LOVING PRESENCE

"The presence of God is with me at all times and in all places."

Whatever challenge I may meet, I do not have to meet it alone. I do not have to go through anything alone, for God is a loving presence that is always with me!

If ever I feel separate from the presence of God, I say aloud or silently, "God is with me now." I affirm this truth again and again until I begin to feel God's loving presence. I affirm this truth until a new realization of my oneness with God sweeps over me.

I remember that I am not alone now, nor will I ever be alone. In the heights or in the depths of experiences, God is with me.

God is with me at all times and in all places.

Wherever I am, God is.

Wherever I go, God goes with me.

Whatever I have to do, God is working through me to accomplish great things.

"You... are in me and I am in you."

- John 17:21

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

GEM 817

Consider the body as a vessel.  Wisdom as a rope and use the vessel to draw the nectar of Divinity from the well of spirituality.

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

Q529

Are inner consciousness and God's Grace the same?



An aspirant might win God's Grace, and the Guru's Grace and the Grace of the devotees of the Lord.  But all this grace would be of no avail if he does not secure also another grace, the grace of his own inner consciousness, his Antahkarana.  Without this grace, he falls in the perdition, for all the rest are of no account whatsoever.

(Prema Vahini, pg 33)

Sai Darshan, Part 2 - 61

Patience is a virtue which when developed,
Makes you stronger mentally and spiritually.
When you deal with patience to anger,
You automatically reduce the anger within you.
You are able to overlook others' weaknesses,
And develop new strengths that lacked within you.
Patience makes your mind
Calm and less excitable.
It makes you a better listener
And avoids arguments.
But to develop this patience,
You need an inspiration,
The belief and faith of God present at all times.
When such faith is developed,
You know that sooner or later, God will intervene,
In unfavorable situations, bail you out.
You do not see the need to react
Under any circumstances.
In everyone's life there comes a point,
When he is filled with a sense of disgust,
To face the uncertainties of life.
He then goes to look for peace,
And in his search, finds God.
He develops love for God,
For the peace he finds in Him.
This love slowly grows into faith,
And faith in God, slowly builds the patience.
You need to seek your true self.
Ultimately, when you please Him,
With the strength of your faith
And persevering patience,
He reveals Himself to you,
And you find peace forever.


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

Irish Blessing

May you have warm words on a cold evening, 

a full moon on a dark night and a smooth road all the way to your door.



- Irish Blessing -

Devotion

Four Stages

Just as there are four stages in man's life, boyhood, youth, middle age, old age, so too, there are four stages in his acquisition of wisdom :

1.  To be trained by parents, teachers, elders, being led, guided, regulated, warned, reprimanded.

2. To be eager to establish happiness and justice in society; to know the world, its worth and values.

3. To pour out energies to reform, reconstruct the human community.

4. The realization that the world is beyond redemption by human effort, that one can at best save oneself.

(Gems of Wisdom, The Teacher and Tomorrow, pg 195)

GEM 816

Consider all your acts as worship.  Duty is God.  Work is worship.  Whatever happens, accept it gladly as His handiwork, a sign of His compassion.

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

Divine Thought - 32

Indweller In The Heart