TITLES AND TOPICS 2007

December 30th, 2007

“Be Happy With Everyone”

• RESOLVE TO “LOVE ALL, SERVE ALL” IN THE NEW YEAR

• ASK GOD FOR SPIRITUAL GIFTS

• LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR AS THYSELF

• THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT OF LOVE IS JOY

• LIVE AT PEACE WITH EVERYONE

• BE HAPPY WITH EVERYONE

• THE NEW YEAR IS AN OCCASION FOR THANKSGIVING

• WE SHOULD THANK GOD EVEN FOR ADVERSITIES

• BECOME MORE PRAYERFUL IN THE NEW YEAR

• HAVE TOTAL FAITH IN BHAGAVAN

• BHAGAVAN IS FORGIVENESS EMBODIED

• BABA DOES NOT FIND FAULT WITH US

• PRAY FOR A COMPASSIONATE HEART

• MAY BHAGAVAN TEACH US HUMILITY

• LET US BE GRATEFUL TO GOD FOR ALL THAT WE HAVE

December 23rd, 2007

“Christmas 2007” (Part 3)

• The message of Christmas for Sai devotees

• Christmas brings Peace AT THE individual level

• Christmas brings Peace AT THE family level

• Christmas brings Peace AT THE universal level

• HUMILITY IS DIVINITY

• Humility, REPENTANCE, SURRENDER

• ONE: HEAVEN’S CELEBRATION

• TWO: CREATION’S CELEBRATION

• THREE: OUR CELEBRATION

• PEOPLE WANT THE DIRECT EXPERIENCE OF BHAGAVAN’S MESSAGE

• ONLY GOD CAN SAVE YOU, NOT MONEY

• TRUE HAPPINESS LIES IN UNION WITH GOD, NOT WITH THE WORLD

• THE SPIRIT OF GOD

• oneness is sai

• DON’T ADD TO OR SUBTRACT FROM A HOLY SCRIPTURE

• our DAILY BREAD

December 16th, 2007

“Christmas 2007” (Part 2)

• THE KING OF KINGS

• JESUS IS BORN IN EVERY MOMENT

• THE FIRST CATEGORY—THOSE WHO DENY GOD

• THE SECOND CATEGORY—RITUALISTIC WORSHIPPERS

• THE THIRD CATEGORY—T HE INTUITIVE AND WISE

• WISDOM VERSUS KNOWLEDGE

• THE MECHANICAL CENTRE

• THE MAGNETIC CENTRE

• UNCONSCIOUS EVOLUTION

• CONSCIOUS EVOLUTION

• SIGNIFICANCE OF THE GIFTS FROM THE WISE MEN

• INNER SIGNIFICANCE OF SUPRABHATHAM

• PROOF OF DIVINITY IN DIVINE ACTION

• NO BIRTH, NO DEATH

• “I AM I”

• I AM ZERO, GOD IS THE HERO

• “I AM SEARCHING FOR A DEVOTEE”

• THE SPIRITUAL PATH, THE NARROW WAY

• A PEACEFUL LIFE IS A BLISSFUL LIFE

December 9th, 2007

“Christmas 2007” (Part 1)

• The message of Christmas for Sai devotees

• The BIRTH OF A DIVINE MASTER IS NOT AN ORDINARY EVENT

• ”esu” MEANS FATHER and mother

• Nazareth means divine

• “FOLLOW ME” --- “MY LIFE IS MY message”

• “I HAVE COME TO SERVE YOU”

• “BE LIKE A CHILD”

• “BE HUMBLE”

• CHILDLIKE INNOCENCE IS DIVINITY

• BHAGAVAN WILL NOT SUBMIT HIMSELF TO ONE’s MONEY OR POSITION

• YOU should LOSE YOUR IDENTITY TO BE WITH GOD

• SADHANA IS CLEANING YOUR heart

• sWAMI’S MIRACLES ARE not for show

• GIVING MUST BE IN SECRET

• “LOVE YOUR ENEMIES”

December 2nd, 2007

“Simple but Ample”

• DIVINE QUESTION AND ANSWER ABOUT AKHANDA BHAJAN

• CONSIDER EVERY DUTY AS GOD’S WORK

• CONSIDER WORK AS WORSHIP

• NOT ATTACHED TO THE FRUITS OF THE ACTION

• I AM NOT A DOER BUT A FLUTE IN THE HANDS OF THE DIVINE

• DO SADHANA CONTINUOUSLY TILL YOU ARE ONE WITH THE DIVINE

• IDENTIFYING OURSELVES WITH OUR MIND

• YOU ARE NOT THE MIND – WHY?

