SRI SATHYA SAI HRUDAYA NIVASI

touching His Lotus Feet! I regretted that I missed the chance for which I had been longing for the last 16 long years! I felt like crying out to Swami. Yes, there is the rule of discipline. Swami always advises to control emotion. I could only feel sorry for myself. But who could know Swami’s intention? After finishing the line in which I was seated, Swami was gliding through the middle of the next row just behind me. I looked back. I could not believe myself. The seat just behind me was vacant and immediately I turned back and occupied the vacant seat. When Swami was again near me in the next row, I kept my head on His Lotus Feet! When I looked up, Swami was looking at me with a smile, perhaps to convey that he understood the situation. I felt fulfilled. The captivating Divine smile was lingering in my mind for many days.

My application to Swami to perform the thread ceremony for my son was answered shortly. The very next year Swami arranged a mass sacred thread ceremony for a group of boys studying in his college, and my son was also selected. What was more, Swami gave us a double benefit. We went to Prashanthi Nilayam with our second son who was at that time only 8 years old to participate in the function. Swami called my second son, S. Ramesh, nearer to Him and offered him also the yellow dhoti, indicating that Ramesh was also included for the thread ceremony. Yes, Swami performed sacred thread ceremony and also Gayathri Mantra Upadesh for both my sons, on that day!