Thought for the day
If we tie our mind with the Lord, it will come under control and the world will not touch us.
From the book Brahma Sutra
Each of the five elements behaves in a
different way. Fire rises upward. Air moves in all directions; the nature of
water is to flow downwards. The earth has both high and low points, as
mountains or as the plains. Space is all-pervasive; it is within and outside a
pot. Of all the five elements, fire alone rises upwards.
All the elements, apart from fire, manifest freely
in Nature. For fire to be produced, some effort is required. Only certain types
of wood can be rubbed together or two flints struck against each other. A matchstick has to be struck on the side of
the box. Fire does not emerge until these actions are performed. In fact, fire
is akin to action and will only emerge if action is performed.
Fire is the witness. Marriages are solemnised
with fire as the witness. It is unfortunate if these marriages end in divorce,
as vows are made in front of fire. When a promise is made in the presence of
fire, it is affirmed as truth. Kannagi’s power of chastity burnt the city of Madurai
Chastity is also fire. It has the same power as
fire. The fire of my chastity destroys the karmas of the world. Mother Sita’s
chastity was proven by the test of fire. Every day in Mukthi Nilayam Prema
yagna is performed .The photos of the sacrificial fire prove the purity of each
word I write. I am fire, the first word of the Veda and the yagna fire shows
how the chastity of fire would be. Through my writings, I am proving that I am
Swami’s Chitshakthi. One picture from yagna fire, showed this power of my
chastity. In it, Swami is seen seated above me, a mangalya of fire about to
fall around my neck. Thus Agni revealed who we are.
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Every
life or object in the universe has five qualities or states.
Asthi,
Bhathi, Priyam, Roopa and Nama.
Asthi – immortal existence, is-ness,
Being. It is the Atma.
Bhathi – radiant light or luminescence. That which makes an object
knowable is Bhathi.
Priyam - that which makes a thing or
person dear to us. It is love or
attractiveness.
Roopa – form
Nama –name.
Asthi is the state of Being, Prema. Bhathi is
luminescence, the capacity to enter and illumine the intellect. Priyam is attractiveness.
These three are the nature of God. When name and form join these three, the
universe takes form.
What is Bhathi or luminescence? What is this
capacity to enter our awareness or intellect? It is the light of the soul. If
this light is seen in all names and forms, then one will realise that the
universe is verily a manifestation of God. My Agni nature reveals this wisdom
and shines forth. This is Jnanagni, the fire of wisdom. I am born here to burn
all the ignorance and karmas of the world with the fire of wisdom.
I am born as fire. I open the new gates of
wisdom to ensure that ignorant people will not interfere in the future lives of
Avatars. (Please
see Prema Sai part one)
Asthi, the Being state is Sath.
Bhathi, luminescence is Chit.
Priyam, Prema is Ananda.
This is Sathchitananda.
Man though, who is the reflection of these
three qualities, gets entangled in a world of names and forms. He is born again and again caught in the
illusion of ‘I and mine’. The luminescence inherent in objects and people
attract him; in his quest to possess them, he showers love on them. The lack of
discrimination becomes the cause for his destruction. Man’s ignorance hides God
and causes the attachment to people and objects of the material world. This Vasantha Agni has come to remove this
ignorance by kindling the fire of wisdom.
When a
yagna is performed invoking a specific god, Agni deva carries the offering to
that deity. This Vasantha fire makes this universe an offering to the Primal
Soul, Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai. One Vasantha Agni, becoming Vasanthamayam Agni,
makes itself as the sacrificial offering to God. Here Agni itself becomes the
offering.
(To insert picture of yagna – regarding offer
of Vasanthamayam Universe.
Swami is blessing.) This picture came
appropriately for this first chapter.
Vasantha : Swami, it is said in the Nadis that
the sceptre of Mukthi, the sceptre of Sathya secured by Venkatesh Rajan in the celestial court,
and the Mukthi stupi here, are the same. It is said the Mukthi stupi, the dharma
sceptre is a mirror image, is this correct?
