True Friend

Thou Shalt

Thou shalt not worry,
for worry is the most unproductive of all human activities.

Thou shalt not be fearful,
for most of the things we fear never come to pass.

Thou shalt not cross bridges before you get to them,
for no one yet has succeeded in accomplishing this.

Thou shalt face each problem as it comes,
you can handle only one at a time anyway.

Thou shalt not take problems to bed with you
for they make very poor bedfellows.

Thou shalt not borrow other people's problems,
they can take better care of them than you can.

Thou shalt not try to relive yesterday
for good or ill, it is gone
concentrate on what is happening in your life today.

Thou shalt count thy blessings,
never overlooking the small ones
for a lot of small blessings add up to a big one.

Thou shalt be a good listener,
for only when you listen do you hear ideas different from your own,
it's very hard to learn something new when you're talking.

Thou shalt not become bogged down by frustration,
for ninety percent of it is rooted in self-pity
and it will only interfere with positive action.

- Elodie Armstrong -

The Creator

There can be no creation without the Creator.  But you are now attempting to possess the creation with no faith in the Creator.

(Gems of Wisdom, Spiritual Quality is Essential, pg 277)

Living in the Presence of God (Vol I/Pt I - 46)

CHAPTER 46


You must exercise strict disciplinary controls over your behavioral patterns. Evil temptations lie ahead at every step of the worldly life. You must walk, avoiding each lure, constantly keeping alert for every trap that is set, only to imprison and suffocate you.


The gifts the world may present to you, today, may seem pleasurable temporarily, but remember, whatever the world may offer, it will only in the end, take back the strengths of the self, making you weaker and enclosing you in a circle of passions and desires. The mind must be trained to accept all without being affected, and let the words "not mine" constantly resound for every worldly possession and desirable attachment. Develop an immunity and tolerance to the ways of the world, and speak not ill of those who have spent their lives building their houses of gold, and in it, lost their own identities, sold their hearts, and have smeared their minds with the black paint of illusions and unrealities. Those you must forgive, who inflict the pain of their own destruction on you. Those you must tolerate and accept, who fear the power of goodness and continue to choose and escape out the easy way. Those you must give a "second chance", who have failed to see God in themselves and in you. Those you must love and never resent, who have never tasted the sweetness of love, and who have offered you only the bitterness of their constant failures. Yes! All those you must forgive, accept, welcome, and love! All those you must tolerate, ignore, encourage, and strengthen. Move on, My dears, and forgive them for their ignorance, accept them for their faults, and welcome and love even their divine energies that remain hidden and unused. Tolerate their sense of differences, ignore their personal attacks, encourage them to rise and change, and strengthen them by rebuilding their faiths with unconditional love, making no exceptions - only by saying "yes" to them. Learn to say "Yes" - say "Yes", and save them all! Those who have fallen in this puddle of mud must be made to rise, cleaned, and changed to new. With the strengths of your own examples, show them that the self never falls, never stains, and never fails. With the strength of your own examples, show them that goodness is always the truth, the right and the God. Show the world, My sweet, that love always conquers, love only sacrifices, and love will only attract God - "to you", at all times, in every place. The world will see, and one day, it will follow. It will learn its lesson of God, it will resound with the words of truth, and it will awaken with a new dawn, with a brighter promise - one day it will - but until then, let that one day be your today and our tomorrow.




- Divine Messages received and recorded by Mrs Seema M Dewan

GEM 530

It is not the standard of living that is important, but the manner of living.

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

Sai Darshan 1 (Universal) - Part 1 - 10

Your whole focus must be to please Me.

Once you please Me,

You automatically please everyone.

From : 'Sai Darshan' - Part I

(Divine Messages received and recorded by Mrs Seema M Dewan)

Always An Answer

There are two ways of meeting difficulties :

you alter the difficulties or you alter yourself meeting them.

- Phyllis Bottome

When I have tried everything I can think of to solve a problem and still the solution eludes me, I may be tempted to give up.  But I won't give up when I turn to God, because my trust in God reminds me that there is always a way, always a solution to every problem.  With God, I won't give up; I go on.

Thinking about God takes my mind off the problem and puts it where it should be - on being open to the solution.  In God's presence, I realize that I have the strength to go on, that I can move forward to discover the right answer.  And finding the right answer is possible, for God has given me all the resources that I need to find it.

I have patience and courage through any challenge, because I know that with God, there is always a way, always an answer.

With God, there is always a way,

always a solution, always an answer.

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

Good And Evil

Do Not Give Up

Whatever studies you may pursue, do not give up your faith in God.  To give up God is to give up life itself.  Life is God, Truth is God.  All that you do as an offering to God will be an expression of human values.

(Gems of Wisdom, Practice and Precept, pg 239)

Q416

What are the three cardinal principles of welfare, wisdom and virtue enshrined in the scriptures ?

"Sarvaloka Hite Ratah" (one should be engaged in the welfare of all). "Sarvajnanopasampannah" (one should master all forms of knowledge), "Sarvasamudhita Gunaihi" (one should be the embodiment of all virtues). The key to these three cardinal principles, namely well-being, wisdom and virtue, is contained in three P's - purity, patience and perseverance.

(SS Nov 2000, pg 356, Summer Course discourse on 18-5-2000)