Om Sharavanabhava!
‘Be strong! Be strict! Be straight!’
The OSBM Youth Wing was blessed enough
to welcome Swami to our monthly meeting, on the 11th of April 2015.
This is was a highly anticipated meeting with this being Swami’s second visit
to the Youth Wing.
Before Swami’s arrival, the Youth Wing
was fortunate enough to invite Sai Geetha Amma to the monthly meeting. Sai
Geetha Amma is an active member of the Sai organisation and has been for 40
years. She came from India especially to aid Swami’s mission in the UK and was
eager to address the Youth Wing. Sai Geetha Amma firstly began her speech
congratulating the youth on all our achievements and endeavours throughout
these past few years. She then shared with us her invaluable experiences with
the Sathya Sai Organisation and the various charitable activities she undertook
and led as well as her own recent experiences with Swami. Her speech was truly
insightful and inspiring for us all to listen to. We all definitely learnt volumes
from her motivational speech.
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| Sai Geetha Amma addressing the Youth Wing |
Soon after Sai Geetha Amma’s speech,
Swami visited the Youth Wing and the experience started with a divine satsang
from Swami. Swami began his satsang delving into the idea of a Guru, and
emphasised to us that a Guru is seva, service to the wider community, therefore
a Guru has no form.
Swami continued his speech on the topic
of seva. Firstly, he commended and appreciated all the seva that has been done
and is being done by the OSBM Youth Wing. He also encouraged us to continue
with our heartfelt seva,so it can reach many others within our society. Swami reminded
us all that we must be role models to others among our society; when someone
associates with us they must acknowledge we are a member of an establishment of
dharma. Being the youths of today, we must thrive to attract only good
attention to ourselves therefore endeavour to perfect our behaviour, this was a
strong message conveyed by Swami.
In the satsang, Swami highlighted three
qualities, which he advised us to embed into our lives: be strong (to have a
strong mind through positive thoughts and to be active), be strict (to be
disciplined and to have integrity) and be straight (to always be honest). These divine pearls of wisdom from Swami deeply
touched us all.
After Swami’s beautiful satsang, we all
had the opportunity to see receive dharshan individually, where Swami blessed us and presented us with flowers and chocolates.
It was clear to us all from this visit,
Swami was immensely proud and pleased with the Youth Wing’s achievements and
seva activities. Swami’s visit not only motivated us to continue with our
charitable activities but to also nurture and develop the Youth Wing.
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| Swami with the youths - April 2015 |
Below are some thoughts of youth members
on the experience of seeing Swami for the first time.
‘I was initially keen to be in Swami’s
presence and hear what he had to present to us. His wise and encouraging words
gave us all a little something to think about, it really opened our eyes. I
felt like everything that was spoken about touched each of us, individually to
perfect our own lives. On the whole, it was a purely treasurable experience for
all of us at the Youth Wing and I’m grateful for this experience.’
“Swamis
composed tone, inspiring words and vibrant smile made me realise he’s there to
guide us on our path to enlightenment, on our spiritual journey. His smile
radiates a form of hope and I felt as though he is truly the epitome of
love. I hope to progress on my spiritual
journey and hope to be shown the way by Swami himself. I shall never forget his
words of wisdom and his vibrance and unconditional love for all. With his
blessing, I hope the Youth Wing’s projects will only grow and hope his words
will guide us to be better beings. “
Om Sharavanabhava!
