He Listens ...

He listens to your every single thought!

Once Swami happened to come in His car to the Sri Sathya Sai Hill view stadium. After completing a round, we saw His car coming to a halt just near the rear entrance of the hostel. With anticipation, we waited to see if His car would turn and take the route into the hostel. Strangely Swami's car just waited there – none of us could guess why. After this brief halt, to our disappointment, Swami's car turned away and the divine visit was not to be. The purpose of this short halt did not remain a mystery for long.

In the afternoon, Swami enquired about a particular boy in the hostel. The warden started summoning boys to where Swami sat, but none of them was the student Swami was looking for. He then mentioned that the boy was a student in the music college. There was a music college boy sitting right next to me and I prodded him to go on up to Swami.

As soon as he got up, Swami's face lit up with recognition and He beckoned him to come up front. We were wonderstruck, after all what was so special about this boy that Swami Himself had to search for him? What we heard from Swami that moment was something none of us could have anticipated.

Swami asked the boy, "Today morning weren't you sitting near the window of your room with a bad headache? You thought how nice it would be if Swami were to come right there. However you did not lift yourself and look outside the window – I was right there outside the hostel looking at you!" 

Swami had conveyed a profound truth in such a casual and simple way! God is there always waiting, man only needs to lift himself – if he puts that effort then he could experience God.

(Source : Vidhyullekha - Alumini's Newsletter - Annual Edition 2008 - 2009)