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1 The Lord’s Visit To Nigeria - July 2015

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The Lord’s Visit to Ebe, Nigeria 14th July 2015 – 17th July 2015

Arrival:

It was the most auspicious moment in the history of humanity when Beloved

Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba visited Nigeria in

His subtle Light body. It was 7.35am on the

14th of July, 2015. Fr Charles Ogada and

other devotees were waiting eagerly

for the arrival of the Air-Peace plane

carrying Swami’s outrange -

, the pure hearted one

who transmits His messages through the

astral plane; Narashimha Murthy, the Lord’s instrument for

the spread of Educare, Isaac Tigrett, the epitome of Divine strength and courage;

C. Sreenivas, the guru of selfless healthcare services; Ravi Kasturi, the Lord’s

Hanumanji who has the energy of a thousand warriors, and V. Kumar, the angelic

Swami's Abode in Ebe


voice.

On arrival, they were all taken to the hotel to unpack their luggage and have a

little rest. Subsequently they were escorted to the venue of the event – Heart of

love Children’s Home, Ebe, where Fr Charles has started a home for

disadvantaged children and Schools for village children. In this place, Swami’s

Temple was built. It was a collective labor of Love in honor of the Lord of lords.

The theme of the retreat of the three days Lord’s visit was “ALL ARE ONE”. The

opening ceremony started at about 4.30pm. There was an unmistakable change

of vibrant energy in the atmosphere as Swami came down from His room upstairs

accompanied my Madhu, Narashimha Murthy and Fr. Charles. Suddenly there was

a pitch rise of enthusiasm, and joyous ecstasy amongst devotees who have

gathered in the hall. The devotional songs were accompanied by band of Gospel

musician.

After few minutes, Swami called for the children’s program to begin. It was a

Sir Jude Nnam on the Piano Key Board


harvest of songs rendered by the kids of The Embodiments of Love Academy.

These kids have been trained and prepared by the famous church musician, Sir

Jude Nnam was has composed more than 2000 church music song in most

churches in Africa. Sir Jude Nnam was the one who led the African Choir to

Prasanthi Niliyam in 2010 and performed in the divine presence.

The children’s songs

revolved around the

theme of the retreat

“All Are One” and

evoked in the heart of

all the feeling of their

inherent Oneness. The

lyrics of some of the

songs the children sang

brought tears in the

eyes of many that

were gathered:

We are the One To make the change To make the world a better place to live We want to feel in our world Love and Peace

We are the One For we are One

We are the One To teach the truth We are the children of Divinity We are just One great family of Humanity We are the One For we are One


We are the One To spread love to every being here on earth Bringing peace flowing deep like a river Filling every living soul with great joy This is bliss We are the One, yes, we are the One.

Many nations we are But our Earth is One Many beings, yes, we are, but just one breath Many Creeds we are, but our God is one We are the One, yes, we are the One

The second song

was

“Scatter Seeds of Kindness” and the lyrics go like this:

Scatter seeds of kindness

Everywhere you go

Scatter rays and rays of Joy

And watch them grow and

grow

Scatter buds and buds of

friendship

Keep them till full bloom

If the world seems cold to

you

Kindle fire to keep it warm

Love is all you need

Love is all it takes

Hold out your hand


Touch someone’s life

All are One

This is my Commandment


That you Love one another

That your Joy may be full (X4)


That you serve one another



That you help one another


It Was a Festival of Dance


After the Children’s presentation, Swami materialized a ring of 9 planets for Sir

Jude Nnam. It was a beautiful creation.

The Resurrection of Sai Baba

Sri Narashimha Murthy was the first

speaker after the songs. With radiant

energy he enthralled everyone with

his divine message, “The

Resurrection of Jesus Christ is the

same as the Resurrection of Sai

Baba”. Although both left their

physical bodies at designated times,

both continued to inspire their

devotees afterwards through the

power of the resurrection. Three

days after His crucifixion on the

cross, Jesus rose again and for six

weeks, he appeared and inspired his

disciples and many others. Mary

Magdalene was the first to see Him.

But he was not seen by everyone.

The priests of the temple responsible

for His crucifixion raised an alarm

saying that the disciples of Jesus were spreading false rumors about His


resurrection. They told the people, “don’t be deceived, they are spreading lies

and falsehood”. However, we all know that it was the divine act of the

resurrection that has made the teaching of Jesus Christ spread all over the world

in every country of the earth.

Today, you and I are so fortunate to be to experiencing the same power of the

resurrection of Sathya Sai Baba. Through

the devotion and prayers of Fr. Charles

and the children and teachers, the same

Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba is sitting

here today on his most amazing

beautiful throne. Many questions may

arise in the minds of many as to why

Baba is not seen. But how many people

saw Jesus Christ after his resurrection?

They were very few. Today millions of

people, men and women believe that

Jesus came back to life after His

crucifixion on the cross. The same thing

in happening today, and I will tell you

with absolute conviction that it is the

same Lord who has come back to life.

Although He is not seen, but we hear his

message and feel the vibration of His

Love we will know that it is the same

Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba.

All Are One

After his talk, Mr. Narashimha prayed to Swami for His Divine discourse. Swami

spoke in Telugu and was transmitted by Sri Madhu while Narashimha translated

same into English.


God does not have any form, he is formless, but he takes the form of diverse

creatures. “I

am only One,

let me become

many”

declared God

in the Vedas.

Because we

see

differences in

the world, we

have lost

unity. Based

on bodies, we

say someone is

African, or

American or Australian or Indian. But if we recognize the Atma (Spirit) in

everyone, we will know the Unity of everyone. Bodies are many, but the divine

principle – atma – is one and the same. This is what Jesus Christ taught, “All are

One”. Fr Charles is all the time saying “All are One”. It is total ignorance to think

that there is no relation between oneself and others. That is why in every country

I am building hospitals, Schools and Ashrams.

