life’s journey. At the end, everyone will eventually and certainly realise the ultimate goal of ‘Self-realisation’ in their life at some point in time, no matter how long it takes. The journey of the soul from “oneself to Oneself” is truly the greatest adventure of anyone’s life and therefore, one should enjoy it to the maximum level possible. No other joy can compare to it, no other experience can match it, no other adventure can be more exciting and no other satisfaction can be as fulfilling as it. It is the ultimate journey of the soul and the realisation of its own divinity is the pinnacle of all achievement. It represents the eternal play of the Lord in the Divine drama of creation, sustenance and annihilation. This drama of creation is the divine sport of the Lord and to realise this is the birth-right of each and
255 every one and will continue for eternity until the Lord decides otherwise. So enjoy the journey, make others happy along the way and take along as many as you can along the path of this “Divine drama of the Lord”. The ‘End of the Journey’ occurs when you finally come to the realisation and also help others realise that ‘All is One’ or as is stated in the ancient Vedic prayer: “Aham Bramhan Sarvam Bramhan” I am Bramhan All is Bramhan I am God You are God
256 11 THE ASCENSION The Decision Is Yours It is my hope that by now you would have gotten a greater clarity and vision of Baba’s Global Mission and that you have now understood your role in the unfolding “Cosmic Divine Drama.” It is incumbent on each individual to attain the higher levels of consciousness as the earth moves forward from the third dimension to the fourth and onwards. To survive in this “New Golden Age” everyone would need to increase their levels of divine consciousness as has been stated that the ‘Doors’ are now opened to Super-Consciousness” for the first time in millennia. The challenge is now well and truly on for everyone to accept or decline. The stage has been set for anyone to achieve this level and all presently alive on the earth are indeed very blessed and fortunate to have this opportunity of “Ascending” to the higher levels of human existence. The “Ascension” of Man to the Divine is the main goal for taking birth and is the ultimate purpose of
257 our existence on earth. Everything else is but a “side-show” and must take second place to the “Divine Mission” within each one of us. We must recognize the extreme importance of the present occasion with the next Avatar being on earth now as Prema Sai, who will expedite the raising of the human consciousness to far greater heights. To show that “All are Divine” will be “His Mission”, but each one will have to come to that realisation on his or her own volition. The primary purpose of the “Descent of the Avatar” is to enable “The Ascent of Man to The Divine”. All systems will be put in place with the presence of Prema Sai who will facilitate this “Ascension of Man” to Divinity. This is your Mission. This is your ultimate goal in life, “Aham Bramhan Sarvam Bramhan”, to know and realise that “You are Divine” and that “Everyone else is also Divine.” By doing so you would be increasing your own divinity and in the process also raising the consciousness of the world simultaneously as well. Therefore, your responsibility would not only be on a personal level but also on a family, national,
258 international, universal and cosmic level throughout the entire creation. This is how you can best play your part in assisting the Avatar in the restoration of Dharma everywhere. To do that you need to break the narrow boundaries of normal everyday life and replace it with a broader vision of your own existence in relation to the entire universe. This is how you can help elevate your own family and others around you including your friends, neighbours, co-workers and fellow-countrymen. By doing this you will also assist in creating the New Bharat which is destined to lead the world once more as the Viswa Guru. Only Bharat can perform this role and the “Triple incarnation” of the Sai Avatar has come to usher in this “New Age of Enlightenment” for the entire world and mankind. I hope that you make the right decision during the course of your life and wish you all the best in your “Ascension” to the Divine. “A New Golden Age Begins For Mankind”
259 12 THE “FUTURE OF MANKIND” After He had materialised a silver medallion with a map of India on it with18 states and the names of 18 young people, Baba said that these persons would lead the way in the re-building of India spiritually, economically and otherwise in the future. Baba has also said that there will be many ashrams around the world through which the glorious culture of the Indian educational institutions of yore, like Takshashila and Nalanda will be revived. Baba is rebuilding the world through spirituality, which is the one and the only way to redeem the world of its miseries. However, without proper instruments and without surrendered devotees, He cannot do it. He often said, “All of you are My limbs and just as the hands have a different duty from the legs and the stomach is also different from the mouth, if any limb is hurt however, the entire body suffers.” “Likewise, if any one of you is hurting, it is Swami who suffers. If anyone is happy, it is Swami who becomes happy. Unless you realise this truth and work with love, you will not be able to be a part of
260 the Mission of the re-establishment of dharma and righteousness for all of humanity.” Baba has explicitly laid out His vision and plan for the future of mankind and the world in the discourse given by Him and reproduced below some 55 years ago: “I Incarnate from Age To Age” “For the protection of the virtuous, for the destruction of the evil-doers and for establishing righteousness on a firm footing, I incarnate from age to age. Whenever disharmony overwhelms the world, the Lord will incarnate in human form to establish the modes of earning peace and to re-educate the human community in the paths of peace. At the present time, strife and discord have robbed peace and unity from the family, the school, the society, the religions, the cities and the state. The arrival of the Lord is anxiously awaited by saints and sages. Sadhus prayed and I have come. My main tasks are fostering of the Vedas and fostering of the devotees. Your virtue, your selfcontrol, your detachment, your faith, your steadfastness: these are the signs by which people read of my glory.
