Dear Practitioners

I feel privileged to be writing to you from Prashanti Nilayam on the eve of Mahashivratri – one of the most auspicious times of the year. Who else could sum up the bliss and joy one can derive during Shivaratri than Shiva Himself? He says, “You will be immensely benefited if you keep awake and sing the glory of God at least on this night… Can you not spend a single night in the whole year singing the glory of God? Sanctify this night by participating in bhajan. The bliss that you get from bhajan, the sweetness you experience in the divine name, the happiness you derive from visualising the divine form cannot be obtained elsewhere. Everything is possible only through love. So, cultivate love and sanctify your life.” – Sathya Sai Baba, Shivaratri Discourse, 14 February 1999.

The pandemic has been transformational for our vibrionics operating model in a positive way enabling us to augment both treatment and reach. I’m happy to report that both our postal and broadcasting networks are now running smoothly. When our admin team cannot find a local practitioner for a website inquiry, they now connect them with a practitioner on our postal network, who sends the remedy to the patient by post. Should the postal option be unfeasible, we connect the patient with the broadcasting team for remote broadcasting of remedies.

Another great initiative resulting from the pandemic is a global collaboration system – practitioners assisting other practitioners when they are treating patients who are in a distant location/different country. This system, which is work-in-progress, is expected to be a boon for AVP applicants, who need a large number of prospective patients to be eligible to enroll on the course.

We are truly expanding our reach with the launch of the new website. I would like to acknowledge and recognize the extraordinary efforts of Practitioner ¹²²⁰⁸ and his team in dealing with the requests efficiently and in a timely manner. Based on very positive and satisfying feedback from patients, I also extend my appreciation to all the practitioners who promptly respond to such requests. May we continue to serve all with love and care.

Our initiative to offer training in vernacular languages, starting with Hindi and Telugu as pilot projects, has been a huge success. I am happy to report that all the new Assistant Practitioners (APs) have provided exemplary service to patients in their areas within just two months of starting their practice.

Thankfully, the dust finally appears to be settling on both the spread and severity of symptoms related to the Omicron variant. Resultantly, our vibrionics clinics are reopening in many parts of India and globally. What started as a response to a need that arose during the first lockdown has now become a regular feature of vibrionics seva. The efficacy of our Immunity Booster (IB) has resulted in demand for it, soaring like never before. With the efforts of SVP¹¹⁵⁶⁷ and AP¹⁸⁰⁰⁵, the incessant support of the SSSSO, and the proactive approach of practitioners from Andhra Pradesh, 800 bottles of IB were distributed in rural areas. Similar activity is also reported from the rural areas of Haryana. The number of IB beneficiaries has crossed 650,000 as of 28 February 2022. We are also immensely thankful to the SSSSO for the opportunity to distribute IBs to all sevadal batches coming to Prashanti Nilayam. We extend our gratitude to the practitioners for lovingly preparing hundreds of bottles of IB every week, the RCs for organising the timely despatch of the same, and the ashram authorities, state seva coordinators and the local team for distribution of the same. Special thanks to Coordinator¹¹⁵⁷³, Senior Practitioner⁰²⁸¹⁴ and District President from Haryana, all of whom have done a stellar job of ensuring the smooth functioning of this seva.

The sadder face of the pandemic is that many families have lost near and dear ones. People who have experienced loss may have a range of feelings. This could include shock, numbness, sadness, denial, despair, anxiety, anger, guilt, loneliness, depression, helplessness, relief and yearning. I would advise all practitioners to look for such symptoms among patients and treat them with extra love and care.

We’ve done some restructuring internally of our admin team; however, practitioners are not impacted in any way and can continue to send their queries to [email protected]. Might I request that you continue sending case histories and combo queries to our normal email addresses.

In conclusion, our dear Lord’s instruction to us on Shivaratri is to “Follow in His Footsteps.” He says, “You should not waste your valuable time in vain gossip. Instead, undertake service activities in villages and slum areas.” – Sathya Sai Baba, Shivaratri Discourse, 14 February 1999. 

May we all continue to cultivate love in our hearts and keep up the good work!

In loving service to Sai,

Jit K Aggarwal