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Indian Spirituality => Philosophy & Spirituality => Topic started by: SS91 on August 25, 2007, 07:28:57 PM

Title: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on August 25, 2007, 07:28:57 PM
Sai is Love, Love is Sai


Lakhs of years have passed since the human origin this earth, yet we do not know our real Self. The entire creation has divine origin and the creator is SAI. He willed "I am alone, let me be many" and the creation manifested by His will. The present Human population of the world is around 650 crores but the principle of SAI is the same in everyone. There is awareness in our physical body and that awareness is true wisdom. The Vedas term this as "Constant Integrated Awareness", which makes the body, mind and intellect function. All that we find outside is nothing but the reflection, the reaction and resound of our inner feelings. We may think that we are separate from SAI but in fact, SAI and we are not separate.

We are in SAI and SAI is in us. We have all come from SAI.

Some argue that they do not believe in SAI, as He is not visible. How can we say the air does not exist because it is not seen? Our SAI is present everywhere at all times. None can decide that He is here and not there. He is everywhere. He is Omnipresent, Omnipotent and Omniscient.

Only through Love can one have the vision of SAI. Love is the fundamental force. In a heart filled with Love, there is no place for evil qualities like jealousy, lust, anger, hatred and ego. Once we develop Love within, we will never hate anybody. Only through Love and equanimity of mind the vision of SAI can be attained. We think that going to Church/Temple/Mosque or singing devotional songs and performing rituals is sufficient proof of our devotion to the LORD. It is not so, there is only one proof for showing our Love & devotion for SAI - by Loving our fellow human beings. Love is the most powerful force in the whole Universe. It is in fact God, for God is Love and Love is God. It manifests as the energy and is the power of attraction that controls everything from the sub-atomic particles to the planets, stars and galaxies. It is the gel that holds everything together. The world cannot exist without Love; Love is the cement that bonds it together. All are embodiments of Love and God resides as Love in the hearts of all. The one and the only thing that can bind us is Love.

Once Swami Vivekananda asked Shri Ramakrishna Paramahans whether He has seen God, to which Shri Ramakrishna replied, "Yes, I have seen God just as you are seeing me and I am seeing you. "Then how is that I do not see him" asked Vivekananda. Shri Ramakrishna answered "you weep for your family, you suffer for your business and wealth, but do you ever weep for GOD or yearn for a vision for God? Do that and you will certainly see God! All the time I am pining only for the vision of God, hence God is visible to me at all times in every human being".

The Purpose of our birth should be achieved by the sacrifice of everything to SAI. Sacrifice alone ensures immortality. We look for shortcuts in everything, even in spirituality. But surprisingly, spirituality does have a shortcut. There is no need to wander here and there in search of SAI. SAI is residing in our heart. If we turn our vision inward and see through the torch of LOVE we can see Him instantly.

Courtesy-S Krishnaswamy

Jaisairam!

Title: Re: Message of the day-It's your divine nature!
Post by: SS91 on August 31, 2007, 06:20:48 AM
It's your divine nature!




Remember that as a child of God you are endowed with greater strength than you will ever need to overcome all the trials that god may send you.

Often we continue to suffer without making an effort to change, which is why we don't find lasting peace and contentment. If we would persevere, we would certainly be able to conquer all difficulties. We must make the effort that we may go from misery to happiness from despondency to courage. It is necessary first to feel the importance of changing our condition. This attitude stimulates our will to action. Let us resolve that we will always make an effort to improve our Self-knowledge and thus continuously better our existence.

India's spiritual scientists explored the kingdom of the soul. They have given to mankind for its benefit certain universal laws of meditation by which real seekers-those who wish to find a good life by changing themselves-may scientifically control their minds and attain Self-realization.

When you develop your divine nature you become completely detached about the body; you no longer feel identified with it. You look after it, as you would attend to a little child. As you realize your true Self more and more, by meditation, devotion to the Sad-Guru, "sarvasva sharanagati"; you become freed from mental and physical pains. You cast off your lifelong limitations. This is the best way to live out your days on earth.

JaiRam SaiRam!

Courtesy-Saibaba.org
Title: Re: Message of the day-Living Sadguru
Post by: SS91 on September 02, 2007, 08:52:03 AM
Living Sadguru


When faith wavers, the mind goes after a tangible physical experience. It becomes very necessary to long for His presence in our lives, His assurances for our well-being. It is natural. It is important to rely on our patience at such instances. "I shall speak from my tomb", said Sadguru Sainath. There are also certain type of followers who need a grander vision of the Lord. They prefer to see Him in the most physical state. Having lost the patience to realize that Sadguru is the embodiment of the spirit that can be realized anywhere, anytime, they bring upon themselves unnecessary burdens. This is not a good sign of spiritual progress. However, even great realized souls have gone through this stage. But, just like any intense quest is answered, Guru leads such souls to the answer in the most unseemingly way.

Let us see one such experience narrated by Acharya Bharadwaja in his, "Sree Guru Charitha": Once I visited Sri Ma Anandamayi at Naimisharanya during Bhagavat Saptah. At one of the daily expositions of the holy text, the revered speaker Sri Akhandananda Saraswathi remarked that only a living Sadguru could lead his devotee to self-realization and that a Sadguru who had cast off his body, however great he might be, can only fulfill prayers for one's material good. He spoke in Hindi, which I could only understand but cannot speak, and so I could not discuss with him. As Sai Baba was no longer available to me in flesh and blood, I wondered what I should do, but had no chance to get the clarification.

After a few months, I visited Shirdi on a proposed stay of seven days. I wished to obtain Sai Baba's guidance and clarification in this matter. On the second day, I was very strongly impelled to visit my old student who was working in Pune. It was quite unusual, as I never visited anyone of my friends or kinsfolk. I had to yield to the impulse and I reached Pune. My friend was away at the office. So I left my bag in his house and wet out, wishing to spend the time in going round the city until my friend's return. Quite accidentally, I enquired at a wayside florist whether there was any great saint worth visiting in Pune. The shop-keeper directed me to visit Sree Gulavani Maharaj, a direct disciple of Sree Vasudevananda Saraswathi.

As soon as I entered the Muth (monastery), the aged saint greeted me saying, "Oh! The child of Sai Baba has come!". I at once realized that I could get a reliable clarification for my problem from him. He heard my question and said, "What that learned speaker said is true of only those who attained enlightenment through their efforts. But Sai Baba of Shirdi is not such one. He is the Avatar of Lord Dattatreya. He manifests himself to his worthy devotees even today in his physical form and guides them. You are on the right track. Go ahead". At once I realized that Sai Baba had blessed me with the solution to my question.

SaiBaba.org

Jaisairam!

Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on September 27, 2007, 04:04:29 AM
Silent Communication


Baba’s typical ways of expressing his upadesa form an important theme, the modes of communication between master and disciple bearing upon the nature and substance of the teaching else.

In the first place, one must distinguish between nonverbal and verbal communication. Silent Upadesa was of utmost importance. It is known that Baba would often remain mute for long periods.

Sometimes he passed days in silence or would simply mumble a few words: as always there was no predetermined rule. It is not an overstatement to say that the silent darsan of Sai represented in and of itself the highest form of teaching: an intense communion based on love, devotion, and surrender to God.

On February 20, 1912, GS Khaparde wrote in his diary: “We attended Kakad arti and the remarkable part of it was that Sayin Saheb left the Chavadi and entered the Masjid without saying a single word except:

God is the greatest of all!

Saibaba’s enigmatic and bizarre personality profoundly affected his devotees, who at the same time loved and feared him.

In nonverbal interaction the teacher’s glances and smiles are what is most values.
Devotees prayed that Baba might just throw a look at them, so as to be purified and blessed by his sight. Saibaba’s “yogic” glances were apparently powerful.

GS Khaparde wrote: “He looked exceedingly pleased and cast yogic glances at me. I passed the whole day in a sort of ecstasy”.This silent communication between Baba and his devotees operated not only during darsan hours but also while a bhakta would be engaged in padasevana (massaging Baba’s legs and feet) or when Baba would invite people to partake of a smoke from his earthen pipe (chillum).

(Source: The Life and Teachings of Saibaba of Shirdi by Antonio Rigopoulos)

Title: Re: Message of the day-The Glory of Saibaba lives on!
Post by: SS91 on September 28, 2007, 06:43:51 AM
The Glory of Saibaba lives on!



Alas! The fateful day dawned. It was on Tuesday 15 October 1918, the festival of Dasara that Baba gave up his mortal coil. Baba asked His devotees to leave Him alone and in the meantime to have their lunch. The devotees obeyed Baba's order, but a few devotees namely Laxmi Bai, Bhagoji, Bala Shimpi and Nanasaheb Nimonkar stayed back with Baba. At about 2.30 p.m. before the devotees could finish their lunch, they received the heart -breaking news of Baba leaving his body. Devotees from various places rushed to Shirdi. What could they offer to merciful Lord except their tears of love and sorrow? The sorrowful cries of devotees- "Baba! Baba rent the skies. The body of Baba was kept for 72 hours and later as per the wishes of Baba, when he was living in the flesh, he was laid to rest in what is now called the Samadhi Mandir the present temple at Shirdi.

Baba continues to live on in the hearts of every devotee and therefore he is living. Just as He lived his mortal frame at Shirdi, so He remains, now and forever, as the formless, Immanent Force. To this day Baba continues to answer the heartfelt prayers of His devotees and showers His blessings on them. He comes to the rescue of those who earnestly appeal to Him for succor.

Baba met and fulfilled all the needs of His devotees and through his unlimited grace enabled them to tread the spiritual path. Baba used to say," My treasury is full and I can give whatever one needs, but before I give, I must test whether one deserves it or not." Baba used to bring out the defects in a person and correct them in such a way that the devotees themselves were made to realize their shortcomings and improve upon them. It was not that Baba merely insisted upon His devotees to cultivate qualities conductive to spiritual advancement .He emphasized the need for righteous thought and action, which are the first steps of salvation and as such gave paramount importance to purity of thought, word and deed.

Baba never tolerated indolence and carelessness on the part of His devotees. "I am the self seated in the hearts of all beings." As declared by Lord Krishna in the Srimad Bhagawad Geetha, Baba proclaimed that He was present in all beings and every creature on earth was one with him. Besides this, Baba also described that God is more concerned with the purity of mind, charitableness, brotherhood and kindness towards all creatures on earth than all the costly and vain offerings of the world.

Sai Baba's life was distinguished in being exemplary to all of mankind. His attire was simple. He wore a long, flowing gown called "kafni" and covered His forehead and hair with turban. With all these Baba radiated an indescribable glow that was altogether divine and captivating. God incarnates come in to this world with specific objective of "Protecting the innocent, destroying the wicked and re-establishing the righteousness." As soon as their mission is completed, they dispense with their mortal frame and leave this world, attaining "Maha samadhi". With the passing away of Sai Baba, one should not consider it the end of glorious chapter.

Contrarily, the blessed phase has just begun. Baba left behind us a legacy of priceless Possessions- the Illimitable Divine Treasure of His teachings, saturated with the nectar of Love, compassion and Humanness. He left His Divine footprints in the shifting sands of time, footprints that remain deeply embedded even as time passes relentlessly. His wonderful teachings are like precious jewels, set in the golden crown of Eternity, ever shining bright not withstanding the passage of time just as a freshly Diamond shines in all its maiden glory catching the brilliant light of the dazzling sun!

Since the last one and a quarter of a century, many seasons have come and gone, many years have passed by. The days have changed, man has changed, the world has changed, but the wonderful leelas of Sai Baba remain unaltered. The glory of Sai Baba lives on -unchanging, unceasing, and unfading!  

(Contributed by Anitha Pandurangi) 

Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on October 01, 2007, 07:24:16 PM
Power of Purity



Purity is the Light of our soul expressing its divinity through the body, the vital and the mind. When we are pure, we gain everything. If we can retain our purity, we will never lose anything worth keeping. Today we may have great thoughts or great inner power, but tomorrow we are bound to lose them if we are not pure. Purity is the breath of the Supreme. When purity leaves us, the breath of the Supreme also leaves, and we are left with only our human breath.

Purity is like a divine magnet. It pulls all divine qualities into us. If we have purity, then we have everything. There are two ways to have purity. One is by seeing Baba inside everyone, consciously and constantly. The other is by imagining Baba and consciously repeating His name as many times as possible. If we have purity, we do not have to go to Baba. Baba Himself will make us see His infinite Divinity. What Baba is will be reflected in us.

Purity expedites Baba's hour. Purity embodies Baba's power. Purity is the harbinger of selfless oneness, eternity's perfect, selfless oneness with God.
 
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on October 01, 2007, 07:30:11 PM
Remembrance


A devotee should always, every moment, remember his soul relationship with Baba and feel affinity. The more we will remember, the closer we will feel with Him. This remembrance is like the life force of all other aspects of devotion, so it is of first importance.

Remembrance of any of the names, leelas, virtues, abodes, and the associates of Shirdi Sai can be done singly or collectively. So, while doing the chanting or while listening to a chant or while remembering a chant in our mind we should feel the synonymity of Blissful sweetness of Baba with the name, and, at the same time, think of any leela, or feel and imagine the presence of Baba near us.