261 You can lay claim to be a devotee only when you have placed yourself in my hands fully and completely with no trace of ego. You can enjoy the bliss through the experience the Avatar confers. The Avatar behaves in a human way so that mankind can feel kinship, but rises into his superhuman heights so that mankind can aspire to reach the heights, and through that aspiration actually reach him. Realizing the Lord within you as the motivator is the task for which He comes in human form. Avatars like Rama and Krishna had to kill one or more individuals who could be identified as enemies of the righteous way of life and thus restore the practice of virtue. But now there is no one fully good and so who deserves the protection of God? All are tainted by wickedness and so who will survive if the Avatar decides to uproot? Therefore, I have come to correct the intelligence by various means. I have to counsel, help, command, condemn and stand by as a friend and well-wisher for all, so that they may give up evil propensities and recognizing the straight mark, thread it and reach the goal. I have to reveal to the people the worth of the Vedas, the Sastras and the spiritual texts which lay down
262 the norms. If you will accept me and say "Yes", I too will respond and say "Yes, yes, yes." If you deny and say "No", I also echo "No." Come, examine, experience, have faith. That is the method of utilizing me. I do not mention Sai Baba in any of my discourses although I bear the name as Avatar of Sai Baba. I do not appreciate in the least the distinction between the various appearances of God as Sai, Rama, Krishna etc. I do not proclaim that this is more important or that the other is less important. Continue your worship of your chosen God along the lines already familiar to you, then you will find that you are coming nearer to me. For all names are mine, and all forms are mine. There is no need to change your chosen God and adopt a new one when you have seen me and heard me. Every step in the career of the Avatar is predetermined. Rama came to feed the roots of Satya and Dharma. Krishna came to foster Shanti and Prema. Now all these four are in danger of being dried up. That is why the present Avatar has come. The dharma that has fled to the forests has to be led back to the villages and towns. The anti-dharma that is ruining the villages and towns must be driven back into the jungle.
263 I have come to give you the key of the treasure of “Ananda,” to teach you how to tap that spring, for you have forgotten the way to blessedness. If you waste this time of saving yourselves, it is just your fate. You have come to get from me tinsel and trash, the petty little cures and promotions, worldly joys and comforts. Very few of you desire to get from me the thing that I have come to give you namely, liberation itself. Even among these few, those who stick to the path of “sadhana” and succeed are a handful. Your worldly intelligence cannot fathom the ways of God. He cannot be recognized by mere cleverness of intelligence. You may benefit from God, but you cannot explain Him. Your explanations are merely guesses, attempts to cloak your ignorance in pompous expressions. Bring something into your daily practice as evidence of your having known the secret of the higher life from me. Show that you have greater brotherliness. Speak with more sweetness and self-control. Bear defeat as well as victory with calm resignation. I am always aware of the future and the past as well as the present of every one of you, so I am not so
264 moved by mercy. Since I know the past and the background, the reaction is different. It Is your consequence of evil deliberately done in the previous birth and so I allow the suffering to continue, often modified by some little compensation. I do not cause either joy or grief. You are the designer of both these chains that bind you. I am “Anandaswarupa.” Come, take Ananda from me. Dwell on that Ananda and be full of Shanti. My acts are the foundations on which I am building my work, the task for which I have come. All the miraculous acts which you observe are to be interpreted as so. The foundation for a dam requires a variety of materials. Without these it will not last and hold back the waters. An incarnation of the Lord has to be used in various ways by man for his uplift. The Lord has no intention to publicize Himself. I do not need publicity, nor does any other Avatar of the Lord. What are you daring to publicize? Me? What do you know about me? You speak one thing about me today and another tomorrow. Your faith has not become unshakable. You praise me when things go well, and blame me
265 when things go wrong. When you start publicity you descend to the level of those who compete in collecting plenty in decrying others and extolling themselves. Where money is calculated, garnered or exhibited to demonstrate one's achievements, I will not be present. I come only when sincerity, faith and surrender are valued. Only inferior minds will revel in publicity and selfaggrandizement. These have no relevance in the case of Avatars. Avatars need no advertisement. The establishment of Righteousness is my aim. The teaching of righteousness and the spread of righteousness is my object. These miracles as you call them are just a means toward an end. Some of you remark that Ramakrishna Paramahansa said that siddhis or yogic powers are obstructions in the path of the spiritual aspirant. Yes, siddhis may lead the sadhaka astray. Without being involved in them he has to keep straight on. His ego will bring him down if he yields to the temptation of demonstrating his yogic powers. That is the correct advice which every aspirant should heed. But the mistake lies in equating me with a sadhaka, like the one whom Ramakrishna wanted to help, guide and warn.