• CONSIDER EVEN THE WORST HAPPENINGS AS GOOD

• BHAGAVAD GITA WAS GIVEN BECAUSE OF ARJUNA’S CRY

• OLD AGE IS A NATURAL PROCESS, NOT A CURSE

• OLD AGE IS TO SPEND TIME FOR OURSELVES

• MIND IS LIKE A FLY

• WATCH THE MIND

• SURRENDER IS NOT GIVING AWAY PROPERTY

• SURRENDER MEANS AWARENESS OF DIVINITY WITHIN

• BHAJAN GIVES YOU BODY DISCIPLINE

• MIND WILL BE STABLE

• INTELLECT MUST BE SACRED

• GOD’S GRACE IS ESSENTIAL

• OPEN THE WINDOWS OF EGO TO THE LET THE LIGHT COME IN

 October 28th, 2007

“Questions and Answers”

• SATHYA AND DHARMA

• THE THEORY OF NON-DUALISM

• GROW BEYOND THE MIND

• DREAMS ARE MIND GAMES

• DREAMS OF BABA ARE VISIONS

• TURN THE MIND INWARDS TO DESTROY ILLUSION

• LIFE IS A DRAMA

• ILLUSION IS THE PET DOG OF GOD

• VISHWAROOPA

• SELF WILL VERSUS THE WILL OF GOD

• UNITY IN SPIRIT

• THE DIVINE CALENDAR

• CREATION AND DESTRUCTION

• BELL RINGING

• SWAMI APPEARS EVERYWHERE

• GOOD AND BAD EXIST TOGETHER

• THE SAI ORGANISATION IS BABA’S JOB

• THE INTELLECT IS THE FILTER

• OUR RECIPE, GOD’S CREATION

• THE DRAMA OF LIFE

October 14th, 2007

"The Inner Meaning of Dasara, the Sacrificial Yajna"

• Veda Purusha Saptaha Jnana Yajna

• THE Sunday talks ARE available on the Internet and in book form

• Body Attachment

• THE OBJECTIVE IS TO EARN GOD’S GRACE

• GOD’S GRACE GIVES US INFINITE BLISS

• IT IS THE MIND THAT GOES ON DESIRING

• THE MIND OSCILLATES BETWEEN WORLDLINESS AND GODLINESS

• IF THE MIND IS WITHDRAWN, WHAT WILL HAPPEN?

• ALL OF US HAVE EXPERIENCED THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE MIND

• WE HAVE TO ACT ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES

• THE SPIRIT OF SERVICE

• DUALISM IS BECAUSE OF BODY IDENTIFICATION

• THREE COMMON DISEASES OF BODY ATTACHMENT

• A WAY TO MAKE THE DUAL MIND INTO A NON-DUAL MIND

• YAJNA, DANA, AND THAPAS ARE ESSENTIAL WORDS TO KNOW

• WHAT IS ‘YAJNA’?

• WHAT IS ‘DANA’?

• THERE SHOULD BE RESPECT AND LOVE IN GIVING AND RECEIVING

• WHAT IS ‘THAPAS’?

• ACCEPT THE DIVINE WILL.

• REDUCE BODY ATTACHMENT’

• TRUE PENANCE IS DEVELOPING SWEETNESS AND BLISS WITHIN

• ENGAGE YOUR MIND IN HEALTHY ACTIVITY

• WHAT IS THE FINAL RESULT OF WITNESSING THE FESTIVAL OF NAVARATHRI?

