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  Anil Kumar Questions and Answers

Question 2

Will He Take Care of Us Now? (22.09.2002)

This is the second question I received: “As Swami’s mission, including seva projects, are expanding everyday, will He still look after His devotees of many years in the same manner as He has been doing from His declaration in 1940’s? Because Swami is very busy nowadays, will He take care of us now?”

Oh-ho! This answer is so simple! Perhaps we have taken Him as a human being. ‘He is so busy with office work; He's so busy with audit accountancy, inspection and what not; so, will He have time for me?’ It is not like that!

Bhagavan is not a person! Bhagavan is not an object! Bhagavan is an energy unto Himself! Bhagavan is energy! Bhagavan is everywhere! Bhagavan is in everyone. There is no sense to a question like this: ‘Will He have time for me?’

Because Bhagavan is time, there is no question of, “Will He have time!” No! Because He is time and available at all times!

We are not giving Him time! We have no time to think of Him; we are not giving Him an audience. He is waiting, waiting and waiting for everyone! Yet we ask, “Since You are so busy with water projects, universities, etc., do You have time for me?”

What a thing to ask! He has all the time because He is everywhere and in everyone.

Someone asked Baba a question last night about a long and healthy life. “What is the secret behind a long and healthy life?” Physical exercise? Or meditation or what?” 

Bhagavan said this: “Two things will guarantee a long and healthy life. What are they? Prema - love and thyaaga – sacrifice, these two will give you a long, healthy life. No other thing will, no other!” Bhagavan said this last night to His students.

The Secret of a Long and Healthy Life

In this connection, Swami gave this example of Rockefeller, a man from the United States. Rockefeller was a millionaire, the richest man in this world, having earned lots and lots of money.  Suddenly he fell sick. All the doctors declared, “One and a half or two years more to live. You cannot live longer because you have ailments that are incurable. You are sure to die.”

So, Rockefeller started distributing his property and his money to everyone. There is a Rockefeller Foundation in the United States, which takes care of charitable trusts. It takes care of the forlorn and handicapped. It also takes care of students, offering the highest standards of education in the field of research and investigation. The Rockefeller Foundation is the biggest charitable trust in the world today.

After beginning these acts of charity, Rockefeller lived beyond eighty years. He fell sick at the age of forty-eight. As per the doctors’ predictions, he should have collapsed within two years.  Yet, this man lived beyond eighty years.

To live a long life, one should have love as the food and sacrifice as the medicine. These two – diet and medicine – are normally required. Every person requires diet and medicine: if you take medicine and don’t follow the diet, you will never be free from a disease. If you observe the diet regulations and don’t take the medicine, well, the disease will continue. Therefore, medicine and diet are the two requirements – namely, thyaaga, meaning sacrifice, and prema, meaning love. Bhagavan said this last night.

© Anil Kumar Kamaraju 2004 - Here reproduced for personal use of the devotees for the purpose of seva.
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