Please find below the Summary of the talk given by Mrs. Phyllis Krystal @ Samarpan. Summary: Happiness comes from two sources – One, is internal, from within and the other is external, from outside of self. 18Th of August would be remembered for a long time to come because some of us were blessed with Happiness, Peace and Love( If at least for a while). At the age of 5, you play around, at 15 you begin to see the world, at around 25 you are introduced to your ‘’permanent life partner’’(Professional work) which may not leave you until you are forced to retire when you are about 60 and then, you contemplate on how you should live the rest of the days, hoping for a peaceful, happy life! And at 99 … am sorry? What did you just say.. 99 years is it??? Well, at 99 you have the energy, the will, the sheer pleasure in travelling half way across the world to give a talk so you can inspire a bunch of people and after having done that, You have the immense humility and gratitude to thank God for having given an opportunity to do so! You can do this only if you are – Mrs. Phyllis Krystal!! I had the great fortune of serving water to Mrs. Phyllis after she had the Trayee Darshan and came for a small break to the Kalyana Mantapam. We served Phyllis and the gentleman who had accompanied her – Peter, some Banana and Cake. I watched her, as she partook the banana, she was so child like, so simple, so composed and her eyes always kept telling something, something I could not understand but something that made me feel nice. As we were enquiring if she wanted something more, Phyllis in her gentle soothing voice said something that stunned me, ‘’ Can I have one more round of the Darshan we just had, it was so charging and connecting’’. I knew, mortals like me obviously think of food, nothing wrong with that, but then certain individuals believe in the greater ‘’food’’, the food that energizes their Body,Mind and Soul! Ladies and Gentlemen – Welcome to the world of Phyllis Krystal! Phyllis’ Talk: Some of us helped Phyllis on to the stage and she then commenced her talk with an incident that brought her to Swami. During the 1950-60s Phyllis along with a friend carried in depth research into the human mind and came up with a concept called the Hi,C (Higher Consciousness) and when Phyllis came to Puttaparthi in the year 1974 and sat in the line for Darshan, Swami in his usual play of sorts went past her and then came back and said ‘’ So You have come … At Last!’’. From then on till date Phyllis says, She has always been in touch with Swami through her Heart! Phyllis time and again said that what she was to say to us all sitting was Swami’s message and that she was just the Instrument, the message is summarized in these lines: Swami has done everything he needed to and left as per his will; don’t mourn the absence of Swami for too long, move on. Get along with Life and Do what you have to Do, HE is everywhere! Do not worry if you do not get the message from Swami immediately, it would take time and the message would be clear too You need not search to find Swami anywhere else, Swami says - Find My counterpart in Your own Heart (Now this was a revelation!) Turn you attention from one particular place (read Parthi/Brindavan etc) to everywhere, for Swami is everywhere now unlike before when he was bound by his form to be in just one place at a time Phyllis herself believes that she is more in contact with Swami now more than ever! Two important things – First, Make contact with HIM in your heart and then, Radiate HIS love from your heart to everywhere around. We are all walking Temples! Stop being critical of others and focus on your shortcomings to improvise The only one you can change in the world is yourself; you can change the world by first changing yourself The only thing that would keep us from advancing towards God is desire She spoke for some time on Swami’s command on Ceiling on Desires - Save on Money, Food, Time and Energy and contribute these savings towards Seva, its fine if we can start with at least one of these. She also spoke on an instance when a group of Devotees continued the program (Which Swami had earlier imparted) without seriously following the ceiling part and sent some contribution to Swami. Swami was furious and returned the amount telling that He can get any amount He wants and the reason he asked them to practice Ceiling on Desires is to make them better. There is a significance and result when we do it as guided by Swami! It’s a wonderful opportunity to spread HIS message and be HIS Instruments (Phyllis stressed a lot on the fact that we should pray to Swami to allow us to be HIS Instruments). It’s an enormous responsibility to be HIS Instruments and it’s tough for it could involve in us giving up some things we like Prayer, Bhajans are all fine, but more important is the practice of his teachings and to do Good. Many of us heard Swami telling many teachings directly & through discourses. Practice at least One or Two of them and it would make Him happy! Don’t get pumped up by Success and punctured by Failure, keep a balanced mind in both circumstances If ever you (We) wish to give anything back to Swami for all that you (We) have got, to give anything as a Gift to Him, then the way you (We) can do is to put his teachings in