Heart Blessing

We need to stir up that creative imagination and expand horizons; having a positive outlook helps us stay healthy.

- Ardath Rodale

Each beat of my heart is a blessing, for each beat ensures that the oxygen I need is circulating to all the cells of my body.  What a miraculous organ my heart it!

Yet my heart is so much more than an organ that pumps blood throughout my body.  It is also a spiritual centre within me, circulating divine love into every part and particle of my being.

And like each heartbeat, each loving thought I think is a blessing that nourishes me.  Loving thought after thought is generated from my heart centre.

In wave after wave, the constant assurance of God's love is in perfect rhythm with the steady beat of my heart.


With all my heart, I give thanks to God for creating me to express love.


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

Happiness

GEM 693

It is only when impure and unholy thoughts are expelled from the mind that sacred feelings will enter it.

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

Remove The Bad

If man wished to be happy, the first exercise he must do is to remove from his mind every bad thought, feeling and habit.

(Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol XI, pg 183)

Be Blessed - 23

Lady In The Mirror

She stared in the mirror, long and hard, her eyes glazed over. She was not seeing the reflection that stared back at her; she was lost in a world of memories. In an instant she was back; the reflection in the mirror confused her. For a second she thought it was her mother staring back at her. But as reality slowly set back in, she realized that the reflection was indeed hers.

Gone was the beauty spot of years gone by; in its place she saw a mole. Gone were the dimples that once graced her cheeks. Where had those cute little dimples gone, she thought to herself? Where did those wrinkles come from?

So caught up in the daily chores of her day to day life, she had not noticed that time had not stood still, until today when she happened to stop and look, really look into the mirror; the mirror that had seen her transition from a bright-eyed 20 year old full of hope.

The years had passed her by and as she wondered about this cruel twist of fate, that mother nature eventually throws everyone's way, she began to smile.

The years appeared to have whizzed by at an incredible rate and her light, it seemed, was indeed glowing dimmer by the minute. It was then that it dawned on her. She knew deep down in her heart, she knew right down to the very core of her being that if she were given the choice to have her time over again, she would not change a thing. She was right where she was meant to be.

As she stared at this stranger in the mirror, she looked deep into her eyes. She could see the wisdom and the kindness that emanated from them. She also noticed that there was a warmth that had not been there, oh so many years ago.

Finally, after years of trying to live up to the stereotypes that constantly assaulted her, she finally saw beauty, real beauty.

"You are beautiful," she whispered at the mirror and this time she meant it; she really, really meant it. 

- Elisabeth Folino -

愛LOVE愛 Speaks - 12

Rejoice In All Things

There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in the world 

that is not intended to make us rejoice.

- John Calvin

Q480

Why do not all get immediate response to their prayers from Swami?



The man who dies, prays to Me to receive him; the persons who weep at his departure, pray to Me to keep him alive. I know both sides of the picture, the past and the present, the crime and the punishment, the achievement and the reward, and so I carry out what is just, though modified by Grace. I am not affected one way or the other, by the arrival into the world of some or the departure from it of some others. My nature is Nitya-anandam. You can share in that Anandam by following My instructions and practicing what I say.

(SSS Vol 3, pg 160)

VEDA 30

There are three teachers for every one. The first, are the parents. They sacrifice their lives to give comfort to their children in a practical way by taking good care of them. The second teacher is preceptor who guides the student in exercising his discrimination and taking the right path towards realizing the divinity within him. The third teacher is your own conscience. This is divine and always helps one to take the correct decision.



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