Awareness Article #41    Copyright © 2013 Sri Vasantha Sai Books & Publications Trust

Thorn Crown become Thorn Bed

Today, Swami gave a picture of Mother Mary. 

There her heart is seen, red in colour. It is surrounded by a circle of thorns; atop the

heart flames. Above this the form of the Stupi emerging, around her neck a chain with a

pendant on. Around her head a halo of twelve, eight petal flowers. Then written in red,

seventeen lines in another language, Eddy said it was Latin.                                                                                       

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

 

 

 

Sancta Maria, ora pro nobis Holy Mary, pray for us

Mater divinae gratiae, ora pro nobis Mother of divine grace, pray for us

Mater purissima, ora pro nobis Mother most pure, pray for us

Sancta Maria, ora pro nobis Holy Mary, pray for us

Mater castissima, ora pro nobis Mother most chaste, pray for us

Mater inviolate, ora pro nobis Mother inviolate, pray for us

Mater intemerata, ora pro nobis Mother undefiled, pray for us

Mater amabilis, ora pro nobis Mother most amiable, pray for us

Mater admirabilis, ora pro nobis Mother most admirable, pray for us

Mater boni consilii, ora pro nobis Mother of good counsel, pray for us

Speculum justitiae, ora pro nobis Mirror of justice, pray for us

Sedes sapientiae, ora pro nobis Seat of wisdom, pray for us

Causa nostrae laetitiae, ora pro nobis Cause of our joy, pray for us

Vas spirituale, ora pro nobis Spiritual vessel, pray for us

Vas honorabile, ora pro nobis Vessel of honour, pray for us

Salus infirmorum, ora pro nobis Health of the sick, pray for us

Refugium peccatorum, ora pro nobis Refuge of sinners, pray for us

We looked on the internet and got the English translation. I could not understand

what it was. I asked Swami.

3 June 2013 Noon meditation 

Vasantha :  Swami, what is this about Mother Mary?

Swami :  You are the Mother. Compare yourself with Mary and write.

Vasantha :  How shall I write?

Swami :  Before you compared yourself with Saint Catherine, now you write in the

same way.

Vasantha :  Swami, what are the seventeen names of Mary? You gave 89 names for

my body before? 

Swami :  When you write all will become clear.

Vasantha :  Okay Swami, I will write.

End of Meditat

ion 

Now let us see about this. When Amar searched on the internet, the prayer was

more than six hundred lines. Here we have only given the translation for the lines

Swami indicated. Swami only selected these seventeen names out of the 600 and asked

to compare them to myself. Some time ago Swami gave 89 names for my body. Now let

us see the first prayer;-

Holy Mary, pray for us

Mary is Holy. It is only due to this holiness she can become the Mother of God. In

the same way, Swami selected me for His Avataric task. This Avataric task is very

important. It is has never happened before. I have come here as His instrument for this

task. A few years ago, Swami said my room must be kept Holy; no one should enter.

Only my feelings should go to the Stupi. No one should touch my cot or come inside the

room.  Swami wrote the word Holy on the cot and door as confirmation of this. As my

body is Holy, the room I stay in, and the cot I lie on, must not be touched by anyone.

This is what Swami said at the time. I also pray for all in the world.  Before, many

thousands of people phoned and wrote letters asking about their problems and diseases.

I prayed for all. After the Stupi came, I have not prayed for anyone. They themselves

pray to the Stupi and do pradakshina. 

Mother of divine grace, pray for us

It is Swami‟s divine grace alone that is born as my form. God does not have form;

yet when He descends as Avatar He takes one. Sathya Sai descended as Avatar and

brought His grace here as my form. Due to His immeasurable compassion, when He

sees mankind slip from the path, He takes Advent. Swami separated His grace from

Himself and brought it here in my form. Thus, through my prayers He corrects all. I

pray for all the world and have asked Him to grant liberation to all. If it is difficult for a

individual to attain Mukthi in Kali Yuga, how is world liberation possible? Swami came

here to give liberation to all; all is His grace. He Himself separated His grace from

Himself and made her pray to Him for the sake of the world‟s people. The world

becomes immersed in His showers of nectarine grace and fully enjoy. This is Sathya

Yuga. 