Bhakti is the selfless remembrance of Baba. It is accompanied by the feeling of affinity and a desire to increase longing. Such a devotion purifies the heart of the devotee and qualifies it to receive the Grace of Baba. The practical and best way of Baba devotion to increase the longing for the vision of Shirdi Sai is to remember the Divine relationship and to meditate on the form and the leelas of Shirdi Sai Baba affectionately.

Baba devotees who have read Shri Sai Satcharitra experience this all the time when they chant His name and meditate on Him. It brings up nostalgic moments as if we are in Dwarkamai and He, the graceful and handsome Sai, standing on the edge of the Masjid and distributing
Udi to each and every Bhakta, with a view to his welfare.

He, Who thinks of the world as an illusion and Who is ever engrossed in Supreme Bliss before Him, we humbly prostrate ourselves.

JaiSaiRam!!!!!
 
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on October 02, 2007, 05:39:14 PM
Doubt



It is easier to disbelieve than to believe because disbelief is an act of descent, whereas belief is an act of ascent. It is easier to disbelieve than to believe because disbelief is an act of breaking, and belief is an act of building. Building is more difficult than breaking.

It is easier to disbelieve than to believe because disbelief is an act of our self-centered mind, whereas belief is an act of our self-giving heart.

We disbelieve because we are afraid of oneness, afraid of the vast. We feel that when we enter into the vast, we lose our identity, we lose our individuality, we lose our very existence. But we forget the undeniable truth that when we enter into the vastness, it is nothing short of the enlargement of our divinized consciousness.

When we disbelieve Baba, when we disbelieve the reality, Baba remains the same. But what happens is that ignorance gets the opportunity to envelop us more powerfully and more completely. When we believe in Baba, Baba's compassion gets the utmost opportunity to work in and through us most powerfully.

The deeper we enter into the spiritual life, the more we become aware of the capacity of disbelief and belief. Disbelief is nothing short of destruction. Belief is nothing short of a new creation. Each time we believe in something, we see the face of a new creator within and without us. And when we go one step ahead, when our inner faith looms large, then we see in us a perfected man and a liberated soul.

Jaisairam!!!!!!!!!!
 
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on October 06, 2007, 01:18:56 PM
Self, thy nature is bliss



Sai Baba's famous parables and off guard cryptic remarks are well known. These comments were always impregnated with a message directed towards the individual who is addressed. Once, a devotee wanted to take a photograph of Baba. When Baba was approached regarding this, He said, "No, it is enough if he knocks a wall down". The devotee stood confused. Later, an explanation was given as follows: The photograph is one's likeness of Baba. The wall is "I am the body" idea which is an obstacle that interferes with identifying the spirit.

One straightforward remark of Baba has always been "awaken the self". The nature of self is not easily explained. The pursuit to know the self is as varied as the individuals themselves. However, it is said that one must have an honest yearning and God's grace to know the nature of self.

Now, why should one know the "self"? The most famous Hindu scripture The Geetha says,
" With the self unattached to external contact, he finds happiness in the Self; with the self engaged in the meditation of BRAHMAN, he attains endless happiness".

Swami Chinmayananda on his commentary on The Geetha explains further, "Why should I deny myself the brilliant flashes of momentary joys in exchange for a steady stone-like, impregnable monotony, call it equilibrium or equaninimity, peace or God-hood? Any sensible seeker entering the halls of spiritual study with his intellect bright and clear should come to doubt its efficacy and utility. Though the process of self development is essentially a process of detachment, this technique of negation does not take us to an empty and purposeless zero, but when we have negated all that is false, we come to experience and live a total positivity. When the dreamer has renounced all his contacts with the dream world and thrown away his dream personality, he does not become a non-entity, but he re-discovers himself to be the more vital, more effective personality, the waker".

Sadguru Sainath's remarks on awakening one's self refers to this state of awakening that is more vital, blissful and permanent. 

Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on October 07, 2007, 07:43:05 AM
Uniqueness of Sri Sai Baba and his Teachings


OMKARA is the name of Parabrahma.

OM is the first sound. In this there are three primary syllables.

They are AKARA, UKARA, MAKARA and ARDHA MATRA.

The first syllable ‘Aa’ is at the back of the tongue to neck.

The second sound that emerges is ‘U’.

This arises from the middle of the mouth, while uttering this sound, the lips are not closed.

When we utter the third sound, the lips get merged in order to emanate OM.

After closing lips and uttering ‘M’ continues like the long pull of the bell at the end, tapering to silence.

In fact the sound is present from the beginning of striking the bell,

but we hear it clearly after the striking is stopped.

The last prolonged ‘M’ is called half-syllable i.e. ARDHA MATRA.

In this way OM has got four sounds ‘A’, ‘U’, ‘Ma’ and ‘M’ (half-syllable).

OM is the head of all mantras.

 

All of us are having 3 bodies. They are 1. stula; 2. sukshma; 3. karana.

When we utter OM, the first sound in the AUM KARA,

‘A’ is the name of the Soul that is present in Stula Sareera.

When we utter ‘U’, this is the name of the soul that is present in Sukshma Serer.

When we utter ‘Ma’, this is the name of the soul that is in Karana Sareera.

And the last ‘M’ (Artha-Matra) is the name of PARAMATMA that is present in all three bodies.

This is called PRATYAGATMA.

 

While chanting AUM, we must assume the bodies getting merged in the next one.

By repeated chanting of OM and thinking of merging of bodies into ATMA,

we get the supreme idea that everything is illusion except PARAMATMA.

This applies to all Religions. There is no barrier of nationality or religion for AUMKARA.

Om Sairam!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on October 07, 2007, 12:33:12 PM
The process of Breath Chant
by Balkrishna Panday, NOIDA, New Delhi, INDIA. kirti89@aol.com  


For the faithless time is as valuable as for the faithful. Needful it is to state in the beginning that the following is the essence of the Truth expressed from times immemorial therefore our friends who have minds closed to FAITH may save their time from the benefits of the following:

OM is the primordial sound pronounced as in AUM, all syllables prolonged to a fair length of breathing time. 'A', the letter's briefest possible sound is the mother of all spoken word and it symbolizes TRUTH (i.e. 'Satta'). ' U' symbolizes the mind-intelligence ('Chitta') 'M' symbolizes the ultimate of happiness (i.e. Ananda). So let us utter the holy sound of AUM.... This is the sound of rotating universe. SAI is the holy name given to a very revered Saint of 19/20th century, the SAI BABA OF SHIRDI who attracted devotees to their own FAITH quite often by supernatural miracles. He possessed supra -natural powers of such dimensions as have ever been known to mankind. His physical remains were laid to rest in 1918. His devotees visit his shrine in very large numbers and are blessed by him via his memorials/temples and direct devotion to him which further sanctifies each one's OWN FAITH. His following is absolutely secular though' widespread amongst Hindus in particular, yet very many people of other religions too. Chanting his name as one's master or 'guru' brings one closer to one's personal recognition of ALMIGHTY along with material and spiritual benefits. The two most important conditions are faith in his name SAI i.e. 'Shradha' and patience i.e. 'Saburi'.

RAM (pronounced Raam) though' Hindu incarnation of God - king in mythological era, the word 's chanting of Raam, Raam , Raam signifies getting in contact with the ultimate source of time, space and energy i.e. Superconsciousness personified beyond all the senses.

Very important to understand that to this humble writer GOD, MY LORD, CHRIST, ALLAH, YHWH (Hebrew) BUDDHA and all the names of remembering HIM are the calls of this soul('Atman') contained in the body to get in touch with the SUPREME ('Paramatman') and to remain with him and ultimately be in HIM. This write-up is intended to share with you a simple practice, which when conducted willfully with as much concentration as one may command, in an atmosphere of humility equal to prostration with folded hands at the feet of one's spiritual master, is bound to bring one closer to happiness, peace and tranquility(i.e. 'Ananda').

OM .....SAI .....RAM to the mind of this writer is a magical combination of representation of symbols which has been practiced and experimented with to prove to oneself as a provider of what you look forward to from your LORD master of all worldly masters. This principle is known in 'Sanskrit' language as a 'Mantra'. For the benefit of devotees from different faiths/religions this writer would suggest , should you so desire, please bring forth from your own scriptures or from the depth of your cultural background, a combination of at the most 3 or 4 or 5 words. The test is that they should rhyme into smooth devotional music when chanted or repeated inwardly or outwardly and the time taken should equal one cycle of breath i.e. breathe in and breathe out. This writer shall be very obliged if such holy combination of words is intimated through e-mail, as is picked up for devotional practice. Just consider if the word SAI can be a prefix or a suffix anywhere within such a formation of words; which is solely dependent on your choice. This writer can simply vouch for the efficacy of the name SAI by virtue of personal knowledge.

INDUCTION
The intention is to describe a method to practice your spiritual phrase or MANTRA. Before we do this, let us know or revise the eternal truths of life and spirit. This writer has to fall back upon the thought process emanating from personally selected poetic rhymes in SANSKRIT (i.e. 'Shlokas') from an ancient Hindu scripture ' Srimad Bagvatgeeta' known the world over as Geeta in short. I am sure that all the major religions known to the stress-prone modern society have duly stated identical principles in their own scriptures. So please, while you read the following, recall or find the similar cardinal principles from the resource of your own Holy Scriptures. Hereunder the 'Shloka' number has been stated after the Chapter number of The Geeta alongside the first few Sanskrit words for the reader who would like to study the Holy Scripture.

Please take care, the process of understanding and alignment with the SUPREME ( ' SAIRAM' to this writer: you bow your head to the NAME of your reverence ) begins right away.

Statement -I.
This body is temporary, transitory and it does not represent the whole of myself. 'I' am the soul, the spirit, the consciousness (i.e. 'Atman') within, which is permanent, eternal, has been, is and would remain irrespective of the concept of time. Let us drop this TIME dimension for the present till we wish to shift from Meditation mode to the worldly work mode. Just as a human being discards old garments and wears new ones thereafter, similarly the master of this body i.e. the soul-spirit departs from the existing or old body and dons a new one. The soul cannot be cut with a sword, fire cannot burn it, water can't damage it and air cannot dry this individual unit of the SUPREME. The destructive power of the elements is in vain vis-a-vis the soul-spirit. She (since IT is in perpetual continuum like motherhood) is neither born nor ever dies and having once come to exist can never be referred to as one passed away into the past. ('Na jayate mriyate'.....,Ref: The Geeta Ch.2/20-23)

Statement - II
The knowledge of relativity of the body to the soul-spirit is the last frontier of knowledge that is eternal; this when realized is the core of all knowledge. When Nobel-prize winning scientists and litterateurs say that beyond their achievements they try to understand the intent of God, they point to the aforesaid frontier of knowledge. For this knowledge to be achieved, imbibe The Commandments of the scriptures for uplifting of our intellect. Effect of this knowledge in terms of worldly performance by the body has to be by way of benefit to the world at large e.g. one's wealth shall remain here when the body is gone. Can we achieve a state of equanimity of mind in conditions of gain/loss? Let us try. ('Adhyatma gyan nityattvam'.....,Ref: The Geeta Ch.13/11)

Statement - III
So, what does one do? Renounce the world for a jungle and/or become a mendicant. NO. One conducts oneself not with a sense of deep involvement with the results(i.e. good/bad, gain/loss kind of duality) but for the ethics of duty and perfection of the process, while remaining very much a man of the world. Just shed the baser and demeaning elements of WANT and the high profile egoistic sense of ME and MINE. Be a witness and play your role in the world real good; the peace of mind shall be yours. ('Vihaya kamanyah'.....,Ref: The Geeta Ch.2/71)

Statement IV
It is imperative to share with the noble reader that following is an injunction by Lord Krishna to the warrior king Arjuna in the Geeta. In case so desired , the readers may follow a similar command from their own holy resources. Center your mind in ME, become MY devotee, worship ME inclusive of the attitude that all your work in this world is an offering to ME and thus bow in humility to ME. In this manner dissolve yourself in the SUPREME soul - spirit of all the universe that is known and unknown. Practice this 'YOGA'(the spiritual science of '+', i.e. the summum bonum of all knowledge) and the peace of mind shall be yours. ('Manmana bhav madbhakto'....., Ref: the Geeta Ch.9/34)

Statement V
PEACE, tranquility, calmness of a placid sea. How do we retain it ? It is a state of mind and it does not rest with outside objects of the world. Remember, whatever we amass, collect and create anew, physical or intellectual is for the general good of the global network of human beings, simply because this body - shop called 'ME' is to down its shutters one fine day. Happiness lies within oneself, it is an inherent quality of one's soul-spirit , and it is purely subjective. Having done our duty, let us visualize or rather experience our soul-spirit, let us aim inward to find our joys within our consciousness. We must realize the light that glows within us to dispel the darkness of ignorance and illuminates a haven of rendezvous, of being blessed by the LORD. There is no other superior destiny of a human being. ('Yo antah sukho'....., Ref: The Geeta Ch.5/24)

PRAYER before the process:
'Om bhur bhuvah swaha
tat-savitur varenyam,
bhargo-devasya dhi mahih,
dhiyo-yonah prachodayat'

(This is in Sanskrit; English and Hindi translations follow)
AUM… Oh my LORD, as in the breath of my life, my savior from all ills, omnipresent, happiness incarnate, YOU who is omniscient and the origin and GOD of all universe, with full reverence I see you in my mind's eye as the SUN that dispels sins and illumines our consciousness and intellect. Oh my FATHER ,accept my prayer that my conscience may not go astray from you as also, may the light of your blessings enlighten my deeds. ('Hey praan- swaroop, dukh - harta, sarva - vyapak anand ke denewale Prabho(SAI) jo aap sarvagya or sakal jagat ke utpadak hain, main aapke us pujniyatam paap - nashak swaroop tej ka dhyaan karata hoon, jo hamari budhiyon ko prakashit karata hai. Hey Pujya Pita (SAI), aapse meri budhi kadaapi vimukh na ho aur aap sada meri budhi main prakashit rahein. (Suggested addition by the writer) Mujhe shri - charanon ki sharan mein lain aur shri - charanon ki bhakti pradaan karein. Aisi prarthana hai, aisi prarthana hai, aisi prarthana hai. OM SAI RAM
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on October 07, 2007, 12:34:28 PM
THE PROCESS OF BREATH - CHANT (Part II)
by Balkrishna Panday, New Delhi, India Email:Kirti89@ aol.com
THE PROCESS OF BREATH - CHANT  



The mind and intellect now form a pure surface of consciousness upon which we conduct the simple process. The process indeed is as simple as it could be, and it keeps getting refined with more and more practice. By now your mind is dedicated to the mantra OM SAI RAM or your own holy rhyme. Please manage to inter - twine your mantra with your breath, one part slowly at a time; the total is in three free-flowing parts, one merging into the next one to catch the rhythm of the breath. The three parts of mantra & breath are as follows.

