


However, even as He sang along, spoke and engaged with everyone, He would part the clouds of Maya to reveal His divinity and ultimate objective. His plan is to transmute the seeker of the world into a seeker of Sathya (Truth). You will be adhering to My message if you so live that your lives are evidence of the dispassionate quiet, the courage, the confidence, the eagerness to serve those who are in distress, that My life inspires you with.”Īnd that is why, all His life, He ate as we do, moved about like us, spoke in our languages, behaved in a manner that we recognise and understand - so that we feel kinship with Him and submit ourselves to His alchemical love. “Many of you plead for a 'Message' from Me, to take to the Samithi of which you are members. It was during the First World Conference, on the 17th of May 1968, that Bhagawan decided to probably publicly announce the same. In many private interviews and interactions, Swami told the devotees that His life was His message. It appears as if Swami chose the students as the working sample to signal this shift in emphasis. The students were both near and dear to Him. Swami’s succession planning can be understood from His shift in emphasis from “My Life is My Message” to “Your Life is My Message”. Every visionary needs good succession planning to carry on the envisioned mission. That was evident as Swami poured His time on His students, be it in the interview room, the bhajan hall, the hostel, the institute auditorium, the Trayee sessions or the ‘PC sessions’ (private sessions in the Poornachandra auditorium). On many occasions, He remarked to different people that seventy five percent of His time would be spent for the students. Sri Sathya Sai Baba (Mahashivarathri 1955)Įver since the start of the colleges at Anantapur, Brindavan and Prasanthi Nilayam, Swami started spending increasing amounts of time with His students. The white-ant infested tree will not be cut it will be saved.” “In this Avatar (Divine Incarnation), the wicked will not be destroyed they will be corrected and reformed and educated and led back to the path from which they have strayed.
