Blessed Guru Poornima 2026

 

Blessed Guru Poornima to all Sai brothers and sisters...

May every being be happy and be free from suffering.

Jai Sai Ram!

Patience

Courage And Faith

A man was being chased by a tiger. He ran as hard as he could until he was at the edge of a cliff with the tiger in hot pursuit. The man looked over the edge of the cliff and saw a branch growing out of the side of the cliff a few feet down. He jumped down and grabbed the branch just as the tiger reached the cliff. The tiger growled viciously as the man sighed a great sigh of relief.

Just then a mouse came out from a crevice and began to chew on the branch. The man looked down to what was a drop of a thousand feet and sure death and looked to the heavens and yelled out, "Dear God, if you are there, please help. I will do anything you ask but please help."

Suddenly a voice came booming down from heaven, "You will do anything I ask?" it questioned.

The man shocked to hear a reply to his plea yelled back, "I will gladly do anything you ask, but please save me."

The voice from heaven then replied, "There is one way to save you but it will take courage and faith."

The branch began to weaken from the mouse and the tiger was still growling a few feet above the man, "Please, Lord, tell me what I must do and I will do it. Your will is my will."

The voice from heaven then said, "All right then, let go of the branch."

The man looked down to a fall of a thousand feet and certain death. He looked up at the hungry tiger a few feet away and he looked at the mouse still chewing on the branch. Then he looked up at the heavens and yelled, "Is there anyone else up there?"

- Anonymous -

Attachment

Grief is caused, as joy is caused, by the attachment of the senses to objects.  Once you know that you are not the senses or the mind, but HE, who operates the senses and wield the mind, you cross the bounds of pleasure and pain.

(Gems of Wisdom, Suffering, pg 171)

GEM 810

Awareness is life.

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

Book of Memories

Hidden in the attic,

all the way upstairs,

is something very special,

that I would like to share.

My hopes,

my dreams,

old photographs,

of good times and bad times that make me laugh.

The joy of a hug,

the thrill of a kiss,

leaves me to remember the pure, simple bliss.

I cry for the fun,

and giggle for the pain,

I enjoyed the good life I was able to maintain.

The thoughts and wishes,

they all stay with me,

all of these contained in my book of memories.

~ Kathleen Sheppard ~

Sai Gem - 31

Merge Into You

Every night as I lay down on my pillow,

Cover me with Your Pure Consciousness,

so I may merge into You...

Every morn as I awake from slumber,

Shine on me Your Divine Effulgence,

so I may merge into You...

Every moment as I exist in form,

Illumine me with Your Loving Presence,

so I may merge into You...

~ adeline108 ~

Energy Of Spirit

A woman is like a tea bag; You never know her strength until you drop her in hot water.

- Nancy Reagan

There is an eternal spirit of life within me that springs from the very Spirit which created me.  Like a stream of healing water, Spirit flows into every area, every cell of my mind and body.  Rejuvenating life is an integral part of me.

I am refreshed!  Each time I enter into an awareness of the spirit of life within, I am cooperating with healing energy.  In tune with Spirit, I glow with life - life that renews every cell, every organ, every system of my body.

God's spirit within is my source of life!  And with all my mind and heart, I believe in the divine plan for my body's capacity to heal.  I am imbued with the spirit of life - the ever-renewing life of God.

God's spirit within is my source of life and renewal.

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

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