(1) BREATHE IN a very convenient longer than usual swish of breath. Enjoy the feel of breathing in; please do not miss the soothing feel of it. As you breathe in, the mildest sound itself says in your mind AU…………M. The life - air fills your chest with a purity not realized hitherto.

(2) HOLD effortlessly just good enough to let your mind pronounce SAI, as inadvertently as in a reflex action; and proceed to :-

(3) BREATHE OUT the larger than usual volume of breath normally side by side initiating your mind to pronounce RAAM; feel the companionship of prayer, power and renunciation.
AU…………………M………..S A I.., R…….A……A…….M;
AU…………………M………..S A I.., R…….A……A…….M;
AU…………………M………..S A I.., R…….A……A…….M;

EXPLANATIONS
(i) The words are not spoken out as such during the process. However you may like to sing them or chant them for the sake of spiritual pleasure at other times. Herein the whole resounding process is just within. It is very quiet and does not disturb anything outside.
(ii) Any posture of body is okay and any time of the day or night is okay for the process. Ideally speaking squatting position in the morning with head neck and body held in a line is good. However this writer suggests that any time and all the time is good when you can consciously deploy the mind for the CHANT ('Naam - japa') to intermingle with the breathe - in, hold, breathe - out practice.
(iii) About the inability to do the practice consistently, there is no cause of worry. As much as you can commence with, is good enough. You are following in the footsteps of the sages when you are attempting to improve the frequency, the consistency of your being a part of the melody of the soul - spirit.
(iv) You would observe that there would be no obstacle in forming a habit of this practice particularly when you are not applying your mind to any work requiring intricate mental application. The practice can be easily observed while doing a host of ordinary jobs such as bathing, getting ready, driving, waiting for anything.
(v) Do not forget to put yourself into Breath - Chant ('Naam - japa') mode particularly when you lie down to sleep and when you get - up in the morning. Now, the aim is to let the sub - conscious take over the driving part so that it is like the heart - beat or a train moving on the rails wherein the passenger can move to any compartment for its worldly activity but the basic rhythm continues unobtrusively.
(vi) Step 2 of the process above viz. HOLD, possibly needs attention because it is integral for the process to habitually control the breath for some moments and still let the breathing process be effortless, easy and smooth like natural. It is at this time that HIS name SAI or as you choose resides in the center of your chest ('Hridaya') or in the center of one's eyebrows if one prefers to meditate that way.

ADAVANTAGES OF THE BREATH - CHANT ('NAAM - JAPA')
(a) Your physiology consistently improves on account of habitual deep breathing and of course there are a host of contingent health advantages.
(b) Your stress - proneness would dissipate till you are stress - free, howsoever the world may buffet you around.
(c) Control on baser aspects of instincts does get exercised. 'Kama'/Lust, 'Krodha'/Anger, 'Moha'/Passion, 'Lobha'/Covetousness, 'Ahankara'/Ego, are like the five horses controlled by one rider, 'Prana' i.e. life itself as represented in the mode of Breath. Now, one may appreciate that as you control the rider, as in the Breath, so are we able to control the horses i.e. the Instincts, all five of them ('Indriya - samooh').
(d) The personality would be balanced in the face of pleasure - pain, good - bad, gain - loss and such other dualities. Maybe the speech itself becomes more likeable and effective.
(e) Generally speaking, the living conditions should show an improvement. The world would be a better place to live in.
(f) How your prayers would be listened to by HIM; you would be in for some real pleasant surprises.

Now tell me what else would one want? Good value for the money, isn’t it? Sai Baba used to ask for two symbolic coins of (' Shradha and 'Saburi' ) DEVOTION AND PATIENCE; offer the two to HIM and experience yourself what all you get.

WHAT IS THE FUTURE ? This process of Breath - Chant ( i.e. 'Praanayama' + "Naam - japa') is the highway to the BLISS station for the soul - spirit. Speed is of one's own making. It is known to the practitioners of spiritual Love that the soul - spirit gets elevated in stages. In case of the blessed ones the attainment may be fast. As one progresses in Meditation, hopefully it becomes like a second nature accompanying you all the time, say, as in 'Sahaj Samadhi'. Deep in the layers of consciousness ('Chetanya') one shall find that SUPREME LIGHT which mortal beings can experience strictly through the medium of their soul - spirit but have no capability to describe. Let us pray for that state of blessedness, Bliss, 'Ananda - amrit'. JAI SAI RAM ! 

Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on October 07, 2007, 07:48:00 PM
BABA IS ALL PERVADING   


The recitation of Sai Naam is a powerful tool to offset all obstacles in life. In Shri Sai Satcharitra, Baba has time and again stressed the recitation of Sai Naam Japa in various chapters.

Once a devotee of Baba organized “Laksharchana” and was expecting a large turn out of devotees.
The number fell short of his expectation and he chided Baba for making his whole affair a mockery.
 He approached his Guru and explained everything that had happened.
Guru knowing everything enlightened the devotee and said that persons who have good karma in their credit can alone get the opportunity to take part in the Naam Japa or group prayer.

As Baba has said in Sri Sai Satcharita Chapter 25 “Look at the mango tree in blossom. If all the flowers become fruit, what a splendid crop it would. But do they? Most fall off either as flowers or as unripe fruits by wind etc., very few remain”.

Guru continued and said it is really pity many people do not realize what is good for them. They miserably fall off due to samsaric or Maya wind. One must understand this universal fact and utilize such rare spiritual opportunity.

The devotee felt guilty and asked Baba to be pardoned for being childish and foolish. He thought in his mind that who is he to determine the quantum of devotees? All actions in this world are His play. Baba made you an instrument to do a particular job without your consciousness or knowledge.

Baba is in the heart of all and activates us according to our karma. If we honestly offer prayers to Sai Baba, the prayers shall be answered. Baba said, “I always live everywhere” in Satcharita chapter 28. Baba will hear our prayer through His All Pervading ears. Thus someone has rightly said that “everywhere He has ears; everywhere He has eyes, to listen to our prayers and answer them.


By: Rajesh R. Anand
Title: Re: Message of the day-SERVICE, SACRIFICE AND SELF-LESS-NESS
Post by: SS91 on October 07, 2007, 08:03:26 PM
SERVICE, SACRIFICE AND SELF-LESS-NESS
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By service, sacrifice and self-less-ness, one will achieve God-realisation, more easily than by rigidly practising all the ethics of the world, for a thousand years.

Rituals and ceremonies instituted by the priest ridden Religions lead to this but have made the process
of attainment too rigid and dry and that accounts for the lack of interest felt by the modern educated classes things in general.

Forms and ceremonies, instead of diminishing the Ego, strengthen it.
The stronger the Ego, the:, ore aggressive it becomes, by consciousness of a- separate Self and it sees not all the phenomena’s forms of .its own self.

The least and easiest way of overcoming the. Ego and attainment of God-realisation is to develop Love and render Self-less-Service to all Humanity in whatever circumstances we may be placed.

The more we live for others and the less we live for ourselves, the more, our lower desires are eliminated and this in turn - will react on the Self, suppressing it and transforming it proportionately and, lead us to God-realisation;' Sri Krishna says in Bhagavata that he will show himself in the heart of a spiritual teacher or preacher, Who serves and helps those who are struggling .to; see the-Light.

Self less-ness is the characteristics of a man in whom the ego has. been killed due, to assertive individualitys and in whom God easily manifests Himself Ego has to be killed by generating individual consciousness-from its; association-'with the 'material' and physical world.

Good -. actions or self-less~deed - or sacrifices help to carry forward, the Self to realise, and identify itself with the' Universe and bring the entire universe within its consciousness and help the Self to pass from the stage of immersion in the pleasures sorrows of Life to the stage of detachment from emotions "which caused those pleasures and sorrows and knowledge of Self Begins when thse emotions end.
By mere -mental effort one can efface oneself without infringing one's knowledge of Self and then he cannot bring- karma ;and hence Sri Krishna; said to Arjuna that actions should be done without attachment.

Self-interest is at the root of all our difficulties—indiyidual and social and it is not easy to .eliminate Self-interest. -But it can be eliminated with the aid of a perfect saint who is one with the Universal Mind, and' is also present in the mind of every human being and hence can give just the particular help needed to awaken the highest;consciousness latent in every individual and has the power to convey the truth at will.

For Self-interest, springs from a false idea of the true nature of the self and this, idea has to be eradicated and' the truth experienced before the elemnation of Self-interest is possible.

When a man sheds this last make shift Self and steps on to stable Knowledge he Casts-off the Self from him and gets always absorbed in the communion, with the all pervading Reality.

Complete surrender to the Diyine will of such a perfect one and unflinching readiness to carry out the order faithfully achieve a result not possible even by rigidly practicing all the virtues— Yajna, Dana and Tapas.

Good emotions as Bhakthi, affection or zeal help one to acquire God-realisation and will, in turn give rise to good and help to others and sacrifice.

These acts make their imprint on the Inner, mind and generate Divine Sympathy which is forward by the Sell in its onward march towards Self-realisation Without haying done good acts and. sacrifices with no Self-interest or "'selfishness and shown generosity, man can never acquire Divine Sympathy... Service, however, in order ;to achieve the greatest result in the world must be completely surrendered to the Divine Will and must have the human touch and a keen sensed .humour.:;

Hence by concentrating on the 3, S's (Service, Sacrifices and Self less-ness) and centering our interest on them other .mental .states as self-interest, selfishness, "I" and My'" ness yanishes before them and knowledge of Self begins due to the reflex:; actions the-Inner .Mind which opens out and reveal that the material and worldly., pleasures and pain are delusions,,-and ignorance and are due to the individualistic Prakriti or Maya and pave, the way self or God-Realisation- which is the purpose –and goal of life.


Sairam!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on October 19, 2007, 05:58:52 AM
Bliss and Contentment




It is not only the food that we should first prepare in the spirit of offering to Baba before we take it, but also everything else we do in life must be an offering, must be a sacrifice, to the Supreme Spirit. In that case we will never reap any bad or any good result out of that, because bad result or good result bind us to this material world.

Whatever we do, just make offering to Baba and let it be, whatever the outcome, because we are not the body anyhow. We are not the action. We are not the doers of anything in this world.

Baba has advised us that, before the senses, mind and intellect enjoy their objects, first He should be remembered, and if this be done, it is in a way by making an offering to Him. The senses etc. can never remain without their objects, but if those objects are first offered to the Guru, the attachment for them will naturally vanish. In this way, all the Vrittis (subtle thoughts) regarding desire, anger, avarice etc. should first be offered and directed to the Guru, and if this practice be followed, the Lord will help you in eradicating all the Vrittis. When before enjoyment of the objects, you think that Baba is present, the question, whether the object is fit to be enjoyed or not, will at once arise. Then the object, that is not fit to be enjoyed, will be shunned and in this way our vicious habits or vices will disappear, and our character will improve. Then love for the Guru will grow and pure knowledge will sprout up. When this knowledge grows, the bondage of body-consciousness (we are the body) will snap and our intellect will be merged in spirit-consciousness (we are the spirit). Then we shall get bliss and contentment.