A Super specialist Hospital In Nigeria

The moment of moments arrived when Swami made the declaration that He will build a super specialist hospital in Nigeria. This Hospital will start small and grow big into a super specialist hospital.

“Fr Charles came to me in Mudanahali, he also felt that if Swami starts a hospital in Africa for children, it will be so helpful. In the presence of all of you I want to announce to all of you that Swami’s hospital will come to Nigeria also. Whether it is in Nigeria or any other country, we are going to give free health care to all the people”.

The Lord's Throne of Grace


“I Am the Mother and Father of all people in the world. Therefore I want to serve everybody and help everybody. But I do not have a gross physical body today with me. When I had a physical body, to that extent possible I utilized that body and did service and help to mankind. In the same way that a father retires from active work, that body has retired from active work today. When the father retires from business, the sons will

look after the business. Similarly, my children and my devotees and students, through them I Am going to achieve all these”.

“It is a big mistake to think that Sai Baba was born in Puttaparthi, grew up, did a lot of things and vanished and disappeared. No! No! Sai Baba is Love. Love does not have any form which we could see. But through service we could see Love.”

“I Did Not Know That that Someone Was Listening”

During His Divine Discourse, Swami recollected how Jude Nnam prayed to him whilst in Sai Baba’s Heart Hospital in Raipur. Jude Nnam’s son had been critically sick with a heart problem. No hospital could offer help in Nigeria. Coming to know of this, Fr. Charles called Sri Narashimaha Murthy to ask Swami for help.

Swami's Heart hospital in Raipur which will offer their services to our Hospital


Swami responded immediately asking that the son be bought to Raipur Hospital for treatment.

Swami then called Sir Jude Nnam to share with everyone what happened whilst he was in Raipur Hospital.

Sir Jude narrated how on the day of the operation of his child he went in search of a church, a temple, or any prayer place so that he could offer prayers for his son. While he ambled in the corridors he entered Swami’s room in the hospital

and saw a big size photo of Swami standing before him. He taught to himself, “Well then, I must pray to Swami” and tearfully prayed to Swami in the photo that such a hospital should come up in Nigeria too. “The richer of the lot may be able to afford an

air ticket and come to India but the poorest

cannot afford” he prayed. If such a hospital could be build in Nigeria too, it will do a lot of good to the people.

After narrating his experiences, Jude added, “I did not know someone was listening.” I did not know Swami heard my prayers. This prayer was known only to Jude Nnam. Only the Omniscient and omnipotent love of Divinity could reveal the prayer of a devotee thousands of miles away and respond to such a prayer!

True to His words, Swami’s Love transformed into Service as He declared opening of a child care hospital in this small village of Ebe in the state of Enugu of Nigeria. Sri Sreenivas – the chairman of Sri Sathya Sai Health and Education Trust that runs in Raipur, Chattisgarh, rose to the occasion at the command of Swami and offered 15 million Naira (approx. 50 lacs rupes) to begin the noble project. Thus, in no time, Love took the form of Service. This Hospital which will provide health care

Sir Jude addressing the audience at the command of Swami


totally free of all cost, Swami declared, would start small but would in a short time grow into a super specialist Hospital bring healing and succor to His children from all over Africa. It would be the first extension of Swami’s Heart Hospital in Raipur.

The Second Day of Divine Visit

The second day of the divine visit started with the evening program as Swami had

announced the previous day that devotees take rest in the morning because

everyone had worked so hard. The evening program started at about 4.30pm. As

devotees waited for the Lord to “come down” from His room upstairs, the prayer

hall was electric with singing and dancing of gospel music accompanied by the

gospel band musicians. Although unseen to the physical eye, one could feel an

unmistakable tingle of divine bliss in the air as the Lord descends accompanied by

Madhu, Murthy and Fr. Charles.

Jesus Christ teaching his Disciples the Path of Oneness


After few songs, the Lord beckoned for the commencement of the evening

program which

started with the

drama

presentation by the

kids from the Heart

of Love Children’s

Home and the

Embodiments of

Love Academy. It

was a multi-faith

drama

presentation which

brought out the essential oneness of all the religions – Christ’s compassionate

love in the form of service as he

washed the feet of his disciples

and commanded them to do the

same; Krishna’s admonition to

Arjuna to rise up to the life of

detachment and total surrender

to the Lord; Buddha’s

instructions to his disciples on

the path of non–suffering and

rising above desire; and Islam’s

call to total surrender to the will

of the Almighty.

The Five Pandavas at the River of Life

The Buddha - The Awakened One


Jesus: Blessed are the

pure of heart,

for they will see God.

Jesus: This is why I say to

you, “Love your

enemies” and do good to

those who persecute you

since you are one body

of God. If the tooth

injures the tongue, does

the tongue show

revenge? No! This is

because it knows it is

One body.

KRISHNA: You are God. Your body is merely a temple, where the divine dwells. Your true self

goes through birth,

youth, old age and death

again and again – just like

your cousins and elders.

Once you realize this

divine self within, you can

have no grief. Instead,

you will have the strength

to do what is right.

KRISHNA: You must learn

to see everything as One. …

a mound of earth and a

heap of gold; a cow and a

saint; a dog and the one

who eats the dog. See everything as One.

Lord Krishna teaching Arjuna the Sacred Gita

Lord Jesus washing the feet of His disciples


Buddha: May I be a doctor and the medicine and may I be the nurse for all sick beings in the world… until everyone is healed

May I be the protector for those without one May I be a bridge, a boat, a ship… for all who wish to cross the water. Buddha: You

are here to

love all

beings. Just

love them.

