Discrimination

The power of discrimination is definitely more valuable than bookish knowledge, wealth and physical strength.  The coordination of thoughts, words and deeds is the first step in spiritual growth.  Lack of correlation between ideas, utterances and actions leads to self-destruction, hypocrisy and spiritual bankruptcy.  The proper study of mankind is man.  The generation, expression and efflorescence of humanitarian depends on the proper integration of thought, speech and action.  In other words, the rapport between mental and physical activities is an essential ingredient of spiritual training.

(Summer Showers 1979, pg 15)

Beliefs

Making Your Mark

If the essence of my being has caused a smile to have appeared upon your face 
or a touch of joy within your heart - 
then, in living, I have made my mark.

- Thomas L Odem Jr

GEM 494

Food and bad habits are responsible for qualities in man good or bad.

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

VEDA 423

Who is responsible for the erosion of values in man? He himself is responsible for his devaluation. Today we don't find any trace of human values in human beings. Human values do not come from outside. They are already there in every person. But man is not able to recognize this. He speaks untruth, undertakes wrong activities, looks at forbidden things and entertains wrong thoughts. He has lost his purity. How can we call a person a human being if he lacks human values?



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

Q402

What does Matsarya mean?

When others are as happy as yourself, it makes one miserable; one cannot tolerate it.

(Prasnottara Vahini, Pg 32)

Divine Thought - 11

Divine Message

Never fear shadows.  They simply mean there's a light shining somewhere nearby.

- Ruth E. Renkel

I can learn so much about myself when I truly listen to myself - to my own thoughts and my conversations with others.

Yet, there is a deeper level of listening that brings out an even greater understanding.  In silence, I listen to the indwelling spirit of God.  The message I listen to is one of grace : God's assurance that I am loved unconditionally.

And the wonder of grace is this : The more I listen to its message of love and acceptance, the more I want to be loving and accepting of myself and others.  Grace - God's love in action - builds me up and directs me in living a life that blesses me and others.

Thank You, God, for Your message of unconditional love.

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

Greed

Education today promotes greed instead of paralyzing it.  The aim is to earn more monetary income.  So the struggle is directed to the acquisition of degrees which bring higher salaries.  The learned man is anxious to exploit society, to pilfer from society by means fair or foul.  He is not eager to give to society, to benefit society.  He is concerned with what he can get from society, not what he can give to it.




(Gems of Wisdom, Education, pg 184)

Inner Light