Your Right

The Creation

Man today is like a horseman riding two horses at the same time.  Man aspires for the Divine, but at the same time, yearns for worldly pleasures.

Man forgets that the Creator contains the Creation.  Forgetting this truth, man runs after the phenomenal world.  Man behaves like a fool, who cries for butter while having milk in his hand.

(Gems of Wisdom, What is Realization?, pg 269)

GEM 822

Dharma and Jnana (right conduct and spiritual wisdom) are two eyes given to man to discover his uniqueness and his divinity.

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

Q531

Should one pray to God for grace or will it come as a consequence of performing good deeds?



Grace is showered on those who seek.  Knock, and the door will be opened; ask, and food will be served; search, and the treasure will be yours.

(SSS Vol 9, pg 123)

Prayer Of St Francis

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is Hatred, let me sow Love.
Where there is Injury, Pardon.
Where there is Doubt, Faith.
Where there is Despair, Hope.
Where there is Darkness, Light, and
Where there is Sadness, Joy.

O Divine Master,
Grant that I may not so much
seek to be consoled as to console;
To be understood, as to understand;
To be loved, as to love;
For it is in giving that we receive,
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
And it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life.

~ St Francis of Assisi ~

Love And Discipline

Worldly Attachment

As a drop of water on a lotus leaf disappears in no time, even so, we should know that our life is transient and will disappear very much like that and in no time.  The world is full of sorrow and the human body is full of disease.  Our life of turbulent thoughts are like a dilapidated house.  Under these circumstances, it is possible to live in a peaceful manner only by following the Divine path and getting over all our worldly attachments.

(Gems of Wisdom, Spiritual Level, pg 265)

NOURISH THE SOUL

"Prayer nourishes my soul."

I know how important it is to feed my body nourishing foods and to get plenty of exercise and rest. Such actions help my body to be as healthy as it was created to be and to perform in peak condition.

It is equally important to feed my soul with the kind of nourishment it needs so that I can maintain a healthy balance in my spirit, soul, and body. I feed my soul with divine ideas that stimulate creative actions by spending time in prayer with God.

In prayer, I give thanks for the marvelous abilities of my body and for the smooth and efficient way it functions. And I am equally grateful for the nourishment for my soul that I receive in this sacred time with God. Blessed by God, I express my appreciation : "Thank You, God, for nourishing my soul!"

"Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health,

just as it is well with your soul."

- 3 John 1:2

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

GEM 821

Dharma and fame are the only permanent things in the world.

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

Each His Own