October 7th, 2007

“Be Careful”

• Entire creation is god’s viRAT SWARUPA

• EACH OF US TRAVELS THE SPIRITUAL PATH INDIVIDUALLY

• MAN IS A CREATOR NOT A CREATURE

• THINK OF THE DREAMER NOT THE DREAM

• RESPECT AND REVERE ALL PLACES OF WORSHIP

• DETACHMENT IS LIBERATION

• TRUE FREEDOM IS UNCONDITIONAL

• FREEDOM IS FLEXIBLE AND UNPREDICTABLE

• BE TRUE TO YOURSELF

• SELF-CONDEMNATION IS THE WORST OF SINS

• GOD PARDONS ALL OUR MISTAKES

• DEATH IS AS AUSPICIOUS AS BIRTH

• DEATH IS A CELEBRATION

• MEDITATION SHOULD TAKE YOU BEYOND SPACE AND TIME

• MEDITATION SHOULD MAKE YOU AWARE OF the TRUTH

• meditation IS THOUGHTLESSNESS

• TRUE EXPERIENCE IS BEYOND THE MIND

• TRUE SPIRITUALITY IS DESIRELESSNESS

• LIFE IS BEAUTY, POETRY AND BLISS

• LIVE IN THE MOMENT

• don’t try, JUST be

September 30th, 2007

“Questions and Answers”

• OUR EFFORT SHOULD BE TO KNOW THE SELF AS A WITNESS

• AVATAR'S PURPOSE IS TO TEACH AND DEMONSTRATE

• EVEN GOD MUST FOLLOW HIS OWN LAWS

• SWAMI HAS NOT CHANGED HIS SCHEDULE

• SWAMI DEMONSTRATES BODY-MIND DETACHMENT

• DESTINY CANNOT BE CHANGED BY US

• MOTIVE DECIDES IF ACTION IS JUST OR NOT

• INJUSTICE MUST BE CORRECTED WITH LOVE AND SOFTNESS

• ATMA IS INDESTRUCTIBLE

• Sathyam Shivam Sundaram

• DIVINITY IS ONLY ONE - ETERNAL AND CHANGELESS

• AWARENESS IS SHIVAM

• WE HAVE FORGOTTEN WHAT IS NATURAL BEAUTY

• NATURE IS GOD MANIFEST

• BHAGAVAN IS SATHYAM SHIVAM SUNDARAM

• CONSIDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES BEFORE POINTING OUT OTHERS’ MISTAKES

• HEAVEN AND HELL ARE RIGHT HERE WITH US

• THE ANSWER IS THE QUESTION - THE QUESTION IS THE ANSWER

September 23rd, 2007

“Stop”

• STOP

• we must observe traffic rules on the spiritual highway

• Stop using high-SOUNDING vocabulary words

• words are inadequate to express the truth

• Facts change with time

• Facts have nothing to do with god

• Facts change, WHILE truth is changeless

• You are the Truth

• Truth happens

• Ekam Sat – Truth is One

• Philosophy is ‘Full Loss’

• Philosophy will not help us understand the truth

• God is Unknowable

• In Knowing, Truth Happens

• Truth is an Agreement

• Truth is Silence

• Truth is simple

• Truth is beyond time

• Miracles are to give us a glimpse of Divinity

• THE World is full of miracles

• Miracles happen around us every day

• A child’s smile is a miracle

• let us not limit miracles

• THINKING is not a spiritual man’s qualification

• Feeling is not a spiritual man’s qualification

  being is the true quality of a spiritual man

• Being absorbs experiences without getting affected by them

  Baba responds to questions

• Baba’s responses are specific to the questioner and context

September 9th, 2007

“Tips to Truth”

• KEEP YOUR MIND ON GOD WHILE ENGAGING YOURSELF IN WORK

• Our interest in spiritual matters is due to swami’s grace

• LET ALL YOUR ACTIONS BE PLEASING UNTO GOD

• ACTIONS OFFERED TO GOD BECOME SPIRITUAL

• deposit your actions with god, the divine banker

• BENEFITS OF depositing your actions with god

• to be free from bondage, never become agitated

• EVERY WORK IS SWAMI’S WORK

• there’s nothing personal around swami

• PLEASURE AND PAIN ARE EXPERIENCES OF THE SAME MIND

• we are not the mind

• BABA, THE DIVINE PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON

• the disease of birth and rebirth

• end-joy is to enjoy

• ignorance ends the moment you know your true nature

• Find god in yourself, not outside

• mind is the cloth and thoughts are the threads

• life is a dream, realise it

September 2nd, 2007

“What Next?”