To put the matter in a nut-shell, we should not enjoy any object with our senses etc., without first remembering our Guru. When the mind is trained in this way, we will be always reminded of Baba and
our meditation on Baba will grow apace.

The Sagun Form of Baba will ever be before our eyes and then, devotion, non-attachment and salvation will all be ours. When Baba's Form is thus fixed before our mental vision, we forget hunger, thirst and this Sansar (world), the consciousness of worldly pleasures will disappear and our mind shall attain peace and happiness. 


Shri SaiSatcharitra-24

Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on November 20, 2007, 07:51:02 AM
Baba the Parent  





Knowing the parental instincts of Baba and understanding His ability to carry the load of millions is the first

step to comprehending His enormous power. As a consequence of viewing the incomprehensible nature of

this Lord, one begins to see the reason why He does what He does best; i.e., to aid those in real need

and to support spiritual progress by first meeting the mortal needs of all people - His devotees or not. He

is flexible to assist the advancement of devotees so long as the latter are willing to stay course during a

long and bumpy ride because the path to material fulfillment and then to self-realization is a mixed bag of

fragrant roses and piercing thorns. It is the responsibility of a devotee to demonstrate trust and patience

along the way, for the person has not seen the larger map with paths leading to Him. Developing a

discipline to work hard with dedication and devotion will help realize the greatness that Baba truly is;

especially in light of the Lord himself declining any glory and, to that simplicity we flock to Him.

Bow to Sri Sai.

Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on November 20, 2007, 08:53:49 AM
What is singleminded devotion?  



Single-minded devotion means that one has determined or resolved themselves to believe in SaiBaba

dedicatedly. One should completely surrender at the Baba's feet for seeking self-realization, not long for

any favor from him, but only pray to him with pure heart and faith. Baba had said" To him who surrenders

unto Me totally I shall ever be indebted."





The importance of single-minded devotion for progress on the spiritual path can hardly be overemphasized.

Lord Ram explained this to Vivishan in Sunderkand of Ram Charitmanas. This has been alluded to at great length

in Gita and Bhagwat. In the ultimate analysis it is achieved only when one sees God (or Sadguru) in all beings

and all beings in Him. In Chapter VI (Sloka 30) of Gita, Lord Krishna assures His devotee that He never distances

Himself from one who sees Him in all beings and all beings in Him. It implies gradual euthanasia of the concept of

duality from one's mind.

In Sai Satcharita, this has been enlightened at several places. Hemadpant mentioned if only we see Sai Baba all

the world assumes or becomes the form of Sai Baba. Baba himself mentioned to Bholkar in Chapter XV " Always

worship Me who is seated in your heart as well as in the heart of all beings. Blessed and fortunate is he who

knows Me thus." Baba graciously told Mrs. Tarkhand in Chapter IX of Saisatcharita that one who sees Me in all

the creatures is My beloved. He asked her to abandon the sense of duality. Baba who is God Incarnate Himself

assumed various forms to bring home this truth. Some devotee saw in Him a vision of Ram. Some had a glimpse

of Vithal, Pandurang. Some disciples of other Gurus when they saw in Him their own Gurus. They all were

spellbound and remained for sometime in a state of mind akin to mystical contemplation. Baba's only purpose

was to foster and instill in them faith and unwavering trust in their own Guru or deities and to teach them never

to deviate from their single-minded devotion. Examples can be multiplied. Sai Satcharita has remained and will

remain a living document of faith, trust and single-minded devotion. 


Bow to Sri Sai.
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on November 23, 2007, 04:10:35 PM
Message for the day


Go not to the temple to put flowers upon the feet of God,
First fill your own house with the Fragrance of love...

Go not to the temple to light candles before the altar of God,
First remove the darkness of sin from your heart...

Go not to the temple to bow down your head in prayer,
First learn to bow in humility before your fellowmen...

Go not to the temple to pray on bended knees,
First bend down to lift someone who is down-trodden. ..

Go not to the temple to ask for forgiveness for your sins,
First forgive from your heart those who have sinned against you.

...By Tagore
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on December 09, 2007, 06:45:00 PM
Moral Lapses  


Moral lapses are a consequence of incomplete spiritual perception of the nature of worldly things and of the spirit. Increased insight into the worthlessness of matters grossly worldly is a product of gradual evolution of consciousness through practice. In the path of devotion to Baba this development is entirely a matter concerning the devotee in question. We have nothing to bother about it.

 Sai Baba himself had furnished the true picture of the matter. When one of his devotees wondered how many of those who flock to Baba would realize life's goal, he gave an apt parallel. When the mango tree blossoms, how many buds will ripen into a fruit and how many fall off the tree. A verse in the Gita too says that of thousands of individuals, only a few turn towards God; of these, only very few will realize God. "Many are called but very few are chosen", says the Christ and illustrates it with the parable of a farmer. The devotee's zeal in the pursuit of his goal is of prime concern to him and it is a matter concerning his enlightenment.

 Why should we bother about it?

A true devotee of Baba never does. For, Baba himself had demonstrated what our attitude to such should be. When Jawahar Ali pretended to be the guru of Sai Baba, the latter kept quiet. He never bothered to expatiate the formers unworthiness to other devotees. He was very explicit in asking us to shed the sense of difference and to see the one in all if we wish to attain the ultimate object of life.

To be obsessed with lapses of other devotees is to totally divert our attention from what Baba taught both by his practice and percept and then we do not deserve to be called his devotees. Instead of meditating on the divine in all, we thereby do the reverse of it and the fruits of doing so could be contrary to what we hope to get by following Baba.

May Baba inspire in us the wisdom to take what is positive from all others, and if we notice any failings, may these help us to be careful against falling into similar error ourselves.

(Source: Sai Baba the Master by A.E.Bharadwaja, page 362) 

Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: Ramesh Ramnani on December 11, 2007, 03:56:56 AM
जय सांई राम।।।

We need to find BABA SAI, and HE cannot be found in noise and restlessness. BABA is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls.?

अपना सांई प्यारा सांई सबसे न्यारा अपना सांई


ॐ सांई राम।।।
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on December 23, 2007, 11:53:09 AM
We can always do a little more than we think we can.

We must continually apply this truth, or else we cease to be alive and grow.

Accept limitations, and they confirm themselves.

Challenge them, and they disappear.

Greatness is not in popularity, wealth, or long life, as most people believe.

Real greatness is in simplicity and supportive words.

It is in firm encouragement and gentle patience.

It is in finding God in the midst of the turmoil of the marketplace,

and remembering His goodness during hardship.

Greatness is not always found in those whom the world calls its heroes,

but in the unheard of saints who unselfishly serve their families,

lend a kind ear to a friend in despair, and lovingly see the Best in those who have

become too accustomed to seeing themselves as mediocre.

JaiSaiRam!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: Ramesh Ramnani on January 02, 2008, 04:00:08 AM
जय सांई राम।।।

Think of yourself as a radio set; if  Shirdi Sai Station is speaking to you at frequencies that you are not tuned into, you may think, BABA, why have you forsaken me?  Recent experiments in higher consciousness show that people begin to have holy experiences and visions while vibrating at above 200,000 cycles per second. The non-meditator vibrates at about 350 cycles per second. To raise your vibrational frequency and tune into The BABA Force, you can begin with: Daily prayer, silent meditation, choosing love over fear at every junction of life and intentionally replacing negative thoughts with uplifting ones.

अपना सांई प्यारा सांई सबसे न्यारा अपना सांई


ॐ सांई राम।।।
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on January 02, 2008, 03:03:06 PM
ॐ सांई राम।।।

Atma – Jnana

Atman or Brahma is one. But the hearts it occupies are different. It is one and the same. Atman that runs through all the hearts. As per pain and pleasure, these are not the functions of Atman, but only of the hearts. To make the heart, a heart, is the function of the Atman.

 

Sri Sai Baba advocated Atma – Tatwa as ‘Sat-Chit- Ananda’ involved in the body-mind complex. The involved Atman is called ‘Jiva’. The pure heart, the Divine spirit in the body, the real self is ever, as it immutable. The individual soul is internal. The creation of soul is only secondary. Birth and death are only to the body and not to the soul. What originates is its connection with its gross and subtle bodies which are unreal. The soul is pure intelligence which is never lost under any circumstances. The soul is really Brahman and its identity with Brahman is known in meditation only. Soul springs from Brahman like sparks from the fire. In the stage of bondage, it is atomic, but this is not its true nature.”

 

Baba always says: “Human birth is wasted if Atma is not realized. Freedom from Samsara cannot be obtained without self realization.

 

The form of one’s Atman be distinctly visualized by one, in the same manner as one’s image is seen in the mirror. One should enquire into the Self by the Self. One should enter into Self. Self is hidden. Self is the goal for the Self. Therefore, attain Self-mastery by the Self, like a trader who protects his horse.

 

The supreme subject is subtle, that which existed in the past, present, and future, that forms the basis of this world of names and forms. That which is the Paramatma constitutes the Atma for this body. Being deathless, it is the Truth. That becomes the resting place for the individual soul during the state of Susupti and death.

 

Atma is the subtler than the subtlest. That God-hood is known as Atman. The Supreme one is our real nature. We are neither the doer nor the enjoyer nor the giver. We are the Pure Consciousness embodied in the form of Supreme-Self.

जय सांई राम।।।
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on February 02, 2008, 02:35:41 PM
Sai Krishna !



"When Dharma was showing signs of decline, Avatar manifests to protect the earth. When the forces of wickedness had grown to greater proportions Poornavathar Krishna manifested to uphold Dharma. But compared to Dwapara yuga, present kaliyuga is more complicated & wickedness emerging many places in many forms as terrorism. We can pray to the Almighty to manifest Himself as Sri Krishna in everyone's heart to transform internally to promote Dharma & Peace everywhere. The word 'Krish' denotes the attraction. What type of attraction?

Attraction that is beyond senses. Beyond the material pleasure. Lord Krishna was always embodiment of happiness and miracles. Sri Krishna was immersed in Bliss. Whether it was a battlefield or palace, He remained the same. He selected the battlefield to give upadesh to Arjuna. 5000 years ago, Lord Krishna gave his support to Pandavas with who were truth, righteousness, and justice. Lord Krishna performed his duty as a Raja.

Lord Krishna is called by many names. Yasodanandana, Devakinandana, Chittachora etc.. Lord Krishna in his boyhood days played leelas to steal the Navaneetham (butter). It shows the inner meaning. He is the thief of our Chitta (Heart). When He will come to steal? When our heart will melt like butter with devotion. When our heart becomes pure and clean through intense sadhana and japa, Lord will come and steal our heart.

Shri Saibaba became Sai Krishna, the Muralidhar that Booty wanted to install. Shirdi Sai Baba always told His devotees, "This masjid is Dwaraka mayi. Whoever stepped into this will be relieved from all kinds of miseries". In Sai Satcharitra chapter IV, a footnote says that Shirdi comes in the limits of Pandharpur, which was the southern most center of Dwaraka, and therefore, Shirdi is Dwaraka itself (vide Sai leela, Vol.14, nos.1-2-3). Shri Sai Krishna declared. " Who is this ME?". (Sri Sai Satcharita chapter XLIII&XLIV) "You need not go far or anywhere in search of Me. Barring your name and form, there exists in you, as well as in all beings, a sense of being or Consciousness of Existence. That is Myself. Knowing this, you see Me inside yourself, as well as in all beings. If you practice this, you will realize all pervasiveness, and attain oneness with Me". Like Lord Krishna, once again Shri Sai Krishna gave this "SAI GITA" to all of us.

We will pray to Sai Krishna to manifest His Divine Love in everyone's heart and spread Peace and Harmony everywhere.Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna Sai Krishna Hare, Hare..Hare Rama, Hare Rama Sai Rama Hare Hare--OM SRI SAI RAM

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Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: Ramesh Ramnani on February 23, 2008, 07:17:43 AM

जय सांई राम।।।

Remember.....
 
No one can depress you.

No one can make you anxious.
 
No one can hurt your feelings.
 
No one can make you feel inferior
 
No one can make you feel anything other than what you allow inside.
 
With everything that has happened to you, you can either feel sorry for yourself......or treat what has happened as a gift.
 
Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing.

You get to choose.

अपना सांई प्यारा सांई सबसे न्यारा अपना सांई

ॐ सांई राम।।।
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on February 24, 2008, 03:56:13 PM
The Perfect One



Sai Baba of Shirdi was proficient in several Yogic practices and His accomplishments are still not

completely deciphered. The missing years before the Lord showed up in Shirdi is yet to be accounted

for. In fact, His simplicity was deceptively dissuading to even great saadhakas that approached Shirdi.

The stories of Megha and Somdev are two such examples. However, myth shattered, these great men

did not waste a minute and had good fortunes of having enlisted in His Kingdom. Rarely did Baba led

His followers into His physical self, be it the Dhauthi that dismayed some of the accidental onlookers or

the proficiency in Sri Mad BhagavadGita Nana had seen for himself. Abdul did mention that Baba used

to recite Kalma and other versed in Urdu. He also depicts incidents where Baba chatted with Moslem

scholars, although such events were rare in Shirdi and probably have not been always recorded. No

Mantras chanted and no benediction pronounced. He did not prescribe any Asanas, neither he

approved fasting. Initiation may have a different connotation in spiritual world. But Baba's magic then

and now has drawn several to His mystic self. Whether one would call this initiation or divine call, it is

a fortune, a blessing to be revered. He is Rama the king, He is Krishna the thief (the Great one that

stole butter), He is Mohammed, the Prophet, and the Messaih Jesus. Let us on this holy day reaffirm

our faith to the Simple One, and the Perfect One and contemplate on His self. 

