BLESSINGS FROM THE HEART OF SAI DREAM
Sai Mohini
Giclee print of the original painting by Sonya Ki Tomlinson. In this painting Sathya Sai Baba rescues me from the Ocean of Samsara. By dedicated sadhana and grace one can realize the Eternal Self. The Goddess Mohini, feminine version of Lord Vishnu is seen in the background pouring the nectar of immortality.
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Giclee print of the original painting by Sonya Ki Tomlinson. In this painting Sathya Sai Baba rescues me from the Ocean of Samsara. By dedicated sadhana and grace one can realize the Eternal Self. The Goddess Mohini, feminine version of Lord Vishnu is seen in the background pouring the nectar of immortality.
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OM SAI RAM DIVINE SAI FAMILY
Last night I had a divine dream with our beloved Swami. I almost forgot about it when I woke up. But there was a feeling of something having happened with Baba last night. As I reflected and asked Swami about this, the whole dream came flooding back to my consciousness:
In the dream I was in an auditorium of some sort. There were many Sai devotees there. We were all sitting there waiting for some event. I even saw Shanti a devotee from Palm Bay Sai Center walking between the devotees and asking a question which I cannot recall. I remember collecting japa malas from several devotees then getting up and walking outside the auditorium.
I saw Sathya Sai Baba standing there and then I saw what looked like a huge, vaporous spiritual outline of Baba's body reclining. I walked inside the body, specifically the heart area. When I got inside, Swami took the japa malas and blessed them inside of His heart. He then returned the malas to me.
I left the spiritual body and returned to the auditorium. I told the devotees that Swami had blessed the japa malas inside of His heart and redistributed the malas.
As I ponder this dream I feel our Lord is encouraging us to engage in Namasmarana wholeheartedly with consistency and vigor. Swami has said in the Kali Yuga there is nothing more efficacious as Namasmarana:
"This Kali Yuga is praised in the scriptures as incomparably conducive to the salvation of man, for he can now attain the Highest through the mere thought of God and remembering His Name. So of all the Yugas, this Yuga is described as the most holy, the most beneficient. Dhyana (meditation) was prescribed as the means of liberation for men in the Kritha Yuga, Ascetism as the means during the Tretha Yuga and ritual worship for the Dwapara Yuga. But, for people of this Yuga, the simple remedy prescribed is just Namasmarana, the constant awareness of the Name. In spite of this, it is a pity that men do not care for this path and so render their lives barren wastes."
SSS Vol XI, Chap. 28, page. 162
www.saibaba.ws/articles/kaliyuga.htm
"Benefits of repetition of the Name (namasmarana)
The Name of God, if recited with love and faith, has the power to bring upon the eager aspirant the grace of God. The Name has the overmastering power of even leaping over the ocean. It can award unimaginable strength and courage. When questioned whether it was repeating the name of Rama that strengthened Hanuman to cross the ocean, Rama replied that since His body was called Rama, the Name that combines the bijaakshras of both Siva and Vishnu, He Himself was able to conquer Ravana and his hordes. The name has such efficacy. By repeating the Name, the Lord and His attributes can easily be identified. Remember the God in whom you move, the God who makes you move, the God who is all this vast universe --every little atom and every huge star-- remember Him! The following are a few aphorisms on the benefits of repetition of the name (namasmarana), based on our Swami's discourses:
www.sathyasai.org/devotion/meditation.html
Last night I had a divine dream with our beloved Swami. I almost forgot about it when I woke up. But there was a feeling of something having happened with Baba last night. As I reflected and asked Swami about this, the whole dream came flooding back to my consciousness:
In the dream I was in an auditorium of some sort. There were many Sai devotees there. We were all sitting there waiting for some event. I even saw Shanti a devotee from Palm Bay Sai Center walking between the devotees and asking a question which I cannot recall. I remember collecting japa malas from several devotees then getting up and walking outside the auditorium.
I saw Sathya Sai Baba standing there and then I saw what looked like a huge, vaporous spiritual outline of Baba's body reclining. I walked inside the body, specifically the heart area. When I got inside, Swami took the japa malas and blessed them inside of His heart. He then returned the malas to me.
I left the spiritual body and returned to the auditorium. I told the devotees that Swami had blessed the japa malas inside of His heart and redistributed the malas.
As I ponder this dream I feel our Lord is encouraging us to engage in Namasmarana wholeheartedly with consistency and vigor. Swami has said in the Kali Yuga there is nothing more efficacious as Namasmarana:
"This Kali Yuga is praised in the scriptures as incomparably conducive to the salvation of man, for he can now attain the Highest through the mere thought of God and remembering His Name. So of all the Yugas, this Yuga is described as the most holy, the most beneficient. Dhyana (meditation) was prescribed as the means of liberation for men in the Kritha Yuga, Ascetism as the means during the Tretha Yuga and ritual worship for the Dwapara Yuga. But, for people of this Yuga, the simple remedy prescribed is just Namasmarana, the constant awareness of the Name. In spite of this, it is a pity that men do not care for this path and so render their lives barren wastes."
SSS Vol XI, Chap. 28, page. 162
www.saibaba.ws/articles/kaliyuga.htm
"Benefits of repetition of the Name (namasmarana)
The Name of God, if recited with love and faith, has the power to bring upon the eager aspirant the grace of God. The Name has the overmastering power of even leaping over the ocean. It can award unimaginable strength and courage. When questioned whether it was repeating the name of Rama that strengthened Hanuman to cross the ocean, Rama replied that since His body was called Rama, the Name that combines the bijaakshras of both Siva and Vishnu, He Himself was able to conquer Ravana and his hordes. The name has such efficacy. By repeating the Name, the Lord and His attributes can easily be identified. Remember the God in whom you move, the God who makes you move, the God who is all this vast universe --every little atom and every huge star-- remember Him! The following are a few aphorisms on the benefits of repetition of the name (namasmarana), based on our Swami's discourses:
- The best antidote for all ills.
- A boat that will take you across the sea of birth and death.
- Will give you consolation, courage, and the true perspective.
- The main discipline for this age.
- Enough to give you all the results of every type of spiritual practice (sadhana).
- The fountain of primal energy.
- Will guard and guide you throughout life.
- The one hope for man; remembrance (smarana), being an inner activity, helps that inner transformation.
- Will keep the antics of mind under control.
- The life-giving nectar.
- It's like moonlight for the waves of the inner ocean in mind.
- A nearness to God is attainable.
- The operation of boring in order to tap the underground water.
- Previous birth effects (prarabdha) will melt away like fog before the Sun.
- Reliable for a trouble-free journey.
- The spring of all consciousness (Chaitanya).
- The thunderbolt that pulverizes a mountain of sin.
- The unfailing cure for the deadly sin of delusion.
- Vitamin G, which is required for the nutrition of the mind.
- Withdraws the mind from the sensory tangle.
- With a rosary (japamala), turning the beads automatically around, just as mechanically and as punctually and as carefully as any other routine act of daily life.
- As it ought to be done, repeating the name, regardless of the target number, dwelling deeply on the Form it represents and on the divine attributes connoted by it, tasting it, reveling in it, enjoying the contexts and associations of the Name, relishing its sweetness, lost in its music."
www.sathyasai.org/devotion/meditation.html