• Devotion Is the Foundation for Wisdom and Action

• We Are Shaken By Lack of Devotion

• With Devotion, Restlessness Will Lessen

• We Already Have God's Grace

• To Earn Peace, There Is No Way But Devotion

• Weaknesses Come From THE Senses and THE Mind

• Strong Determination Is Not Enough

• Life Is Not Partial

• You Can Prefer, BUT You Can't Choose

• Life Is Choiceless Awareness

• Devotion Is Like A Leaky Pot

• The Proof Of Devotion Is Fearlessness AND LACK OF ANGER

• Self-Audit Will Help Us

• Sai Is Not Philosophy

• Baba's Teachings Are Simple

August 29th, 2007

Anil Kumar’s Satsang with an Iranian Group

• COEXISTENCE WITH ALL FORMS

  RELIGIOUSNESS IS UNITY

• RELIGIOUSNESS IN THE FAMILY

• RELIGIOusNess and islam IN SOCIETY

• THE RELIGION OF LOVE

• THE qualities of Religiousness

• QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

 August 26th, 2007

“That’s It”

• THAT’S IT!

• LIBERATION CANNOT BE TAKEN FOR GRANTED

• CHANGING GURUS SPOILS SPIRITUAL LIFE

• DIFFERENT INTERPRETATIONS OF YOGA

• THE TWO REQUIREMENTS OF YOGA

• THE MEANING OF RELAXATION

• TOTAL RELAXATION NEEDED FOR SPIRITUALITY

• SAGE SUKHA, THE MASTER

• KING JANAKA WAS RELAXED

• YOGA REQUIRES PREPARATION AND EXPERIENCE

• OUR PROFESSION IS WHAT WE DESERVE

• CONSIDER YOUR JOB AS YOUR MISSION IN LIFE

• WHAT IS PEACE?

• WHEN I-NESS grows, PEACE DIMINISHES

• THE PRACTISE OF MEDITATION

• MERGING WITH THE SOURCE

• UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE PEACE

• NEGATIVITY REMOVES YOU FROM GOD

• WHAT IS POSITIVITY?

• AS YOU THINK, SO YOU BECOME

• QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

August 19th, 2007

“How Long?”

• HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO GET LIBERATED?

• YOU CAN GET LIBERATED HERE AND NOW

• FOLLOW ME

• THE MOMENT WE FOLLOW GURU IN LETTER AND SPIRIT, WE ARE LIBERATED

• YOU SUFFER AS LONG AS YOU ARE ATTACHED TO YOUR BODY AND MIND

• RAGA -- ATTACHMENT

• DWESHA – DISLIKE OR HATRED

• YOU ARE ABOVE THE BODY WHEN THERE IS NO ATTACHMENT

• YOU ARE ABOVE THE MIND WHEN THERE IS NO HATRED

• MIMAMSA OR VICHARANA: SELF-EXAMINATION

• ELEVEN SECONDS IS ENOUGH

• WISDOM IS EXPERIENCED THE MOMENT WE ARE AT THE CENTRE OF OUR LIFE

• THE MOMENT YOU GIVE UP EGO (I-NESS) AND DESIRE, YOU ATTAIN PEACE

• “WHAT IS MY DUTY?”

• BE READY TO ACCEPT EVERYTHING AS BHAGAVAN’S GRACE

• DEVELOP SELF-AWARENESS

• SITUATIONS ARE CREATED BY SWAMI

• PRESENCE IS IGNORED, ABSENCE IS NOTED

• TRAVEL FROM THE IDOL TO THE IDEAL

• BABA SAYS DIFFICULTIES ARE THERE TO LEARN LESSONS

• DIFFICULTIES CONTINUE UNTIL WE TURN OUR MIND TOWARDS GOD

• QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

• GROWING TO THE STATE OF NON-DUALISM IS THE ONLY WAY

• INTENSE LOVE FOR GOD IS BHAKTHI

• ONLY GOD EXISTS IN JNANA, YOU DO NOT EXIST

August 12th, 2007

“No More”

• STOP THIS MANIA FOR POSITION AND MONEY

• GIVE UP THE DESIRE FOR NAME AND FAME

• EXPRESSION IS KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE IS DIVINE

• KNOWING MEANS LIVING

• KNOWLEDGE LEADS TO DOUBTS

• FEAR AND DOUBT

• THE DUAL MIND IS THE CAUSE OF FEAR

• ATTACHMENT TO THE BODY

• WHEN THERE IS LOVE WITHIN YOU, YOU FIND LOVE AROUND YOU

• HOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL

• SELF ACCEPTANCE

• SPIRITUAL SUCCESS

• GOD IS ON YOUR SIDE

• YOU ARE NOT THE BODY AND YOU ARE NOT THE MIND.

