GEM 603

Take failure and victory coolly.

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

Sai Gem - 18

Q445

What is the essence of real sadhana ?

You must see no evil but see only good.
You must hear no evil but hear only good.
You must speak no evil but speak only good.
You must do no evil but do only good.
This is real sadhana. You need not do japa, dhyana and thapas.

(SSS Vol 27, pg 104)

Disturbed Man

Experience of Divine

How is God to be experienced?  God is present in everyone like butter in milk.  Your heart is the container.  Love is the milk present in the heart.  When this love is offered to the Lord, it acts as the churning process for getting butter.  There is then the direct experience of the Divine.

(Sanathana Sarathi, July 1996, pg 170)

The Spirit

The Spirit needs to soar... 

Flying free into the wind.

Back Home to Oneness...

Where once I belong

I'm letting go the chains now

They no longer hold me.

I feel only emptiness...

Nothing else matters...

~ adeline108 ~

You Are

Lord, I embrace You as You are...

As the form, You are Divine Beauty,

As the formless, You are Eternal Friend,

As the manifested, You are Expansive Love,

As the unmanifested, You are Supreme Master.

~ adeline108 ~

GEM 602

Sufferings are the stepping stones that lead man towards virtuous conduct.

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

NOBODY LOVES ME

Very often we hear some people

complaining that "nobody loves me".
The world is full of love.
But generally our hearts are not open
for the love to gush into us.
And the door of your heart
ever remains closed.
Nobody other than you
can ever throw it open,
for the door of your heart
cannot be locked from outside;
and it can be opened only from within.
You alone are in your heart.
You unconsciously got locked in
and you cry out to others
to open up and release you.
Nobody can.
Stop crying.
Find the handle and turn.
Lo! It has opened,
and you get immediately
a blast of life-giving,
reviving breeze of fragrant cool love
from all around.
Open up and receive all love.

(By : Swami Chinmayananda, His Messages

Joyful Celebration

When people attend my one-woman stand-up routine, they feel really good

after an hour of laughing.  And I get the greatest lift in the world.

- Phyllis Diller

Just thinking back to a time when I felt great joy brings a smile to my lips.  A sweet memory sparks a gladness of the soul, and emotional and physical response that lifts me up even when I am feeling down.

I am energized by the joy I feel when I think of the future, anticipating a time when a dream or goal might become a reality.  I am ready to move on when only a moment before I may have felt less than enthusiastic about anything.

And what about the joy in the present?  When I live the joy of God - the joy of my spiritual identity - my thoughts are whispers of gladness that keep me positive and focused on celebrating my own spiritual identity and the spirituality of all others.

The joy of God lives through me as a celebration of my spirituality.

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