Be Blessed - 6

GEM 564

Observe continence, avoid covetousness and lead a good, righteous life.

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

Sharing Joy

Joy is meant to be shared. (It's hard to keep to yourself, after all!) Think of it like a tasty apple pie. You can't eat the whole thing, can you? No, you need to spread the love, share the slices. So it is with joy. When you're going through a particularly joyful season, pass the plates. Sharing is half the fun!

- Janice Hanna

VEDA 5

I do not call upon to cultivate faith in Me or to worship Me. I want only that you should cultivate faith in yourselves, and worship the Lord who is utilizing you as His instrument. Realize that your essential core is the ATMA (the soul).




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

Q430

How has a sadhaka to resolve the three gunas on his spiritual journey ?

The three gunas (qualities of the mind) have to be transcended one after the other, thamas (lethargy) being transmuted into rajas (passionate activity) and rajas into sathwa and sathwa (serenity and poise) too, at last into characteristiclessness. The gunas bind man and leave 'impressions'. Thamas is like the worms that creep and crawl in offal; rajas is like the fly that sits on foul things as well as fair; sathwa is like the bee that visits only fragrant flowers. But all three are drawn towards objects, whereas one should be free from all traces of attachment. When hearts are infested with flies and worms, the spray of Namasmarana has to be used for disinfecting the place.

(SSS Vol 4, pg 133)

Peek A Boo

I was in a local Goodwill store today looking for a shirt for my son. As I was glancing at the clothing racks I noticed a young mother with her two daughters. The youngest was barely a year old and sat patiently in the shopping cart while her mother browsed through the racks. Her oldest was about 3 years old and had curly, brown hair. When I looked down at her she slipped behind the low hanging shirts, popped back out at me, and laughed. It had been a lot of years since I played peek a boo with my own daughter, but I joined in, hiding behind the shirts when she did and popping back out with her. 

With each time her laughter grew louder and happier while her baby sister watched us and smiled. After the game I thanked the Mother for letting me play with her beautiful daughters, waved goodbye to the little girls, and headed out the door with my smile wider and my heart lighter.

Isn't it amazing how the littlest things can bring us the greatest joy? Isn't it incredible how the tiniest acts of kindness can make God smile? Isn't it wonderful how the smallest sharing of love can make all of Heaven sing? The truth is it is these small things that make life worth living. It is these tiny acts that make the world a better place. It is this love we share that brings us closer to each other, to Heaven, and to God.

There are so many little things we can do everyday to share our love, to create joy, and to make God smile. A pat on the back can set a spirit soaring. A shared smile can bring another Child of God closer to Heaven. Even a game of peek a boo can help to build a better world. It certainly built one in my heart today. The joy I got from it was passed on to everyone I met. It rippled out in a wave of happiness that will go on forever. May you fill all your days with kind little things then. May you live well, laugh much, and love always.

- Joseph J. Mazzella -

Vibrant Being

Our words of healing turn on the generator...

we feel a new, buoyant lightness coupled with fresh strength.

- Mary Katherine MacDougall

To be the vibrantly alive person God created me to be, I think thoughts of health and healing.  I speak words of life and vitality to myself and about myself.

Such incredible power is released through words of life and healing.  They resonate through my entire being, evoking a response that awakens me to living life fully.

Healing words encourage me to be aware of God as the source of life, and as I let such encouragement saturate my mind and body, I am empowered.

The life within the cells of my body responds to my thoughts and words.  So I think and speak of life, and then, I just naturally move forward by doing what enriches me spiritually, emotionally, and physically.

"Yes" is the response of my cells to words of life and healing.

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

Sai Jewel - 15

Where Is God?

Some ask, where is God to be found?  God can be realized only after a long process of cleansing and at the end of systematic disciplined preparation.  Without learning the alphabet, how can anyone dare condemn the classic?

(Gems of Wisdom, Where is God?, pg 337)

Love For God