NEW DAY

"God blesses this new day!"

Each morning, the sun rises on a beautiful new day, a day filled with hope. As I awaken, I give thanks and praise through prayer for a time of new opportunities.

Today I consider my thoughts and release those that may be unproductive or that fail to come from a spiritual awareness. Whatsoever things are good, whatsoever things are true - these are the thoughts I hold to this and every day.

I consider my words and speak only positive, constructive ones - words that praise and give thanks, words that speak of love and joy and understanding.

I consider my actions. I use each hour of the day in a positive, constructive manner. I make use of my God-given talents in affirmative and creative ways.

"Thank You, God, for this wonderful day!"

"This is the day that the Lord has made."

- Psalm 118:24

(From : 'Daily Word' magazine by Silent Unity, a world wide prayer ministry)

Q536

What kind of sadhana is needed to acquire God's Grace?



God's Grace si as the shower of rain, as the sunlight.  You have to do some sadhana (spiritual practice) to acquire it, the sadhana of keeping a pot upright to receive the rain, the sadhana of opening the door of your heart, so that the Sun may illumine it.  Like the music that is broadcast over the radio, it is all around you; but you must switch on your receiver and tune the identical wavelength so that you can hear it and enjoy it.  Pray for Grace; but do at least this little sadhana.

(SSS Vol 8, pg 70)

A Life Of Joy

Want to know the perfect recipe for happiness? Spend your days focused on making others happy. If you shift your focus from yourself to others, you accomplish two things : You put others first, and you're always looking for ways to make others smile. There's something about spreading joy that satisfies the soul.


- Janice Hanna -

GEM 835

Enduring bliss is experienced only when there is sacrifice or detachment.

(From : Garland of 1008 Gems, Bhagawan Shri Sathya Sai Baba's Sayings)

Not Man, But God

You have been sent into the world in order that you may use the time and the opportunity to realize the truth that you are not man, but God.  The wave dances with the wind, basks in the sun, frisks in the rain, imagining it is playing on the breast of the sea; it does not know that it is the sea itself.  Until it realizes that truth, it will be tossed up and down; when it knows it, it can lie calm and collected at peace with itself.

(Baba, The Breath of Sai, pg 223)

He Speaks

VEDA 58

Man has become artificial, crooked, twisted out of his normal shape. He has left behind the simple natured ways and made his mind a lumber - room for ideas, worries, anxieties and terrors. He can live on very much less, with much greater joy for himself and others. If only he remembers that he is a treasure chest with the Divine spark in it, he will be more loving and useful.



(From : Sai Veda, The Word of God,  sayings of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba)

Sai Darshan 1 (Universal) - Part 1 - 31

Whatever happens in your life,
Is nothing but My wish.
So do sit back,
And do not question My will,
For I always take care of you at the end.


From : 'Sai Darshan' - Part I
(Divine Messages received and recorded by Mrs Seema M Dewan)

Rose of Life

I am unfolding gently beneath

your loving touch

Becoming

I let wholeness breath my

petals free

Awareness

Sweet fragrant Spirit touching

senses into life

Wisdom

Giving beauty back to the universe

Knowing

Each petal, sweet miracle of life

Oneness

We are hues of color, yet one

in Spirits blossom

~ Ellie LeJuene ~

GEM 834

Equanimity comes as a result of the awareness of unity, not otherwise.

(From : Garland of 1008 Gems, Bhagawan Shri Sathya Sai Baba's Sayings)