Gentle Guide

Spiritual growth is something you can only feel for yourself.  No number of words ever written can take the place of your own personal, mystical experiences which occur on the path to spiritual growth.

- Rebecca Clark

Loving Spirit, thank You for filling me with Your light and constantly showing me the way.  You gently guide me so that I am sure and steady.  You lead me in doing what is most helpful for everyone concerned, and You remind me to be confident and stand firm as I do.

You direct my thoughts so that I am enriched by divine ideas.  And You help me use those ideas to enhance the lives of those around me.

Loving Spirit, here are my hands, my heart, my whole being.  I want to be Your light and love in action.  I am ready to spread goodwill wherever I am.  In all I do, I trust in Your unfailing light, which radiates out from me to embrace others with wisdom and understanding.

I am guided by the loving spirit of God.

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

THE KEY TO GOD'S HEART (Chapter 4)(Para 6)

All other loves have a changing face; most are fanciful and are created in the imagination but the Lord's love knows no boundaries and flows and flows and ever flows. Walk towards the Lord and assist Him in His mission of love, sacrifice and service. Love empowers the giver. Service is a way of expressing love to each other and to Him because He is resident in each and every one. Service leads to the doorstep of God's love.

(From : THE KEY TO GOD'S HEART by R SAI)

Eternal Sai - 24

I come only where sincerity, faith and surrender are valued. So spend the silent hours in meditation and naamasmarana (remembering the Lord’s name) in your own homes and deepen faith. I do not need bhajans which, like gramophone records, reproduce songs and naamaavalis, without any feeling or yearning while singing. Hours of shouting do not count; a moment of concentrated prayer from the heart is enough, to melt and move God.

(SSS. Vol IV – Chap 35)

Be Happy - 24

 

Sai Darshan, Part 2 - 44

The behavioral pattern of a child
Is a combination of it's surroundings.
It is a combination of his parents,
His relatives, his friends, his Guru.
My advice to you is,
That the parents themselves must be examples,
Of what they teach and enforce.
The children must be under the influence
Of the Guru, from a very young and tender age.
The goodness instilled within them by the parents,
Along with the path that is taught by the Guru,
Influences the child to open his spiritual eyes,
To see and feel God and His Omnipresence.
Once he realizes this he finds himself
Amidst a sea of God,
A sea that is eternal and replenished
With pure love of His.


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

GEM 691

If one looks at the world with a good mind, everything will appear good.

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

Poisonous Thoughts

More Precious

Men may have superabundance of food, clothing and housing; but their hearts may be dry and their spirits gloomy.  Sense-control, self-confidence, contentment, absence of hatred and greed are far more precious as possessions than land, money or houses.

(Gems of Wisdom, Degradation, pg 147)

The Divine Call

The Divine Call

Inspirational writings of Seema M Dewan.

From the book.....Nothing more Precious than Peace

It is the dawn of victory. Victory of good thoughts over petty selfish thoughts. Victory of inner silence over the language of untruth and dislike. Victory of pure loving deeds over the deeds of impatient greed and insincerity. Yes. It is the day where you have prayed the nine nights with no thought other than the victory of the Self within over the senses mind intellect and ego. It is the day when the battle of the inner enemies end and the transformation begins. This is the day where you will take your first step to create peace wherever you are and wherever you go.

You have not left the battlefield. For you have won today the grace of peace. You have no enemy from today. None outside you can that you can criticize and hate. None inside that you shall defend and fear. You are free. You are free for you have made the resolve to be at peace to give peace and to uphold peace. The battlefield which is your own mind intellect and ego has become the holy ground of worship. The worship of truth. The bells of devotion . The lights of faith. The flowers of kindness. The altars of love. You will smile from today until you will rise to the last sunrise. You will from today follow the feet of virtues and reach the kingdom of bliss. Your battles have ended. You have left behind the life of fear. And you have announced your victory with the call of surrender to the Almighty God.

You are blessed just by the thought that you have chosen the path of being good always. No more do you have to fear of how difficult times may be. You have risen today. All obstacles have vanished in the prayers of the nights. What can fear do to you. You have already faced its tremors with your steadfast devotion. The fears today have themselves turned toward you to lead them to the victory that you have earned. No more do you have to please the mind. No more do you have to depend on others opinions of you. You are happy with the deeds of love. You are now standing on the grounds of character. You have welcomed all in your heart. You have freed your soul of all dependences .

The sun has risen. And you are no more helpless. The words of truth and wisdom are your soldiers for life. The voice of your soul is now your commander in chief. The medal of faith is upon your armor of patience. The flag of righteousness has been hoisted in your mind. The intellect of non attachment is ready with its arrow. The ego has accepted its defeat and has joined the army of repentance. And the soul is rejoicing in the glory of this beautiful dawn of transformation.

Take your step toward infinite peace. Adorn the attire of victory. No one can stop you now. For you have chosen your Self....

Pearl 12

Delusion causes evil feelings to arise in your heart and mind.  One may be evil minded but with the blessings of elders and in the company of noble souls, one can easily get rid of evil tendencies and develop virtues.  People undertake virtuous spiritual practices to attain Divinity.  Thyaja Durjana Samsargam; Bhaja Sadhu Samagamam; Kuru Punyam Ahoratram; Smaran Nityam Anithyatham (shed bad company, seek good company; perform righteous deeds always; and discriminate between the permanent and ephemeral).

(Divine Discourse, 9 Oct '02)