• DON’T BE IN A HURRY -- WAITING IS SPIRITUAL

• WHY DO WE FAIL?

• WAITING IS SPIRITUAL

• WHATEVER IS HAPPENING IS DIVINE

July 22nd, 2007

“The Significance of Guru Purnima” (Part 2)

• Guru PURNIMA

• unity

• unity is oneness

• spirituality is THE path of knowing

• “this too shall pass”

• i am only a witness

• Gurus go beyond body level

• life is a dream, REALIsE it!

• Spirituality is for “being”

• knowing our value

• SPIRITUAL JOURNEY, NOT JUDGMENT

July 15th, 2007

“The Significance of Guru Purnima” (Part 1)

• Who is THE guru?

• Guru is a Guidepost

• THREE Important aspects of a guru

• BHAGAVAN, the transformer

• BABA, THE CREATOR

• BABA, THE SUSTAINER

• BABA, THE DESTROYER

• "experience Me within yourselves”

• all are close to Him

• ONLY WHEN THE OUTER NOISE STOPS CAN THE INNER VOICE be HEARD

• DIVINE INTUITION

• GURU MAKES YOU EXPERIENCE ONENESS

• NAME AND FORM

• STORY OF THE TIGER CUB

• GURU PURNIMA IS A REMINDER OF OUR TRUE NATURE

• DETACH TOWARDS THE WORLD AND ATTACH TO GOD

• nature IS THE BEST TEACHER

• transformation IS IMPORTANT

• GOD MANIFESTS AS NATURE – NATURE UNMANIFEST IS GOD

• Surrender to self is bliss

July 1st, 2007

“Questions and Answers”

• THE NATURE OF LOVE FOR GOD

• LOVE IS THE FIRST STEP TO ENQUIRY

• WORSHIP SHOULD NOT BE MECHANICAL

• PRAYER IS SILENT WHISPER

• SPIRITUAL TRUTH IS CHANGELESS AND ETERNAL

• FREE WILL IS NOT FREE

• WORDS AS A VEHICLE FOR EXPRESSION

• TRUTH NOT BASED ON LOVE IS NOT TOTAL TRUTH

• THE RESTLESSNESS OF THE HUMAN MIND

• THE HUMAN MIND IS LIKE A TANK OF WATER

• LIFE IS HERE AND NOW

• PHYSICAL EXERCISE IS NOT YOGA

• TRUE YOGA PREPARES THE MIND TO MERGE IN GOD

• SADHANA IS TURNING INWARD

• NOT REACTING TO PRAISE OR BLAME IS A SIGN OF TURNING INWARD

• YOUR MIND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR BIRTH AND DEATH

June 24th, 2007

“Where to Where?”

• WHAT IS THE ANSWER?

• THE IMPORTANCE OF THE BODY

• THE PURPOSE OF SADHANA

• A PERSON WITH EGO IS IRRELIGIOUS

• WE ARE TIRED BECAUSE OF BOREDOM

• HUMAN LIFE AND THE BODY CAN NEVER BE UNDERESTIMATED

• THE CHIEF PURPOSE OF THE BODY IS TO EXPERIENCE ‘BLISS OF THE SELF’

• HOW TO BE FREE FROM BODY IDENTIFICATION

• BABA IS DIVINE IN HUMAN FORM

• YOU HAVE COME HERE TO SEE SWAMI

• ENQUIRY INTO THE SELF IS THE HIGHEST OF ALL SPIRITUAL PURSUITS

• PURIFICATION OF THE MIND

• THE MIND IS THE IMMEDIATE OBSTACLE IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SELF

• DOER-SHIP IS AN OBSTACLE ON THE PATH OF ENQUIRY

• CONSCIOUSNESS IS BEYOND THE MIND

• CONSCIOUSNESS IS BEHIND ALL THE SENSES

• CONSCIOUSNESS IS THE WITNESS

• THE ULTIMATE IS TO FEEL THAT EVERYTHING IS DIVINE

• TO EXPERIENCE THE BLISSFUL SELF IS CALLED THE PATH OF ENQUIRY

June 17th, 2007

“Kodaikanal 2007” (Part 3)

