Sweet Sai Sweet Self

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 want?”

I replied, “Swamiji, I’m content, I am satisfied.”

“You mean you want nothing?” He asked.

“Swamiji, all I want is You.” I said putting my hands on my heart.

“That is not nothing,” he rejoined. “That’s everything!”

And He put His hand over mine on my heart and said, “Everything is here. Everything is here.” Then He added, “And nothing there,” pointing to the world.

I held His hand for a few seconds. I hardly registered the great wisdom contained in His words; I was so struck with His love. As if to punctuate the complete naturalness and connectedness of the moment, when He turned to speak to someone else sitting nearby, I noticed a spider entrapped in His hair. I reached up to take it out. He looked at me for just a second and then continued His conversation with the other man, but at the same time He bent His head down ever so slightly to let me extricate the little thing, which was desperately tangled in the kinks and curls. Then without turning His head, He said to me, “Be careful, it may be a scorpion. It may sting.” But it came out quite peacefully and there was no sting.

In this way life goes on at the ashram of the Lord, life that is heart to heart, bathed on the continuous presence of the ever-loving mother, the stern father, delightful friend, divine teacher, and beloved Self.

Source: Sai Humor