GEM 712

The mind has to be completely emptied of all bad thoughts to achieve real peace.

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

Inner Purity

Inner purity is even more important than outer purity.  By practicing patience and forbearance, we will be able to acquire all the other important spiritual qualities, such as Mind Control, Faith, Renunciation, Endurance, Concentration.  This will bring a state of inner purity.  God is ever present both inside and out.  Therefore, both must be purified and sanctified.  Then the indwelling God will protect you wherever you go.

(Gems of Wisdom, Purity of Body, pg 271)

Tear Of Sacrifice

Working With God

Life's under no obligation to give us what we expect.

- Margaret Mitchell

How do I help people who are going through a challenge to find strength and comfort?

Do I say anything to them other than to offer an encouraging word?  Perhaps the answer lies in my own faith in God - faith that God is guiding them and that the right outcome is even now coming about.

Whether I am conscious of it or not, God's will is actively at work in my life and in the lives of others.  And as we each recognise this truth and work with God rather than worrying about the next step, we will find that our lives are so much smoother.

So I know for myself and others that we are beings of eternal oneness and strength.  God offers each of us comfort and support, and because God is always supporting us, each day is brighter than the day before.

I let God's will be my will.

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

GEM 711

The mind cannot hold the holder, that is to say, the inner motivator God.  So, in order to save yourselves from the waywardness of the mind and its minions, you have to hold on to the holder.

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

Spiritual Qualities

The genuine outer signs of devotion are : faith, humility and apprehension.

Qualities like forbearance, sympathy, truth, love and compassion are the spiritual qualities of mankind and are essential for people anywhere in the world at all times.

(Gems Of Wisdom, What Is Realization, pg 270)

Selfish

Sai Darshan II, Part 1 - Message 24

Sai Darshan II, Part 1 - Message 24

No doubt you must

Use the power of your will

To think and plan.

But once you have

Finished outlining your goal

You must offer to Me

Your plan

And then patiently

Make way

For the Supreme Will

To unfold to you

My Master Plan.

And even if you

Are unable to see

My very next step

You must be grateful

That all the burdens

That laid upon your shoulder

Now rests

Upon the lap of God.

Your job is to

Think, plan and surrender...

My job is to carry it out

In complete perfection!

(Extract from : Sai Darshan II written by Seema M Dewan)

Q487

How does Japa cleanse the mind and help in realization?



You know there is butter in the milk. But you have to subject it to the process of turning into curd and then churning it to get butter. Similarly, in the pot of the body, there is the milk of Divinity. You have to churn it using Buddhi as churning rod and Bhakti as the rope. Out of churning comes butter, which is Self-realization. You get it from what is already there inside you.

(SSS Vol 26, pg 135)

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