• We need unity and friendship in today’s environment

• Lakshmana was always by Rama’s side, Shatrughna was always by Bharata’s side

• We must be careful about where we live and who we spend time with

• Ravana treated sita wih reverence and respect

• RAvana Kidnapped Sita to die at the hands of Rama

• Truth needs no justification

• Manthara As a faithful Servant

• Paramhansa chose Brahmananda due to his BALANCED STATE OF MIND

• Never give others a chance to comment upon your character

• For Shirdi Sai Baba, it was enough that you came to him

• THE Lifestyle of THE Avatar is in tune with the times

• Shirdi Baba was omniscient and omnipresent

• God is present in all beings

• For Shirdi Sai Baba’S ANSWER TO A MAN’S REQUEST FOR MOKSHA

• one should NOT look down upon KARMA OR BHAKTHI

• Rajmata Had the highest devotion for Baba all her life

• Ramakrishna Rao was a great devotee

• PurUshotamananda had waited in penance for Swami all his life

• Swami is not the body

  Ramakrishna Rao - a great poet

• Raja Venkatagiri’S DEVOTION

• Only god knows his ways of functioning

• Swami frequently joked with Ramabrahmam

• Love of Bhagavan is unparalleled

• Swami’s concern for his devotees is highest

  Swami BROUGHT RAMABRAHMAM’S son back to life

• Devotees of the past continue to be our guides

June 10th, 2007

“Kodaikanal 2007" (Part 2)

• god doesn’t receive -- HE only gives

• let your pure heart be like a shawl, coVERING HIM

• devotees find a place in the heart of GOd

• Swami is omniscient

• delve inside to find god

• pray to him to have his eternal darshan

• THE time to perform an auspicious task is right now

• sincerity and devotion grant us wisdom

• as are your looks, so is the scenery

• there is no need to fear to do his work

• swami is the indweller in all of us

• unity is ONENESS with god at all times

• whatever we give should be of use to others

• do not misuse god’s wonderful gifts

• THE world is a projection of our mind

• surrender fully to god to control the mind

• he is the doer -- You are only his instrument

• love him, above all else, to EARN HIS grace

• love is never expressed, but felt

• perform seva to the best of your ability

• change of work is rest

• god has a personal relationship with his devotees

• god’s love is the essence of A thousand mothers

• he knows all our actions

June 3rd, 2007

“Kodaikanal 2007” (Part I)

• A WONDERFUL TRIP TO KODAIKANAL – PARADISE ON EARTH!

• TOPOGRAPHY OF SWAMI’S ABODE IN KODAIKANAL

• WE HAVE NOT LIVED LIFE UNTIL WE ENJOY NATURE

• UNION OF THE CREATOR AND THE CREATION

• OSCAR AWARD FROM BHAGAVAN’S HANDS

• A SMILING FACE IS A GIFT OF GOD

• BABA IS DOING HIS WORK SILENTLY

• WE DON’T REMEMBER THAT BABA IS GOD

• LIFE WITHOUT BABA IS NOT WORTH LIVING

• BABA’S OMNIPRESENCE

• GLIMPSES OF BABA’S DIVINITY

• MOMENTS OF INTIMACY AND PROXIMITY

• EN ROUTE THE JOURNEY, SWAMI WAS FRESH AS A FLOWER

• ESWARAMMA DAY IN KODAIKANAL

• DHARMAKSHETRA IS GETTING READY FOR SWAMI

• DHARMAKSHETRA IS AN INSPIRATION FOR SAI WORKERS EVERYWHERE

• MARVELLOUS BIOTECHNOLOGY CENTRE ‘AKSHA’

• WESTERN CULTURE ON THE WAY TO SHIRDI

• ROYAL RECEPTION AND DARSHAN AT SHIRDI

• KAKAD AARATHI AT SHIRDI

April 23rd, 2007

“The Goal of Life”

• FROM GOD, IN GOD AND TO GOD

• CONSCIOUSNESS IS INEXPRESSIBLE

• WHAT IS SPIRITUAL PRACTICE?

• WHAT IS THE PATH TO EXPERIENCE ATMA OR SPIRIT?

• HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO KNOW MYSELF?

• WHAT IS THE WORST OF THE SINS?