Swami : I was born in the lineage of Venkavadhuta
because he prayed that God should be born in his family. You were born due to
the prayers of your ancestors. You are My mirror image. We are One, there is no
difference. Man attains Truth by walking on the path of dharma. You followed
dharma. You have attained Truth following this path. Now dharma follows you.
The scriptures teach that all should follow dharma. When dharma declines,
Sathya is born to establish it again. You came and lay a new path – the Prema path,
for dharma to walk on. You are the Prema horse with the two horns of Sathya and
Dharma. The Prema horse became the path on which the ‘Om ’
chariot rode over. Now, the Prema horse sits on the chariot and shows the path;
dharma follows it. Brahmacharya is the charioteer. It is your Brahmacharya,
your chastity. Your chastity is the Agni Ratha, the Chariot of fire.
End of meditation
Now let us see an explanation for
this.
Before the construction of the
Mukthi Stupi, we consulted the Kagabujandar Nadi. The Nadi said that the sceptre
of Mukthi acquired through the penance of Venkatesh Rajan in the celestial
court, and the Mukthi Stupi are the same.
I was born due to the prayers of my ancestors.
Swami says the dharma pillar or Mukthi Stupi, is the mirror image of Him, the
sceptre of Truth. I am Swami’s mirror image. The Nadi also says, “She, who has
attained the half of God.” From the time of my birth, I have searched only for
God.
Through my intense love for God, I have lived a
life of righteousness and have attained Him, merged in Him. For the one who has
attained the Lord by following the path of dharma, dharma now follows him.
An example. Though I desired to marry God, I
was told that it was not possible and was married in the normal way. This
caused me great pain and I cried many tears. After crying and yearning for over
46 years, Swami told me to compare my wedding photograph, with a picture of Him
in His youth. The form of the one whom I married and Swami’s form looked like
they were cast from the same mould. Swami then said that dharma entered into
the action of my marriage and that it was He alone whom I had married. This
proof shows that as I had followed dharma, dharma followed me.
In February 2008 the naadis were
consulted again. The texts confirm that Swami was in the form of the one I
married. I married only Swami.
In April 2003 Swami said, “Rama and
Sita did not waver from the path of dharma even in thought. Their life together
defines Prema and exemplifies chastity. The first syllable of Rama, ‘Ra’ and
the second syllable ‘dha’ of Seetha, unite to become Radha, you. You have fire
like chastity. You have offered everything to God. Due to this, the karmas of
the world are burnt and Universal Liberation is bestowed.”
Swami said that since I have sanctified my
whole life in this way, dharma now follows me. The scriptures teach dharma.
Manu, the first man, lay down the codes of dharma; it is called Manu dharma
shastra. There is a code of dharma for each and everyone. There is a dharma for
a king, dharma for ministers, individual dharma for men and women, political
and social dharma. Dharma prevails only when each follows his prescribed code
of dharma. When dharma declines, God descends as Avatar.
The cycle of Nature revolves around man’s
observance of dharma. When man performs actions by walking on the path of
dharma, rains come. When the rains come at the proper time, the seasons follow as
they should, crops and food are plentiful. Man is sustained by and born through
food. When he deviates from dharma, Nature is affected. The harmony in Nature
is disturbed and it shows its fury. At this time, God descends as Avatar to
establish dharma.
Like the cycle of Nature, the establishment of
dharma also follows a recurring pattern. In every Yuga, there is a need for the
descent of the Avatar to establish dharma. Why this repetition in the decline
of dharma? Through inquiry, I found that it is due to the lack of Prema. I am
showing through my life that when Dharma is followed with Prema as its basis,
it will not be destroyed. Swami refers to this when He said, “You laid a new
path of Prema.”
In 2002, on the day of Vaikunta Ekadasi we
performed Prema yagna in Mukthi Nilayam . In a picture from the sacrificial
fire the ‘Om Chariot’ appeared. Hanuman is seen driving the chariot, the Prema
horse underneath. Why a Prema horse?
Swami said,
“You will perform Aswamedha Yagna
and conquer the whole world. Prema is the Aswa, horse. The new Yuga has Prema
as its foundation. Founded on the basis of Prema, Dharma will not to falter.”
