The Musical Lights

Sathya Sai Baba

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By Super

Friday, October 7, 2011, 14:04

Bhagavan Baba is a divine incarnation, manifested on earth to uplift mankind to higher level of consciousness. Every act of His has a divine purpose. But purpose is understood only by those for whom it is intended. For other , it remain a mundane act.

This is not an uncommon experience. It is only a few who get a glimpse of the deeper significance in Swami"s actions or words. I shall narrate a personal experience in this regard. When I was a student in the twelfth standard at Prashanthi Nilayam,we organized an exhibition on human values. As part of the exhibition, we also undertook a few science projects. One of these was “musical lights" We worked late at night into the night until the clock showed"One-thirty. Yet, we had not been able to make the device functional. We were all exhausted to the point of giving up our efforts.

Someone suggested that we chant the 'Gayatri". We prayed sincerely and resumed our work. Within few minutes we had detected the faulty component, but we did not have a spare one. We searched around the laboratory and found a component, which, to our dismay, was not right one. Left with with no other alternative, praying, we replaced the faulty one with it. It worked ! As we completed the task, we could hear the college clock chime twice.

That afternoon, we were seated in the portico of the mandir for darshan. When Swami came out, we started pleading with Him to bless the exhibition with His presence. He brushed our request aside. After sometime, when we pleaded again, He said, “ I will come at midnight, two o"clock!"

Those of us who had worked on “musical lights" the previous night realized the significance of His words immediately. We were happy that He had confirmed His timely help on us. But for others, it was a mere joke. They laughed and began to plead again. This is but one instance. There are many such instances which we hear and countless others unknown to us.

Therefore, every word of His has some meaning for someone or the other. We may not be aware of it. I instinctively feel that He does everything with a divine purpose. Every act of His, transform someone"s life. Every glance of His touches someone"s heart. Every word of His moulds someone"s character. Every gesture of His confers joy on someone. I am convinced that He does not act as a human, but as a divine human. It is this divine element in His action which makes the experiences so lovable, so mysterious and so memorable.