JaiSaiRam.

Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on February 24, 2008, 04:30:51 PM
Flower without fragrance!


Geet jaisa main hoon akela..
Tumhare sur bina..
Sai.. tumhare sur bina

Kaagaz ke phool jaisaa hoon main...
Tumhare sugandh bina..
Sai.... tumhare sugandh bina

(Like a lyric without tune, a flower without fragrance, this is what I am Sai.. without You!)

Knowledge without experiencing is no knowledge at all.

This is in essence purports the advaitic philosophy of realizing the nature of Sai.

While the statement not necessarily derogates the pursuit of knowledge whether it is from

scriptures or Sadguru, it does points out to the limitations of the knowledge.

Examples are abounding in the scriptures pointing to how great people even with all the

knowledge could not accomplish the purpose of their pursuit.

Knowledge is the entity gained by the outward pursuit of mind whereas the experience is

the inward investigation. It is of utmost importance for a seeker to know the distinction

between the two. Knowledge as a function of logic is easily explained while experience

remains with the self, only to be experienced! Does the inability to explain the experience

mean that it does not exist? Absolutely not. One of the most eloquent and illuminating

commentaries on the experience of the self can be found in "Tripura Rahasya", when the

woman ascetic spoke to Ashtavakra in King Janaka's court:

"Hearing it a thousand times over will be useless unless one verifies the teachings by

means of investigation into the Self with a concentrated mind. Just as a prince labors

under a misapprehension that the string of pearls still clinging to his neck has been stolen

away by another and is not persuaded to the contrary by mere words but only believes

when he finds it around his neck by his own effort so also, O youth, however clever a man

may be, he will never know his own self by the mere teaching of others unless he realizes

it for himself. Otherwise he can never realize the Self if his mind is turned outward.

A lamp illumines all around but does not illumine itself or another light.

It shines of itself without other sources of light.

Things shine in sunlight without the necessity for any other kind of illumination.

Because lights do not require to be illumined, do we say that they are not known or that

they do not exist? Therefore, as it is thus with lights and things made aware by the

conscious self, what doubt can you have regarding abstract consciousness, namely the

Self?

Lights and things being insentient cannot be self-aware. Still, their existence or

manifestation is under no doubt. That means they are self-luminous.

Can you not similarly investigate with an inward mind in order to find out if the all-

comprehending Self is conscious or not conscious? That Consciousness is absolute and

transcends the three states (wakefulness, dream and slumber) and comprises all the

universe making it manifest. Nothing can be apprehended without its light.


Will anything be apparent to you, if there be no consciousness?

Even to say that nothing is apparent to you (as in sleep) requires the light of

consciousness. Is not your awareness of your unawareness (in sleep) due to

consciousness?

If you infer its eternal light, then closely investigate whether the light is of itself or not.

Everybody falls in this investigation however learned and proficient he may be, because his

mind is not bent inward but restlessly moves outward.

As long as thoughts crop up, so long has the turning inward of the mind not been

accomplished. As long as the mind is not inward, so long the Self cannot be realized.

Turning inward means absence of desire. How can the mind be fixed within if desires are

not given up?

Therefore, become dispassionate and inhere as the Self. Such inherence is spontaneous

(no effort is needed to inhere as the Self). It is realized after thoughts are eliminated and

investigation ceases. Recapitulate your state after you break off from it, and then will know

all and the significance of its being knowable and unknowable at the same time.

Thus realizing the unknowable, one abides in immortality for ever and ever.

(Inspired by "Tripura Rahasya" by Swami Sri Ramanananda Saraswathi) 



Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on March 21, 2008, 04:51:38 AM
Adversity & Prosperity  



Adversity makes us dynamic.

Adversity forces our eyes wide apart.

 Adversity teaches us the meaning of patience.

Adversity endows us with faith in ourselves.

Adversity leads us inward to correct and perfect our march to life.

 Prosperity leads us onward to illumine and immortalize our human birth.

In prosperity, our inner strength remains static.

In adversity, our inner strength becomes dynamic.

 None can deny the fact that every step of progress which the world

has made has come from both the smiles of prosperity and the tears of adversity.

One merit of adversity none can deny: it helps us to be stronger within.

The stronger we are within, the brighter we are without.

JaiSaiRam.
 
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on April 12, 2008, 11:45:09 AM

OM SAI RAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


If you plant honesty, you will reap trust

If you plant goodness, you will reap friends

If you plant humility, you will reap greatness

If you plant perseverance, you will reap contentment

If you plant consideration, you will reap perspective

If you plant hard work, you will reap success

If you plant forgiveness, you will reap reconciliation

If you plant faith, you will reap a harvest So, be careful what you plant now;

 it will determine what you will reap later.


JaiSaiRam.
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on April 12, 2008, 11:49:37 AM
People come into your life for a REASON, a SEASON, or a LIFETIME . . .
. . . When you figure out which it is, you know exactly what to do.

When someone is into your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed outwardly or inwardly. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally, or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend, and they are. They are there for the reason, you need them to be. Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end.

Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away. Sometimes they act up or out and force you to take a stand. What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled; their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered and it is now time to move on.

When people come into your life for a SEASON, it is because your turn has come to share, grow, or learn. They may bring you an experience of peace or make you laugh. They may teach you something you have never done. They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy. Believe it! It is real! But, only for a season!

LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons; those things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation. Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person/people (any way); and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life. It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant.

Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: nimmi_sai on April 12, 2008, 01:28:52 PM
subha di,
sairam ..Nice to read your messages ....Had been your great fan and you are such an ispiration to us .
 I would like to thank you for inspiring me once again with your beautiful words,
Keep working, keep growing!
god bless u
Nimmi
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on April 25, 2008, 08:36:45 PM
Creator is the Doer 


Humility comes in when one sees that only the Creator is the Doer and one is merely a puppet in

His divine will. Those who do not rise above the plane of senses, wholly or partially remain in

duality. And to remain in duality is a sin. In spite of the continuous efforts to overcome the sins

and prove oneself as good and pious in the eyes of others, one commits more sins and tells lies.

In trying to overcome (the sins) one gathers the dirt of impious deeds and hides them inside and

becomes the prey of lots of worldly diseases and continuously remains in sins.

Ego is the main hindrance in self-analysis and man-making, and with ego one ever acts as doer.

Humility is not possible unless one overcomes the mind and its identification through the sense

organs. If one sees the world with open eyes and with closed eyes one's self within, one can see

the underlying disadvantages to some extent. Thus we can remove the physical ego, but then

there is also the astral and the causal ego. When one rises above the astral body, one sees the

underlying causes of ego in total. Only after removing the physical, astral and causal ego, does

one obtain humility in full.

Then he is a conscious co-worker of the divine plan and takes Him as  the Doer.

JaiSaiRam.
 
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on April 26, 2008, 01:26:09 PM
Words to the Wise

The power of the spoken word is something never to be taken lightly. With one word, you have the power to encourage or discourage, to delight or disappoint, to lift up or tear down, to heal or hurt. It's essential, therefore, in both your personal life and your professional life, that you allow praise to be frequently found flowing from your lips. Use some of the following tips to give praise a priority in your day.

1. Do it now � don't wait for an "official" time for evaluation or feedback. Give praise as quickly as you discover a praiseworthy act.

2. Use various methods � give praise in person, in a note, at a meeting, in a newsletter, on e-mail, on the phone, on voicemail. Be creative!

3. Go public � when appropriate, praise in public so you "toot the horn" of the person being recognized.

4. Keep it simple � kind words are often the easiest � but often most over-looked form of praise. A kind word of acknowledgement, thanks or a greeting "Good Morning!" can be a form of praise that, while simple, can lift someone's spirits and lets that person know you're thinking of them.


Look for opportunities every day to share a word of praise or kindness the impact can be powerful!
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on April 26, 2008, 01:32:50 PM
What are the two great unfulfilled dreams of your life?

What would you say?

Think about it for a minute. What legacy would you like to leave that you havenít fulfilled yet? Education, family, job, relationships, parenting, spiritual growth, health, recreation, hobby, finances - what do you dream of doing? You know, it's really never too late to do something positive about accomplishing your dreams.

Walt Disney said, "If you can dream it, you can do it." He accomplished his biggest dreams when he was in his later years of life. So since we can't use the excuse of being too old to dream, let's try it. Write down on a 3" x 5"card what your two great unfulfilled dreams are. Then, commit your dreams to the litmus test - give them to God in prayer.

 Take your dreams and plans to God and let Him guide you in fulfilling them. He has promised that if we follow His commands and are certain to line up our lives with His will, He will give us the desires of our hearts.

Keep your dreams on that 3" x 5" card and every morning commit them to God in prayer.
Keep your life squarely in the center of God's commands and watch for how He will lead you.

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future"  He wants to fulfill your dreams, so why not let Him!

JaiSaiRam.
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on May 16, 2008, 03:20:35 PM
Baba’s Holi Meal in Hemadpant’s House

On Holi festival in 1917, Baba appeared in the dream of Hemadpant at his house in Bandra and told him that he would be coming to his house to participate in the Holi meal. Hemadpant told his wife about the dream and asked her to prepare food for one more person. The festivities of Holi were over. Arrangements were made for serving the meal. They reserved a seat for Baba. All the members of the family sat down for the meal. After offerings were made to God, ghee was served; they were about to start eating, when someone knocked the door. Hemadpant opened the door and found two persons standing there. They handed over to him a photo of Shirdi Sai Baba with a request to keep it safely. They asked him to finish his meals first and then they could discuss the details about the photo later on; they left the place.

Hemadpant was surprised at the arrival of Baba in the form of photo, exactly at meal time. He shed tears of joy. He felt happy that what Baba had told him in the dream had come true in this manner. He immediately put the photo in the place set apart for Baba. All the food items were kept before the photo and only after offering them to Baba, did the others eat.

The same day at the same time Baba told Shama at Shirdi that he had a sumptuous meal at Bandra in Hemadpant’s house. Shama could understand Baba’s words only after sometime when Hemadpant went to Shirdi. Now let us see how the photo was delivered at Hemadpant’s house.

A long time back, a saint by name Abdul Rehman gave a lifesize framed photo of Baba to Ali Mohammed. After sometime, Ali’s brother-in-law fell sick. Someone said that if the photos of saints were put in the sea, the illness would subside. So he sent for this manager and asked him to collect all such photos in his house and also in the houses of relatives and put them in the sea. After some days Ali Mohammed came home and was surprised to find that Baba’s photo was still there in the wall. He began to think to whom it should be given. As per Baba’s order given to him through his thoughts, the photo was handed over to Hemadpant.
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on May 24, 2008, 06:17:43 PM
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

There are two days in every week we should not worry about, two days that should be kept free from fear and apprehension.

One is yesterday, with its mistakes and cares, its faults and blunders, its aches and pains. Yesterday has passed, forever beyond our control.

All the money in the world cannot bring back yesterday. We cannot undo a single act we performed. Nor can we erase a single word we've said - yesterday is gone.

The other day we shouldn't worry about is tomorrow, with its impossible adversaries, its burden, its hopeful promise and poor performance. Tomorrow is beyond our control.

Tomorrow's sun will rise either in splendor or behind a mask of clouds - but it will rise. And until it does, we have no stake in tomorrow, for it is yet unborn.

This leaves only one day - today. Any person can fight the battles of just one day. It is only when we add the burdens of yesterday and tomorrow that we break down.

It is not the experience of today that drives people mad - it is the remorse of bitterness for something that happened yesterday, and the dread of what tomorrow may bring. Let us, therefore, live one day at a time!
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on May 24, 2008, 06:23:36 PM
After a while you learn the subtle difference between holding a hand
and chaining a soul and you learn that love doesn't mean leaning
and company doesn't always mean security. And you begin to learn
that kisses aren't contracts and presents aren't promises
and you begin to accept your defeats with your head up and your eyes ahead
with the grace of a woman not the grief of a child and you learn
to build all your roads on today because tomorrow's ground is
too uncertain for plans and futures have a way of falling down After a while you learn
that even sunshine burns if you get too much so you plant your own garden
and decorate your own soul instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.
And you learn that you really can endure that you really are strong
and you really do have worth and you learn and you learn
with every goodbye you learn.

 

Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on May 24, 2008, 06:27:53 PM
You Are

You are strong
when you take your grief and teach it to smile.

You are brave
when you overcome your fear and help others to do the same.

You are happy
when you see a flower and give it your blessing.

You are loving
when your own pain does not blind you to the pain of others.

You are wise
when you know the limits of your wisdom.

You are true
when you admit there are times you fool yourself.

You are alive
when tomorrow's hope means more to you than yesterday's mistake.

