Gifts

The universe has an infinite capacity of givingness for you, but you must develop your capacity to receive and use its gifts.

- Rebecca Clark

As a child of God, I have been given gifts that have helped shape me and make me uniquely me.  These gifts are mine to use, to enjoy, and to share with others.

A gentle smile, a cheerful hello, a helping hand, a loving hug - these are all gifts I can give to those in need of encouragement.

Perhaps my calm presence will make the difference when a young child needs reassurance or when a friend needs a boost in confidence to accomplish something.  Just knowing I am there to love and support them may be the best gift I can give to them.

Whatever my own special gifts may be, I know that they have been given to me by my loving Creator to enjoy and to share.

I have special gifts to give, and I give them with a glad heart.

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

GEM 788

To cross the ocean of samsara (the cycle of birth and death), all that is necessary is service to good people and no other religious observance.

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

Spirit

Never Waste

It is by accumulating the benefit of many good deeds in many earlier lives of yours that you are now born as a human being.  Because you are not aware of the great good treasures that you have thus accumulated as a result of which you have the reward of your present life, you are not assigning the necessary value to human life.  If you are only aware of the extent of the goodness of your previous births that has brought to the stage of your present life, you will never waste this present life.

(Summer Showers in Brindavan, 1973, pg 47)

GEM 787

Through reading, you gather information but through service, you get transformation.

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

Sai Darshan II, Part 1 - Message 29

Sai Darshan II, Part 1 - Message 29

I alone fill this universe.

Wherever you are

Whatever you may do

It is I alone

Who is there with you...

For I created

All of this

From My very own Self

And I covered

My Glory

With the beauty

Of the many forms

That you may see... hear... touch

Smell and taste.

The one who learns

To conquer these senses

Shall turn away

From the external cover

And reach within...

And then he shall see

From the eye

That I have placed

Within each heart.

The moment he sees

The truth so vast

In the light so bright

He shall find the inner silence.

And in that bliss

He shall smile

And say nothing

To all who ask.

For he alone

Will know My truth

And in that truth

He will find

His peace forever.

(Extract from : Sai Darshan II written by Seema M Dewan)

Resign Yourself

Resign yourself into God's hands; let Him give success or failure, what does it matter? He may be bent upon toughening you, or it may be for your good, in the long run. How can you judge? Who are you to judge? Do your best and keep mum.

(From : Sai Veda, The Word of God,
sayings of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba as compiled by Ramadas Gollapudi)

Pure Home

Q517

What is Mounam (silence)?



It is not the keeping of the mouth shut.  It means, the getting beyond the influence of all the senses and getting established always in the consciousness of one's own Reality.

(Prashanti Vahini, pg 67)

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