266 These siddhis or yogic powers are just in the nature of an Avatar. The creation of things with intent to protect and to give joy is spontaneous and lasting. Creation, preservation and dissolution can be accomplished only by the Almighty and no one else. Cynics carp without knowledge. If they learn the scriptures or if they cultivate direct experience, they can understand me. Your innate laziness prevents you from the spiritual exercises necessary to discover the nature of God. This laziness should go. It has to be driven out of man's nature in whatever shape it appears. That is my Mission. My task is not merely to cure and console and remove individual misery, but it is something far more important. The removal of misery and distress is incidental to my mission. My main task is the reestablishment of the Vedas and Sastras and revealing the knowledge about them to all people. This task will succeed. It will not be limited. It will not be slowed down. When the Lord decides and wills, His divine will cannot be hindered. You must have heard people say that mine is all magic. But the manifestation of divine power must not be interpreted in terms of magic. Magicians play their tricks for earning their maintenance, worldly fame and wealth.
267 They are based on falsehood and they thrive on deceit, but this body could never stoop to such low level. This body has come through the Lord's resolve to come. That resolve is intended to uphold the Truth. Divine resolve is always true resolve. Remember there is nothing that Divine power cannot accomplish. It can transmute earth into sky and sky into earth. To doubt this is to prove that you are too weak to grasp great things, the grandeur of the universe. I have come to instruct all in the essence of the Vedas, to shower on all this precious gift, to protect the Sanatana Dharma (ancient wisdom) and preserve it. My Mission is to spread happiness and so I am always ready to come among you not once, but twice or thrice, as often as you want me. Many of you probably think that since people of all parts of India and even foreign countries outside India come to Puttaparthi, they must be pouring their contributions into the coffers of the Prashanti Nilayam. But let me declare the truth. I do not take anything from anyone except love and devotion. This has been my consistent practice for the last many years.
