Issue 75 - June 10, 2018

Inspirational Note...

In one of the Satsangs during Swami's 2015 visit to Malaysia, a devotee asked why there are conflicts in families due to the subtle form? Here is an excerpt from Swami's response: Families will experience conflict about whether they believe in My Subtle Form or not, as long as they have egos. If they think that, what they alone say is right, what they alone know is truth, what they alone hear is correct, then nobody can help. Many times, there are conflicts between husband and wife. If both of them are speaking the truth, where is the question of conflict? It is only if one person is not correct can there be conflict. If you are really listening to your hearts, there will be no conflict. If some of you listen to your minds, obviously there will be conflict. If all the members of the family are truly listening to their hearts, not only in this matter, but in every matter that relates to their family, then there will never be any conflict – because they will all have the same answer to the same question. So, it is not I who create conflict – it is you who create the conflict; I have always been there to bring peace.

Service Updates

Youth Activities In India May 2018

Annapoorna Free Breakfast Programme Sign-up With The Government of Karnataka

Annapoorna Breakfast Programme signed its latest MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) with the G overnment of Karnataka which will now enable Annapoorna to reach more government school children, especially the deserving and remote areas, with dollops of love, by serving fresh and nutritious breakfast every day!   Sri Sathya Sai Annapoorna Trust thanked the Government of Karnataka for signing the MOU, whereby Annapoorna can go on to provide breakfast for needy government school children in Karnataka.

Easwaramma Day Celebrations

Easwaramma Day was celebrated across multiple centres. The Annapoorna team used this occasion to reach out to a couple of villages and a school for the blind in Siddlaghatta taluk in Chikkaballapur. Also, the Vishakapatnam team conducted some games and competitions and distributed prizes on this occasion.

Quenching People's Thirst

The Vizag Annapoorna team with the help of Sri Sathya Sai Trust for Social Welfare, Vizag, is daily providing delicious buttermilk to quench the thirst of the public affected by the sweltering Vishakapatnam summer heat.   The team has been conducting this activity since the beginning of May 2018, by setting up a kiosk at Nad Junction main road. They are roughly reaching out to 3000 people daily, using 800 Liters of buttermilk. A couple of school children from Anandashram who are currently having their summer holidays, are also a part of this selfless activity.   Cheers to the Vizag team for cooling with Love the hearts of thousands of people daily!

A Memorable Summer Camp for Slum Children

To commemorate the World Environment Day, Annapoorna walked the talk by helping the children from some centres take part in cleanliness drives and planting trees.  Also, the BGS School in Chikkaballapur conducted a drive for planting saplings. Members of the Annapooorna Trust also took an active part and conveyed their gratitude to the Principal of the school for conducting this programme.

A Memorable Summer Camp for Slum Children

The Annapoorna team from JP Nagar in Bangalore has served breakfast to the Ragigudda slum children for the past three years. They surprised the children with a two-day programme filled with fun and love.

Sharing Love with Expectant Mothers

On May 14, 2018, the youth of Colombo joined hands for yet another beautiful project in line with Bhagawan’s wish for mother-and-child centered services, by serving a nutritious lunch packet and a separate parcel consisting of a milk packet, yogurt, an apple, a bottle of water and a set of children’s nappies to about 75 pregnant mothers.

Transformation

The Amount of Learning Was Tremendous

If I am asked to point out an event which has set forth a strong transformation in me; I would, without second thoughts, attribute it to the breakfast Seva activity at the JP Nagar Ragigudda slum in Bangalore. After the summer course in 2015 at ...

Most importantly, I learnt to see and empathise with the difficulties the slum children go through. At times, there were very difficult incidents that some children went through. Some children lost close relatives, some children gave up on their studies. Some children had prolonged health issues. Thus, the list was long.

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