GEM 745

Consider service to humanity as your very life breath.  Then, you too, will have divine effulgence.

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

Sai Darshan, Part 2 - 51

Anxiety is a disease that leaves you
Devoid of peace.
Your mind races with thoughts of fear.
It leaves you restless and agitated.
Today a lot of you suffer from this illness.
You are anxious of your children's future.
You worry about your jobs and family life.
Some of you are even anxious
When you visit Swami.
You are anxious
If I was able to see you during Darshan.
You are anxious for an interview.
With a result you double your anxieties
When you leave from Puttaparthi.
Fear arises when there is lack of surrender.
You want Me to run your lives,
But you hold the reins tightly in your hands.
Your mind thinks one, your words say another,
Leaving your actions confused.
You have different identities filled in one person.
Focus on what you truly believe.
The biggest injustice you do to yourselves,
Is to deceive your own self.
If you have chosen to be Godward,
Follow it !
Follow it by mind, words and actions.
Once there is synchrony in these,
You will be less confused,
And your anxieties
Will become a part of your past only.


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

Divine Moment

Remember The Name

For a trouble-free journey, there is nothing so reliable
 as the remembrance of the Name of the Lord.

(Baba, The Breath Of Sai, pg 317)

Recognition

All of us, no matter what our place in life, no matter what we do, whether we realise it or not, are serving God.

- Martha Smock

Behind every great work, deed, or action, there are usually some unsung heroes who have helped.  And while I may not always receive recognition from others, I know that God recognises my contribution.  Above all else, God knows.

God recognises even my intention to bless.  By dedicating myself and what I do to God, I am naturally blessed with a return of the faith and love - from many people and in diverse circumstances.

And throughout the day, I remind myself to recognise others who help me.  I give thanks for the people who provide the clean environment in which I work and the person who delivers the mail to my house.  I give thanks for everyone who has touched my life in some way.

The God-life in me recognises the God-life in all others.

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

GEM 744

Consider service as conducive to your own spiritual development.

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

Living in the Presence of God (Vol I/Pt I - 60)

CHAPTER 60


Man spends his life in the shadow of his pride, and it is this pride, one day, that will make him the deluded man, without God. He forms an image of himself that is larger than the largest mountain, and yet he crumbles with the slightest sway of a breeze that may go against him. It's all what you think yourselves to be - but nothing what you really are! Your aspirations are to find and become God - yet your practices, study, and behavior to attain this are quite the contrary.


The true nature of God that lies within you cannot be proven by another, but it remains only to be discovered by you. You can question the truth several times, but the answer lies only in experiencing it, yourselves. You can theoretically learn the skills of driving and know the fact and function of every part that lies in the car, but without the actual practice of learning the control behind the steering wheel, you will never actually learn the true skills of being a good driver. Yes! The fact must be your faith, the faith must become the practice, and practice will lead to pure perfection.


You find it difficult to believe in that which cannot be proven - yet think, My dears, of how many questions remain unanswered; like, why birth? Why death? Why life? What is the force that lies behind creation? Several facts remain unproven and unclear to you, because the one answer that lies behind several of these unspoken questions is, O sweet, "the existence of God"! You must stop to doubt this one fact that remains to be the only truth that lies in you and around you. All else is the waking dream - a dream that has become your agitation of desires. You have begun to cling to your imaginations and have developed fearful attachments to each character, each role and every scene.


All can be owned, yet none of these material possessions will give you the sense of being complete and content. The self within you is the owner of all, yet the need of the self is none other but to "give". The treasury of the king is full, yet all including him, belongs to his subjects. That is what makes him the "king", for he is able to sit on a golden throne with all the riches that surround him, and still, he only thinks and lives to protect the children of the kingdom. The sound of his victory in the kingdom is none other but the smile of contentment of his subjects. His ministers are his mind, and his armies are his hands. You, too, must be the king that sits on the golden throne of "faith" - faith in the God that is your life. Fill your treasures, My dears, with the virtues and character that speak your faith, and use this treasure to serve the contentment that lies in the purity and goodness to all - for you must be their angel that spreads her wings of love to protect them from the false glitter of gold. Be the gold, and let each act become a jewel that will only enhance the beauty of God - God is your only beauty, all the rest is only pride - the pride in hollow vanity.




- Divine Messages received and recorded by Mrs Seema M Dewan

Sai Gem - 27

Sai Darshan 1 (Universal) - Part 1 - 25

An act of service is that
Which is truly done in My presence.
It can be compared to a game of hide and seek.
You are looking for the Swami
Hidden in the ones you serve,
And once you seek Swami,
You have definitely won the game.
I do not scale any acts of service big or small.
What I measure is the quantity of love in it.
Feel very fortunate at the smallest opportunity
To be given to serve.
Every act done with true love is nothing,
But another stone paved,
In your spiritual path to reach Me.


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

Detachment