A Hug

A hug is a wonderful thing. It's a marvelous gift to share. It's a grand way to say; "I care." A hug communicates support, security, affection, unity, and belonging. A hug shows compassion. A hug brings delight. A hug charms the senses. A hug touches the soul.

Hugs are healthy. Hugs ease pain, reduce stress, cure depression, induce sleep, rejuvenate the heart, yet have no side effects... a true miracle medicine.

A hug can say, "I love you." A hug can say, "I hate to see you go." A hug can say, "it's good to have you back." A hug can say, "It's great to see you." A hug can say, "I feel your pain." A hug can say, "let me share your burden."

No matter whether you're the sender or receiver, hugs touch the inner being. From friends, to family, to loved ones, to those in need; a hug warms the heart.

A hug is truly amazing. It gives conscience and purpose to sharing of self. It brings generosity to the giver and happiness to the receiver. It brings blessings to those who give and joy to those who receive.

Hugs are one of the reasons God gave us arms. So, stretch out your arms to someone today. Reach out to those you love. It will warm the heart of the giver and give light to the soul of the recipient.

Reach out to your neighbor. It will show that you care. Reach out to one in need. It will show that you are responsible. Reach out to the world. It will show God that you care for His creation. 

- Bob Stoess -

Beloved 28

Beloved,

Come to Me, and I will give you rest.  Trust in Me, and let Me help you through every situation.  When you do, you will find that every moment of your life is filled with wonder, that every moment is a time of golden opportunities.

Look beyond appearances to what you know in your heart is true : We are one!  One with Me, you are one with every other creation on Earth.  As you live each day in harmony with others, you will begin to see - perhaps for the first time - how powerful unconditional love and faith are in bringing about miracles.

In this glorious moment, we are united in a vision - a vision for the future of what can be achieved through harmony and love.

My blessings are with you as you continue on the grand adventure that is your life!

"Come to Me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest."

- Matthew 11:28

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

The Teacher

Education can claim success only when it results in the student gaining awareness of the Divinity inherent in him and others.  No academic degree can confer as much self-confidence and self-realization as that awareness.  It has to be transmitted by teachers who have attained it through a sense of duty and in a spirit of love.  It has to be accepted by students who have cultivated faith in the teacher and reverence for his role.  The pot that pours and the pot that receives have to be steady and straight, eager to give and gain.  If the teacher has the responsibility to inspire and illumine, the student has the responsibility to respond to the Love and Light, discarding all contrary thoughts.  Thoughts that arise from the region of the pleasant cannot co-exist with those which arise from the tough challenges of higher life.  The student must be equipped to prefer the latter to the former.

(Gems of Wisdom, The Teacher and Tomorrow, pg 192)

Hopeless Desires

Q405

Which Vidya awards permanent happiness ?

Permanent happiness can be secured only through one Vidya, the Upanishadic Vidya. That is the science of God-realization. That alone can save man and grant him peace. There is nothing higher than that.

(Prema Vahini, pg 37)

Nirvana

All is abolished but the mute Alone.
The mind from thought released, the heart from grief,
Grow inexistent now beyond belief;
There is no I, no Nature, known-unknown.
The city, a shadow picture without tone,
Floats, quivers unreal; forms without relief
Flow, a cinema's vacant shapes; like a reef
Foundering in shoreless gulfs the world is done.

Only the illimitable Permanent
Is here. A Peace stupendous, featureless, still.
Replaces all, - what once was I, in It
A silent unnamed emptiness content
Either to fade in the Unknowable
Or thrill with the luminous seas of the Infinite.

~ Sri Aurobindo ~

GEM 501

Good company is important; it helps to cultivate good qualities.

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

Sai Darshan 1 (Universal) - Part 1 - 8

Do not waste your life in making arrangements,
For they have already been made.
Use that time wisely instead to do prayers,
And seeking Me in all, in every living form.
Only have faith in my arrangements,
And know that I am present
At all times everywhere.
All you have to do is to ask for My help.
I require no time to travel.
My presence is certain anywhere,
Where I am sincerely thought of.
In fact, your thought of Me, and My presence
Are instantaneous.


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

End of Education

The end of education is character and the end of knowledge is Love.  If we concentrate on book knowledge at the cost of its practical application, we will be spoiling the name of Education itself.  Education should lead one to humility, which in turn equips him with all the eligibility.  Eligibility provides him with necessary material wealth, which enables him to do some charitable deeds.  Charity makes him happy both in this world and the higher one after this.

(SSS Vol X, pg 11)

Sai Darshan, Part 2 - 19

When anger comes, let it go.
Let it go, before it erupts.
Like hot lava, that leaves everything bare.
Anger travels from your mind
Into the gaze of your eyes,
Into the words of your lips,
Into the acts of your hands.
It intoxicates you, it weakens you emotionally.
It tires you physically
And drains you of your energy.
It makes you hurt others.
It fills fear in your children
And creates unhappiness
Within you and to all around.
Then why do you welcome it?
Shut the doors to anger.
Do not let it enter in your thoughts.
If it does, close your eyes.
Be determined not to allow to it to travel further.
Be victorious and take control of your senses.
You are it's master.
Know that and act on it thereby.


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