Aug 13, 2015
Speech of HH Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji - morning - August 13, 2015 - KSHT Frisco, TX USA
App ji patrons who are here, identify yourselves. One way members cannot respond to messages on SGS Posts.
Swamiji's advice is sent in the two-way app. It gives a personal touch. Swamiji may send voice messages also sometimes. For future friendship, and for family members also this may be useful. As long as Swamiji lives, His wish is to maintain this close communication with devotees.
One lakh members of SGS Posts should daily receive messages directly from Swamiji. Many free apps are there available to everyone like tango, telegram, whatsapp etc. But these are public and others also can see the messages sent by Swamiji. I want my messages to be private and customized. They are not for public view of indiscriminate sharing. We are ourselves writing the apps. now. About 250,000 dollars will be the cost. Swamiji will start with a list of 10,000 recipients. The patrons can have subscriptions for both one way and two way Apps. The messages may or may not be duplicated. This new SGS Posts idea came on the day of the Kumbhabhishekam. It will be like a memento to commemorate the KSHT Marakata Hanuman consecration. Youth are working on preparing the quotes in several languages. English language quotes will be sent with translation in regional languages, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, and so on. English will be common on all messages. I am passionate and very inspired about this new venture. I hope that at least 2 per cent or maybe 20 per cent of the people receiving the messages will become spiritual. Maybe all the recipients will get transformed. Who knows?
In Malaysia, many atheists who were thinking of becoming Muslims, were transformed by the messages received on MMS (SGS Musical Message Sayings). They wished to change to a religion which allows eating eggs, meat, and fish, and drinking ***. That religion allows a man to have many wives. He may marry many times. It is the Adharmic way. There are no restrictions. Some people have a way of life where there is no requirement to respect and revere parents, elders, Guru or ***. No. With us there are strict austerities to perform. Food, when cooked, gets cleansed, fit for digestion, and ripened for consuming. Water is filtered for safe consumption. Boiling it removes some contaminants. Some water borne infections are stubborn. Even boiling does not make such water safe for drinking. Discipline is like boiling water. Respect for parents, elders, practice of patriotism and kindness cleanse us internally. Parents ought to be treated with respect. Those who do not follow such discipline have no mercy. We punish ourselves for the sins committed. We atone for the mistakes. They do not do that. Mere repentance and no atonement. Only confessing the mistakes is not enough. Our practices are good for both physical and mental health. In Malaysia five youngsters wanted to convert to another religion. The parents are devotees. They receive the MMS regularly. The children saw some of the messages. They changed their mindset. They have changed their attitude now. They have become volunteers. They take photos. Their father is the president there. Swamiji was worried about their future. The dad could not control his sons. Dad's MMS the son saw. He got transformed.
Swamiji's messages contain all types of messages, like curry or chutney they contain many ingredients. They are found covering all subjects, from nature, music, social values, dharma, service, etc. in SGS Posts same type of messages will be sent. Ten more patrons are needed to meet our financial target to meet the server costs, and to fix bugs. What you give is for maintenance and for Wi-Fi. Volunteer workers are there. They give free seva/service. Hira aunty is the leader. I scold her a lot. From Swamiji's speeches she collects and conveys messages as quotations. A few more volunteers also supply messages. She sorts them. It is a big factory where Photoshop is learned by children and is put to good use.
Join and continue your contributions of dollar a day. You may give more. 50 dollars a month is paid by the patrons. Members pay 30 dollars a month. There is no guarantee about MMS continuing much longer. Perhaps only one more year. Swamiji cannot support both. Spiritual messages which are received daily are very useful. Some headache, some mistake, some error in life, some confusion, it will correct. For android also it will be available soon. They impose limits, Android and Windows also. Restricted use.
I do not want the messages to go to everyone. It has to be selective. Those who receive the messages should not write inappropriate replies or comments. Such persons will be deleted from the member list. Giving important information is okay. Serious information it is okay to share with Appaji. No answer should be demanded or expected. Swamiji may answer. Do not disturb Swamiji through app ji. Not too many photos should be sent. Good jokes or articles that are really special, which may please Swamiji, it is okay to send occasionally. Monthly or weekly Swamiji will delete all messages if the bulk is too much. It is not good. If you wish, you save. That is best. In the evening, we will again listen to the Hanuman story. Do you all follow? The narration is very vivid as if we are actually witnessing the events. When do these kids sleep? They always seem to be alert and active. In school a child about an essay about Tataji. When the teacher asked him how this person is related to him, he said, on his dad's side. He wrote well, with a good handwriting like Swamiji's. Dr. Krishna Kumari learned to use the computer from Swamiji. Swamiji had scolded her. He taught her to use the phone and the computer. She was scared of making mistakes. You send messages. Swamiji will not delete the messages from app ji because you are all paid subscribers. Utilize Swamiji's services.
A small piece of Marakata stone was left. A small Hanuman murti has been sculpted from it. It will auctioned. The minimum bid is $10 K. The reason is that Swamiji wants to come back here. For Swamiji's ticket the funds are required. Bid higher than that and the highest bidder gets the small Marakata Hanuman. A crystal, a very pure crystal, similar to the Siva Lingam here. Also Hanuman images. One big and one small - two idols have been made. Not glass. They are heavy and cold.
Jaya Guru Datta
Sri Guru Datta
Compiled by Smt Hira Duvvuri