Care for

them. Have

compassion

for them. As long as any living thing draws breath, wherever he shall be, there in compassion

shall the Buddha be.

GABRIEL: “In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the

universe. Most Gracious, Most Merciful. Master of the Day of Judgment. You alone we worship.

You alone we ask for help. Guide us in the right path, the path of those whom You blessed”

Divine Voice:

“Islam directed

attention to the

One in Many,

the Unity in

Diversity and led

people to the

Reality named

God. Islam is a

word which

denotes not a

TELA Kids Performing the Islamic Sufi Dervish Whirling Dance

Gautama rising above the tangles of Desire


particular religion but a state of mind, the state of total surrender to the Will of God. Islam

means dedication, surrender, peace, tranquility”.

After the drama, Isaac Tigrett was asked to speak by Beloved Swami. Isaac thrilled

the audience with his amazing experiences with the Lord on his Spiritual journey.

“Nobody can

tell you what

to believe.

Nobody can tell

you what not

to believe.

Spirituality is

an individual

journey to the

same

destination –

God”. After his

speech, Swami

asked Isaac to

sing a song.

And Isaac passionately sang this song to the Lord:

“Oh make me like you Oh Lord I am willing

Please do what you must do To make me like you Make me like you”

Learn to Put your Life in God’s Hands

Sri C Sreenivas was the next speaker. A soft spoken person, Sreenivas is an

epitome of divine sweetness. He filled the audience with such nectarine words as

all eyes glued on him. “We have congregated here, not to be in search of God, but

to enable God to be in search of us. This is a sacred Church where we are not

Isaac in the mood


going to keep repeating parrot like ‘God is always with us, God is always around

us, God is always looking after us’ but we are going to put our hands on our

hearts and say

that every

moment, we

are going to be

always with

God, we are

always going to

be around God,

we are always

going to be

living every

moment with

Him. This, mark

my words, is

going to be the singular difference which is going to happen under this church

through the instrumentality of Fr. Charles”.

Sri Sreenivas is as Sweet as His Lord


To end his talk, Sri Sreenivas told the children a story. There was this naughty boy

who wanted to put a wise man into a dilemma. He has heard of the wisdom and

holiness of this person and wanted to disprove his wisdom. He went with his

friends to this wise man. He was holding a tiny bird in his hands in such a way that

all one could see is the eye of the bird. When they were given audience by the

holy man, he put this question to the man, “Please tell me, oh wise man, if the

bird I am holding in my hand is dead or alive.” This naughty boy had planed two

things. If the wise man said the bird was dead, he would release the bird and if he

said the bird was dead, he would immediately crush the bird with his hands. Thus

disproving what the wise man had said.

Everyone gathered looked up to the wise

man for an answer not knowing the plan

of the naughty boy. The wise man

looked up to the boy and said, “Young

boy, the life of the bird is in your hands”.

Then the wise man added, “Son, learn to

put your life in the Lord’s Hand”.

Whilst in the interview room upstairs,

Swami remarked to Sreenivas, “I Am like

that naughty boy. I hold you in my Hand

like a bird. Everything is in my Hand. If

you try to escape, then the hold is tight

and you feel pain. But if you surrender,

the hold is warm and you feel love. Where can you escape that I Am not?”

The Third Day of the Lord’s Visit: Morning Session

On the morning of the third day, Thursday, the 16th of July, Swami went to visit a

devotee who is a catholic priest – Rev. Fr. Raymond Arazu. Fr. Arazu was the one

who introduced Fr. Charles to beloved Swami and through the instrumentality of

this wise Father, many devotees have come to know Swami. It was a 45 minutes

journey from Enugu to Fr. Arazu’s residence in Awka – Spiritan Centre for Self

Realization.


During his welcome speech, Rev. Fr. Raymond Arazu narrated how Swami had

cured him completely of a prostate cancer. “I don’t know how to thank Sai Baba

who has come to

visit me. He has

always been with

me but today, he

comes to visit me

in a special way.

This is something I

will treasure for

the rest of my

life”.

Swami delivered

his divine

discourse after

Mr. Narashimha

Murthy’s talk focusing on the similarities between the resurrection experiences of

Lazurus, Jesus Christ, and Sathya Sai Baba.

Below is a transcription of Swami’s Divine discourse:

“I and the Father are One”

The essence of all the scriptures, of all the religions can be summarized in just

these four words: “Love All, Serve All”. All the religions, Islam, Christianity,

Buddhism, Hinduism, all of them teach the same

truth. Just as there are many many schools

they teach the same subjects in

different languages or different

mediums. But ultimately, the truth

that they teach is the same. A school

in France does not teach that the sun

rises from the west and sets in the east.

Rev. Fr. Raymond Arazu – Wisdom personified


A school in India will not teach differently that the sun rises from the east and set

in the west. A school in Africa does not teach that the sun rises from the west. The

truth that the sun rises from the east and sets in the west is what is taught maybe

in French language, maybe in African language, maybe in Indian language, maybe

in American language.

Truth is that which does not change when time fades. Just as the five elements

make up the human body, the five human values make up the human spirit. The

five elements are temporary. Therefore, the body made up of the five elements is

also temporal. How can we expect something permanent based on something

temporal? Only things that are permanent can (create) things that will ever

remain permanent. The values of Truth, Right Conduct, Peace, Love and Non

Violence, will remain eternal and therefore since they come from within, they are

the soul of man.

