When will you grow up?

19th September '91


This morning, Swami had been to the Primary school. In the evening, Swami entered the bhajan hall and asked the boys " How is your Ganapati?" The boys took the hint and at once started asking Swami to come to hostel. But Swami avoided the matter and started speaking to the boys about how devotedly the students of Primary school had arranged a small program that morning. Swami also called the Vice Chancellor and kept asking him to narrate the events in between.

Swami: When I went there, six speakers were ready to speak- five boys and one girl spontaneously and without hesitation. Small children have pure hearts, that is why they can speak like that. In fact, none of them prepared in advance. It was all spontaneous. Actually, I had gone up the hill and on the way I went to school. It was an unexpected visit for them, but they did it so well. Even the food is so excellent. Colonel Joga Rao was actually hesitating to eat because he was not well. But once the boys there started to persuade him to take a small spoonful, he had it. It tasted so well. There were five to six items. But in your hostel, in all 365 days, it is the same sambhar, same smell and the same color. That is your hostel's greatness. Ghee is a special item given once a year and that too a sprinkling, but in Primary school, it is not. This is the sorry state of affairs. After getting so much from Swami, the boys still behave like this. As the boys grow bigger, their minds must broadening its outlook and thinking. But unfortunately, it is getting smaller and smaller with narrow thinking and dirty thoughts. It is like a dirty drainage.

(Narrating about the topics on which the boys and girls spoke in Primary school)
One of the speakers expressed her thoughts about the love of Yashoda and Krishna and how she knew where Krishna was by following the footprints of butter. She then told that however and wherever they may be, they would never leave Swami. Then one of the boys spoke how all the students are like different rivers that all seek to merge in the ocean. See! with what confidence they spoke. When the programme was going on, one of the fans became loose and fell down. The children shouted " Sai ram" and the fan landed gently like an airplane away from the children. Swami took care of everything. See their devotion! That is why I saved them. Otherwise, a rotating fan can cut off heads.

(Talking about how people try to deceive God....)
You cannot cover my eyes. I am sahasraksha purusha- the one with a thousand eyes. I know everything. You can hide nothing from me. You cannot deceive me or fool me.

Then Swami paused and the boys repeated their requests to come to the hostel. He then said,
"What is there in the hostel? There is only Matti Ganapati (Ganapati made of mud) but this is Chinmaya Ganapati ( pointing to Himself). I am within you, around you, in front of you, behind you, above you and below you.