You are growing
when you know what you are but not what you will become.

You are free
when you are in control of yourself and do not wish to control others.

You are honorable
when you find your honor is to honor others.

You are generous
when you can take as sweetly as you can give.

You are humble
when you do not know how humble you are.

You are thoughtful
when you see me just as I am and treat me just as you are.

You are merciful
when you forgive in others the faults you condemn in yourself.

You are beautiful
when you don't need a mirror to tell you.

You are rich
when you never need more than what you have.

You are you
when you are at peace with who you are not.

You are always nice  to us Baba Sai!
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on June 10, 2008, 06:18:12 PM
Bhakthi Maala


On this GuruPoornima day, humbly we offer our obeisance at thy Lotus Feet. Bless us with the choicest gifts from Your Treasure Box. Sri Hemadpant came to Shirdi on account of the stored merit of his Punyakarmas. You were standing in the corner of Sathe's wada. He ran, prostrated before you. Joy knew no bounds. He found more than what he had heard from Nana Chandorkar. All his senses were pacified and he forgot thirst and hunger. As he touched Your sacred feet, he began a new lease on life. You held his hand and never let go.

Gaulibuva came for your Divya Darshan every year and testified with great faith that you are Pandharinath Vithal incarnate, the merciful Lord of the poor and the helpless. Sri Dasganu had a desire to visit holy Prayag You showed with mercy, Ganga and Yamuna flowing from Your Toes. Such is the significance of Your holy feet. That is where live all the Thirthas of your Bhaktas.

You came to Shirdi as a young lad. Just like Krishna, children looked at You with awe and old ladies' hearts swelled up with motherly affection. At Your very first Darshan, Mahalspati heart cried out, YA SAI and You became our Sai. Bless us with the same wealth that You blessed your Mahalspati with.

Saint Gangagir came to Shirdi & seeing you carrying pitchers of water in both hands for watering the garden was amazed at Your Darshan and said "Blessed is Shirdi that it got this precious Jewel; but He is not an ordinary fellow. As the land was lucky & meritorious, it secured this Jewell". Saint of Anandmath was lucky to find pure diamond like you. Such was the efficacy of Your Darshan that it quieted our Samsar. Mr. Cholkar's desires were fulfilled just by Your Darshan. Mr. Sathe resorted to Your feet and seeing Your form, which was like eternal Brahma, luminous, spotless and pure, his mind became calm and composed.

Such was the efficacy of Your Darshan that Bhakta Pant saw his guru in You and was blessed with fearlessness. Ramdas Bhakta devotee saw her beloved Deity Rama in You.. Lala Lakhmichand was so happy to have Your Darshan that he was enrapt with Your Lotus Feet as a bee with a sweet smelling Rose. Kakaji Vaidya found that there was no benediction, no words, just Your Divya Darshan filled his whole being with peace. Darveshis came with their sick Tiger at Your door for You to cure him. Tiger's head hung down on account of luster on Your face. Such fortune to have death at Your Lotus Feet.

Baba, On this GuruPoornima day, bless us with the Vision like you blessed Anandrao Pakhade. Let us decorate our Hridya simhasan with gold and diamonds of all Satwick vrittis. Reside our Deva, take Your Feet out of Your Kafni and let us change the directions of our lives towards the SatyaPath. Let us direct all our senses towards our eyes wherein live You my Sai., We have placed Your Padukas in our heart. Murmur with Your sweet voice, Your eternal message that "THESE ARE THE FEET OF THE LORD".

Baba, instill Your Shashwat Sandesh in our ears, "OH.. WHAT IS THERE IN AKKALKOT, and WHAT IS THERE IN PRAYAG"? THE RANCHOD OF DWARKA IS IN SHIRDI. Come to our house for Bhiksha and let us serve You with our sweet devotion. Be pleased with it and placing Your VardaHasta on our heads, comfort us by saying, "THESE FEET ARE OLD AND HOLY, YOU ARE CAREFREE NOW. PLACE ENTIRE FAITH IN ME AND YOU WILL SOON GET YOUR OBJECT."

At Your Lotus Feet my Deva, Your own children in Dwarkamai

Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on June 22, 2008, 04:44:55 PM
It's all relative!

The theory of relativity by Albert Einstein has revolutionized the way the universe around us is perceived. It is considered the greatest scientific discovery of all times that says that space and time, which form the basic fabric of our lives, are relative. For instance we can talk of time only relative to something else for e.g. a clock or by the span of sunlight or moonlight around us. Similarly space is consumed of objects from the tiniest to the largest. Space is talked about the same way in relation to some other space.

The theory further derives that at greater speeds, which are not readily perceived by our sense matter or mass and energy interchange. Such is our universe that everything comes out of only one and is various manifestations of that source. What is that source continues to baffle even the greatest scientist.

Whatever we express follows this law of relativity of nature and we define an object in some relation. It is how you describe the relation with that object that you perceive that object in that way. As it is said in Baba's arathi, as you approach Baba so do you experience Him. And how one approaches stems out of the relationship one defines.

So also in perceiving Shri Sainath, it is how you describe the relation within yourselves with Him that defines how you will interact with Him. As one keeps experiencing Baba more then they are redefining their relationship too. That relationship could become stronger or weaker depending on our behavior and actions.

A stronger relationship evolves into a deeper faith that could help one tide over the various facets of this life and beyond. In the final hour what matters is whom can one depend on for their future journey?

That the soul is ever living and journeying has been emphasized repeatedly in all religions and by Baba himself when he tells Nana Chandorkar that He knew Nana since over 72 lives. So it is necessary not only to think just about this life but also the one beyond, the one which do not know and fear about to the extent that we don't want to talk about it. It is perfect masters like Shri Sainath who provide the comfort and direction to their devotees and believers.

May Shri Sainath ever bless those whose faith in Him ever increases. 

JaiSaiRam.

Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on June 22, 2008, 04:46:41 PM
Baba the Parent  


Knowing the parental instincts of Baba and understanding His ability to carry the load of millions

is the first step to comprehending His enormous power.

 As a consequence of viewing the incomprehensible nature of this Lord, one begins to see the

reason why He does what He does best; i.e., to aid those in real need and to support spiritual

progress by first meeting the mortal needs of all people - His devotees or not. He is flexible to

assist the advancement of devotees so long as the latter are willing to stay course during a long

and bumpy ride because the path to material fulfillment and then to self-realization is a mixed

bag of fragrant roses and piercing thorns. It is the responsibility of a devotee to demonstrate

trust and patience along the way, for the person has not seen the larger map with paths leading

to Him. Developing a discipline to work hard with dedication and devotion will help realize the

greatness that Baba truly is; especially in light of the Lord himself declining any glory and, to that

simplicity we flock to Him.

JaiSaiRam.

Title: Sri Sai
Post by: SS91 on August 12, 2008, 05:58:39 AM
Sri Sai

Om Sri Sai Ram.

1 Sri Sai is Love - If you must be mad, be it not for the things of the world. Be mad with the love of Sri Sai… Many good sayings are to be found in holy books, but merely reading them will not make one religious. One must practice the virtues taught in such books in order to acquire love of Sri Sai.


2 Sri Sai is True Knowledge - If you first fortify yourself with the true knowledge of the Universal Self, and then live in the midst of wealth and worldliness, surely they will in no way affect you. When the divine vision is attained, all appear equal, and there remains no distinction of good and bad, or of high and low… Good and evil cannot bind him who has realized the oneness of nature and his own self with Brahman.


3 Sri Sai is in Your Heart - Because of the screen of illusion that shuts off God from human view, lotus of your heart, you must keep the lamp of remembering Sri Sai ever burning. While engaged in the affairs of the world, you should constantly turn your gaze inwards and see whether the lamp is burning or not.

4 Sri Sai is in All People - Sri Sai is in all men, but all men are not in Sri Sai, that is why we suffer.


5 Sri Sai is Our Father - As a nurse in a wealthy family brings up her master's child, loving it as if it were her own, yet knowing well that she has no claim upon it, so you also think that you are but trustee and guardians of your children whose real father is Sri Sai Himself.


6 Sri Sai is Infinite - Many are the names of Sri Sai and infinite the forms through which He may be approached.

7 Sri Sai is Truth - Unless one always speaks the truth, one cannot find Sri Sai Who is the soul of truth. One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize Sri Sai.


8 Sri Sai is above all Arguments - If you desire to be pure, have firm faith, and slowly go on with your devotional practices without wasting your energy in useless scriptural discussions and arguments. Your little brain will otherwise be muddled.

9 Sri Sai is Work - Work, apart from devotion or love of Sri Sai, is helpless and cannot stand alone


10 Sri Sai is the End - To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward or fear of any punishment in this world or the next. Work so done is a means to the end, and Sri Sai is the end.

Jai Sai Ram
Title: Practice of casting and drawing chits in front of Baba?
Post by: SS91 on August 12, 2008, 06:06:45 AM
Don’t You Trust Baba
 
Aum Sairam

Practice of casting and drawing chits in front of Baba?

One of the practices of some Devotees is to cast chits and draw in front of Sri Sai in an attempt to seek Sri Sai's direction in matters

I think the act of casting and drawing chits in front of Sri Sai is just a way adopted by some devotees to satisfy themselves but on the other side its a wicked sign showing that we don't have total faith on Sri Sai that whatever Sri Sai will do will be for our own benefit.

Sri Sai is Omniscient, Omnipotent and Omnipresent. We should have a steady faith towards Sri Sai and surrender all our karmas to him. There is no need to cast and draw chits; it's just to satisfy our mind, which is wandering around.

Jai Sai Ram
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: sonikaputtoo on August 12, 2008, 06:35:08 AM
Don’t You Trust Baba
 
Aum Sairam

Practice of casting and drawing chits in front of Baba?

One of the practices of some Devotees is to cast chits and draw in front of Sri Sai in an attempt to seek Sri Sai's direction in matters

I think the act of casting and drawing chits in front of Sri Sai is just a way adopted by some devotees to satisfy themselves but on the other side its a wicked sign showing that we don't have total faith on Sri Sai that whatever Sri Sai will do will be for our own benefit.

Sri Sai is Omniscient, Omnipotent and Omnipresent. We should have a steady faith towards Sri Sai and surrender all our karmas to him. There is no need to cast and draw chits; it's just to satisfy our mind, which is wandering around.

Jai Sai Ram
u r right subha didi but if I am not mistaken the reference of casting chits is there in Sai sat charitra...then what to do we human beings are weak sometimes when laiden with burdens of some adverse situations resort to such practices to get relief and solution from Baba ...........is it wrong? I mean i am confused and really need an answer. Many times I refer to the Question answer section of our Dwarkamai....is it wrong?  Does it mean I dont have full faith??? pleas guide...I want to know and have unshakable faith in my lord Sai......
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: keerthisai on August 12, 2008, 07:49:54 AM
Don’t You Trust Baba
 
Aum Sairam

Practice of casting and drawing chits in front of Baba?

One of the practices of some Devotees is to cast chits and draw in front of Sri Sai in an attempt to seek Sri Sai's direction in matters

I think the act of casting and drawing chits in front of Sri Sai is just a way adopted by some devotees to satisfy themselves but on the other side its a wicked sign showing that we don't have total faith on Sri Sai that whatever Sri Sai will do will be for our own benefit.

Sri Sai is Omniscient, Omnipotent and Omnipresent. We should have a steady faith towards Sri Sai and surrender all our karmas to him. There is no need to cast and draw chits; it's just to satisfy our mind, which is wandering around.

Jai Sai Ram

Subha ji,

OM SAIRAM

I beg to differ in this point of your view, I do understand when devotees (especially young ones or those who are introduced just recently have the practice of asking chits every now and them, ) when we are still matured by BABA's grace can understand his Omniscient, Omnipotent and Omnipresent but it is not doubting him or in shaken faith we draw chits. as SONKIA ji also points out this custom is prevailing since SAI's durbar, but should be used in real important decisions.

At certain time constraints, for example we have seen a few houses for a rental accommodation, in this fast racing world people are ready with advance in cash / chq waiting in queue the time they come in for seeing the house, so if you dont be the first one in the race, you are the loser, on particular day we have seen 5 houses, 2 of them not suitable for some reasons, three are OK with respect price, locality, convienience etc., how will you know which one BABA is going to chose for you.

We need his decision for selecting the house, how will you do that, we can wait till he gives you an answer but the house owner doesn't wait, sometimes BABA does it spontaneously by being there left out by the previous tenant as a PHOTO, may then you can understand that house is for you. Many a times when you have no time left but need an answer from BABA, CHITS are the only way to get his decision, we are not asking him with unshaken faith, we need to know his decision for us,

We draw 4 chits in this case with each one with the address of  each house and the fourth one saying that "none are suitable" the drawn chits either at POOJA MANDHIR at home or temple ( if nearby) if one of them with address is picked up we just bluntly abide by his decision, even if  "none are suitable" is picked up we just abide by it and again start the hunt.

Why is "none are suitable" written just when you write the three adresses you are forcing BABA to give one amongst that whatsoever, but BABA may feel that even all the three are not suitable for you.