Madhu - Pure humble Instrument of Divinity


Today, the masters of the past may not be here physically but we still remember

them every day. We don’t remember them by the body that they dawned upon

themselves but we remember them as the Holy Spirit that they represented. The

Love, the compassion, the service, the peace that they preached and practiced,

remain permanent. Long after the mother is dead and gone, the child still

remembers her love. Mother’s body may be temporal but mother’s love remains

permanent long after the body has perished. The values that we live by remain

permanent but the body lives today and fades afterwards. Long after we leave,

what will remain behind is only the values that we lived by.

Truth, Right Conduct, Peace, Love, and Non – Violence are like the five elements

that make up this human life. In fact, if we perceive deeply, there is only one

value which is the value that contains all these four. Just as the space, the sound,

the wind, the water, the fire, and the earth are various elements that make up the

whole universe, but the one element that contains all these is space. Space is in

water, space is in the Fire, space is in the earth, space is in the sound. It is the

Tigrett - The Tiger of God


space element that becomes the basis of all the four. Likewise, Love remains the

basis of all these five values. Love in speech is Truth, Love in action is Dharma or

Righteousness; Love in feeling is Non Violence and Love in understanding is Peace.

It is Love alone that is the basis of these values.

When Jesus Christ came, he came and preached the great values of Love.

Otherwise, how could one explain (…) the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. How can a

man who was undergoing so much of pain possibly think best of those who have

hurt him by praying for them? “Forgive them, for they know not what they are

doing”. … How could he who suffered so much pain and suffering on the cross

pray for those who have brought him so much pain? It is Love alone. Just as the

mother does not mind the kicks of the baby inside the womb because of her love,

he (Jesus) could bear the pains and suffering of the people lovingly just as the

mother.

Sreenivas - Paradigm of Selfless Healthcare Service


Mother saws the seeds of devotion. Mother shows the father. Father shows Guru

(teacher). Guru shows God. Just

as Swami explains in the life of

Rev. Fr. Arazu, it is the mother

that sowed the seed of devotion.

It is the mother who showed him

that Love exists. It was her faith

in God that led him to think of

God too. He has been born in

difficult circumstances, with very

little support, with no help from

anyone and there was crisis all

around. In such times of poverty,

hunger and despair, it was his

mother who taught him that

devotion to god alone is the end.

God is here and He will look after

all of us. Just as one cannot see

the air but lives by breathing it,

likewise God cannot be seen but

if we exist today, it is the proof of

God’s existence.

If we are able to live today by breathing, it is the proof of the presence of air. Our

own existence is the proof of God’s existence. God is who is formless, takes the

form of a Master, time and again; takes upon Himself the human body and the

human life, time and again out of His infinite compassion for the devotees. And

He comes down with his knowledge to this world as well as (?).

Lord Jesus Christ was once with His disciples. When He came He said, “I am the

messenger of God.” He then preached, “I am the Son of God”. And at last he

declared “I and the Father are One”. … We are here to preach and practice the

Love, the message of love and teach this message to our fellow beings. Our own

Ravi Kasturi - the Lord's Hanumanji


lives must be God’s message and we must become messengers of God,

messengers of Love, Truth, Peace, and Non Violence. Once we are the messenger,

we will truly deserve to call ourselves as “Sons of God” – brother of man and

Fatherhood of God. That is possible only if we live by our Father’s message. A son

born of the Father can never claim to be son but the one who follows his father,

who keeps up the name of the father, he alone can be called a son. Just by being

born of the father, he cannot be the son. But by living the life in line with his

father’s teaching, can he claim right to a “Son’. It is by living his message alone

can we become true sons. Therefore Jesus Christ said, “I am the Son of God

because he lived by the message of His Father – the message of Love, of

compassion, of Non Violence, of Peace.

On good Friday, as he was being crucified on the cross …. the pain he was

undergoing, he looked up to his Father and said, “Father, so much is being

inflicted upon me. What mistake have I done?” and there in his Heart, he heard

Narashimha Murthy - Educare personified


the answer, “You and I are One. If you think we are different, you cannot escape

this pain. Thinking that you are just the body cannot make you forget this pain.

You are eternal Spirit”. Once he heard that, immediately, he and His Father

became One. That is why he could feel the Father’s Love and forgive everyone.

Without the Father, without a teacher, without any support, just by the words of

his mother, Fr. Arazu came this far. Mother is the one who taught him the Love of

God. Many hardships one has to undergo in the path of God. The path of Love,

the path of Truth, the path of Peace is full of difficulties. The path of the world is

easy. It may sound easy today but tomorrow, it leads to difficulties. The path of

God may be difficult today, but afterwards it leads to eternal Peace. One who has

true devotion will not be affected by pain and suffering. Just as the mirror is not

affected by the reflection, just as the Lotus petal are not affected by the water,

likewise, the man whose heart is full of devotion cannot be affected by pain and

Fr. Arazu and Fr. Ogada - Like Father and Son


suffering – for he loses himself inn that bliss of devotion to God and forgets all the

pains.

Love for God is like anesthesia. It makes you forget the pain of surgery that you

must undergo. Develop such Love for God; not only for God, love everyone, for it

is God who has manifested in all these forms, in all these names, in all these

places. Just because water flows in the Ganges, we call it water of Ganges. If the

water flows by another river, we call it by the name of that river. The water that

flows in the Nile river, we call it Nile water. But ultimately, they all merge in the

ocean where they all become one.( …) The same water may be from Ganges, or

from Nile or from India river, it will quench your thirst. Air that blows around the

world is the same. It cannot be called African air, or Indian air. The sun that

shines, shines equally around all the continents. Likewise the whole nature has

been created without any differentiation. You cannot differentiate between the

poor and the rich, between an Indian and an African, between a man and a

Abu-Oma Choir singing Psalms in Native Language composed by Fr. Arazu


woman, between a child and a grown up, between a peasant and a prime

minister. Creator knows everyone as His own Self. (…) God who is manifest as

Nature does not differentiate, so should man also.

