Devotee Essay Archive

Love is the most direct way to God: love of God and love of all beings. Every human being feels love in some form or in some way. Why then are so many caught

In connection with a job search, I once met an elderly and well-educated person. I showed him a copy of a book that I wrote. He looked at the second page where it was

Dr. Baranowski is a scientist who has explored the recesses of the human body and mind, especially, the auras that form the bio‑magnetic field around the body and that reveal, when photographed and inter­preted,

The human predicament The human predicament resembles that of Arjuna [from the epic Mahabharata], who with the vision provided by the Lord saw the Cosmic Form—the Vishwarupa. What is striking of the cosmic vision

Have you ever enjoyed the pleasure of deep silence? By silence I mean absolute stillness of the mind. Shastras say, “If one can completely stop the mind for a moment, he is saved forever.”

Indra Devi, who is well known to our readers, has had the experience of a great big act of Grace from Baba, something which we love to call a Miracle. “In person and through

Years ago, Bhagavan granted interview to a group of youngsters from Kerala. Bhagavan graciously materialized a ring and put it on the finger of one of the boys. Amazed and overjoyed, he was enjoying

Anush Mohan was a student from 2004-2009 in the Department of Management & Commerce at the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning. Currently he is a Manager at Larsen & Toubro. Excitement ran

Sri V. R. Krishna Iyer was a distinguished senior judge in the Supreme Court of India. He began his career as a brilliant lawyer and was a Minister for Law, Home, Prisons and Social

If God’s love for man is another way of describing His grace, what prevents us from responding to His love? The grea­test impediment to responding to His love and making use of His grace,

Often as a child I had heard about the “Man in the Moon” but was never able to discern any such person no matter how hard or how often I looked. Then one evening

Once while I was sitting at His Lotus Feet, Swami asked my son who was also present in the Interview Room, “Whom do you love most?” Swami Himself, proceeded with the answer, “All the