World Peace

The peace of every person on Earth is here now, but it takes vision to bring it into visibility.

- Sue Sikking

Peace is an ongoing process, and although it may not be achieved overnight, it can grow day by day, person by person.

World peace means more than just the end of all turmoil.  It is love that nourishes and sustains.  It is faith that continues to grow from person to person and remains strong from generation to generation.

I may have no road map to world peace, but I don't need one, for God will guide my actions and words.  When I am at peace with myself, I will be peaceful toward all people.

Peace comes about as individual by individual believes that it is possible and perseveres until it is a reality for all.  With the energy of a world of people directed toward peace, unrest withers and is blown away.

God is the source of world peace - of all peace.

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

Q519

Does Mounam (silence) lead to experience of Divinity?



Why did the sages go into the jungle?  To sink their minds in the silent calm of the forest; to dwell ever in the thought of God whose voice is heard when all other voices cease.

(SSS Vol 5, pg 29)

It is only in the depth of silence that the voice of God can be heard.

(SSS Vol 8, pg 185)

Meditation

Good Thoughts

There are some spiritual teachers who advise you to keep a daily diary where you note down every item of evil that you did; they ask you to read it as a spiritual exercise and resolve to correct yourself.  Well, reading it and writing it will only tend to impress it more effectively on the mind.  It is better to substitute good thoughts for the bad and cleanse the mind of all evil by dwelling on righteous deeds and holy thoughts.  Forget the things that you do not want to remember.  Bring to memory only those things that are worth remembering.  That is the sane way to achieve spiritual progress.

(Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol IV, pg 7)

GEM 791

True service means participation in social activities after ridding yourself of egoism and possessiveness and manifesting your qualities of compassion and kindness.

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

Qualitative Prayer

Sai Darshan, Part 2 - 57

To hide one untruth uttered,
Leads to several other lies.
To conceal one fault of yours
You have to pretend to cover
Several others that lead to the fault.
To be hypocritical of your opinion once,
You constantly have to be someone else.
When you join in talks that criticize others,
You bind your tongue to unpleasant conversations.
When you laugh at other's weaknesses,
You lose your own strength to improve yourselves.
Look at what you have made,
Of something within you
That was all pure and divine.
You live in conflict with yourself.
Disagreements between
You true self and your ego,
Will only cause one disaster after another.
Make peace with your true self.
Drop off this ego that has only become a menace.
There is only one voice within, which is true.
Find it. Listen to it. Act upon it.
Be pure and earn My Grace.


From : 'Sai Darshan' - Part II
(Divine Messages received and recorded by Mrs Seema M Dewan)

Love Of God

The preciousness of human birth is indicated by the declaration in the Gita that every human being is a spark of the Divine.  Everyone should look Godward while attending to worldly duties.  If you dedicate all actions to God, there will be no obstacles.  Good thoughts will lead to good actions which produce good results.

Students, you should seek to earn the love of God and His grace.  All other acquisitions are worthless and impermanent.




(Sanathana Sarathi, October 1996, pg 274)

GEM 790

To realize your own inherent divinity, service to the people is the best kind of sadhana.

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

Sai Gem - 30