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 ~

VEDA 50

Rise every day as if you are rising from death. Say, "Thus am I born. Make me speak soft and sweet words, behave coolly and comfortingly towards all, do deeds that shower happiness on all, form ideas which are beneficial to all. May this day be worthwhile by Thy service." Pray like this, sitting on your bed, before you start the day's schedule. Remember that pledge through out the day.



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

Sai Jewel - 30

Never Give Up

Beloved 49

Beloved,

You are My precious child.  Let Me fill your mind with the unlimited possibilities that are available to you now.  Listen, and I will reveal how you can use new ideas in exciting ways.

Follow the way I am showing you and discover the wonder of who you really are : My beloved creation.  Nothing will be impossible for you when you learn that you can let go of what is no longer in your best interests.  So let My light shine in and through you, for it will cast a glow of love all around you.

Every hour of every day, you are unfolding more and more of your true identity : a spirit-filled being of life and love.

"Strive for the greater gifts.  And I will show you a still more excellent way."

- 1 Corinthians 12:31

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

Knowledge

Do not respect men who are caught up in the tangle of the senses.  Give respect according to the knowledge each possesses of himself, i.e., of the Immanent and the Transcendent.

How do you fix the price of cane?  According to the sugar content, is it not?  So too, a man is worthy of honor in proportion to the knowledge of the Self he has acquired.  The knowledge alone can confer steadiness and strength.  Without it, all profession of renunciation, all pretense of devotion, all performance of charity are but tongue-deep or skin-deep!

(Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol IV, pg 48)