GEM 842

Higher than all the knowledge that can be acquired in the world is the atmajnana (knowledge of the self).

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

Promise

Human Life

In ancient times, the sages and seers maintained purity in thought, truth in word and righteousness in deeds.  But in this Kali Age today, people have forgotten human values and exhibit animal qualities such as lust, anger, greed and hatred.  Purity of heart and selflessness are the hall-marks of the human life which one gets after passing through several births.  Foolishness, pride, covetness and other such qualities are a hang-over from their previous lives as sheep, buffalo or cat.  One who is in the habit of attacking and harming others out of hatred reveals the tendencies in his previous birth as a dog.  One who lacks steadiness of mind and constantly jumps from one thing to another, reflects the quality of the monkey from which he has evolved.  It is to get rid of such bad qualities that sacrifices are undertaken.

(Sanathana Sarathi, January 1994, pg 12)

Believe in the Lord

Have faith in the ocean, not in the wave. Believe in the Lord, not in the little things. But, the tragedy is, you put your trust in little men, in wicked men, in men whom you know are vicious and greedy; but you hesitate, when asked to put faith in the Lord, who is merciful than any father, more loving than any mother, more powerful than any earthly authority, more considerate than any kinsman. You do not doubt each other; but, you develop doubt regarding God. Even laymen talk long and loud, when the topic for discussion is God. No one asks them their credentials.

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

Teach Love

If I live in a house of spotless beauty with everything in its place, but have not love, I am a housekeeper--not a homemaker.

If I have time for waxing, polishing, and decorative achievements, but have not love, my children learn cleanliness--not godliness.

Love leaves the dust in search of a child's laugh. Love smiles at the tiny fingerprints on a newly cleaned window.

Love wipes away the tears before it wipes up the spilled milk. Love picks up the child before it picks up the toys.

Love is present through the trials. Love reprimands, reproves, and is responsive. Love crawls with the baby, walks with the toddler, runs with the child, then stands aside to let the youth walk into adulthood.

Love is the key that opens salvation's message to a child's heart.

Before I became a mother I took glory in my house of perfection. Now I glory in God's perfection of my child. As a mother, there is much I must teach my child, but the greatest of all is love.

- Author Unknown -

NEW PERSON

"I am a new person through the indwelling spirit of God."

Perhaps I have been labeled "clumsy", "forgetful", or "shy" by others. Labels have a tendency to stick - even over many years. So what is the best way to rid myself of such a label, to begin to believe in my own self-worth?

I start being the new person I desire to be by declaring that I am a new person through the indwelling spirit of God. Now I begin to live my life in this manner. I am a new person each day, for God within me is all the intelligence, confidence, and poise I could ever need.

I know that I don't own any negative labels and negative labels don't own me. Because I know that I am a new person through God's spirit within, I will bring divine qualities to all that I do.

"You have striped off the old self with its practices and have clothed yourselves with the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of its creator."

- Colossians 3:9-10

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

I Am You

Speak to me, dear Lord, tell me what to do,

Let this be my final journey so I may merge with You.

"Hear Me in your thoughts, seek Me within,

Feel Me in your heart, for I am you..."

~ adeline108 ~

GEM 841

Head in the forest, Hands in the society.

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

The Spirit

Man is a combination of the body, the mind and the Spirit (Atma).  He is thus the embodiment of these three.  But, forgetting the mind and the Atma, when man identifies himself solely with the body, he reduces himself to an animal.  When he forgets the Atma and the body and identifies himself with the mind alone, he becomes a demon.  When one forgets the body and the mind and adheres only to the Atma, he gets divinised.

(Sanathana Sarathi, November 1994, pg 282)

Laziness