Speech of HH Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji about getting regular health checkups – Atirudra Yaga – Day 9 – January 25, 2023 – Srisailam
Jaya Guru Datta
Get health checkups done regularly. Many just rely on Swamiji for healing. When you are in danger, I will really have to help you. Why inconvenience Swamiji?
Do not just assume you are fine or be afraid of what the results will reveal. Do not get anxious about the number of tests you are prescribed etc. Get health checkups done every year. Many think they are very healthy and do not need check up. We do not know what diseases are lurking in the body due to our habits and our heredity. If you are on a yatra with Swamiji such as this one in Srisailam, you cannot get big doctors in an emergency, until you reach Hyderabad which is 5 hours away.
Our food habits are wrong. We eat fatty food and eggs and meat. We eat oily, fried food. That oil may be adulterated or may be made from animal fat. Oil is not good, it is dirty everywhere in the world. It is very rare to find pure oil. Oil gives us cough. We do not know how to tackle and manage these hidden problems like heart diseases. If you are traveling or unable to get access to healthcare, the consequences will be grave. Of course I am always protecting, but you must face karma. Some think Swamiji is blessing (Pada puja, Sparsha, Darshana etc) so their karma vanished. That is not correct. You must experience karma. You came to Swamiji after 15 years or 25 or 50 years of your life. How can I keep track of you? You are not a child. If you are a child and I gave you your name, I’ll definitely keep track of you. But if you come to me after 40-50 years of age, tracking is very hard. Of course I bless and protect, but you must take care of your health. 4-5 people had to go away from here suddenly due to heart problems. You are humans, not great yogis, so you will curse your karma and have atleast a little doubt on Swamiji (I have so much devotion, why did I get this health issue?). I do not want you to get that doubt because that will add to your bad karma. Just pray to Swamiji for blessings, instead of doubting Swamiji. Sure, you have devotion now, but there was a time when you were not a devotee, what about the karma from that time? Just pray to Swamiji for blessings, instead of doubting Swamiji.
If you get regular health checkups that will help me. You don not know the state of your heart and lungs. If you are unwell, I get anxious. Why does Swamiji suddenly look dull or unwell? There are millions of devotees around the globe and when they are unwell, I take on the burden or the anxiety. When I was younger, I had the ability to take it all on and it would not show. Sometimes I used to just fall down and someone would bring me back. Now, it shows when I take it on. The other day, I walked out in the Ashrama and just lied down in Shuka Vana.
I go inside with a japamala and my children think I’m doing japa. I’m not doing japa, I’m worried about you when you are unwell.
Swamiji is always invisibly traveling and protecting devotees. At that time, I’m in silence. No one can reach and grasp that state of mine. Get regular health checkups. You are as valuable to me as I am to you. You look upon Swamiji so lovingly like he is a tender flower. I scold you only out of love for you.
Prasad Anna says
A month ago, at about 4:45am I got a phone call that Pujya Appaji was not in the bed. All doors were still closed. We searched all ashram – library, music room, Datta temple, puja room etc. I’ve seen Appaji disappear like this in my childhood, but this had reduced in the later years. In my childhood, Appaji would disappear for 8 hours or so, but we would not worry. The human mind and intellect needs to know what is happening. There are 170 cctv cameras in the Ashram, we found nothing. Finally, we heard that Appaji was sleeping on an old rug on the floor in Shuka Vana. The old rugs were used to cover the birds in cage during cold weather. We woke up Appaji and He expressed surprise He was there.
Appaji said some birds were cold in the night, so He came down to wrap them and then slept by them on the floor Himself. Who knows what birds Appaji was protecting and what promise He was keeping. It is our duty to get health check ups done. We will be at ease if we get checked. Do not neglect health. Be unabashed in getting health checkups. Do not worry that you will get a 5000 rupee bill and some new health issue will be identified. If you get your health checkups done, it will be easier to manage and treat the issue. When Pujya Appaji was in Delhi, the union health minister was talking to Appaji about setting up free dispensaries. Appaji asked him to set up the dispensary at the Mysuru Ashrama first. The minister did so and also came down to inaugurate the event. Most gurus on TV tout some potions and medicines for healing. Swamiji is perhaps the only one who directs you to go to doctors for medical checkups. Ratha Saptami takes place in Mysuru on Jan 28th. The most important part of Sahasrachandra Darshana happens Feb 4 at 11am when a thousand devotees can offer gold to Appaji. Only 1000 slots total, of which 400 are taken. Please contact Ms Prema from Mysuru Ashram.