Pearls collected from various discourses of Swami There are four types of persons: the ‘dead’, who deny the Lord and declare that they alone exist, independent and self-directed: the ‘sick’, who call upon the Lord when some calamity befalls them or when they feel temporarily deserted by the unusual source of succor: the ‘dull’, who know that God is the eternal companion and watchman, but who remember it only off and on when the idea is potent and powerful: and lastly the ‘healthy’, who have steady belief in the Lord and who live in His Comforting Creative Presence always”. (Prashanthi Nilayam, Vijayadashami, 1953) “Note this also. In this Avatar, the wicked will not be destroyed, they will be corrected, reformed and educated and led back to the path from which they have strayed. The white ant infested tree will not be cut: it will be saved. Again this Avathar will not select some place other than the place where the nativity took place for the centre of Its Leelas, Mahimas, and Upadesh. This tree shall not be transplanted: it will grow where it rose from the Earth. Another specialty is this: the Avatar has no affinity or attachments in Its Career to members of the family wherein It appeared. Unlike the appearance as Rama, Krishna etc., where the life was played out mostly among and for the family members, this Avatar is for the Bhaktas, the Aspirants, the Sadhus and Sadhakas only. It has no Japa, Dhyana or Yoga: It knows no worship: It will not pray to anything, for It is the Highest. It only teaches you to worship and pray. To a worldly man, a God-intoxicated person will appear mad and he will laugh at him, But to the God-intoxicated man, the worldly appear insane, foolish, misled, blind. Of all the insanities that harass man, God-madness is the least harmful, the most beneficial. The world has suffered untold damage due to its “mad” guides: but nothing but harmony, peace, brotherliness and love has come out of the ‘God-madness’ of man.” (Prashanthi Nilayam, Maha Shivaratri, 1955). “The Lord too has to come in human form and moves about among men, so that He could be listened to, contacted, loved, revered and obeyed. He has to speak the language of men and behave like human beings, as the member of the species. Otherwise, He would be either negated and neglected or feared and avoided”. (Peddapuram, 03/09/1958). “Until about an hour ago, the organisers of this function were nervous that I might not come. They had reconciled themselves to the disappointment in store and they were feverishly engaged in making alternative arrangements, for they had heard that the Godavari was in high floods and that I was at Rajahmundry. So they feared that I might not be able to cross the floods and come south in time for this engagement. From the fact that I had permitted them to announce My arrival for the function, they could well have inferred that the floods would subside and that I would be in their midst, for, once My word goes forth, it must happen accordingly. Do not doubt it. The furious waves calmed before Rama, the floods went down in time for Me. Nothing can hold Me up or agitate Me or cast a shadow on Me, come in this Human form : be certain of that. Forces of calumny or distrust or ignorance can touch not even a hair, My sankalpa must prevail. My task must be accomplished. My mission will succeed. I have come to illumine the human heart with the Light of Divine and to rid man of the delusion that drags him away from the path of Shanti, the perfect equanimity born of realisation”. (Venkatagiri Town 09/09/1958) “That is My path, the path of Prema, along which I shall take you. This I offer as my visiting card to every one of you when you come to Me. I know your name, your degrees, your profession, your status and your history. But you do not know Mine. I have no need to know all about you from perusal of your cards: but I want you to know something of My glory: and so I give you a glimpse of it, as a Mahima. But I also give you enough of My Prema so that you can mix a little of it with whatever you do or feel or think and make it sweet and palatable”.  (Venkatagiri, Adyantic conference, 12/04/1959). “The Lord had announced that He would come down for the restoration of Dharma and that He would assume human form so that all might gather around Him and feel the thrill of his companionship and conversation. And the Lord has come as announced” (Markandeya Sanskrit College, Aukiri Palli, 22/01/1960). “I must tell you that you are luckier than men of previous generations. The accumulated merits of many previous births must have granted you this luck. You have got Me and it is your duty to develop this relationship that you have achieved by sheer good fortune. In four or five years time, you will see Yogis and Maharishis and Munis crowding here and you may not have such chances of asking Me questions and getting the answers, or approaching Me and directly speaking to Me”. (Prashanthi Nilayam, 27/09/1960). “As a matter of fact, Puttaparthi is a name revered and remembered with gratitude by millions today and it will be treasured in history as an immortal name. There have been many occasions on which Bhaktas have pleaded with Me to move out of this miasma and settle down in Bangalore or Madras or some such town, or if I preferred, some other quiet rural spot. But let Me tell you here and now: this tree has to grow at the very spot where it sprouted: it will not be transplanted: I shall not give up this place, no, not I. This place will be transformed into Tirupathi and those