GEM 795

You must render, service out of spontaneous urge from within, with a heart filled with love.

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

Hardest to Let Go

Attachment is the hardest to let go...

It takes a whole lot of courage

and infinite strength

that comes from within...

~ adeline108 ~

Seek The God Within

Dearest Swami,

Today, Your message sinks deep into my heart...

"I am God. And you, too, are God.

The only difference between you and Me is that

while I am aware of it, you are completely unaware."

This will be my journey from here on forth,

To seek the God within that I am,

And to find my path back Home to You...

~ adeline108 ~

(written on April 30, 2011)

Silence

Own Self

It is a hard job to know about your own self.  Why, take the case of the food that you eat with your own mouth.  You feel it in your stomach and after that, you do not experience what happens to it at each stage.  How then can you know, without acquiring the special means for it, the truth that lies behind the sheaths that encase and enclose you - - - the Annamaya, Praanamaya, Manomaya, Vijnaanamaya and Aanandamaya (sheaths of material, vital energy, mind, intelligence and bliss)?  Clear your intellect or intellectual power of the cobwebs of the ego, the dust of desire, the soot of greed and envy, and it becomes a fit instrument for revealing the Swarupa - - - the Inner Truth.  "Know yourself, know the Inner Motivator, the Antharuaaamin" - - - That is the exhortation of the scriptures of all faiths.  For, unless you are armed with that knowledge, you are like a ship without a compass, sailing on a stormy sea.

(Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol IV, pg 93)

Q520

What are the other incidental advantages of observing Mounam (silence) or the vow of silence?



Such persons will escape the viles of the intellect, which breed doubts, delusions and dualistic diversions, away from the Atmic reality.

(Prashanti Vahini, pg 67)

GEM 794

Your life will be redeemed only when you involve yourself in the service of the society.

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

Supreme Happiness

The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved - 

loved for ourselves, or rather, in spite of ourselves.

- Victor Hugo

Be Blessed - 36

Why Wait?

Why do we wait till a man is gone

before we tell him of his worth

Why not tell him now

he's the finest man on earth

Why do we wait till the person is gone

to send him flowers galore

When a single rose would have meant so much

if we had taken it to his door

Why do we wait till he cannot hear

the good things we might say

Why put it off, why not tell him now

and share in his joy today

Of course we're busy, that's our excuse

but why oh why do we wait

To tell a person our love for him

until it becomes too late

~ Anonymous ~