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Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Sai Ram.

I drove to Brindavan this morning in anticipation of having a
glimpse of our beloved Lord. I reached there by 8:15AM. Already all
the parking places were taken. I wondered at the advances in
information technology - which has taken the news of Bhagawan's
arrival late yesterday (7:45PM) to so many people! Of course, also
the love of devotees for Bhagawan, which made them descend in
thousands on this Sunday. I find a parking place at some distance
after the ashram and run to the Ashram. Already, the inside of
Ramesh hall is full, on both ladies' and gents' side. I had to find
a place in the extension near the Saraswathy idol. I seated myself
and started my eager anticipation of seeing the living loving God in
physical form after a gap of six months. The make shift shamiana
that protects from the Sun during the Summer is not there. So the
Winter Sun is beating down. Within no time he started to scorch! But
we braved that and almost ignored it.

Time ticks and ticks in what looks like a long wait, made even more
so by the Sun! It is 10AM and the lights on the stage glow, much to
our joy! Soon the music fills the air. A beautiful naadaswaram
rendering of a Ganesh bhajan fills the air. We are all attention and
soon Bhagawan comes on to the stage on HIS moving chair. Oh, how
beautiful! It's almost like life's longing fulfilled. Much as I keep
listening to Swamy about the need to not limit HIM to HIS physical
form, there is this absolute joy and this sense of totality about
HIS darshan. Soon Omkar starts and the bhajan goes vande uma
nandanam gajananam........ We all sing chorus in great joy. Next
Saakshat parabrahma sai... and so on... Bhagawan sits and seemingly
enjoys the Bhajans. Must be! The great distance and the glare beat
me completely and I am just deriving bliss from the fact that I am
in the visible range of the avatar of our age! Swamy sat for a bit
longer. About 10:45AM, HE signalled for aarati. HE spoke som

It is such a nice uncertainty drama that HE seems to be playing! HE
came after Pongal, supposedly for the anniversary celebration of the
Superspeciality hospital, of which there was none, HE went back and
then came again within a day! Hopefully, HE will be here for some
more time and give us some more darshans.

Sai Ram for now.

Ramesh Sistla
Ph.D.
Bangalore, India

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