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Monday, March 18, 2024

Sai Darshan, Part 2 - 4



Conquer all your enemies,
With one weapon I have endowed you with,
Love! Love! Love!
Love rises above anger.
Love stalks over greed.
Love crushes away jealousy.
Love stamples over pride.
Love succeeds over hatred.
Love erases restlessness.
It is a sure winner over all other weapons.
Just have faith in My love for you,
And stay patient and await My arrival,
To pour all My divine love on you.
Fill yourself with it, emanate it to others.
Give up being a demon,
Give up being an animal.
Start with being human,
End up being divine.


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

Pearl 34





From the very name of today's festival, Deepavali, it can be inferred that the Divine effulgence is manifest in it.  Deepavali means the array of lights "Thamasoma Jyotirgamaya" (lead me from darkness to light) is Upanishadic prayer.  This means that where there is darkness, light is needed.  What is darkness?  Sorrow is one form of darkness.  Lack of peace is another.  Disappointment is one form of darkness.  Lack of enthusiasm is yet another.  All these are different forms of darkness.  To get rid of darkness of sorrow, you have to light the lamp of happiness.  To dispel the darkness of disease, you have to install the light of health.  To get over the darkness of losses and failures, you have to usher in the light of prosperity.



 ~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~

COMMUNION WITH GOD






From ancient times, sages and saints enjoyed the experience of communion with the Divine and gave expression in different ways. Such experiences are common to people of all faiths. In Christianity, there are records of such spiritual experiences. Similar experiences are to be found among Muslims. The principles and rituals of different religions may vary. But the experiences of union with the Divine is common to believers in any faith. If persons are not able to attain to this state, it is due to their inadequacy and not because the grace of the Divine is lacking or partial. The Lord's grace is available in abundance everywhere. But people are not making their hearts fit receptacles for receiving the grace. Their hearts are not pure. They are racked with constant doubts. Man has lost confidence in himself. One who cannot trust another human being for a few minutes, how can he develop faith in God?


(SSS Vol XIX - Chap 23)

Sunday, March 17, 2024

GEM 406



The Love of God will dispel the ignorance and conceit of man as the sun dispels the morning mist.


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

A Message Of Love


To know God is to know love, to give to God is to give love,
to be like God is to be God's love in action.
- Pauletta Washington


As I listen to the guidance I receive from God, I know that I am a living, loving child of divine substance.  I am blessed with a wisdom and power that is greater than any power on Earth or in the universe.  God created me and gave me life, which is both a precious gift and a tremendous responsibility.
God's message of love for me is an assurance that I will be blessed throughout all eternity.  I am cared for, and new avenues of opportunity and fulfillment await me.

God has faith in me to act in responsible ways and to treat others with love and kindness.  And for this unconditional love, God asks nothing in return - other than that I accept love and share it as it is given to me - unconditionally.  I am love, and I am an expression of divine life, now and forever.


God speaks a message of love to me.


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

Limited Vision

LOVE THEM



"If I never saw this kid again, Lord, I wouldn't be sorry!" I thought.

Tears clouded my eyes as I stood in our laundry room. Clenched in both hands were new jeans and a shirt belonging to my 16-year-old stepson, Brett. The clothing was already destroyed from burn holes and vomit stains after a drunken binge.

Exhausted and defeated, I sank to the floor. The clothes were just one more thing Brett had ruined. He had already kicked a large hole in his bedroom wall; his bedcovers were torn. Numerous windows in our house needed repair due to his breaking in to steal money when he chose to live on the street. Yet none of this could compare to the emotional damage Brett had inflicted on our once quiet home.

I knew that Brett's needs were deep, and I had often prayed for wisdom and love. The second greatest commandment, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," had taken on new meaning when Brett came to live with us when he was 12 years old. If I were to love my neighbor, was I not to love my own troubled stepson even more?

During those four years I had dealt with Brett as patiently as possible, but inside I was churning. "I don't want him in my house another day, Lord," I cried as I knelt on the laundry room floor. "I just can't stand him!"

Chest heaving, I poured out my despair. Then God tenderly spoke to me in my weakness. Matthew 25:35-40 rose in my thoughts---Jesus' declaration that when we invite a stranger, feed the hungry, clothe the naked or visit those in prison, we are doing it as unto Him. For the first time I saw this story in light of the action words. Jesus was saying, "Act. Meet these people's needs. Through your actions you are loving them and Me."

God's encouragement to me that day helped me to gather strength and continue parenting Brett. Still, Brett did not change his behavior.

When Brett was nearly 18, he landed again in Juvenile Hall, this time on suicide watch. Through prayer, my husband, Dave, and I sensed God's leading to send Brett to a boarding school with a high success rate for helping troubled teens.

The psychological training at Brett's school was rigorous. Out of more than 20 people in his class, Brett was one of only five graduates.

At the graduation ceremony the graduates stood one by one to thank those who had helped them. Each graduate held a long-stemmed, white rosebud to give to the person who had meant the most to him or her.

Brett spoke lovingly to his mother and father and for the first time took responsibility for the heartaches he had caused.

Finally Brett spoke to me. "You did so much," he said. "You were always there, no matter what. My mom and dad, I was their kid. But you just got stuck with me. All the same you always showed me such love. And I want you to know that I love you for it."

Stunned, I stood as Brett placed the white rosebud in my hand and hugged me hard.

At that moment I realized the truth in God's words to me. Although I had struggled with silent anger toward my stepson, Brett had seen only my actions.

Love is action. We may not always have positive feelings about certain people in our lives. But we can love them.



- Author Unknown -

Saturday, March 16, 2024

Sai Gem -3


Pearl 33

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Emperor Bali stands forth as a sterling example of one who stands by his word whatever the circumstances.  That is why the people of Kerala (a state in South India) worship him to this day and celebrate the festival of Onam in his memory.  What is it that is adored?  It is the virtue of truth.  Without truth, nothing has any value.  Love is the supreme value.  It is not worldly love but Divine love that is precious.  The Divine love encompasses every other form of attachment to friends and others.  Cultivate the enduring friendship of God.  Emperor Bali was prepared to offer everything including himself to God.  That is the spirit in which Bali surrendered to the Lord; that is his greatness.



(Divine Discourse, 27 Aug '96)

O LORD, TAKE MY LOVE

O Lord, take my love, and let it flow in fullness of devotion to Thee;
O Lord, take my hands, and let them work incessantly for Thee;
O Lord, take my soul, and let it be merged in One with Thee;
O Lord, take my mind and thoughts, and let them be in tune with Thee;
O Lord, take my everything, and let me be an instrument to work for Thee.

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