GEM 805

An individual who is not aware of his true self cannot escape from sorrow.

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

Living in the Presence of God (Vol I/Pt I - 64)

CHAPTER 64


Do not dwell on another's wrong done to you, let the memory erase, make it a new beginning, and with every fresh start, let the pain of blame leave you, forever. You carry with you the pains of yesterday that will only be the worries of tomorrow. By learning to forgive, you give another the chance to take a new step ahead, allowing the repentance of his wrong to burn his impurities, and encouraging him to develop the strength to fight his failures. When you will remember every wrong, you My dears, will become his barrier from being able to rise from his fall. As long as you will hold on to the wrong, he, too, will only be compelled to live with it. As long as you will resent that wrong, he will only be forced to justify it with the defense of his failing dignity. Hold on to only what is right, today, and not to what was wrong, yesterday. Peace will only come, when you are the first to make its offering. Peace will only come, when you are the first to make its offering. Peace will only come, when your path of right will shine before you. The one that wrongs is the one that will suffer - suffer, one day, with the same weapon that will be the course of his death - then why must you analyze, judge, and punish the one that is the unfortunate of tomorrow? Fill yourselves with pity - not the pity of pride, but the pity of love and compassion, ignoring the attack of the wrong doer and become the medicine of his disease.


Harsh behavior comes from a mind that has developed anger and bitterness of his own constant failures. Your success becomes his envy, and the envy shows the ugly face of pride - and pride will only scorn the one that is humble and blame him to be weak. But you must not pay any heed to these insane remarks. When you, too, will react with anger, you are only allowing evil to make its short-term victory. Evil must be destroyed by your reaction of its nonrecognition. Look only for the happiness that lies within you and emanate with it.


Live to keep the conscience clean, for no other proof of purity is required. Be vigilant of any wrong that you may commit, and do not rest, until you have undergone every penance to correct this wrong to a right. You must not forego the right at any time, even if it means facing the gutsy winds of limited hardships - however much the winds may howl, let them not frighten you. The pillar of truth can face any storm with a silence - a silence that will kill the scream of evil!


Each day, the clouds cover the sky, yet we know that behind the clouds, the sky still exists. The self, My dears, is the sky that must allow the clouds of delusion to pass by. Know, always, that the will of the Lord will only prevail, you may resist and walk against this law of nature, but the day will come when you will turn around, and walk back on the road of surrender. Believe Me, you cannot be lost forever - for I have come to find you. It is your prayers that has brought Me amongst you today, and it is My grace and your determination that will keep us together today, and each day from now on.




- Divine Messages received and recorded by Mrs Seema M Dewan

Desire

The Journey

The various journeys by car, bus, train or airplane undertaken by man in daily life are regulated by considerations of time.  But the journey of life has been going on ever since creation began and shall go on forever.  Unlike other journeys, this journey can never be canceled or even postponed!  It is inevitable for all men, be the prince or peasant, messiah or mendicant.  Forgetting that this ultimate journey is unavoidable for all those who come into this world with a body, man is foolishly arrogating immortality unto himself.  Engrossed in the transient matters of the world, he is becoming a victim of misery and suffering.

Childhood is spent with companions and playthings; youth is thrown away in romance and dance; middle age is wasted in the pursuit of wealth; and old age is a sad tale of repentance and relentless attachments.  Unable to discard evil habits and seek the path of liberation, man wallows in the mire of worldliness and fritters away the precious gift of human life!

(Summer Showers, 1979, pg 135)

A Child's Face

Through the face of a child

you can see so much

they have very soft smiles

with a warm gentle touch

You can see the sweetness

in all that they do

the precious look when

you tell them you love them too

The smile on their face

when they play in the rain

the sad on their face

when their aching with pain

A child is so precious

God's gift from above

so give them your heart

and give them your love

Sometimes they may not say

and sometimes they may not show

it's then that they really need you

more than you know

So give them your time

and show them how to grow

for all of them are special

more than we know!

~ Author Unknown ~

Q524

What is the main benefit of God's Grace?



Grace will set everything right.  Its main consequence is Atmasakshathkara (Self-realization); but there are other incidental benefits too, like a happy contented life here below and a cool courageous temper, established in unruffled santhi (peace).  The main benefit from a jewel is personal joy; but when one has come to the last coin in the purse, one can sell it and start life again... this is the nature of Grace.  It fulfils a variety of wants.

(SSS Vol 8, pg 70-71)

GEM 804

All things in creation are subject to the law of change and man, too, is subject to this law.

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

Reach Me

Your aim should be to please Me, to satisfy Me and to follow My directions; and the best way to please Me is to see Me in all beings and serve them just as you would like to serve Me; such worship will reach Me.

(From : Sai Veda, The Word of God,
sayings of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba as compiled by Ramadas Gollapudi)

Rest

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under the trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.

- Sir John Lubrock

VEDA 52

Ideas, principles, laws, customs, codes, habits, actions - are all to be judged on the twin points : intention and consequence. Is the intention pure, is it born out of love, is it based on truth? Does it result in peace? If yes, DHARMA (righteousness) is enshrined in that action or law, custom or conduct.



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