DEAR Sai: The Lion's Roar

When the storm of problems and disasters strike with such force that everything around us collapses, we must depend on our own wings to be safe. But what are our wings? It is not our strength or this body’s ability.... The strength in our wings is our higher Self, our Swami.

If we look back in our lives, we can see the numerous instances where He has taken care of us. Will He not keep taking care of us? God is taking care. God will take care. With this confidence, we can surely soar above the problems, trials and tribulations of this material world and reach our destination.

Professor Kasturi shares the following ​[poem of Swami's], in Sathyam Sivam Sundaram - Volume 4:

“My boys,” [Swami] writes,

“The bird with you, the wings with Me;
The foot with you, the path with Me;
The eye with you, the form with Me;
The thing with you, the dream with Me;
The world with you, the heaven with Me -
So are we bound, so are we free,
So we begin, and so we end,
I in you and you in Me.”

In this bonus episode, we bring you the poem that Swami wrote with a SYAA twist.

[More on Swami's definition of Self-confidence in Episode 11: Four Fs, a Fearless Test & the Self Reassessed]

Food. Head. God. Swami knows where this is going, but the question is, do we? God marks the spot as we map the route to spiritual truth. Little do we know that the treasure is Teacher too! Our bones melt with humility in the fire of a great devotee as we look at Swami’s definition of unshakeable faith, in this last section of the third discourse.

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Music by: https://www.purple-planet.com | Youtube Audio Library | Radio Sai Bhajans [YouTube Channel] Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWW5Z9BGsa14XLFXdRf01TA | Space Ambience by Vikas Sound. Available at: Othenius.com | Radio Sai (2013) Shravanam, Mananam, Nidhidhyasanam. Available from: https://radiosai.org/ | Kondama Raju’s story from: Sathya Sai Baba (May 6, 1999), Divine Discourse (Easwaramma Day), Sai Sruthi, Kodaikanal | The Blessed Souls, G., Krishnamurthy (2010), Sri Sathya Sai Sadhana Trust, Publications Division | Devotees of great fortitude: Sathya Sai Baba, Prasanthi Vahini (2010) Sri Sathya Sai Sadhana Trust, Publications Division, Prasanthi Nilayam | Nandanar’s story is derived from: Sekkizhar Nayanar (2015), Thiru Thondar Periya Puranam. Available from: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.384734/page/n119/mode/2up | Vanmikanathan, G., (ND) The Sixty-Three Nayanars. Available at: http://www.skandagurunatha.org/deities/siva/nayanars/ | Kasturi’s faith extracted from: Sathya Sai Official (2019), Importance of Sri Sathya Sai Vahinis, A Divine Gift To Mankind, 20th Nov, 2019. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbhlQucg2XQ |

This episode we meet a President, a Prince and a tiny bird as we look at the sturdiest foundation we could ever build our world upon! What is the Four-mula for life? What actually IS the wind beneath our wings? We dig deep on this path of enquiry, as we follow Swami in this next section of the third Discourse of Summer Showers in Brindavan 1990.

||Credits|| Music by: https://www.purple-planet.com | Youtube Audio Library | Radio Sai Bhajans [YouTube Channel] Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWW5Z9BGsa14XLFXdRf01TA| Savfk, The Age of Wood. Original music available at www.youtube.com/savfkmusic | Bird Sound Effect available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKRsCZYZAdc | Radio Sai (2013) Shravanam, Mananam, Nidhidhyasanam. Available at: https://radiosai.org/ | Original BGM by SYAA | Bird With You by SYAA; melody based on song by unknown writer; lyrics adapted from poem by Sathya Sai Baba | Young Lincoln’s struggles: Sathya Sai Baba (February 21, 2009) Divine Discourse, Prasanthi Nilayam | Sathya Sai Baba (November 23, 2000) Divine Discourse (Birthday), Prasanthi Nilayam | Prahlada’s story is derived from: Sathya Sai Baba (2010) Bhagavatha Vahini. Sri Sathya Sai Sadhana Trust, Publications Division, Prasanthi Nilayam | Sathya Sai Baba (ND) Summer Showers in Brindavan 1995. Sri Sathya Sai Sadhana Trust, Publications Division, Prasanthi Nilayam | Little bird extract : Balasubramanya, A. (2017) ‘Faith and Self-confidence: Story of the Little Bird’, weblog post, September 7. Available at: https://hubpages.com/religion-philosophy/Faith-and-self-confidence-Story-of-the-little-bird-Sri-Sathya-Sai |

Between the phantom itch of desire and the mystery called worry we are constantly losing our balance. How do we curb this harbinger of excess? What is the shape of worry? Mindfulness takes on a whole new meaning in this next section of the third discourse of the 1990 Summer Showers series.

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Music by: https://www.purple-planet.com | Youtube Audio Library | Radio Sai Bhajans [YouTube Channel] Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWW5Z9BGsa14XLFXdRf01TA| Youth4Sai (1994). Swami You Hold the Whole World on Follow Your Heart [CD] SYWA | Power down sound effect from Sound Effects Youtube | Radio Sai (2013) Shravanam, Mananam, Nidhidhyasanam. Available from: https://radiosai.org/ | Ceiling on desires purpose: Sathya Sai Baba (July 14, 1984) Divine Discourse, Prasanthi Nilayam |

What happens when we turn our attention on attention itself? We navigate our way to a new horizon of devotion - a loving admonishment from Swami and a reassuring letter from Krishna to His beloved Gopikas sheds light on the path of ONENESS. Jump on board as we explore 5 powerful lines of Discourse 3 in this bumper episode.

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Music by: https://www.purple-planet.com | Youtube Audio Library | Radio Sai Bhajans [YouTube Channel] Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWW5Z9BGsa14XLFXdRf01TA | Youth4Sai (1994). I am God on Follow Your Heart [CD] SYWA | Radio Sai (2013) Shravanam, Mananam, Nidhidhyasanam. Available from: https://radiosai.org/ | Definition of Bhakti: Sathya Sai Baba (2014) Prema Vahini. Sri Sathya Sai Sadhana Trust, Publications Division, Prasanthi Nilayam | Uddhava & the Gopikas: Sathya Sai Baba (ND) Summer Showers in Brindavan 1995. Sri Sathya Sai Sadhana Trust, Publications Division, Prasanthi Nilayam |