• THREE ESSENTIAL SPIRITUAL TEXTS

• WHAT IS THE RIGHT ACTION, KARMA?

• THE TRUE MEANING OF SATSANG

• WHO ARE YOU? WHO AM I?

• QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

April 22nd, 2007

 “The Centre of My Life"

• GOD IS NOT A GOAL

• WHAT IS THE CENTRE OF MY LIFE?

• THE CENTRE OF MY LIFE IS MY VERY BEING

• THE FIRST QUALITY OF BEING IS “EXISTENCE”

• LET US AGE GRACEFULLY

• THE MIND CANNOT BE THE CENTRE OF MY LIFE

• THE SENSES ARE NOT THE CENTRE OF MY LIFE

• THE CENTRE OF MY LIFE IS BEING A WITNESS, NOT A PARTICIPANT

• THE CENTRE OF MY LIFE IS BEING A WITNESS, NOT A PARTICIPANT

• HOW DO YOU SAY YOU ARE MISERABLE?

• THE SECOND QUALITY IS “LIFE IS CHOICELESS”

• THE THIRD QUALITY IS “BLISS”

• BABA GIVES AN EXAMPLE

• RELIGION HAS A PURPOSE – LIFE HAS NO PURPOSE

• THE CENTRE WILL KEEP YOU SAFE AND SECURE

• LET US NOT ENJOY GOD MERELY THROUGH THE SENSES

• CONTINUOUS RECOLLECTION OF CONVERSATIONS WITH SWAMI IS MEDITATION

• SENSES ARE ONLY GATES

• INVITE THE DIVINITY WITHIN AND INNER JOY WILL BE MUCH MORE

• LIFE IS AN ORCHESTRA

• OUR LIFE IS MORE BLISSFUL WHEN WE CONTEMPLATE ON THE CENTRE OF LIFE

• THE ONENESS OR IDENTITY WITH THE SELF IS BEYOND DOUBT

• MIND IS THE OTHER NAME OF DOUBT

• THE CENTRE OF LIFE, OUR VERY BEING, IS DOUBTLESS

• JUDGING OTHERS IS VERY UNCHARITABLE

  ACCEPTANCE IS REALITY

April 15th, 2007

“Let Us Learn To Accept Ourselves As We Are”

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE NEW YEAR

• ACCEPT YOURSELF AS YOU ARE

• SPIRITUALITY IS ABOUT EXPERIENCE

• GO FROM DOUBT TO DOUBTLESSNESS

• DEVELOP THE SPIRIT OF SURRENDER

• UNCERTAINTY IS LIFE

• “THAT WHICH IS REAL IN ME JUST SPROUTED UP!”

• REALISE THE DIVINE BY SERVING YOUR FELLOW MAN

• SERVICE MAKES YOU AWARE OF GOD’S OMNIPRESENCE

• SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE SHOULD COME FROM EXPERIENCE

• GOD IS BEYOND TIME OR SPACE

• BEND THE BODY, MEND THE SENSES

• FOCUS YOUR SENSES ON SPIRITUAL MATTERS

• END THE MIND – YOU ARE NOT THE MIND

• THE THREE STEPS TOWARD GOD

• AGE IS NOT A FACTOR FOR CHANGING ONESELF

April 1st, 2007

“Theists and Atheists”

• atheists are irrational

• Theists are hypocritical

• Theists promote Atheism

• Religiousness is more important THAN religion

• Bhagavan speaks of religiousness

• Do not quote Baba for your convenience

• we must know the full context when we quote swami

• You are the not the owner, only the trustee

• To be Godly is more important than believing in God

• Worshippers of Rama should follow Truth AND Righteousness

• Rama led an ordinary human life

• God sets an example to copy and not to envy

• Sri Ramachandra'S balanced state of mind

• A devotee of Rama should emulate Rama

• Sri Rama is humble

• Lord Rama loves all

• Rama stands for Gratitude

• Life is a process of Thanksgiving

• Rama stands for strong determination

• Ability to accomplish is the quality of Rama

• One should conquer Anger

• Forgive US our trespasses, as we forgive those WHO trespass against us

• Rama is Atma Rama

• Sita represents Awareness

• Lanka represents Liberation, Bridge is Sadhana

  Youthfulness like Hanuman

• Divine attraction -- LOVE

  Worship means to Cultivate Divine Qualities

March 25th, 2007

“Parallels Between the Teachings of Sai Baba and Rama”

