Cleansing vibrations

Cleansing vibrations If one is squeezed together with others to sing bhajans, it is a pleasant Tapas (purifying austerity), as well as a chance to enjoy with fellow pilgrims an ocean of blissful song. Cleansing vibrations wash over the ashram resident, like ablutions in holy Tirthas (pilgrimage sites), from Benaras on the Ganges to Rameshvaram at the Southern tip of India. The peace inside the walls of Prasanthi Nilayam makes it a haven, a heaven up to which the noisy demonic cannot climb. The beauty of trees and flowers, pastel buildings, and devotees from many lands make it pleasant with variety. The bliss of being with Baba, enjoying His love, basking in His mystery and glory are a foretaste of ultimate realization. Thus it is usual to depart from Prasanthi Nilayam feeling charged, freshened, empowered, re-energized and full of thanks. At peace, one feels purified by one's pilgrimage, re focused, ready for life's adventures, as if one's unraveled nerves had been magically knitted together again to perfection by Devas. One's debilitating worries are dissolved, replaced by faith in the will of God. But it all happens so naturally, so spontaneously, as a matter of course. "I had Baba's darshan, and am healed. I saw Sai and sighed." And after leaving Prasanthi Nilayam in Andhra Pradesh, one finds one has taken that safe haven of spiritual possibilities with one, wherever one may go, and Baba's healing presence is inside.