Mother most pure, pray for us

What is the purity of this mother? Whatever thoughts come to her mind are pure,

whatever words she speaks are pure. Each action is pure. Is this possible in human life?

I have no thoughts other than those of Swami. I only speak about Swami.  Whatever I

do, is all only for Him. It is very difficult to both explain and understand this, my state.

My mind, intellect, senses, ego, consciousness all merged with Swami in Vashista cave.

To prove this, when half of Swami‟s picture turned pink, He said, “This is proof of our

 

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merger.” Now only my physical body remains. I will make this physical body pure and

transform it into light and merge in Swami‟s body. This is 5 proof for my purity.

Holy Mary, pray for us.

Through this holiness, I can make the earth into Vaikuntha. How can I make the

Kali Yuga earth into Vaikuntha? No one has made the world Vaikuntha in the Kritha

Yuga, Tretha Yuga or Dwapara Yuga. How then can I do this with Kali? This is the only

reason God came here. I am born from Swami. Swami and I make the earth as heaven

through our holiness. Kali Yuga is filled with dirt.  The pollution from man‟s mind has

fouled the earth. Swami and I make all holy. If any one dies in a house, priests come and

purify all according to the scriptures after twelve days. The priests chant mantras and

finish all rituals by the twelfth day. During the twelve days, they perform special poojas

and then sprinkle the holy water from the Kalasa over the house to purify all. In the

same way, I purify this Kali Yuga house through my tears. The dirt of Samskaras, which

have been collected age to age are washed and made holy through my tears.

Mother most chaste, pray for us

It is my chastity alone that changes the Kali Yuga into the Sathya Yuga.  To be

chaste, means that a wife shows love only to the husband. In this country, there have

been many Queens of chastity. Savithri argued with Lord Yama, and brought back her

dead husband to life. Thus, all call Savithri the queen of Chastity. I bring back the Avatar

who left His body. This chastity is not ordinary. It is a chastity, where I do not forget

Swami even for one second. Bhagavan Krishna has declared in the Gita

„Mamavamso Jeevaloka Jeevabhoota Sanathana’.

Though all are born from God as His aspects, they have forgotten this. The people

of Kali have killed God‟s aspect in them and live like animals. I bring back to life, the

God aspect of all, which has died. I do not bring back aspects of Sai; I bring back the full

form of Sai. All become Sathya Sai. This is the power of my chastity. I do not want to see

or talk to any, other than Swami. I perform penance so that no one can see me. The fruit

of this is a Sathya Yuga comes, where only we two will live. This chastity cannot be

explained in half a page of writing. If one wants to understand, they must deeply

contemplate and analyze the writing in all my books. As her husband was unjustly

killed, Kannagi burned Madurai to the ground. This was the extent of her chastity. My

chastity burns the Karmas and Kaama of all. It burns Kali and brings a new Sathya Yuga.

Chastity is not only showing love to husband, but not to like anything other than one‟s

husband. I do not want anything in this world other than Swami. 

 

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Mother inviolate, pray for us

This is what Swami has said as to „never hurt others‟. Let us see how this is in my

life. I have practiced not hurting others from my childhood. I learned the good qualities

and lessons from all people and each thing. Thus, I have asked Swami to grant liberation

to all in gratitude, as my Guru Dakshina. I never say or do anything to hurt others. This

quality comes through me being humble to all. How does humility come? It comes

through the „I without I‟ state. It is only if one has „I‟, anger arises in us toward others;

through anger sadness comes. I have no time to think about others, so how can I hurt

them. It is only Swami 24 hours a day.

