Divine Task

Rich In Character

Youth is the stage in life when the slightest turn towards wrong will spell disaster.  Thoughts shape the career.  You plan to earn much wealth, because you imagine that rich people are very happy.  The rich have plenty to eat, but they have no appetite.  The rich wield power over others but they are held down by disease.  The rich can have many servants but they cannot live in peace.  So, plan to be rich in virtue, in devotion and dedication to good causes.  Be rich in sovereign character.  What exactly is character?  Steady adherence to truth, renunciation, genuine love, selfless service, these are the essential components of character.  Follow the dictates of your conscience; you can never be wrong.

(Sanathana Sarathi, May 1997, back cover)

My Devotees Are Calling Me

My Devotees Are Calling Me

I do not belong to you.  I am leaving.  I have work to do.  Those who are devoted to Me are calling me.  The Task for which I have come is yet not finished.  I am starting now.

(20.10.1940)


(Extract from : 'God Lives In Prashanti Nilayam')

Eternal Sai - 31

You are the imperishable Aathma that knows no fear. I want you also to banish two ideas from your hearts :

(1) Forget the harm that anyone has done to you, and

(2) Forget the good that you have done to others.

(SSS. Vol XI – Chap 40)

GEM 798

Absorb the teachings of all the great seers and prophets.  Do not despise anyone.

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

THE KEY TO GOD'S HEART (Chapter 5)(Para 10)

To cultivate love for God, one needs no scholarship, wealth, riches nor rigorous austerity. The grace of the Lord is as the ocean, vast and limitless. Anytime of the day or night, He waits for us. He can look after you as if you are the only person in the world and as if He exists only for you, so personal, close and intimate. To win the Lord's love and heart, nothing is required except intense love and devotion. The love that cannot live without the beloved. The love that yearns for and seeks Him with single minded thirst and desire, He being the only one, the only love and beloved. No knowledge or learning is required, no austerities, disciplines, rituals, contortions or qualifications are necessary, nothing but a pure humble heart with an all consuming love which burns within ceaselessly in the inner chamber of the heart manifesting as tears of joy, and at times, as tears of distress at His distance. This golden rope, this thread of love will capture the Lord and bring Him to you, in fact, chain Him to you. Not only will you never be parted from Him, but He will never seek to sunder or escape this enticing bond. It is all He has ever been seeking throughout eternity and is ever seeking age after age.

(From : THE KEY TO GOD'S HEART by R SAI)

Sai Darshan, Part 2 - 58

Look for the eyes of the Guru
The eyes that are a way to love,
A love that seeks no attention,
Expects no awards.
A love that which is so tender,
That will melt one and all.
These eyes speak
A hundred and more silent words.
They hold within them the vision of creation.
When they look at you,
They will emit out a light
That will swallow all the darkness.
It will guide you to a path
That knows all right and no wrong.
Look for these eyes,
And once you find them,
Close your eyes,
Hold on tightly to His feet,
And know that you are saved.


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

Our Emotions

We surf within the emotions of our lives

Riding them like waves on an incoming tide

Our feelings run high as we look to the shore

Cresting some emotion above the ocean's floor

Constantly churning while ebbing and flowing

We do our best to keep them from showing

Appearing outwardly to be calm and serene

But inside our self there is a turbulent scene

We seek the calmness and stillness of a pond

And find that our emotions will not respond

We seek to quell the raging waves inside

Hoping and praying they will quickly subside

~ Author Unknown ~

Cupful Of Nectar

Cupful of Nectar

The ants always swarm wherever there is sweetness........... The bees guard the honey that they collect in their hives.......... Peace is the nectar of bhakti or devotion............. The bhakta or the spiritual aspirant after observing many years of spiritual discipline begins to slowly receive a glimpse of the nectar that flows from the pure love that he contains within and with which he adores His Sweet Lord.............. O how blissful is that sudden taste of peace that fills him in just remembering his creator and in walking
the path in which His beloved Lord walks hand in hand with him........ The bhakta is filled with the vision of His Lord............. The goodness of the Lord  fills his being and he himself strives day and night to be like His Beloved..............

No one understands his love for God............. other than himself................. He realizes the impermanence of all other relationships............ He wishes for them to turn toward the same friendship the he has found with God............ But like the bee he guards the nectar of truth that he has collected in his heart and does not allow his peace to be touched by any other............ Like the ant he swarms wherever the stories of truth are spoken............ and he slowly devours the taste of the truth that has come into his hand. Carrying cupfuls of this nectar he carries it to his loved ones........ begging them to taste what he has ingested and treasured................ Those that refuse in their ignorance he weeps for them and asks the Divine Lord to pour the nectar of truth into their mouths................ He rejoices for those that wish to taste and he prays to the beloved Lord for them to begin their journey............. that very instant!!

What is hardest for him is to be in love with God alone............ How can he contain the joy of that? He is overflowing with love and he wishes for not a drop of that love for God to go wasted............. He prays from his heart

"O Sweet One

That fills my heart

With cupfuls of nectar Divine

To You O Blessed One I ask

Let the love that You have given to me

Always flow from my heart.........
And with each drop of love
That I taste for you
Let me be filled with the peace
That no matter what happens
You O Lord are there with me...........
And if your children
That seek You
Come to me
Let me be able
To fill their hearts
And give to them
A blessed life........
In which they rest
In God’s name
And God rests
As peace in them........

(Inspirational message received by Seema M Dewan on June 6th, 2011)

Soft Answer

Nonresistance is the path to freedom.

- Marion R Brown

My first reaction to what someone has said or done may not be appropriate or even true to how I feel just a few moments later - when I have had time to think things over.  So I know not to let my first reaction overpower me.

Through nonresistance and a soft answer, I decide what I say and how I feel.  What a glorious feeling I experience in being true to myself!

My nonresistant attitude acts as a filter that keeps the anger and judgment of others from adversely affecting me.  And because I am nonresistant, I value the rights of others to voice their own thoughts and beliefs.

My soft answer is a statement to myself and others that I am living with the peace of God within me.  I contribute to the harmony in my relationships when I speak to others from that inner peace.

I speak words of kindness that resonate from my peace-filled soul.

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