Hope in the process of this post i am not hurting any one's sentiments, pls aceept apologies if i am doing so, as far as we are concerned we regularly take decisions by asking BABA only, no decision is ours.

We have personally experienced and i can narrate many leelas of his in way of giving us his decisions, when we have asked for his decision in early days, but felt we cant comply it and how we have suffered till we did comply to his decision and got his blessings theresfter.

THANKS & RGDS
KEERTHI

JAI SAIRAM
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on August 12, 2008, 11:14:14 AM

 SaiRam Keerthi ji,

I fully agree with you all.  Baba has taught us the two paisa Shraddha and Saburi

Shraddha or devotional faith is the most difficult state of mind to achieve.
There are many examples of many devotees in Shirdi, at the time of Baba, who had left everything on Sai including all their material and spiritual needs, and Baba did provide these to them.

If one cannot come to this state of utter inaction then, he should go by the normal path of Navadha Bhakti and should be responsible for his own conduct to start with.

God has given enough intelligence to human beings in comparison to animals, to discriminate between good and evil. Such practice will slowly but definitely grow devotion in him imperceptibly.

However, this slow growth means waiting patiently under all circumstances on the mercy of Baba, which is nothing but Saburi.

Saburi is, therefore, an essential factor for the generation, sustenance and growth of devotion. Both faith and patience are complementary to each other.

Faith without patience will bring loss of faith at frequent intervals of time and will not allow its growth. Similarly, only patience, without actual faith, is an exercise in futility. A balance in both will bring about even growth of both in a person.

Baba I have shraddha in you, and I will take what ever you give. It might be painful sometimes but I trust you fully. And Baba I have that Saburi, patience for the real treasure to unfold"

And if we are missing Shraddha and Saburi " Baba Please give me Shraddha and Saburi"

These are few lines I had chosen. Sai Satcharitra is full with jewels and gems of Baba's Saying.
And if we take some pain to give attention to those jewels, those words of Baba.
I feel we will benefit more.


I am sorry if I have hurt  any of the devotees. Sai guide us all.

Jaisairam.

Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: sonikaputtoo on August 12, 2008, 10:33:13 PM
Didi u r right and u have pointed towards the very basic and utmost important things, a Sai devotee should possess ie shraddha and Saburi..........but I think my question remains somewhat unanswered or May be I dont possess such intelligence to understand ur reply.......

with all shraddha and saburi if we pray baba to guide us ( in our tough times where taking a decision becomes difficult ) through chits or Q & A ..... is it wrong?

why I am keen to Know didi is because at some occassions when i have requested baba to reply me thru chits or Q&A ( in really tough times for me) the reply I have got is sometimes different than what actually happens later on......This does not shake my faith but I feel that time may be I am not abke to interpret his reply properly or may be my Karmaphal is not yet over.........

I really need to know how to pray n request baba to gude in life?
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: adwaita on August 13, 2008, 02:48:16 PM
om sai ram

I would like to say one thing. Be it casting lots or wait for baba's direct answer in any way, there is one main pillar called 'faith'. There is nothing wrong in following the chits method. for example shama ji followed this method when he was in a dilemma whether to accept that shawl or not. Here it's not that he didn't believe baba or he doubted the person who brought that shawl but he wanted to take permission from baba whether to accept the shawl or not. So, we can't say that shama had no faith upon baba. When baba was there, people used to go to him directly to get his permission in any concern but what should we do now....

I also say that it is not the only way left and casting lots when your mind is restless is highly not advisable. When our mind is not at rest or peace, then how can we talk to him properly? Even if we get the answers whether a 'yes' or 'no', there are few who try it again and again just to increase the confusion. To avoid this kind of situation, casting lots is not advisable. They get an answer and if it doesn't happen they don't believe in chit method. It is not that we should further stop believing the chit method, it is that we don't have control upon our restless mind. When mind becomes restless, it bugs us to ask nanna again and again through the chit method and we listen to it. Before doing that, we should bring our mind to steady state and as soon as it comes to steady state it is filled with baba and all the positive thoughts, we may even don't need to go for asking him anything. The direct answer would be with us.   

keerti ji, I want to tell you one experience of mine. I was about to give an online exam. There were two centers in Vizag. I didn't ask baba which one to choose. In fact I didn't get that thought. I was over whelmed to find an online center here as I never thought I would find any. Baba showed me the way. I simply went to the famous one. There on the first day I talked to them regarding the fee, exam slot etc. After few minutes it struck me that I didn't see nanna anywhere and when that receptionist came I forgot about it. She asked me to come after 2 days. Later when I went there, they kept on postponing and no one was showing that much interest. I got fed up and chose to go for the other center. No sooner I entered the office, I found nanna's moorthy right in front of me as if he was waiting for me. I understood that he wanted me to give my exam at the 2nd center. The examiner was very kind and told everything in detail. Also the exam fee was low when compared to the 1st center. This is how he arranges everything, even if we don't ask him. It is wonderful that you ask him everything through chits before taking a step but he thinks about us at least one second before we think about us :) that's our father :) :-* Yes for few cases we will be in confusion as to which one to choose but his guiding is timely and will reach us for sure. My apologies if I offended anyone. These are my humble opinions and not to hurt anyone. Baba bless all. om sai ram.
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on October 05, 2008, 02:15:34 PM
Story of the Brick


Baba had a brick in his possession that He cherished as a life-long companion. Abdul used to take care of cleaning of the Masjid. Once while cleaning the floors, the brick that Baba treasured fell down and broke into pieces. Sainath was very sad at this event and lamented at the loss of one of His very few material possessions. King of the Yogis and the great soul that rejected everything material, Saibaba was dejected over what seemed to be a priceless piece of mud. How could that be?

The brick was the one that Sai Baba’s fellow students threw at Him having consumed with jealousy of Sainath’s good standing with their Guru. Baba said that the Brick was dear to Him because it was perhaps the only physical reminiscent of His days with His Guru. While it reminded Baba of the protection Guru will always extend to his faithful disciple, the brick would also stand as a reminder to the jealousy of Sainath’s fellow students at His Guru’s abode. Pity should be the situation of those students who, blinded by jealousy, were unable to identify the True Brahman that was living and breathing amongst them. Jealousy, one of the evils that human mind harbors, is capable of blinding the intellect. Therefore, it should be a natural recourse for a spiritual aspirant to shun away from such an evil.

Incident involving the brick may appear like a trivial happening in Baba’s life. But its significance is truly magnificent. Narration of incidents such as these makes Sri Sai Satcharitha the unique text on Sainath and His message.

True Nectar! 

BOW TO SHRI SAI-PEACE BE TO ALL.
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on October 29, 2008, 02:51:00 PM
Speech  




"I shall consider you blessed when you will renounce all attachments, conquer lust and palate and getting rid of all impediments, serve God wholeheartedly and resort to the begging bowl".  

The above is the reply given by Sai Baba to Bapusaheb Jog who asked him why even after serving Baba for so many years, his mind was not calm and composed and why he failed in his efforts for self-realization.

In our scriptures, great stress is laid on "non-violence" which means not to hurt anybody physically, mentally, or by speech. Sai Baba had realized that of all the above, harsh and scornful words hurt a person much more than physical or mental violence. Such cutting words are more easily forgotten and cannot be withdrawn. Consequently, they cause everlasting ill feeling.

Sai Baba, therefore, not only advised his devotees, "Not to speak cuttingly to anyone so as to hurt him.

He said, "let anybody speak hundreds of things against you, do not resent by giving a bitter reply.

If you always tolerate such things, you will certainly be happy", and to make sure that they did follow his advice, he also said, " He who carps and cavils at others, pierces me in the heart and injures me but that suffers and endures, please me the most".

(Source: "Shri Sai Baba's Teachings and Philosophy' by Lt. Col. M.B. Nimbalkar) 

Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on November 01, 2008, 01:56:36 PM
Traits!


The most useless thing to do ......................Worry

The greatest Joy................................Giving

The greatest loss................Loss of self-respect

The most satisfying work............Helping others

The ugliest personality trait..............Selfishness

The most endangered species......Dedicated leaders

The greatest "shot in the arm"....Encouragement

The greatest problem to overcome.................Fear

Most effective sleeping pill..........Peace of mind

The most crippling failure disease..........Excuses

The most powerful force in life................Love

The most dangerous pariah..............A gossiper

The worst thing to be without.................Hope

The deadliest weapon....................The tongue

The two most power-filled words.........."I Can"

The most worthless emotion............Self-pity

The most prized possession..............Integrity

The most beautiful attire................A SMILE!

The most contagious spirit..............Enthusiasm


Few traits which are natural for few and difficult for few, I do not think there is anyone who has all of them intact, all planets can never be good or bad, few are good and few are bad, so good to remember them.


Contributed by a friend!

Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on November 08, 2008, 12:08:19 PM
Facing the Enemies Within
by Jim Rohn



We are not born with courage, but neither are we born with fear. Maybe some of your fears are brought on by your own experiences, by what someone has told you, by what you've read in the papers.

Some fears are valid, like walking alone in a bad part of town at two o'clock in the morning. But once you learn to avoid that situation, you won't need to live in fear of it. Fears, even the most basic ones, can totally destroy our ambitions. Fear can destroy fortunes. Fear can destroy relationships. Fear, if left unchecked, can destroy our lives. Fear is one of the many enemies lurking inside us. Let me tell you about five of the other enemies we face from within.

FIRST ENEMY - Indifference
The first enemy that you've got to destroy before it destroys you is indifference. What a tragic disease this is. "Ho-hum, let it slide. I'll just drift along." Here's one problem with drifting: you can't drift your way to the top of the mountain.

SECOND ENEMY - Indecision
The second enemy we face is indecision. Indecision is the thief of opportunity and enterprise. It will steal your chances for a better future. Take a sword to this enemy.

THIRD ENEMY - Doubt
The third enemy inside is doubt. Sure, there's room for healthy skepticism. You can't believe everything. But you also can't let doubt take over. Many people doubt the past, doubt the future, doubt each other, doubt the government, doubt the possibilities and doubt the opportunities. Worst of all, they doubt themselves. I'm telling you, doubt will destroy your life and your chances of success. It will empty both your bank account and your heart. Doubt is an enemy. Go after it. Get rid of it.

FOURTH ENEMY - Worry
The fourth enemy within is worry. We've all got to worry some. Just don't let it conquer you. Instead, let it alarm you. Worry can be useful. If you step off the curb in New York City and a taxi is coming, you've got to worry. But you can't let worry loose like a mad dog that drives you into a small corner. Here's what you've got to do with your worries: drive them into a small corner. Whatever is out to get you, you've got to get it. Whatever is pushing on you, you've got to push back.

FIFTH ENEMY - Timidness
The fifth interior enemy is over-caution. It is the timid approach to life. Timidness is not a virtue (unlike humility--they are different); in fact, it can be an illness. If you let it go, it'll conquer you. Timid people don't get promoted. They don't advance and grow and become powerful in the marketplace. You've got to avoid over-caution.

Do battle with the enemy. Do battle with your fears. Build your courage to fight what's holding you back, what's keeping you from your goals and dreams. Be courageous in your life and in your pursuit of the things you want and the person you want to become.

Aum sairam.

Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on November 15, 2008, 04:19:03 PM
Gajendra Moksham

 
For those of you who have read the Srimad Bhagavat, you may have come across the story of Gajendra, the King of Elephants. This elephant was a mighty beast who was treated as the king of the entire jungle. From lions to ants, everyone respected him and held him in awe and respect.

As he was enjoying his royal power, he felt the uncontrollable urge to slake his thirst so visited a lake that was the center of all activity in the forest. No sooner had he enjoyed the cool and refreshing water for a few moments, he found his feet gripped very firmly. No matter what he tried, he was unable to shake off the grip. He then realized that a big crocodile (far more powerful than him) was feasting on his legs. Feeling completely helpless and on the brink of destruction, he fervently prayed to Lord Narayana and sought His protection and grace. He was ceaselessly chanting, "Narayana, Narayana, Narayana …."

How could the compassionate Lord resist the call of true devotion? He immediately appeared at the scene and with the help of His discus, severed the crocodile into pieces. The elephant was free at last and garlanded the Lord as a token of gratitude.

The Bhagavat provides a detailed explanation about the antecedents of the two animals' past lives and also describes how they were cursed to assume those forms. The author, however, feels there is a much deeper significance to the story and interprets it as follows:

The elephant personifies our beastly desires (attachments, physical cravings, material desires, and the rest). The lake personifies the samsara sagara (the ocean of worldliness) that is surrounded by the forest (illusion and ignorance), and when a human being, overpowered by desires, attempts to satisfy worldly cravings either in the form of human relationships or material pursuits, he is quickly caught in the grip of attachments, karmic consequences, and the ensuing cycle of births and deaths (symbolized by the crocodile).