268 People who come here are giving me just the wealth of faith, devotion and love. That is all. Many of you come to me with problems of health and mental worry of one sort or another. They are mere baits by which you have been brought here. But the main purpose is that you may have grace and strengthen your faith in the divine. Problems and worries are really to be welcomed as they teach you the lessons of humility and reverence. Running after external things produces all this discontent. That type of desire has no end. Once you have become a slave to the senses, they will not leave hold until you are dead. It is an unquenchable thirst. But I call you to me and even grant worldly boons so that you may turn Godward. No Avatar has done like this before, going among the masses, counselling them, guiding them, consoling them, uplifting them and directing them along the path of Sathya, Dharma, Shanti and Prema. (Truth, Righteousness, Peace and Love). My activities and movements will never be altered, whoever may pass whatever opinion on them. I shall not modify my plans for the establishment of Righteousness, My discourses or My movements. I have stuck to this determination for many years and I am engaged in the task for which I have come,
269 that is to inculcate faith in the path of Prashanti (the highest spiritual peace). I shall not stop nor retract a step. Not even the biggest scientist can understand me by means of his laboratory knowledge. I am always full of bliss. Whatever may happen, nothing can come in the way of a smile. That is why I am able to impart joy to you and make your burden lighter. I never exult when I am extolled, nor shrink when I am reviled. Few have realized my purpose and significance, but I am not worried. When things that are not in me are attributed to me, why should I worry? When things that are in me are mentioned, why should I exult? For me it is always "Yes, yes, yes." If you give me all and surrender to the Lord, he will guard and guide you. The Lord has come for just this task. He is declaring that He will do so, and that it is the very task that has brought Him here. I know the agitations of your heart and its aspirations, but do you know My heart. I react to the pain that you undergo and to the joy that you feel, for I am in your heart. I am the dweller in the temple of every heart. Do not lose contact and company, for it is only when
270 the coal is in contact with the live embers that it can also become live ember. Cultivate nearness with me in the heart and it will be rewarded. Then you too will acquire a fraction of that supreme love. This is a great chance. Be confident that you will all be liberated. Know that you are saved. Many hesitate to believe that things will improve, that life will be happy for all and full of joy and that the “Golden Age” will recur. Let me assure you that this “Dharmaswarupa,” this Divine body, has not come in vain. It will succeed in averting the crisis that has come upon humanity.” No one could have said it more profoundly and potently than Baba Himself regarding His Mission. We would do well to contemplate, deliberate, and meditate on each and every single word that Baba has said with respect to His vision and plan for the entire world and humanity. It is therefore imperative for each person to ‘dive’ into their own consciousness and ruminate on every single word Baba has given in this discourse because it represents the blueprint of the Avatar’s Declaration for the entire “Kali Yuga.”
271 Anyone who neglects or rejects this declaration does so at his or her own peril and would do well to heed this advice for their own sake and their family. No one can say afterwards that they were not told or warned before about the Mission of the Lord. If you choose to procrastinate or ignore it then it is your own ‘karma’ which is preventing you from doing so and you would be well-advised to ‘work’ it out as quickly as possible because no one knows when another chance of living and being physically present in the same time of the Avatar will ever come again. It sometimes takes hundreds and thousands of lifetimes to accumulate the ‘punya’ or spiritual merits in order to meet the Avatar and if one were to miss that opportunity to do so now when the Shirdi and Satya Sai forms were here physically and soon to be present again in the form of Prema Sai, then there is no certainty or guarantee of when you would have another chance of doing so again. So, think very long, hard and deep before making any conscious decisions or conclusions which will have tremendous long term effects not only in this life, but all your future lives to come, depending on which way or path you eventually choose. According to Baba it is just your “luck” at times to be able to meet or be with Him.
272 The rest is up to you. If you put in the effort, then one day to come Baba’s grace will surely fall upon you. On that you can rest assured. “Samastah Lokah Sukinho Bhavantu” “May All Beings In All The Worlds Be Happy”…
273 13 CONCLUSION It is my sincere hope that all followers of Sanatana Dharma everywhere will unite in this fight of good over evil and light over darkness. The Kali Yuga is filled with darkness but it is the easiest time to gain moksha through Namasmaran or the chanting of the holy names of the Lord which is the easiest method recommended in this age for the chance of gaining enlightenment. Other means that can assist in this process of attaining liberation include service to humanity as Baba has so eloquently put it, “Manava Seva Madhava Seva”, where Service to Man is considered as Service to God. “Love All Serve All” is yet another way of achieving Divinity which as Baba states is the very essence of all the Vedas combined together. “Help Ever Hurt Never” is also another way that Baba has also suggested in becoming ‘One’ with the ‘Divine” whereby you don’t hurt anyone or anything in thought, word and deed. “Aham Bramhan Sarvam Bramhan” can also be practised on a daily basis whereby you see yourself as Divine together with seeing everyone else as also
274 Divine. ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ whereby you see the whole world as One Family, is still another way to connect with your inner Divinity by seeing the entire creation of animate and inanimate beings as Divine. These are some of the ways recommended in this age to realise your innate Divinity and to ascend to the highest level of Consciousness possible. To be a part of the ‘Golden Age’ it is absolutely necessary to raise one’s personal spiritual energy to the next level in order to maintain that standard of existence on earth. Not to do so will entail the risk of ‘missing the boat’ or as Baba puts it ‘not being aboard the aeroplane as the flight takes off.’ Choose any method that is comfortable to you or more appropriate for you in your daily life but make sure that you get on board by ‘Ascending’ to the highest level possible at any cost. This is the ‘Mission’ of the ‘Triple Sai Avatar’ and everyone has the opportunity to be a part of this journey or yatra to Divinity as we await the next incarnation of Prema Sai. SAI RAM
275 ADDENDUM INDIA’S NATIONAL SONG VANDE MATARAM Facts at a Glance 1. Vande Matram is the National song of India, which was composed by the Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, originally in Sanskrit & Bengali. 2. He wrote Vande Mataram at Chinsurah, near the river Hooghly near Mallik Ghat and is taken from the novel Anand Math published in 1882. 3. It is assumed that the concept of Vande Mataram clicked to Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay when he was serving as a government official, a District Collector, on November 1875. 4. Jadunath Bhattacharya was asked to set a tune for this poem just after it was written and was sung for the first time by Rabindranath Tagore in 1896. 5. It was adopted by the Constituent Assembly of India on January 24, 1950, by providing it equal status with the National Anthem Jana Gana Mana. 6. It is formed for the proclamation of Mother Land and played a vital role in the Indian independence movement. 7. The original Vande Mataram comprises of six stanzas and was translated in prose by Shri Aurobindo in Karmayogin on 20 November 1909.
