Miscellaneous Facebook posts & comments in July 2020

When author of post or comment is not mentioned, it should be assumed that it is me (Ravi S. Iyer).

To save time, I am usually not providing my FB post links but only contents. I am also not hyperlinking links. So readers will have to copy-paste links from this post onto a browser link box and then browse to that link.

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Wonderful to see this! Great service to man(kind) by young adults of Ghana Sathya Sai orgn.! Jai Sai Ram!

[Post has pics. Post link: https://www.facebook.com/ravi.s.iyer.7/posts/2887457484804143 ]

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The basic identity of Bharat or India is that it is a land of faith in God. Superstar Amitabh Bachchan who is being treated for COVID-19 in a hospital in Mumbai (with reportedly mild symptoms), put out a post on Instagram saying that he had surrendered to God with a pic of what I think is Lord Vitthala and his consort Rakhumayi. I think this is so much in line with the spirit of Bharatiyas/Indians. The very foundation of life of most Bharaitayas/Indians is faith in God. In times of crisis, we simply turn to God, do our bit and surrender to God's Will.

My prayers to God for healing of Superstar Amitabh Bachchan whose films (including songs) from the late 70s to early 90s, were just a part of my Mumbai  & Dombivli life. I mean, he enacted roles that most Mumbai folks and I think Hindi film watching folks all over India, could relate to, and at least sometimes, took inspiration from.

I should also mention to readers that I have visited Nanavati hospital in Vile Parle, Mumbai a few times during my Mumbai/Dombivli years (1960s to early 2000s). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanavati_hospital

Amitabh Bachchan ‘surrenders’ himself to God as he gets treated for Covid-19 at Nanavati hospital, https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/amitabh-bachchan-surrenders-himself-to-god-as-he-gets-treated-for-covid-19-at-nanavati-hospital/story-PSr2yt43RGEKbtIGUihZlM.html, 16th July 2020.

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Very interesting words of Sathya Sai on Karma for humans, and Avatars not being bound by Karma, from 1983 Guru Purnima discourse

Embodiments of Divine Love! You must be clear about the distinction between birth in general and the Advent of the Avathaar (Divine Incarnation). Karma (the cumulative consequence of deeds and thoughts) is the cause of ordinary birth. Birth in the human body is the reward for the merit acquired by worthy Karma (past deeds). What is the Karma that has caused the Advent? That too must have some Karma as the antecedent, it may be said. Well! In your case you earn the type of life which the good and bad karmas you have done entitle you to have. Unless you go through the mass of consequence, you cannot change the vehicle or instrument. For, it is a role you have been assigned in the Cosmic Drama on the world stage. The role is part of a play for which it is allotted. You may appear in the first scene but you cannot change your make-up.

But, God is not bound or affected by Karma. He takes on a role, as a consequence not of any Karma, but to reward good karma and impose retribution for bad karma. God incarnated as Narasimha as a consequence of the bad deeds of Hiranyakashipu, and the good deeds of Prahlaadha. The truth is, the body that the Avathaar wears is not a karma deha, designed according to the nature of the individual's deeds in past lives. God, as Avathaar, can mould or change the body in any way He wills. He can develop it or discard it, as and when He wills. No other power or person can affect it. Everything happens as He desires, as He decides. To look upon the Avathaar as the body it has assumed is not correct. The Guru has, as his duty, to teach mankind this great Truth of the Paramaathma and the Aathma and of the Glory and Compassion of God.

Guru Puurnima discourse, Puurnachandra Auditorium,

Prashaanthi Nilayam, 24 July 1983

[Source: http://www.sssbpt.info/ssspeaks/volume16/sss16-16.pdf]

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