You should love everyone as the reflection of God. Even as you find your lost

brother and once again as he is your brother you will begin to develop love

towards this person who was a stranger a while ago – because you have come to

realize he was a brother whom you have lost. Likewise, if you remember that all

are brothers and sisters, they will no longer be strangers to you. They will

immediately become your brother and sisters and you will develop that love. Love

alone is Truth. Love alone is eternal. Everything else must perish with this body.

But much after this body is gone, what will always remain with everyone else is

the Love you have shared with them, the Truth that you have preached and

practiced, the good name that you have lived. Strive for that which is permanent

and do not want to gain too much after that which is temporal. Body is only a

vehicle to take you from one place to another, to take you from the (…). They

should be treated only with so much of respect. Thinking that the body is your

Truth, you will not be able to escape the pain just as Jesus could not. But the


moment he realized that he is the Spirit, that “He and His Father are One’, no pain

touched him.

This world full of vanity fluctuates

between pleasure and pain,

between loss and gain, between

sorrow and happiness. Do not

become much entangled in the

pursuit of one vanity or the other

that goes nowhere. Body is only for

the sake of serving others. All

Masters that came, (they have come

giving up lives and families) to help

others, to serve others. And once

the body is given up, they kindle the

values that they preached in the

hearts of the devotees.

Jesus at that point has only few

disciples. Even they abandoned him for the

fear of their lives. But today, He is

worshipped in every remote corner of the

world because his devotees are practicing

what he has taught them. He has taught

them the values of Love and Service.

Today, through schools and hospitals, they

are spreading education and good health to

all parts of the world and that alone has

brought so much respect and reverence for

their Master. How much of respect the One

whose few disciples did not stand by him!

He is now worshipped all around the world

and places that he has never been to. The

reason is – His Love has reached there through His devotees. As devotees, it your


prime responsibility to live by the message that Swami has given, to be closer to

Swami, to become his wealth of Love, to become His true Son and eventually you

and Swami are just One.

In Puttaparthi, I taught those who do not know that God exists, that God does

exist. Now I Am teaching that God exists in everyone. You must see me in

everyone through the path of Love and Service. By doing this all creation will

realize that God is none other than you. You yourself are God. Step by step, you

must climb to become Swami’s messengers, to be Sons and finally to be equally

one with the Father. This is the message of Jesus Christ. This is the message of

Swami.

In the path of goodness, difficulties will come. If difficulties don’t come, then you

must question whether you are on the right path or the wrong path. In the wrong

path, there are no difficulties in the beginning. In the right path there are. But

with God on your side, nothing is impossible. Don’t I know the days when this

place was not as it is now? It was a small hot shed. There was no food to eat (…)


Swami says that He is blessing all of us here and especially dear Father for having

lived a life of sacrifice, for having understood the pain that God feels when he

sees his other children suffer. (…) but because of his faith and believe in God, he is

able to transfer so much Love to so many.

Swami bless all and in time to come may this lamp that is lit here spread all

around. We cannot remove the darkness of the whole world but we can remove

the darkness of our own heart by lighting this lamp of Love and carrying it

wherever we go and lighting this lamp of Love in other hearts so that soon the

darkness of this world can disappear.

In a very short time, Baba is going to come back as the third Avartar in this world

and would again lead us further to the path of God. To get ready for that you

must all prepare yourself. Just as you cannot enter the university without first

graduating from a high school, likewise you cannot reach Prema Sai without

having lived the message of Sathya

Sai. By practicing what Sathya Sai

has taught, by following His

teachings, you will be able to

reach Prema Sai too.

My Blessing are there with each

and all of you. I will visit Nigeria

often and lots of good work will be

done in this country and will

spread all around the world.

Evening Program:

“This Unseen Presence Has

always been with me”

The evening program started at

about 4.30pm with a harvest of

songs from the Gospel band. The


first speaker was Father Charles. He narrated his experiences of how Swami came

to him. When he was a small boy of five years, he has known the presence of a

strange being in a light body.

I knew someone was there with me. This strange presence used to fill me with

blissful ecstasy and sometimes made me loose normal consciousness. My parents

then taught I was possessed with a bad spirit called “Ogbanje” and subjected me

to horrendous forms of exorcism. But this presence never left me until I was

eleven. I had gone to a boarding school. One day, under the steps of the hostel,

the energy of this unseen Presence was too strong and I knew I was about losing

consciousness. Then I was afraid of what my friends would think of me. There and

then I begged this unseen being to leave me. And it did.

After my high school, I was not planning to be a priest. Instead, I wanted to

become a medical doctor. One day, I was alone in the forest as was my habit. And

suddenly this unknown Presence took over me. It filled me with so much Love I

was one with everything. Then a

“Voice” said what would you want to

do with this life? This was the very

first time I heard the voice of my

unseen friend. The “Voice” was

dimensionless, making me one with

all around me, the sky, the trees,

birds and beasts, everything. The

answer was in the question. I said to

the voice, “You are this life. What else

to do but to Love you and serve you”.

That encounter changed the course of

my life. I then sort to become a

catholic priest in the order of the Holy

Ghost Fathers. I was seeking for an

enabling environment to love and

serve God. He Hugged Me


During the ninth year of my training to become a Holy Ghost Father, I lost

meaning and wanted to leave the seminary. This was when Sai Baba appeared to

me in a dream after Fr. Arazu has told me about him. He hugged me and I again

became one with everything. Immediately I knew He was the unknown presence

that has been with me since my early childhood. There and then, I sort for Him

and later went to Puttaparthi to see Him.

