Q546

Are the intellect and the higher knowledge present in the external world or are they to be found within man?  Where is Ganapathi to be located?



He is present within each human being.  There is no need to seek Him in the external world.  Ganapati dwells in every human being in the form of intellect and wisdom.

(SSS Vol 30, pg 179)

Be Blessed - 45

An Expansion of One's Self

There is one friend in the life of each of us who seems not a separate person, however dear and beloved, but an expansion, an interpretation, of one's self, the very meaning of one's soul.

- Edith Wharton -

VEDA 63

One should not fear God. One must love Him so much that all acts He disapproves are discarded. Fear to do wrong. Fear to hate another; fear loosing grace. Do not ascribe to God the failures due to your own faults and errors.



(From : Sai Veda, The Word of God,  sayings of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba)

A Woman

There is a woman who always keeps her head up high,
Her eyes sparkle like a bright star in the sky.
She has the stamina, beauty, and courage that one would admire,
Even the love and happiness one inspires.
She is a women that one can always count on,
And a women that sees no wrong.
Her beauty shines from the inside out,
It flows like a journey down a long route.
Her smile shines beautifully like the sun rising over the horizon,
And her intelligence, wisdom, and hard work are not surprising.
She is a genuinely caring women who goes the extra mile 

to help one in need or broken hearted,
And throughout all of her hard work, no one ever sees her fall apart.

~ Author Unknown ~

GEM 860

Just as fish which can live only when it is immersed in water, when it feels the element all around it, so too man is an animal that can live only when immersed in ananda (bliss).

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

Tolerance

Journey Of Life

Many of you have, from immemorial times, had links with the Atmic Self.  This link is unbroken.  It is eternal, infinite.  Such sacred relationships should never be given up.  All should return to the place wherefrom they came.  That is the strident declaration in the Dhagavatham : "It is natural for every living creature to go back to the source from which it came."  You have come from the Atma and you must emerge in the Atma.  Till the goal is reached, you must not treat lightly the sacred journey of life.

(Sanathana Sarathi, November 1996, pg 288)

The Incarnate God Is Not Attached To Body

The Incarnate God Is Not Attached To Body

God too comes with a body, as Avatar, and when He moves about, He seems to be only human as far as one can see.  But there is a fundamental inner difference.  The Incarnate God, the Avatar, is unconcerned.  He has upeksha (indifferent to results).  The ordinary man with the body has apeksha (yearning for the result).  Mamatwa (mineness-principal) is human; Brahmatwa (Brahman-principle) is divine.  You cannot discern the distinction even when you look or listen.  You can understand only by experience.  The Avatar has no wants.  He has no egoism.  He is ever alone in the Brahmatwam.

(12.8.1982)


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

What Life Is About

Life isn't about keeping score. 

It's not about how many friends you have 

Or how accepted you are. 

Not about if you have plans this weekend or if you're alone. 

It isn't about who you have kissed, 

It isn't about who your family is or 

how much money they have 

Or what kind of car you drive. 

Or where you are sent to school. 

It's not about how beautiful or ugly you are. 

Or what clothes you wear, what shoes you have on, 

Or what kind of music you listen to. 

It's not about if your hair is blonde, red, black, or brown, 

Or if your skin is too light or too dark. 

Not about what grades you get how smart you are, how smart 

everybody else thinks you are, or how smart 

standardized tests say you are. 

Life just isn't. 

Life is about who you love and who you hurt. 

It's about who you make happy or unhappy purposely. 

It's about keeping or betraying trust. 

It's about friendship, used as a sanctity or as a weapon. 

It's about what you say and mean, maybe hurtful, maybe heartening. 

It's about starting rumors and contributing to petty gossip. 

It's about what judgments you pass and why. 

And who your judgments are spread to. 

It's about who you've ignored with full control and intention. 

It's about jealousy, fear, ignorance, and revenge. 

It's about carrying inner hate and love, 

letting it grow and spreading it. 

But most of all, it's about using your life to touch or poison 

other people's hearts in such a way that could have 

never occurred alone. 

Only you choose the way those hearts are affected, and those 

choices are what life's all about. 

- Author Unknown -