Devotee Essay Archive

Life is a song* My Beloved comes forth in the vesture of skin. Oh, my Beloved speaks: I shall wear the garment that you wear. I shall come close so that you may come

“I do not give speeches; My talks use more of the sambhashana (spiritual teaching) type; I want that you should follow every word of what I say with reverent attention, for your anandam (bliss)

“The great teachers belong to mankind. It is wrong to believe that Jesus belongs only to Christians…. To accept one of them as own and discard the rest as belonging to others is a

Leaving my family and home, which was in New York City, at the age of 11 was not easy. Yet I was determined to venture into an entirely new world and attend a boarding

Resistance to Change June is a teacher. On a recent class trip, a child threw wastepaper on the ground. June commented and the girl replied, “Why not? everyone else does it.” Recently, several of

There are moments in our lives when events converge in such a way that we find ourselves serving a particular purpose. We might not fully understand the scope of what that purpose is. Nonetheless, there

Swami tells us, in loving detail, how to conduct every aspect of our lives in order to further our spiritual progress. He is very specific and firm about maintaining proper health. “Health is necessary,”

Ceiling on Desires About ten years ago, Lord Sathya Sai launched the Ceiling on Desires in order to teach us that spiritual growth was impossible unless we undertook the personal discipline of reducing waste