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Students performing a balancing act during Sports Day at Hillview Stadium, Prasanthi Nilayam
would provide everything! That is where you have gone against the meaning of this verse. That is the reason he did not accept your explanation.” (SSB, Gita Vahini, chap. 18)
Staying Balanced and Sensible
This story is how Swami taught my brother Donald and me a lesson about how to keep God in mind in a balanced and sensible way.
In August 1988, I took a memorable trip to Swami accompanied by my brother Donald and my brother-in- law Dan. My brother was concerned because Sai Baba had materialized a ring specifically for him in 1973, and he had worn it for only a short time. It was a beautiful ring with a silver-like base, a picture of Sai Baba on its face in gold relief, and two large elephants in gold relief on either side. It was unusual, broad, sturdy, and quite aractive.
Donald, a pulmonary medicine doctor, wore it until one day he had an encounter at the nurse’s station. A nurse asked, “Dr. Sandweiss, that’s a very unusual ring. Where did you get it?” My brother felt a lile embarrassed but told her that it came from India. She then said, “Oh, there must be a good
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