Note: We will resume classes again on September 16th Friday and Orientation on Sunday, September 11th 2022 as we take break for Summer.
Cosmos, Dream of God – Study Circle
Sunday, August 28th 2022 @ 10 AM
This Sunday, we will start off with Bhajans and then we will chant 21 Om Sri Sai Ram as part of our ongoing 1008 Sadhana.
After this we will continue with our regular study circle facilitated by our Devotional Coordinator Br. Amit Palicha. The details for our discussion on this Sunday are below.
Cosmos, the dream of God Dreams also have to be based on reality. Without a basic reality, the “dependent idea or fact” cannot exist. Without a basic thing, subsequent things cannot emanate. Without a basic being, subsequent beings cannot manifest. That base is God (Iswara). He is full; He is the mind, the body, the Atma. You are only as real as a dream. For the eye that can see reality, the cosmos is not this multiplicity of name and form, but mere being-awareness-bliss (satchidananda). Just think of your dream. It does not arise from somewhere outside you, nor do the varied images and activities disappear into some place outside you. They arise in you and disappear into you. While dreaming, you consider the events and persons as real, and you experience, as really as in the waking stage, the feelings of grief, delight, fear, anxiety, and joy. You don’t dismiss them at the time as illusory.
The cosmos is the dream of God; it arises in Him and merges in Him. It is the product of His mind. These lives and repeated arrivals are all fanciful weavings of delusion (maya), unreal fantasies, illusory agitations, unreal appearances. You are the Full, you are God. God is you. Those who have experienced this highest wisdom can attain oneness with the ONE, here and now.
Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Sathya Sai Vahini Chapter 9: One with the One
Please join this session.
Agenda:
09:30 AM – 09:45 AM: Join the meeting 09:45 AM – 10:00 AM: Meditation
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM: Bhajans 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM: Study Circle
Suggestions:
1. Ensure you have laptop / phone / ipad and login by 9:45 AM. 2. For any issues while joining, please reach out to us.
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1008 Sadhana Offering 21 Om Sri Sai Ram – Prayers Chanting this Sunday
Swami says
“The purpose of life is to know one’s own self”. Sadhana (Spiritual Practice) helps us to understand the questions,
“Who am I? | From where did I come? | Where am I going to? | How long I will be here? “
1008 days of sadhana program is to practice sadhana. Sadhana (Spritiual Practice) will help us to reach our goal of spiritual realization. Once you start practicing something, eventually that becomes an habit where there is no need for any Sadhana offerings. There is no time limit of 1008 days as this is always a life long Sadhana (Spiritual Practice) that all of us have to follow.
Note: This is an progressive Sadhana Offering that will cover an span of 4 years leading to Sri Sathya Sai Baba 100th Birthday Celebrations.
The 1008 Sadhana offering was launched (start of 96th Birthday offering (96 days leading to 96th Birthday)) on Thursday August 19th 2021. Please join as this is open for all Children, Young Adults and Adults. Where ever one may be, you can still follow the sadhana (Spiritual Practice) that will help you to answer the above questions. You don’t have to register to participate as it is Optional.
For more details on how you and your family members can participate, please click below for the details.
1. Due to the ongoing Omicron Covid Virus variant spread, based on the NYC health / CDC guidelines we are taking precautionary measures by pausing the IN PERSON Center meeting.
2. We will review the option of resuming the IN PERSON center meeting as we get to know more status updates.