Mother undefiled, pray for us

What is blemish or dirt? Does it mean outer dirt? This can be removed with soap

and water. It is the inner dirt which must be must removed from the five senses and

made pure. Do not speak bad words, see only good, hear only what is good. This is what

Swami tells as „See good, do good, be good‟. The mind must always be pure. Wrong

thoughts should not come to it; we must purify the mind and clean the dirt, which has

accumulated birth after birth. I am also removing the inner dirt from the body. That is

the sweat, phlegm etc. I remove all the dirt from the body through my penance. My body

must be offered to God. This is my goal. 

 

Mother most amiable, pray for us

What is friendship? Friendship is the highest of all relationships. There are no

secrets between friends; they can talk to each other with a free heart. A man tells his

friend what he cannot tell his wife. 

There is nothing hidden in me; my life is an open book. I never hide anything

from anyone. I have no necessity to hide anything. I have written more than 120 books

about my life. Swami has now asked that I write e books also, which are read by people

the world over. Here, I pour my feelings which arise through the suffering in my heart. I

write thinking that all those who read these words are my friends.  All my feelings pour

to God. I am crying, laughing, lamenting and yearning, I pour these feelings in the

words I write, for all to read. My nature is not to hide anything.

Mother most admirable, pray for us

My life is strange. The world has never known anything like this; it has never

happened in any of the previous ages. I was born in this age of Kali and am suffering

here trying to live. I suffer as I have never been born on this earth before. I do not know

how to live with human beings. I do not know how to behave with them. I want only

God. I cry that I do not want this world. I have no feelings of hunger. I have cried from a

young age about going to the bathroom. It was my grandmother alone who taught

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that it is natural for waste matters to come out from the body. Yet, all in the world take it

casually. Seeing this body I hate it. When we see waste matter, it fills us with disgust, we

think it is nasty. Yet, they are inside the body. There is only one way and that is not to

eat. Thinking in this way, I stopped eating all food for a year. I would only drink one

tumbler of milk in the morning and evening.  At that time, we were constructing the

Viswa Brahma Garbha Kottam. Though I did not eat, I still went to the bathroom once a

week! I cried thinking how am I still going to bathroom without eating? All consoled me. 

After the Garbha Kottam opening ceremony, Swami made me start to eat again. First He

said to eat a spoonful of milk rice, then two spoons of curd rice. Now also I cannot eat

more than four teaspoons of rice! Why am I different from all in this world? As I am

afraid of the world, Swami asked me to stay in the Ashram. Here there is no connection

to the world.  Thus, my life is a great wonder.

Mother of good counsel, pray for us

My work is to write the advice that Swami gives to me for others. As a child I read

Gita and Ramayana and lived my life according to the advice contained therein.

Gandhiji‟s book, „Experiments with truth‟ and the Bhagavad Gita were my two eyes. 

They showed the path for me to walk on. I walked that path. I demonstrated the 18

Yogas of the Gita in my life. I practiced all the counsel and advice Swami has given.

Thus, I am walking mobile advice for Swami. I tried to attain truth from my young age. I

attained Bhagavan Sathya Sai, who embodies the Total truth. I am now writing the

highest wisdom, which He reveals to me. Yet, I do not know anything. It is He who asks

me to write and I write. It is He who writes from within me. This is because I am the

empty vessel. Here, God fills His compassion within.

Mirror of justice, pray for us

Yes, I am the mirror of justice. I am unable to bear seeing injustice in front of my

eyes. As a young child my paternal uncle and maternal uncle were separated from their

families and lived in our house. Their names were Srinivasan and Thiruvengadam. Their

wives were called Alamelamangai and Sengamalam. Both couples were named after the

Lord of Tirupathi and His consort. I thought,

… The Lord of Tirupathi is separated from His devi and lives alone at the top of

the seven hills. Thus, my relatives are also separate..

These were my thoughts. Would any one look for the reason why a husband and

wife separate in any house? Yet, I contemplated and found out the reason. Thus, I

became angry with the Lord of Tirupathi and strong dispassion arose in me. 

