Desire For God

Through The Eyes Of Love

I keep my ideals because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.

- Anne Frank

The more loving I am to others, the more of God's love I am letting move out into the world through me.  My heart beats with the rhythm of divine love so that my actions are in accord with the loving actions of others.  Together we are praying for and working towards bringing more love into the world.

My first step is to take a closer look at my own attitudes and beliefs.  Through eyes of love, I see what adjustments need to be made and then follow through with the divine guidance I receive in making those changes.

Now I am ready to accept other people just as they are.  There is so much beauty and diversity in all humankind, and with my acceptance, I am truly beholding everyone through the eyes of divine love.

The love of God within me brings harmony to all my relationships.

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

Start Sadhana

When you scatter seeds on the surface of the soil, they do not germinate.  You have to keep them inside the soil.  So too, Bodha (knowledge), if it is scattered on the surface, it will not germinate, grow into the tree of knowledge and yield the fruit of wisdom.  Plant it in the heart, water the plant with divine love, manure it with Faith and Courage, keep off pests with the insecticides of Bhajana (group singing of holy names) and Sathsanga (company of the holy), so that you can benefit in the end.  You have not yet got started in Sadhana; still you demand Saanthi; you demand Grace.  How is it ever possible?  Start! then everything will be added unto you.

(Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol IV, pg 101)

NINE OR TEN?

Ten men were walking to their destination. They walked all night. When dusk fell, they decided to rest. One of them said, let us count and make sure that all of us are present, lest either of us get lost. So one of them counted all the heads and said, “There are only nine, one of us is lost!” He spoke out the names of all his companions. They were all there. But the count was still nine instead of ten. Another one of them said, “You sit down, let me count.” So he too counted all the members of the group and said, “Indeed there are nine; where is the tenth one? It seems we have lost one member of our group.”

A third member decided to count the members and concluded that there were certainly nine. They started mourning the loss of their missing companion.

A passer by happened to be watching. He asked them, “What is the matter, friends?” They said, “Ten of us set off on a journey, but now we are only nine. One of us is lost. We don’t know what to do?”

The passer-by said, “All of you stand up and as I tap your head, you sit down. All of them stood up. The man took off his slipper and slapped it hard on the head of the first man and said, “One!”

The man yelped like an injured puppy and sat down. Then he slapped his slipper on the second man’s head and said, “Two!” The second man cried, “Oooh!” and sat down with a bang. “Three,” ... down went the third one, nursing his swollen head. “Four”; “Five”; “Six”; “Seven”; “Eight”; “Nine” and “Ten!”

The men were overjoyed that they had found their tenth member. None of them realized that each of those who had counted had forgotten to count himself. They needed an outsider to make them realize that they were actually ten, not nine!

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This story may be amusing for children. But it holds a very deep meaning. For those who are hungry for knowledge, here is some food for thought –

The journey signifies the journey of life. While crossing it, man sees himself in many roles. But he is not at peace because he feels that he is not complete. This is the time he needs help from God or from a Guru. The Guru does not create anything new in him; he only helps him to find out that which he has forgotten. He tells him that the Atma in him is the most important element in him. When man realizes this he attains bliss!

(FROM SUNRAYS FOR THURSDAY BY PRIYA & SANJAY TANDON)

GEM 795

You must render, service out of spontaneous urge from within, with a heart filled with love.

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

Hardest to Let Go

Attachment is the hardest to let go...

It takes a whole lot of courage

and infinite strength

that comes from within...

~ adeline108 ~

Seek The God Within

Dearest Swami,

Today, Your message sinks deep into my heart...

"I am God. And you, too, are God.

The only difference between you and Me is that

while I am aware of it, you are completely unaware."

This will be my journey from here on forth,

To seek the God within that I am,

And to find my path back Home to You...

~ adeline108 ~

(written on April 30, 2011)

Silence

Own Self

It is a hard job to know about your own self.  Why, take the case of the food that you eat with your own mouth.  You feel it in your stomach and after that, you do not experience what happens to it at each stage.  How then can you know, without acquiring the special means for it, the truth that lies behind the sheaths that encase and enclose you - - - the Annamaya, Praanamaya, Manomaya, Vijnaanamaya and Aanandamaya (sheaths of material, vital energy, mind, intelligence and bliss)?  Clear your intellect or intellectual power of the cobwebs of the ego, the dust of desire, the soot of greed and envy, and it becomes a fit instrument for revealing the Swarupa - - - the Inner Truth.  "Know yourself, know the Inner Motivator, the Antharuaaamin" - - - That is the exhortation of the scriptures of all faiths.  For, unless you are armed with that knowledge, you are like a ship without a compass, sailing on a stormy sea.

(Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol IV, pg 93)

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)