276 Lyrics & Meaning ‘Vande Mātaram. Sujalāṃ suphalām Malayajaśītalām Śasyaśyāmalām Mātaram. Mother, I bow to thee! Rich with thy hurrying streams, Bright with thy orchard gleams, Cool with the winds of delight, Dark fields waving, Mother of might, Mother free. Śubhra-jyotsnā-pulakita-yāminī Phulla kusumita-drumadalaśobhinī, Suhāsinīṃ sumadhurabhāṣinīm Sukhadāṃbaradāṃ Mātaram. Glory of moonlight dreams, Over thy branches and lordly streams, Clad in thy blossoming trees, Mother, giver of ease, Laughing low and sweet, Mother, I kiss thy feet, Speaker sweet and low, Mother, to thee I bow. Saptakoṭīkanṭha-kala-kalaninādakarāle Dbisapta koṭī bhujaidhṛtakharakarabāle,[e] Abalā[f] kena mā eta bale[g]! Bahubaladhārinīṃ[h]Namāmi tarinīṃ Ripudalabārinīṃ[i] Mātaram Who hath said thou art weak in thy lands, When the swords flash out in seventy million hands, And seventy million voices roar Thy dreadful name from shore to shore? With many strengths who art mighty and strong, To you I call, Mother and Lord! You who save, arise and save us! To her I cry who ever her foemen drove, back from plain and sea and shook herself free.
277 Tumi bidyā[j] tumi dharma Tumi hrṛdi tumi marma Tbaṃ[k] hi prānāḥ śarīre. Bāhute[l] tumi mā śakti, Hṛdaye tumi mā bhakti, Tomārai pratimā gaṛi mandire mandire. Thou art wisdom, thou art law, Thou art heart, our soul, our breath Thou art love divine, the awe In our hearts that conquers death. Thine the strength that nerves the arm, Thine the beauty, thine the charm. Every image divine. In our temples is but thine. Tbaṃ[m] hi Durgā daśapraharanadhārinī Kamalā kamala-dalabihārinī Bānī[n] bidyādāyinī[o] Namāmi tbaṃ[p] Namāmi kamalām Amalāṃ atulām, Sujalāṃ suphalām Mātaram Thou art Goddess Durga, Lady and Queen, With her hands that strike and her swords of sheen, Thou art Goddess Kamala (Lakshmi), lotus-throned, And Goddess Vani (Saraswati), bestower of wisdom known Pure and perfect without peer, Mother lend thine ear, Rich with thy hurrying streams, Bright with thy orchard gleams, Dark of hue O candid-fair. Vande[q] Mātaram Śyāmalām saralām Susmitām bhūṣitām Dharanīṃ bharanīṃ Mātaram. In thy soul, with jewelled hair And thy glorious smile divine, Loveliest of all earthly lands, Showering wealth from well-stored hands! Mother, mother mine! Mother sweet, I bow to thee, Mother great and free!
278 VANDE MATARAM JAI HIND
THE MAKING Of A NEW INDIA “ India has to be prepared for the World And the World has to be prepared For India to become Viswa Guru again.” Prime Minister Of India Narendra Modi