… I will unite the Mooladhara Shakhti in all with the Lord who resides atop the

seven hills. 

I have performed penance for this only. My Kundalini came outside as the Stupi.

My feelings go out through the Stupi and unite the Mooladhara Shakthi in all wi

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Shiva. Shiva sits atop the seventh chakra in separation from Shakthi. Thus, all are

immersed in worldly life and suffer. In New creation Shiva comes together with the

jeeva and all live in bliss as Jeevan Mukthas. 

Now Avatars. 

Why did Lord Rama send pregnant mother Sita to the forest? It is this question

that I would ask over and over as a child. If it is Raja Nidhi, Royal justice, how could

Rama send pregnant Sita to the forest? Is this a King‟s Justice?

There was once a king called Mano Nidhi Chola, who placed a bell in front of his

palace. If anyone had any grievance they could ring the bell. One day a cow came and

rang the bell. The King‟s ministers came and saw the cow and followed it. He saw its calf

lying dead in the road. They then asked some who were there what happened. The

people said that the king‟s son had come along the road in his chariot and knocked the

calf down killing it. The Minister reported all to the King. The King told them to bring

his son and make him lie in the road and then drive his chariot over him. But the

Minister refused to do so. The King then said that he himself would drive the chariot

over his son, and made the boy lie on the ground. Just as the king was about to drive the

chariot over the prince, God‟s voice was heard, praising the king for being a great man of

justice. God then brought the calf back to life and the boy got up. Here it was the son of

the King who had committed a mistake, yet Mother Sita did not do anything wrong. She

already proved her purity and chastity by entering the fire in Lanka. Why should she be

punished? It was due to the words of the ignorant dhobi. Is this Raja Nidhi, a king‟s

Justice? It is for this reason, I cried from my young age. I also argued with Swami. 

Swami then said when He comes in Prema Sai He will marry me. Yet, as I was

afraid I placed some conditions on Swami. I said that He must not separate from me,

half way as Mother Sita was separated from Rama. He must accept me. I then said that I

do not want a child. He said a child would be born. Again, I placed a condition that if a

child were to be born, only He should be with me during the pregnancy, seeing the

child‟s delivery.  I placed this condition as I was afraid I too would be sent to the forest

when pregnant, like Mother Sita. Thus, Swami said He alone will see the delivery of the

child. It is in this way, all injustice ends when Swami comes as Prema Sai Avatar. Swami

comes as Prema Sai, to make amends for all injustice. I have written of this in the Prema

Sai books. 

Seat of wisdom, pray for us

My life is only wisdom. Wisdom is the throne of justice. The presiding deity of

justice must be seated on the throne of wisdom. It is wisdom only that is the basis for

attaining God. As Kali Yuga is in ignorance, there is injustice, unrighteousness,

dishonour, untruth, no wisdom and always suffering and worry. The whole of life is a

struggle. There is no happiness. Wisdom is the reason for justice. As this Kali age is the

very worse, Swami came here and preached wisdom. Why this birth? Is it only to be

born and die? No, no!  We must conquer birth through wisdom. Here, the Stupi came a

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my Kundalini; atop of this the Sahasrara. This is the fire of wisdom, Jnana Agni. It

removes the darkness of ignorance, and bestows the light of wisdom on all. It is through

this wisdom, I argued with Swami that the Avatars were also unjust, not showing justice

to their family. Before Swami gave me a poem:-

You are always roaming 

Asking justice from all

In this world court, 

You make the Avatar 

Stand in the witness box

And argue like a lawyer

This is true. Why did Rama send pregnant Sita to the forest? Why did He not see

His sons Lava and Kusa? The children did not know who their Father was for twelve

years‟. Again, Swami writes in the poem,

You yourself pronounce judgment

You make Adi Moolam, the Primal Soul come as Avatar

„Adi Moolam, the Primal Soul, now comes here as Avatar‟. At that time, I did not

know that Swami would leave His body. Yet, God knew! Swami now comes as the Primal

Soul, in a new body. He is not the Witness state God, but comes as Adi Moolam. It is

through my tears and heartfelt cries that He now comes anew. All happens through

wisdom. Wisdom is the seat of justice.

