Isha vasyam Idham Sarvam - Exclusive message from Sathya Sai Baba

I was surprised to see the photograph of Sathya Sai Baba today, with an exclusive message for me. Its not the first time it has happened, every time when I visit my Manager's cabin for a morning chat, Something in his office catches my attention, and the see Bhagavan there, with an exclusive message for me.

It was hard hitting today. For the past few weeks, I have been trying to ponder over Ishopanishad. I don't remember how I got interested into it, but have been trying to read it for some time now. The first glimpse of it was from the website www.hinduwebsite.com

During my weekly visit to Dinabhandhu temple in cmh road, bangalore, I found this book Ishavasyoupanishad by Swami Chinmayananda. Later as I was waiting for someone, I had entered Mother's Ashram, and saw the book Isha Upanishad by Sri Aurobindo, just waiting there for me to be picked up. There was only one copy of it. Surprisingly I was searching the web many times to check on if there are any commentaries by Sri Aurobindo on Isha Upanishad. I found some, but they looked to me like mere translation. This book is a treasure, it has all his manuscripts (some of them were his scratch pad of ideas, which were never published), which was his thoughts and pondering on the true meaning of these upanishads.

I can't stop myself from believing that there was a divine will behind all these. The last two weeks were very busy at work, but still could manage good time to read and ponder over it. The day before yesterday evening, I was asking myself this question continuously " How do I see god in everything ? Yes my intellect is able to understand the concept but how do i put it to practise ? How can enjoy the great lord in the plurality of the various form ?"

Sri Aurobindo states that Isha upanishad is about Karma Yoga. To start on the path of Karma yoga, the first step is to experience Isha, The God, in all the things around us. Everthing around us, including us, is the manifestation of Lord in various forms / levels of consciousness.

I think Sathya Sai Baba gave me the answer. The photo was printed with the message "Serve man until you see god in all men."