A Journey from Love to Love
July 7, 2011
A moment of life’s longing for itself propels us to understand the higher aspects of and a better way of enjoying the journey. When my moment arrived, the universe planned and executed for me in summer 2009 a two year dwell at Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Prashanti Nilayam (Translated – The abode of Supreme Bliss).
In retrospect we all have the knowledge and wisdom of the events and how those were the best things happening to us. A detour from this popular conditioning, my stay at Prashanti Nilayam, made me understand and provided me a glimpse of the value of the present moment. It has been more pronounced as Bhgawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba chose to close the curtain of His worldly drama during the time I happened to complete my days of physical proximity with the Avatar.
Why the stay is meaningful and what His life taught me?
In one word – Love.
He was – Love walking on two feet.
His love for me was and is like the love of God to a perfect human being, created in His own image, even though I am the perfect example of human imperfection. Always smiling, looking deep in to our (my) eyes, He captured me for eternity. And with His all knowing and loving look, I could get the sense and wisdom to realize – this is no ordinary phenomenon happening to me.
As I am set to continue my sojourn in the shores of humanity, all I pray is His grace to emulate Him in my Love for His creation, as He did this himself.