Cause of our joy, pray for us

Swami is the reason for joy in the world. I asked Him to bestow world liberation.

Here, all will live happily as Jeevan Mukthas. They will enjoy the happiness of God

realization. Those who are kings or in high posts, will be like King Janaka and lived as

Raja Yogis. They will be free from attachment. Ordinary families will live happily in

thoughts of God, with no attachment like the Bhaktha Vijayam devotees.  Students will

study like the Guru Kula scholars of old. All teachers will be like Gurus and have full

enthusiasm, full interest. In this way, those in every field of society will live happily. The

reason for all is the Viswa Brahma Garbha Kottam and Stupi. Swami‟s and my feelings

go out to the world through these, entering all changing them. Everyone will live for God

alone, with detachment.

 

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Spiritual vessel, pray for us

I have fully emptied myself, thus this vessel is filled with spirituality. I have no

worldly life; from birth all is only God.  As I am born from God, my life is like this,

different from others. All of you are born from God, but do not know. I came here to

show this to all. Lava and Kusa did not know who their Father was, and lived away from

Him for twelve years. When Rama was performing Aswamedha Yagna, the two boys,

tied the horse up and defeated all who came. Finally Rama entered the battle, the two

began to quarrel with Him. Mother Sita then came and showed them Rama and said,

„This is your Father‟. Until that time, they did not know who their Father was. In the

same way, you do not know who your Father is and do battle with Him. I have come

here to show you all that your Father is Bhagavan Sathya Sai. The goal of all is to attain

Him. He is the Antarayami, Indweller in your heart. He is there in the state of witness.

Awake from worldly Maya and turn towards the spiritual path. Practice what He has

preached and perform Sadhana. Do your duty without attachment and offer all to Him.

He now comes to the Bhoktha state and will enjoy you; this is His fruit. You have not

looked to Him for all these days, and have made Him hungry. As you have not taken

care of Him, looked to Him, you have no happiness. This is spirituality. Do not be

involved in any worldly matters. Be in a family, but do all duty without attachment. This

is happiness, this is spirituality. Spirituality does not mean to renounce all and go to the

forest. Living in a family in thoughts of God, free from attachment, is real spirituality.  If

you live in this way, then suffering and sorrow will not come near you.

Vessel of honour, pray for us

What is honour? Is it to be in a high post? To perform great tasks? What is

„honourable‟? Is it to become very learned or have riches? All these things are

perishable. We do not take anything with us when we leave this world. The only thing we

take with us are Sathya and Dharma. Worldly honour and respect disappear after time.

It is only the names of those who reach a high state in spirituality who remains in the

hearts of people for a sometime.  Their philosophies and what they have preached is

never forgotten, regardless of what country they are from.  It remains in the minds of

man for a long time. In the same way, those who are connected to the Avatars remain in

the minds of man for a long time. 

Mother Mary gave birth to Jesus. Even though I am Swami‟s Shakthi, I do not

want respect or honour. I only want to be the dust of His feet. Swami may have given me

many names, but I said I did not want them. I want only to be the dust of His feet;

hiding myself under them. Swami gave me Arti song and Jhula song, all. When we sing

the Jhula song, we place the picture of Swami, which I always keep with me on the swing

and sing. Yesterday, Swami placed a small flower on His picture next to Him. All of us

saw it. The flower was small, pink and beautifully formed. It had a yellow base, from

which the pink flower blossomed. The flower was next to Swami‟s thigh and had a very

light fragrance. When I asked Swami about this, He said

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Swami :  It is a celestial flower, which shows You are sitting near Me. You alone

have the right to be next to Me. You are My sweet life force flower. 

