Faith

Non-Violence

The observance of non-violence has been described as the highest form of Dharma.  All the violence in the world today is due to the fact that people do not lead righteous lives.  People do penance and perform various kinds of rituals, but they have secured on peace.  Why?  Because they have not sought to find out who they really are.

(Sanathana Sarathi, June 1996, pg 154)

Haven Of Love

Every home takes on the quality of the prevailing thought held in it.

- Myrtle Fillmore

Within every person, there is longing for home.  And like everyone else, I want to live in a place where I am accepted, loved, and comforted.  Such a longing is satisfied only when my home is built on the plan for a haven of love and peace that God has imprinted on my heart.

So, whether I am living alone or with others, my heart's desire is to create a home whether I gather with family and friends in an atmosphere of love and peace.  And this is the atmosphere I help create with thoughtful, loving words and actions.

Such an atmosphere permeates the very walls of every room of my home, so that each person who enters feels embraced by acceptance, cheer and goodwill.

My home is a haven of love and peace for me and for all who enter there.

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

GEM 780

Society honours only such persons who serve society.  Such person earn the grace of God.

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

My Energy

The Trip

Tucked away in our subconscious minds is an idyllic vision. We see ourselves on a long, long trip that almost spans the continent. We're traveling by passenger train, and out the windows we drink in the passing scene of cars on nearby highways, of children waving at a crossing, of cattle grazing on a distant hillside, of smoke pouring from a power plant, of row upon row of corn and wheat, of flatlands and valleys, of mountains and rolling hills, of biting winter and blazing summer and cavorting spring and docile fall.

But uppermost in our minds is the final destination. On a certain day at a certain hour we will pull into the station. There will be bands playing, and flags waving. And once we get there so many wonderful dreams will come true. So many wishes will be fulfilled and so many pieces of our lives finally will be neatly fitted together like a completed jigsaw puzzle. How restlessly we pace the aisles, damning the minutes for loitering ... waiting, waiting, waiting, for the station.

However, sooner or later we must realize there is no one station, no one place to arrive at once and for all. The true joy of life is the trip. The station is only a dream. It constantly outdistances us.

"When we reach the station, that will be it !" we cry. Translated it means, "When I'm 18, that will be it ! When I buy a new 450 SL Mercedes Benz, that will be it ! When I put the last kid through college, that will be it ! When I have paid off the mortgage, that will be it ! When I win a promotion, that will be it ! When I reach the age of retirement, that will be it ! I shall live happily ever after !"

Unfortunately, once we get it, then it disappears. The station somehow hides itself at the end of an endless track.

"Relish the moment" is a good motto, especially when coupled with Psalm 118:24: "This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it." It isn't the burdens of today that drive men mad. Rather, it is regret over yesterday or fear of tomorrow. Regret and fear are twin thieves who would rob us of today.

So, stop pacing the aisles and counting the miles. Instead, climb more mountains, eat more ice cream, go barefoot oftener, swim more rivers, watch more sunsets, laugh more and cry less. Life must be lived as we go along. The station will come soon enough.

- By Robert J. Hastings -

Goodness

A Celebration

Life becomes a celebration

when our spiritual heart awakens,

For God has manifested once again

when we discover Him within us.

~ adeline108 ~

Good Company

The easiest and most fruitful method of keeping yourself free from dust and rust is Sathsang (good company).  The company of the good and the godly will slowly and surely chasten and cleanse the persons prone to straying away from the straight path towards Self-Realization.

(Sanathana Sarathi, June 1996, pg 152)

GEM 779

Social service leads to the ripening of wisdom.


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