He Loves You!

God does not give His love in dribs and drabs.  
He lavishes it on us when we come to Him in faith.  
All along, He was waiting to make us His children, 
and we were the ones who resisted.

But once we face Him as children, 
God's love lets loose in our lives.  
Nothing is too good for His obedient children.  
Praise God that He loves you that much!

- Pamela McQuade -

Highest Wisdom

In this vast universe, every creature lives according to the law of its being.  Man alone, who has the gift of this extremely precious human birth, is failing to realize the purpose of his existence and ignores his duties.

Immersed in sensual mundane pleasures, man forgets his spiritual destiny.  All scholarship is valueless without Self-realization.  Ravana, Bhasmaasura and Kamsa were not lacking in scholarship or even religious practices.  But all these were related to the externals and not to the cultivation of the Spirit inside.  Hence, their basic demonic qualities did not change.

It is only when impure and unholy thoughts are expelled from the mind that sacred feelings will enter it.  To experience lasting bliss, the heart has to be sanctified by filling it with love.  Through that love has to be secured the highest wisdom.

(Sanathana Sarathi, September 1996, pg 231)

VEDA 55

The sea has a vast expanse of water, but, can it quench the thirst of man? Similarly, however much a man may possess, if he has not cultivated detachment, it is but arid waste. Detachment from sensual pleasures and objective pursuits helps the growth of love towards God and Godly.



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

SACRED PRESENCE

"Immersed in the presence of God, I am filled with the peace of God."

Dear God, I come to You in prayer to be refreshed. Immersed in Your presence, I am connected with the inner peace that You have created me to know and express.

In the sacred silence with You, I find relief from the sounds and sights and pressures of my day. And I realize that as I become still, as I relax, I open myself to a flow of peace that is there waiting to ease any anxiety, to quiet any fear.

Right now in this moment, I let inner peace - divine tranquility - rise up to meet me and to relieve all concern. From the depths of my soul, I feel a surge of serenity moving through me, relaxing my muscles, calming my thoughts.

Immersed in Your presence, God, I understand that this is where I can always come and be filled with peace divine.

"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you."

- John 14:27

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

GEM 819

Contemplating on God with all your heart, chanting His name and surrendering to Him, redeem your lives.

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

Knowledge

Nature

The earth is a caravan where man came and stay for the night and when dawn breaks, one by one, they tramp their different ways.  Kith, Kin are words we use for the attachment to the travelers cultivated in the caravan during the short term of acquaintance.  Husband and wife are like two pieces of wood drifting down a flooded river, they float near each other for some time and when current comes between, they are parted; each must move on to the sea at its own rate and in its own time.  There is no need to grieve over their parting of the two, it is in the very nature of Nature that it should be so.

(Gems of Wisdom, Family, pg 210)

GEM 818

Constant contemplation on the form of the Lord and frequent repetition of His name are the means by which the heart is filled with the Love of God.

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

Liberation

Be Happy - 32