When Swami left his physical body it was not difficult for me to relate to his

unseen Presence. When he called me to Mudanahalli, I knew it was Swami. It was

the same Presence, the same energy, the same friend who has always been with

me since my early childhood.”

We are known only because of the Lord

Sri Narashimha Murthy was the next speaker and he thrilled the audience with

stories of

many

episodes in

the life of

Jesus Christ.

Our lives

have value

only

through

association

with the

Lord. We

remember

today those

people who crossed the path of Jesus because they associated with Jesus. We

remember St. Peter, not because of St. Peter, but because he lived with Jesus

Christ. We remember Herod, not because he was King, but because he was king

during the time of Jesus. We remember the priest, Caiaphas, who was the chief

priest in the temple of Jerusalem, not because he was the chief priest, but


because he was responsible for the crucifixion of Jesus. We remember the two

thieves who were crucified with Jesus Christ, not because they were thieves, but

because they were crucified with Jesus Christ.

After his talk, Sri Murthy prayed to Swami for His Divine discourse: Below is a

transcription of Swami’s divine discourse.

Swami’s Mission of Love and Service

His feet are everywhere; His face, His head, His ear are everywhere. In fact he has

installed Himself in everything everywhere.

This is what the Vedas declare. They call

God the One with thousands of Heads,

thousands of Feet, thousands of Hands.

How can ever be a man with thousands of

limbs as described by the Vedas? Embodiments of

Love, what the Scripture declares must not be taken simply as

mere words but one should understand the deeper meaning within. God who

resides in each one of you owns each one of you. Your head is His head, your


hands are his hands, your feet are His feet, your eyes are His eyes, your ears are

His ears and His is the One who operates, who works, who lives through each one

of you.

Swami always addresses us as the Embodiments of Love, as the Embodiments of

Truth and

Peace.

The inner

meaning

is that

God who

is the

One who

resides in

each one

of us is

the

Embodiment of Divinity, is the embodiment of Truth, is the Embodiment of Peace.

A jar of water finds its value not because it is made of silver or gold or clay but

because there is water in it which can quench the thirst of the thirsty. What use is

a pot which is made of silver or Gold if it does not have the water that can quench

the thirst of someone dying of thirst? Gold is not going to quench the thirst of

someone dying of thirst. Silver is not going to quench his thirst. It is the water

inside the vessel that is the greatest value to a man dying of thirst. Likewise,

whether one is high in the society or be looked down upon, for each one of them,

the value comes not because of this vessel called the body but because of the

Divinity, the water, that resides in each one of us.

Once a King, out of his tremendous greed prayed to God. He did tremendous

penance to achieve what he wanted. And what did he want? He wanted that God

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should grant him a boon that whatever he touched becomes gold. That way, he

can be the richest king on earth. After much penance, God granted him his wish

and now, whatever he touched would turn into gold. He went back home. He was

quite hungry. So he ordered some food. He wanted the vessels to be made of

gold, so touched the vessels and they turned into gold. He touched the furniture

and that also turned into gold. The pots, the vessels, the statues, verything in the

house that he touched turned into gold. He became so happy that he is now

getting richer every moment. Then came the food. It was smelling very good and

his hunger grew. He was very happy to have food after many days of penance.

When the food was served and he touched the food, do you know what

happened? The food turned into gold. Now he was in a dilemma. Can he eat this

gold and live with it? No. No. he wanted the food. It is not the vessel of gold, it is

the food in the vessel that alone can satisfy one’s hunger. It is not how big you are

or how small you are, how strong you are or how weak you are, how rich you are

or how poor you are, that would matter at the end.


How good you are, how devoted you are, how much you love God and how you

love others, that’s what matters. The value to a human life comes when he is

devoted to God. Devotion alone gives value to life. A human being devoid of

devotion for God is equivalent to animals. The faculties of food, sleep, fear, and

procreation are all common between man and animals. But what differentiates

man from animals is their ability to Love God, to be devoted to God and to be able

to see God in everything and thereby serve God by serving all. That is why Baba

always says “Love all, Serve All”. But many people many devotees, they want to

follow what Baba is saying but when they have a fight with their own wives, they

will say, “Yes, I will love all except her. I will serve all except her”. There are no

exceptions in God’s command. It is for everyone. You must love and you must

serve everyone.

Fr. Charles, since he was young, he had this tremendous zeal to serve others. Even

before he studied and became a priest, he did many things to serve all. Whatever

little they had in their home, he would rush to share it with those who need it

including what he needed for his own studies, he would share with his friends.


One such friend of his is here. He will tell you the truth. The kindness in his Heart

comes from the Love that he has for God.

But Love does not simply sit quietly. If a mother says to the child, “ I love you my

dear child. I love you more than anyone else in this world. But don’t ask me to

cook food; don’t ask me to give you bath; don’t ask me to clean you”, then what

kind of love is that? Mere words cannot be Love. Love will immediately transform

into Service, into action. Love will transform itself into Service. The sun that rises

everyday burns itself out to give life to the others. Therefore Sun is worshipped as

a reflection of Divinity. The rivers that flow selflessly to give water to the others

(…) are giving again considered as a reflection of God. The wind that blows the

breeze and allows us to breathe oxygen to keep ourselves alive does so selflessly

for the sake of the others. Even the trees bear fruits not for themselves but for

the others. The cows yield milk

not for themselves but for the

others. This way everything in

this world in this world, the

whole nature has been

created in true reflection of

God; in order to love others

and serve others. Man who is

the highest in the creation of

God, why should he not

behave in the same way?

Father expects the most out of

the eldest son for he trusts

him with all his

responsibilities. Likewise,

human beings who are the

crest jewel in God’s creation

must take up the responsibility

of their father who is God. I

cannot expect this out of


animals and beasts and birds. They are doing what they are supposed to do. I will

expect this out of that part of my creation whom I have created in my likeness. It

is through your heads, it is through your hands, it is through your eyes, your ears,

your bodies that my mission of Love and service will continue.