In
the year, 2007, on Vaikunta Ekadasi, a picture from the Prema yagna again
showed Hanuman riding a chariot. A horse is also seen in the chariot, with a
dog sitting behind. The dog represents dharma. On Dharmaraja’s journey to heaven, dharma followed him in the
form of a dog. It is the same here; where the Prema horse goes, the dharma dog
follows. Why is Hanuman the charioteer? He represents pure Brahmacharya. So
Swami said, “Hanuman symbolises your chastity. This is a chariot of fire.”
It is this
fire of chastity that will achieve all. The Nadis for the Mukthi Stupi declare
Swami as the ‘Sceptre of Mukthi’ and ‘Sceptre of Truth’ and me, His mirror
image, as the ‘Dharma chakra sceptre’. The Mukthi Stupi shows the functioning
of my Kundalini. The blueprint emerging from my sahasrara fills the space
through the Stupi; thus my chastity or Brahmacharya will permeate the whole
world. Now, the establishment of Dharma is based on my Prema. The whole world
will move towards Sathya on the path of Dharma founded on Prema.
Manu
created the law of dharma. Vaivasvatha Manu was the son of the Surya, the sun god.
God Himself first taught yoga to the Sun. The Sun in turn taught it to his son
Manu. This Manu laid down the codes of dharma.
Swami
said that Radha is the mirror image of Krishna .
The love of Radha Krishna is supreme. Swami says I am His mirror image. This
love is not physical. It is the Supreme Atmic Principle. It is the one Atmic
Principle that functions as two. Ordinary or worldly love is not real. The love
for the Atma or Self is the basis for everything. Love arises for all due to
the Atma in them.
Ordinary love for another is not real. Man
longs for bliss and love thinking that he can derive it from another. In truth,
love flows from ones own Self to another.
Here is
an example. A man thinks he derives happiness from his wife. In fact, it is the
bliss of the Self he is enjoying and has nothing to do with her physical form.
Due to his misunderstanding, attachment and affection arise. As a result, he
weaves a web of love around his family. The husband, wife, parents, children
and relatives are all in the web. If one is able to come out of this Maya web
of body attraction; if he realises that bliss comes from the Atma within, He
will experience true joy.
The bliss of the Self, returns to us from another.
For example, when we throw a ball against a wall, it returns to us. If our Atma
enjoys bliss by perceiving the all-pervading Atma, then we will get bliss from
each and every aspect of creation. This is what Radha experienced. This is
known as reflection. Creation is a reflection of Krishna .
If this Atmic principle is clearly understood, that God and His creation are
one, it is bliss everywhere.
I see
Swami everywhere. I am doing sadhana so that everyone can realise this Atmic
principle. It has no relation to the body. It is not the web of limited attachment
or ordinary human love. It is Supreme love for the Omnipresent God. Supreme
love assumes the form of Supreme wisdom and the gates of Truth open one after
another.
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In
Mukthi Nilayam, the Prema yagna fire is the witness for Truth. All the pictures
taken of the yagna prove this. The yagna fire thus shows that the first word of
the Veda has come in my form.
The
first Sutra teaches an important lesson. What is that lesson? One who devotes
his life to earn the knowledge of the Atma must himself possess holy virtues.
Virtuous discipline and character is power. Those who lead a virtuous and
disciplined life will never come to harm. They are endowed with sacred merit.
‘Athaatho
Brahma Jygnaasa’
Thereafter, inquiry into Brahman.
After
securing the qualification of virtuous living first, one should proceed to know
the Brahman. Swami refers to my virtuous life,
since birth itsef, by calling me Agni. How would it be if the very first sound
of the Vedic verse ‘Agni meeley’ were to take birth as a human? Would it not
consume everything other than virtue, good conduct and chastity? This is the
essence of the first Sutra.
Only
leading a life never faltering from righteousness, can one can inquire into
Brahman. My life has been virtuous from birth itself. This is why Swami calls
me Agni. If the first sound of Veda takes birth, how will it be? It will be an
embodiment of virtue, discipline and purity. It will burn all other qualities.
This is the essence of the first sutra.
The inquiry into Brahman
can begin only when one has lived a virtuous life.