Q502

Does Namasmarana result in the attainment of Mukti ?



Even if the attainment of Mukti is not directly realized as a consequence of taking up the Lord's Name, four fruits are clearly evident to those who have the experience.  They are (1) The company of the Great (2) Truth (3) Contentment and (4) The control of the senses.  Through whichever of these gates one may enter, whether he be a householder or recluse, or a member of any other class, he can reach the Lord without fail.  This is certain.

(Prema Vahini, pg 107)

Today!

Learn appreciation.  Be willing to take lovingly each small gift of life, receive it, acknowledge that you have received it, appreciate it... You won't be happy with more until you're happy with what you've got.

- Viki King

I can imagine myself doing so much more if only I could create more time in my day.  A couple of added hours to do the things I plan to do when I have time would turn my life around.

Yet the reality is that God gives me the same number of hours in each day as every other person in the world is given.  What I do with my time is up to me.  Out of each day I have the freedom to create my own life.  Because I realise this, I feel in control and not limited by time.  It is as if God is saying to me, "Here is a fresh 24-hour day for you to do with what you will."

Then, whatever I do, I do with enthusiasm, contributing and receiving something of meaning and worth.

God, thank You for this day - a time of fulfilment and meaning.

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

GEM 748

Develop unmistakable faith in yourself, your capacity to live well and long to be of service to your parents and the country.  That is Atma - Viswasa (confidence in the self).

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

Be Blessed - 30

Happiness

Happiness consists more in small conveniences or pleasures that occur every day, than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom to a man in the course of his life.

- Benjamin Franklin

VEDA 41

However high a bird may soar, it has sooner or later to perch on a treetop, to enjoy quietness. So too, a day will come when even the most haughty, the most willful, the most unbelieving and even those who assert that there is no joy or peace in the contemplation of the Highest Self, will have to pray, "God, grant me peace, grant me consolation, strength and joy."




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

Another Chance

How often we wish for another chance

to make a fresh beginning.

A chance to blot out our mistakes

And change failure into winning.

It does not take a new day

To make a brand new start,

It only takes a deep desire

To try with all our heart.

To live a little better

And to always be forgiving

And to add a little sunshine

To the world in which we're living.

So never give up in despair

And think that you are through,

For there's always a tomorrow

And the hope of starting new.

~ Helen Steiner Rice ~

Sai Jewel - 27

Purpose

No Shortcuts

There are no shortcuts in the spiritual field.  As a matter of fact, devotion is even more difficult than wisdom, for to get the attitude of "Thou" not "I", one has to surrender completely to the Higher Power, personified as the Lord.  The ego has to be fully curbed; the faith, that not even a blade of grass can shiver in the wind without His being aware of it and thus having caused it, has to be implanted in the mind.  Devotion is not a leisure time job.  Erase sensual desire; clear the heart of all blemish; then the Lord will be reflected there as in a mirror.

(Baba, The Breath Of Sai, pg 328)