But first you must transform yourselves before you try to change the others. It is

very easy to look around and point at others and say they are so imperfect. They

don’t even deserve My Love and service. But all these thoughts arise because or

your own selfishness. If your vision changes, the world will also change around

you. For a thief, everybody looks like a thief. He is always scared of everyone who

comes near, for he might be robbed. For a saint, everyone looks like saints. He

welcomes everyone to himself because he has no fear. They way we think, that is

how the world would appear to us.


A man once was suffering from terrible stomach pain and also headache. He went

to many doctors but did not find any remedy. Finally he went to a priest like our

Father Charles and said “I have tried everything but you see my pain is not going.


At that point in time the priest advised him “you need to see green. Concentrate

on the green colour and you will definitely become alright. This man immediately

ordered that everything around his house should be painted green because he

needs to see only green. All the walls, all the pillars, the streets, the house, the

trees, everything was painted green in order to help him see only green. Once

such day, the priest came into the village. He saw that the whole village has been

painted green. He was surprised why that was so. He came to the house of this

man and asked him “how come your village is all in green?” and the man said “Oh

priest, you advised me to see only green. Therefore I painted everything green.

The priest laughed and said “what a foolish man you are. By spending lacs of

rupees you have painted all these green. Instead you could have bought an eye

shed or a spectacle which were green. You could have seen green everywhere by

spending four rupees.

Man is like this foolish person who is trying to change everyone around him but is

not willing to change himself. He wants everyone to become good, everyone to


become godly, and everyone to become kind. But first he has to change himself. If

he changes, then everyone around him will also behave accordingly.

The whole world is nothing but a reflection, a

reaction and a resound. Like a mirror, if you

stand in front of a mirror and smile, the mirror

will smile back at you. If you frown, the mirror

will frown at you. It is not the mirror that is the

cause of the reaction. It is your action that is the

cause of this reaction. Some reactions happen

immediately. Some happen after sometime and

some happen much later. But whatever we do,

we must face the consequences someday. If you

are hungry, and you eat some food, immediately

your hunger is satisfied. That’s a reaction that is

immediate. But if you sow a seed today, it will grow into a plant in a few months

and then into a tree into a couple of years. Then the fruits will be there for you to

eat. This is a delayed reaction. Everything that we do must have a reaction.

Therefore, if you sow a seed of mango, you can expect only to reap a fruit of

mango. You cannot expect oranges. If you do good only then can you expect

goodness to come back to you. If you do wrong, obviously, the reaction will also

be wrong. Therefore, all the time, children, keep thinking of this “Whatever you

do will come back to you someday or the later.” Do good, be good, see good. This

is the way to God. Whatever you think, whatever you say, whatever you do, let it

be that which will please God. Let God be the most important person in your life.

Everything else will follow.

In the word “JOY”, J. O. Y. “J” stands for “Jesus first”; “O” stands for “Others next”

and “Y” stands for “Yourself last”. If you live your life by placing Jesus first, others

around you next and yourself last, your life will be full of Joy.


J Y What you are experiencing today where

this school is built and education is being given is the reaction of tremendous

effort by Father Charles and his friends.

There were many occasions when father felt very very weak for he did not receive

enough support. At those points of time, he turned towards God and cried “God, I

am only trying to serve you. Please let me serve you. Don’t stop me from serving

you”. And every time there was a difficulty, it was solved, whether it was a

problem with permission, whether it was a problem with community, or whether

it was a problem with finances. Everything came to him because of his

selflessness. As long as man remains selfless, nothing in the world can stop him

from doing seva (service). If there is an obstacle coming in our seva, it will always

going to make us more selfless. Instead of looking around and blaming others for

the difficulties that one faces, you should rather look within and ask yourself,

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“have I become completely selfless? Have I surrendered totally?” If you get these

answers “No”, then that is the reason for these obstacles and difficulties. If you

are completely selfless, no force on earth can stop your good work.

This place is going to grow in time to come. I know him not from this birth but

from many many births and we have had this relationship of friendship since

many many births. He calls me “Master” in front of you but to him, I Am only a

friend with whom he can share everything that he feels. Swami is very happy to

also tell all the people here that soon the work for the Hospital is going to begin.

Also the schools will be up graded (…). The church will also grow in its values and

people from all around the place will throng here. Many amazing things will

happen in the near future. Man plus God can achieve anything.


Therefore, for the first gesture of his Grace, Baba hands over this letter and the

commitment of donation to the trust here to the Spiritan Self Awareness Initiative

organization – from the Health mission of Bhagavan which is being spear headed

by Sri Sreenivas. Swami blessed that soon the Hospital wok will begin here and as

token of initiative to this program, Swami hands over a token of 15 million Nairas

to Father Charles. The Hospital in Raipur which is being headed by Mr. Sreenivas

is doing tremendous service in the field of child health care. They perform many

critical operations on children who have been rejected by other hospitals for the

want of money or technical expertise. These children are being treated totally

free of charge. Based on the prayers of the devotees of Nigeria, Swami is opening

this facility in Nigeria too so that those children who cannot afford to come all the

way can be treated here itself and those who really need to come, arrangement

will be made to fly them over to India and do the treatment as needed.