Action ( Phyllis repeated this at least 5 times, to my knowledge) What amazed me was the composed manner in which she expressed the message – Swami is no longer in his form, the mourning done by all of us is enough, it’s time to move on and ahead.It’s time to go out and put his preaching’s into Action! Phyllis related her own incidents in her life when Swami consoled and advised her to move on with Life when she lost her near and dear ones. My mind raced back to the past, at the time Swami moved out of his mortal form many of us felt like we lost our footing, like we lost the very pillar that held our foundations and fundamentals intact. And it was very human of us to feel so for we have had so much of his presence, his touch and his love that it was impossible to be able to think past these. As time moved ahead,by his grace we had come to terms with the fact and now, we are going on about with our lives. While some of us still ponder and pine for his physical presence others have started to believe in his omnipresence, both views are correct. The question here is – Are we going to live our lives in the memories of those sweet innocent days spent at his Lotus feet only or Are we, along with cherishing those memories, going to start out and lay foundation to the ‘’action part’’ of his teachings. One thing is certain, we were blessed, very much so, he chose us over many and many more, he had his reasons, but then we got lucky too and spent many a seasons in his presence, what next.. ??? Can we play a part in his mission, Can we make a difference, Can we bring some change, and as Phyllis said – Can we ourselves change first without expectations, Do we wish to Change in the first place??? These were the questions I was left with as I sat listening to her. An amazing woman, so blessed and so deserving of his Grace, she no doubt made her point clean and clear – ‘’If at all You wish to give anything back to Swami for all that you have got, to give anything as a Gift to Him, then the way you can do is the put into practice his teachings and act on them!! She added ‘’Swami said HIS Mission will never Fail, so it’s up to us now to either take part in it or not’’ Being the Messenger / Instrument: Phyllis stressed very much on being the Instrument of Swami and the reason she believes that Swami chose her to be an instrument is because she fit the bill – She was reserved at the time she met Swami. Swami knew that one of the things that Phyllis would never be was a person with an Inflated Ego! Ego, Phyllis said, is one thing, we should get rid of, because Ego would block us from becoming better and achieving what we are capable of. Towards the end of her talk Phyllis said that if we deeply believe in and connect with Swami through the heart, we can take over and do what he needs us to do at different levels and that we have to help Him in his Mission as His Instruments! And soon after the short program/exercise she conducted on accepting and giving out of unconditional Love, she said - ‘’I can’t think of anything that would make anyone more Happy than the feeling of unconditional Love from all around’’ I looked at her from far this time, the child in her remained, she seemed so innocent,so serene, and yet exhibited, a high level of thought process, the depth of knowledge and the true meaning of being in touch with God. There is something about this Lady that God likes so much for she captivates the people around with such ease and prompts us to Love Her! Friends, we had a lady, all of 99 years come way far from Zurich to spend two hours of her time with us and inspire us and guess what her parting remark was?? - It was that of immense gratitude to Bhagawan for having blessed her with an opportunity to be here at Brindavan and give a talk, I am at a loss of words to express my gratitude towards her! As we were helping her down from the stage, I folded my hands, smiled and said ‘’Wonderful talk, Thank You’’, She looked, smiled and said ‘’ Thank Swami’’! A Lady, who did not spend much time in the physical presence of Bhagawan, who did not have as many Darshans and witness as many Miracles, has worked hard and is STILL working to bring about some Change, to spread his Message, to Inspire people to do good, to help others connect with Bhagawan through their Heart! That now, is a sign of a realized soul, and I was convinced that she indeed had the connect with Swami. For Phyllis and Peter, along with immense gratitude my prayers to God are to give them longer healthy lives; we need more such individuals to make this world a better place. At 99 she is STILL going and going strong, a strong proponent of unconditional love and a simple human ever willing to be an Instrument of God - And that my friend, is Mrs. Phyllis Krystal for you! I was left wondering if we can ask for a more inspirational personality to help us do what we need to do to make our Swami Happy. Happiness most certainly comes from two sources - Happiness today, came from Bhagawan through Phyllis.. Can we in the time to come, give Happiness to HIM though our Actions? I pray hard that HE gives us both the opportunity and the strength to do so! At HIS Lotus Feet,
Posted on: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 13:12:45 +0000
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