“Good feelings come from the heart…” Tuesday, November 7, 2000 (Evening) Swami gave Darshan at 2.15 pm. After the interviews, Swami came to the Ganesh Portico. Swami: (To Prof. Anil Kumar) Which village did you go to? Prof. A. K.: Swami, I didn’t go today. Swami: Why? You didn’t want to go or did they tell you not to? Prof. A. K.: No Swami, I am always ready to go. Swami: (Swami enquired with the Brindavan Warden about today’s Seva.) Today, the girls did well. They served 20,000 people. B. Warden : Swami, they did Nagar Sankeertan (congregational singing) and people poured water on the road. (It is a tradition to pour water whenever some religious procession is on the way.) Even Sathyanarayana Garu (Swami’s classmate) was waiting for us. They were saying, “Swami gave this water to us and we are giving it to His students”. Swami: Earlier in Bukkapatnam there was no water. I built a tank on the top of the hill. B. Warden: Swami, on the way, small children waved their hands saying ‘Sairam’. They have developed a feeling that we are their people. Swami: Yes, they should get that feeling. Warden: Swami, girls (students of the Anantapur Campus) did the work with sacred feelings. Swami: Yes, they did it with sacred feelings. But our boys have no feelings and no gratitude. Having no gratitude is being like an animal. The girls gave food packets to an old woman. In return, she gave them a few groundnuts that she had. That is gratitude. Good feelings come from the heart. The girls even went to the fields and gave food to the people working there. (Swami was feeling bad that excess food was ordered because of wrong estimation and was brought back. Swami enquired about tomorrow’s Seva programme.) B. Warden: Swami, even drivers are working with enthusiasm. Swami: Yes, when there is enthusiasm, anything can be done. In the Anantapur Campus, there are 800 students and 100 teachers. They formed groups of ten students. All were wearing saris of the same colour. Each group was led by a teacher. They are also white washing a temple. #sathyasai #saibhakta