Father Charles receiving the donation from Sri Sreenivas


Soon a working plan will be drafted, a plan will be made for the entire Ashram

and work will begin for a small hospital to start with. But eventually, in Nigeria,

there will be a Super Specialty Hospital, even a college, not just the school for the

children of Nigeria. When a baby is born, it does not start running from the day

one. It slowly craws and then walks and then learns to run. These are those initial

years of this mission but in times to come it is going to grow. Swami blesses the

devotees of Nigeria that they all most unite together to support Father in

continuing this mission of Love in the form of water, healthcare and education

through this Ashram. They all must unite together. With one finger you cannot lift

a kerchief. But when all five fingers though they look different come together in

unity, you can move even a chair. Unity is the greatest strength. Where there is

unity amongst people, there is purity in their hearts, divinity will manifest itself

through them.

Even Sri Narashimha Murthy who is here is helping the education system. He is

very happy to extend whatever service he can to help the children grow both in

Devotees worked so hard in preparation for the Lord's Visit


their material education as well as their spiritual education. He will make

arrangements for whatever is needed here to upgrade the facilities and help

expand schools. With unity we can achieve much more. I Am ready to do any

amount of work anytime for my children for I have no differentiation between

India or America or Nigeria or any other place. All are One.

Father Charles, is this not your wish that all of them should join and help you?

There was a time that he was feeling very week, not very long ago, he said that

alone he cannot take this forward. He wanted to hand over to Swami to after.

Swami said “I will only look after through you – through your hands I will serve all.

Through your Heart I will Love all”. All the teachers and the students must make

good use of this opportunity. Devotees must come and help in making it better.

You all must join.

If you really want to serve God, you must serve children. Children are the

reflection of God. If the children are taken care of well, in terms of their

education, their health, their spiritual

values, the more the society

will be better. And

once society is

good, the

nation

will be good.

And when

the nation is

good, the world

will be good.

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Where there is righteousness in the heart, that is the first step. If you have people

with righteousness, then there will be good families, good societies, good nations

and good world. Sow the seeds before the rains come. Before they grow up, you

must sow the seeds of Love and Service in the hearts of children. That’s all I want

you to do. If you do this today, whatever it maybe, the future will be better. So

you are not wrong when you said that the future of the country is here. Just as a

land which is not tilled, which is not ploughed, which is not cared for, cannot yield

crops, likewise, children who are not taken care of, who are not nurtured, who

are not looked after, cannot become good, cannot have a bright future. If you

shape them well, then you shape the entire country.

Don’t be afraid of the amount of work that needs to be done. By looking at a

journey of a hundred miles, if you sit down here saying it is too far to go, you will

never reach. Take one step at a time, move towards your goal, slowly but steadily,

and one fine day, you will definitely reach. Giving up is not the quality of my

devotees. Once you have decided, you must continue to pursue it till you achieve

it. Giving up half-way through is not the quality of my devotees. Either you should

give up your life in the pursuit of achieving it or you must achieve it. There is no

other way. With Bhagavan’s blessings and all your efforts, surly what Swami has

said will come true in a very short time. He is ready, from His side. You also should

be ready. When both of us meet, your effort and My Grace, miracles happen.

Swami blesses that all the children, elders, and devotees, must join together in

unity and do whatever is required.


Swami commands Narashimha Murthy to look at what is the need for the

education purposes here and draw up a plan which will help to upgrade the

facilities and provide value based, moral education more than just a regular

worldly education. Not only children, teachers also must be trained. You must

develop s centre her for training the teachers in Nigeria. If one teacher is trained,

thousands of children can be trained. Also you must engage the parents. That

way, teachers, students and parents together we will be able to change the

society. Teachers’ work is very important. The tank may be full of water, but if

the tap is faulty, the water will not come. God is there behind you. But if you

become faulty, if you become imperfect, God’s work cannot happen through you.

Remain selfless, whatever you need will be provided by Bhagavan. Have that

confidence. Work fearlessly, work selflessly. Swami blesses everyone that all this

shall be achieved; that all of you should have happy, healthy, long spiritual life,

devoted in the service of God so that you can also experience the oneness of

everything. That is the end of our (…) when we see that all creation is One.


Añuli (Anandam/Joy) Ashram

During a private interview with the teachers, in the presence of Sri Narashima

Murthy, Madhu, Isaac Tigrett, and Sri Sreenivas swami upgraded our center into

an Ashram. He graciously named the Ashram “Joy Ashram”. Swami asked Father

Charles, the meaning of ‘Joy’ in the local language. Father Charles said “Añuli”.

Then Swami said, this Ashram will be called “Añuli Ashram” and will be very

important in Swami’s mission. “In the future, this Ashram will become as big as

Prashanthi and many amazing things will happen here”.

During His Divine discourse, Swami explained the meaning of “Añuli”. “Joy”:

Jesus first; Others next; Yourself last.

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Swami changed to Jesus on the throne

Sri Madhusudana had an experience of Swami transfiguring into Jesus and Jesus

back into Swami in the unity of Divinity. Sri Madhu was very kind to record this

experience on camera so we could share his exert words with you:

“Yesterday when the meeting was going on inside the church, I saw Bhagavan was

seated in that beautiful throne. All of a sudden Bhagavan’s figure was changed

into Jesus Christ with golden hair and bluish eye and white flowing robe. While I

was seated at the right hand of Swami, He looked at me, a very sharp deep look

as if He knew us for a very long time. And then, while I was still coming out of this

experience, He suddenly transformed back into Swami. And Swami gave me a big

beautiful smile – almost like the prank he played with me by showing that He only

is Jesus and the next moment He changed into Swami. This is what I experienced

yesterday. I could see Jesus Christ seating on the Throne like a Lord with

tremendous amount of dignity and Power while Swami, as we always know, was

Madhu, Seated at the Right hand of the Father


sweet, and sits like a child. In the big throne, He was looking small whereas Jesus

looked quite good for the throne size. This is what happened. I just wanted to

share with you.”

The Father and I are One

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