Yearly Archive: 2003

I was sitting on the veranda of the temple at Prasanthi Nilayam, lost within myself, when suddenly I opened my eyes and found Swami standing in front of me. He said, “Drucker, what do you

“All men of all countries form one caste.  Keep this truth firmly in your heart.  You must recognize that the birth as a human being is a rare occurrence.  Consider time as valuable.  Heart

Krishna explains to Arjuna the importance of the word OM, called pranava, the symbol of Brahman. This sacred word is made up of A— creation, U— Preservation, and M— destruction which also represents Sat-Chit-Ananda

Whenever I picture Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba as Premaswarupa (Embodiment of Divine love), three examples of His abounding love occur to me. Every word, every gesture, every look of His is suffused with

A clever villager used to enter the village temple in the early hours of the day and sit on, with eyes closed, in the hope that people will honor him as a great devotee.

In the following discourse, Baba explains the importance of action in our lives. No event is coincidental. Everything happens in response to the actions we perform. So we must be very careful in performing

In one of his longer poems, Tennyson describes prayer as a moment when “the man in God and the God in man” meet. He must have dimly seen what Baba puts so clearly and

The three-wheeled scooter driver, Ashok Kumar, age 21, was not honest. He cheated his customers every time, charging them too much. One day he took a customer to Golf Links (an elite locality of

Sri Krishna tells Arjuna to master the mind by dhyana (contemplation or intense concentration) and derive jnana (wisdom and understanding) and bhakti (devotion, adoration and emotional yearning). In chapter nine He tells us that

In the following article Ms. S. D. Krystal from Pacific Palisade, a long time devotee of Bhagavan Baba, shares her experience with Swami, who protects His devotees like a loving and caring mother. We

In an interview in 1989, Swami told me, “Don’t worry. Always think of God, I am always with you. Have a happy and healthy life.” I am sure He tells this to thousands of

A life of spirituality, or a spiritual life, means one devoted to earnest effort for realizing and uniting with the Divine. The term spiritual life in itself may sound somewhat like emphasizing the obvious. For