• Every festival is a reminder of the value of life

• study the spiritual values as well as the story of The Ramayana

• Various Authors of the Ramayana

• Parallels between Bhagavan Baba and Sri Ramachandra

• Idealism Is personified in Rama And Baba

• the tree grows where the seed falls

• God is present in all Beings

• Rama and Baba treat all beings alike

• Love All Alike

• Declarations of Avatars always come true

• Promises once made will never be Withdrawn

• to Give and Forgive is the theme of their lives

• Divine is biggest among the big and smallest among the small

• The spirit behind the offering is more important than the offering

• ‘Rama’, ‘Sai’ and ‘Aum’ have similar Meanings

• ‘Rama’ means ‘attraction’ and Sai is attraction

• Baba removes evil qualities and saves our lives

• Baba Brings about Voluntary Transformation

• a prompt from within

• Motherland is greater than heaven

• The Divine Mission is Constant

• MY MOTHER’S QUESTION TO SWAMI

• OBSERVATIONS DURING CHENNAI VISIT

• GOVERNMENT COOPERATION DURING BHAGAVAN’S VISIT

• BHAGAVAN RESPONDS TO DEVOTEES IN CHENNAI

• SAI’S STYLE OF SERVICE IS RESPECTFUL AND RENDERED IN ALL HUMILITY

• THE DIVINE ATTRACTION OF BHAGAVAN

• SAI’S MISSION WAS DEPICTED AT THE YAJNASHAALA

• SWAMI GIVES JOY TO THE PEOPLE AT THE YAJNASHAALA

• FOOD FOR THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE

• SWAMI PROMPTS EVERYBODY TO COME FORWARD AND RENDER SERVICE

• PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT POLITICAL PARTIES SIT TOGETHER BECAUSE OF SWAMI

• POLITICIANS COMPETE IN PRAISING SWAMI

• THE ATHEIST CHIEF MINISTER EXPRESSES HIS APPRECIATION OF SAI SERVICE

• CINEMA STARS PAID RESPECT TO SWAMI

• A MILESTONE IN THE SAI DIVINE MISSION

• THE WONDERFUL CELEBRATION OF CHINESE NEW YEAR

• THE PARALLEL BETWEEN BUDDHA AND BABA

• THE STORY OF AVISTHA

January 14th, 2007

“Sankranti Message”

• SANKRANTI Greetings

• Sankranti signifies Caring for all

• sankranti promotes a Feeling of universal oneness

• sANKRANTI MARKS THE BEGINNING OF UTTARAYANA

• noble souls attain heaven during Sankranti

• sankranti festivities and their significance

• Sankranti is a time to BE blissful and thankful

• God is beyond the mind

• WHAT IS SAMADHI?

• DEVELOP THAT STATE OF SILENCE

• Live a life of totality

• let us have total Acceptance of God’s being

• Take responsibility for everything

• expectations lead to disappointments

• NOTHING IN LIFE IS FREE

• spirituality is an endless journey

• A religious person must relax

• CElebrate the presence of bhagavan

• don’t do -- JUST be

• become egoless to experience god

• God helps you to grow in your being

• Establish communion with god

January 7^th, 2007

“The Value of Life”

• Life has to be valued

• We should be grateful to nature

• let us not postpone loving

• let us not postpone doing good

• live in the moment

• Paradise is a myth

• PAradise is within you

• truth is a lived experience

• life is an expression

• Sharing Baba’s Miracles is the best expression

• Miracles strengthen our faith in god

• expansion is to unconditionally accept things as they are

• We should be ready to declare our divinity

• let us not lose the freedom god has given us

• Being religious is more important than being a man of religion

• Baba wants us to become god, not merely worship god

• Let us have faith in ourselves first

• trust IS a QUALITY UNAFFECTED BY relationship.

• Enlightenment is a happening

• Enlightenment is every individual’s birthright

• innocence takes us closer to god

• Equanimity is a sign of innocence

• life is cash to be enjoyed now, not a promissory note

• let us travel within to experience him

• Individuality is more important than personality

  Spiritual life is a travel from eternity to eternity

• a power hungry person suffers from inferiority complex

  Creation is the sport of god