Even if I have the right to sit next to Him on the Jhula, I want only to be the dust

of His feet and hide myself.  In the Jhula song it tells,

Shyma Sanga Dole Maharani Radhika 

Sai Sanga Dole Maharani Vasantha 

Krishna swings with Maharani Radhika, Sai swings with Maharani Vasantha

Yet, I do not want to sit next to Swami on the swing as a Maharani. I want to be

the dust of His feet, seen by no one. Thus, Swami kept this small rose coloured flower

next to Him on the swing. The flower remained as it was, not wilting or losing colour for

two days. I am not the vessel of honour; I am only the dust of Swami‟s feet. He may tell

that I am His life force, but I want only to be the dust of His feet. I want to hide under

His feet, so none can see me. Thus, the flower was very small, and next to His thigh.  

Health of the sick, pray for us

I gave Danvanthri Shakthi for the diseases and illnesses of many people. Many

sick were cured through this Shakthi. The diseases, which could not be cured by doctors,

were cured. I wrote about this in the book, „Prema Nivarana Sai‟. It was through my

prayers and Danvanthri Shakthi that all were cured. Yet, one disease is cured and

another one comes. This is not the permanent solution. The only solution is to remove

the disease of birth. If this disease is cured, then man merges with God. As soon as one

is born, diseases come. Thus, I asked for liberation for all to cure the disease of birth.

This is given by this God alone; only He can grant it. It can happen and is possible only

in this period of Sai. Yet, without ending the Karmas of all, world liberation is not

possible. Swami and I took the sins of the world on ourselves and suffered. How great

are the sins of 570 crores of people! It is for this that Swami and I have been suffering

from 2003. Swami showed, little by little His health decreasing. First He was unable to

walk properly, two boys stood either side of Him, supporting Him under the arm and

helping Him to walk. Swami then stopped walking and gave darshan in a chair. He then

was not able to talk properly. Finally He was admitted in hospital; many doctors tried to

help Him in many ways, but in the end He left His body. It is through my tears and

wailing that He now comes again. 

I have been afraid of old age, disease and death since childhood. I performed

penance that these three not come to me. But, in front of my eyes, I saw old age, disease

and death come to the Avatar. I wailed and cried that, „No no, I do not want this!‟ Only

then Swami asked me to see the Nadi. It is there all the Siddhas and Rishis declare that

Swami will return. I became a little calm. Yet, until He comes, my tears and wailing will

not stop. I must prove that the Avatar has no disease, old age and death. I also do not

have these three. I am born from Swami as a light; my body must become a jyothi again

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Refuge of sinners, pray for us

Swami came here to protect the sinners. He carried the sins of all in His own

body. Like Jesus, He came to protect those who have sinned. Swami took all on His body

and left the world. Swami brought me here. I came to the world to remove the karmas of

all and give Mukthi. My penance and tears melted Swami‟s heart and He agreed to

bestow Universal Mukthi. Yet, the Karmic law, which He Himself has lain down, cannot

be broken. Man must experience the Karmas that come from his previous births; only

then Mukthi comes to him.  So, Swami and I took the Karmas of 570 crores of people on

our body and suffered. When Swami comes anew, all finishes and New Sathya Yuga is

born. All will gain freedom; the burden of Karmas removed. This is New Creation. The

Karmas and sins of all finish; Swami and I enter, and everyone becomes a new human

being. All ends here with this prayer Swami has given.

Jesus wore a crown of thorns, which is seen around the heart of Mother Mary.

This crown of thorns is now fully in Swami‟s and my body. Like a bed of arrows, we now

lie upon a bed of thorns made from the sins of the world. Mary‟s picture shows the

heart, which represents the Garbha Kottam. The flames emerging from her heart

indicate the Stupi. It is through the 12, eight petal flowers, the Sahasrara, that Swami

and I burn world Karma and the New Age is born. It is the vibrations that emerge from

these eight petal flowers that show Vaikuntha‟s descent on earth.