Gripped by suffering in this manner, he makes desperate attempts to release himself but fails miserably. It is then that he remembers the Lord and chants His name ceaselessly. Unable to bear His devotee's suffering, the Lord immediately comes to the rescue and with the help of time, knowledge, and His divine powers (symbolized by the discus), he severs worldly bonds, releases the devotee, and grants him eternal peace and happiness in the form of moksham (liberation). Thenceforth, the devotee clings to the Lord's heart for eternity (as symbolized by the white garland).
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on November 17, 2008, 07:10:58 PM
There are no special ways for approaching Baba, i.e., ways different from those adopted for

approaching other high and noble personalities.

 How do we approach our mother?

 It looks ridiculous for us to ask such a question. 

The mother has showered her love on the child long before it is aware of such love. 

Thus Baba has similarly played the part of an unseen mother showering benefits on her children,

the devotees, even from their previous births. 

But how are they to approach Baba now?

 Let them sincerely wish to do so. 

At once the approach has been started.  They are improved from that very instant. 

They get more and more enthusiastic and get more and more benefits. 

These produce gratitude first and finally strong love. 

Let the reader daily think of Baba, seeing his fugure in the medals, pictures etc. he keeps with

himself and let him read about Baba’s great deeds more strong than  poetic thought. 

Baba’s 108 Namavalis is a mnemonic device for forcefully recalling these qualities. 

Let him attend bhajanas and poojas where sincere devotees gather. 

One song from a sincere devotee, one artless song, will thrill the hearer and fill him with awe, joy,

piety and lofty sentiments that will last a long time. 

Let one always go in for service to humanity or to lower creatures for the sake of baba i.e.,

viewing Baba as existing in each individual person or creature that he sees.

 Baba himself will direct the further steps of the earnest enquirer. 

Ways and means for further contact and further growth will be disclosed by Baba himself in

innumerable ways to each ardent devotee. 

The manner in which he imparts these varies. 

Some of highly emotional nature see him at times even today and some talk with him during waking

 hours.  Others get such contact in their dreams. 

Still others earnestly wanting some response and piously opening some book with a prayer, find

their response in that book.  Others resort to chits. 

Others simply rely on the correctness of their intuition that the though suggested to them at a

particular time is the thought given by Him. 

In these and other ways, people get their contact and benefits from Sai. 

Sai is not different from God. 

Are not all these ways adopted by devotees in various religions to get access to and a response

from their God or Ishta Devata? 

The same applies to Sai Baba. 

There are numerous Sai Bhakthas who have such intense faith in Him as their God and who get

their response and benefits from him. 

If any reader is very earnest and wishes to pursue this matter further,

it must be very easy for him or her to ascertain who are the Sai Bhaktas

in their district or province with such Bhakti and, if these are noted for their pure and lofty nature,

they can and might be approached with perfect safety and advantage.

JaiSaiRam.

Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on November 30, 2008, 02:24:54 PM
Is there no hope?

Perils of Maya, the myth, is well known, well expounded, yet least comprehensible for a spiritual seeker. The human nature is such; it falls to its own trap time and again.

Desires multiply even after knowing how transient the human life is.

Desires and more desires, as the mercy of Sadguru confers the wishes, the desires manifold.

Souls trapped at the crossroads not knowing where to draw the line. Swami Vivekananda, one of the greatest spiritualists history has seen talks on this subject; "There was never a mother who did not think her child was a born genius, the most extra-ordinary child that was ever born; she dotes upon her child. Her whole soul is in the child. The child grows up, perhaps becomes a drunkard, a brute, ill-treats the mother, and the more he ill-treats her, the more her love increases.

The world lauds its unselfish love of the mother, little dreaming that the mother is a born slave, she cannot help that. She would a thousand times rather throw off the burden, but she cannot. So she covers herself with a mass of flowers, which she calls love. And this is Maya.

True it is that we are all slaves of Maya, born in Maya and live in Maya. Is there no way out, no hope?  

That we are all miserable, that this world is really a prison, that even our so-called trailing beauty are but a prison-houses, have been known for ages upon ages. There has never been a man; never been a human soul who has not felt this sometime or other, however he may talk. And the old people feel it most, because in them the accumulated experience of a whole life, because they cannot be easily cheated by the lies of the nature.

Is there no way out?

We find that with all this, with this terrible fact before us, in the midst of the sorrow and suffering even in this world where life and death are synonymous, ever here there is a still small voice ringing through all ages, through every country and in every heart: "This Maya is divine, made up of qualities, and very difficult to cross. Yet those that come unto Me, cross the river of life". This voice comes to men when everything seems to be lost and hope has fled, when's men's dependence on his own strength crushed down, and everything seems to melt away between his fingers, and life is a helpless ruin. Then he hears it. This is called religion".

Religion in this context may well be substituted for the doctrine of faith, to be taken for all its worth. As the true sons of the father, let us spend a few moments on contemplating the loving invitation the father has extended to His religion, the one of faith and patience, of love and tolerance, of one supreme that is for all.

(Contributed by Sai Vichaar team) 

Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on December 17, 2008, 12:51:00 PM
Shirdi sai say's learning was no substitute for self realization
 


Srimad Mahabhagavatham states that it is a leela (divine play) for god to create things. The Bhagavad Gita, on the other hand, states that it is part of nature to create and procreate. Unluckily no scriptures clearly answers the “Why and what” question about creation. Even in genesis we see the instrumentality of creation. Where Elohim transformed into Jehovah (“I am”) and created the universe in six days. In the Vedanta Sutra the word Leela”-Divine sport-“is used to explain creation as the desire less expression of god. Why does god want to express itself?

If tomorrow a human being is manufactured, within a lab, without the donation from male sperm and female egg, most organize religion in the world may fall. Will then man be called the creator?

“We can look at creativity as a mystery, brilliant new ideas are produced and we do not know how they came about. We can study and analyze the behavior of creative people but this will not tell us very much, because often such people are themselves unaware of what triggered the brilliant idea of their own creation.” Edward de Bono, the originator of lateral thinking and widely acknowledged leading international authority in the field of creative thinking who could deliberate systematic approach to creative demand, has said in his book “Serious creativity”.

My dear sai, I am confused... totally confused about the creation and its concepts. Kindly help me to go further. To acquire the knowledge and find confirmation to proceed further is getting difficult for me sai...I need your help...I put my head under my Baba’s feet and prayed for his guidance.

My next door persons son who came from abroad was handing over a new car key to his father...I could hear their conversation amidst my prayer.The father was asking half a dozen questions about the car though he was very happy about having one from his son...for which the son answers ...father, When a vehicle say a car is given to you learn to drive the car rather than all the time analyzing about the characteristics of its engine, capacity, it’s road worthiness and how better the creation is but immediately learn to drive the car to reach the destination. Why you want to spend so many analyzes before you start driving, I have bought you the car to show my gratitude you drive and reach the destination. It is better to know but it is still better you drive and enjoy the purpose...

I suddenly heard an inner voice saying...My dear child “While knowledge of texts and scriptures are useful, learning was no substitute for self realization”.

I realize you my dear sai I realize you .....without unnecessary questions...

Aum sairam

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Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on December 17, 2008, 01:14:52 PM
Vedaham samatitaani vartamanani cha arjuna,

Bhavishyaani cha bhutaani maam tu veda nakaschana.

This means, (Krishna said) 'I know the past, the present, and the future. But no one knows Me'. The same has been said by Sai and the same has been proved by him in innumerable instances. This is as to knowledge. Similarly as to power, equality of vision, kindness, etc., Sri Upasani Maharaj correctly summed up the way in which people derived the notion that Baba was God in these words of 'Sai Mahimna Stotra' composed by him in 1912—
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on December 18, 2008, 07:44:29 AM
Problems in our life.  


When we have problems, we can not seem to really solve them. Even our friends and parents do not know what way is best.

There is somebody who knows what is best for us, and that is Baba. He is not a mental hallucination. We will be able to see Him, we will be able to hear Him, we will be able to dine with Him. He is not only our Father, but also our eternal Comrade. We have to give Him responsibility for ourselves.

His Eyes have better vision than ours. His Ears hear more quickly than our human ears. We talk to human beings who have no time to hear us; they have so many things to do in the outer world. But we very often forget that there is somebody else who is eager to listen. He is always eager to hear from us, but we do not speak to Him.

If we know how to look at a problem, half the strength of the problem goes away. But usually we try to avoid the problem; we try to run away from it. To have a problem is not a crime, so why should we be afraid to face it? Our difficulty is that when something unfortunate happens in our life, we immediately feel that we are at fault, that we have done something wrong. We must know that there are also wrong forces, undivine forces, hostile forces
around us.

By blaming ourselves and then trying to hide, we do not solve the problem. We have to face the problem and see whether we really are to blame. In order to solve the problem of ours, we have to practice the spiritual life and develop inner strength, aspiration and inner detachment. Slowly, gradually, we will become inwardly strong, and then we will be able to solve the problems caused by my own inner weaknesses.

As soon as we have conquered a difficulty, we will find that it repeats itself on a higher and subtler level. It is the same essential weakness in ourselves which we are made to face in a more refined form.
 

Baba Said....

Baba said "The body is the chariot, and the self is it's master; intellect is the charioteer and the mind is the reins; the senses are the horses and sense objects their paths. He, who has no understanding and whose mind is charioteer, does not reach his destination (get realization) but goes through the round of births and deaths".
 
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on December 24, 2008, 12:39:44 PM
Story of the Brick  

Baba had a brick in his possession that He cherished as a life-long companion. Abdul used to take care of cleaning of the Masjid. Once while cleaning the floors, the brick that Baba treasured fell down and broke into pieces. Sainath was very sad at this event and lamented at the loss of one of His very few material possessions. King of the Yogis and the great soul that rejected everything material, Saibaba was dejected over what seemed to be a priceless piece of mud. How could that be?

The brick was the one that Sai Baba’s fellow students threw at Him having consumed with jealousy of Sainath’s good standing with their Guru. Baba said that the Brick was dear to Him because it was perhaps the only physical reminiscent of His days with His Guru. While it reminded Baba of the protection Guru will always extend to his faithful disciple, the brick would also stand as a reminder to the jealousy of Sainath’s fellow students at His Guru’s abode. Pity should be the situation of those students who, blinded by jealousy, were unable to identify the True Brahman that was living and breathing amongst them. Jealousy, one of the evils that human mind harbors, is capable of blinding the intellect. Therefore, it should be a natural recourse for a spiritual aspirant to shun away from such an evil.

Incident involving the brick may appear like a trivial happening in Baba’s life. But its significance is truly magnificent. Narration of incidents such as these makes Sri Sai Satcharitha the unique text on Sainath and His message.

True Nectar! 

Coutesy- SaiBaba.org

Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on January 10, 2009, 04:14:23 PM
LIFE


Human birth is a rare opportunity for the individual soul to evolve itself to perfection and merge into the Supreme Soul. 

· Life is God in expression. Life is a voyage in the infinite ocean of time. Life is journey from impurity to purity, from hatred to cosmic love, from death to Immortality, from imperfection to perfection, from diversity to unity, from ignorance to eternal Wisdom, from pain to eternal Bliss.

· Life is a great opportunity provided by the Lord for His children to evolve into Himself.

· Study the book of books - the book of life - again and again. The opening words of this book are: "You are all-pervading Soul."

Live in the Eternal. Tat Tvam Asi. Thou art That. Realise this and be free.

· Make it a habit to see the brighter side of life, when reverses make their impact on you.

· In times of strifes and struggles, you must learn to withdraw inward, and find solace in God within yourself.

· Everyone, without exception, can find something to be grateful, if only he will search for it.

· Trials, tribulations and difficulties are stepping-stones to success. Out of defeats and
failures wring victory.


· God has planned what is best for you. You need not plan anything. Your life is in His hands. Do not be anxious for tomorrow.


· Live in the present. Forget the past. Give up hopes of the future. Take hold of each day as if it were the last day and utilise every second in prayer, meditation and service. Let your life become a continuous sacrifice to God.

· The body is a gift to thee from God. Utilise this body well in the service of the Lord in (the form of) humanity and constant spiritual endeavour.


· Be kind to all. Love all. Serve all. Be generous and tolerant towards all. Serve the Lord in all. See the Lord in the poor, the downtrodden and oppressed, and serve them with Narayana bhava. The Lord will be highly pleased with you. You can attain Immortality

· Like Him, you are Divinity, goodness, purity and truth.

· The salt of life is selfless service. The bread of life is universal love. The water of life is purity. The sweetness of life is devotion. The fragrance of life is generosity. The goal of life is emancipation.

· Live the life divine. Live a life of service and love. Stand steadfast in the pursuit of Truth.

· Serve, love, give, purify. Be good, do good. Be kind, be compassionate. Be generous, be charitable. Be tolerant, be patient, be persevering. Be pure, be wise. Concentrate. Meditate. You will soon attain God-realisation.

· Success comes to those who dare and act. It seldom comes to the timid. May you all attain success in life!

COURTESY-Swami Sivananda

Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on January 16, 2009, 06:59:01 AM
Base Principles That will Serve You well. :)

Be understanding to your perceived enemies.
Be loyal to your friends.
Be strong enough to face the world each day.
Be weak enough to know you cannot do everything alone.
Be generous to those who need your help.

Be frugal with that you need yourself.
Be wise enough to know that you do not know everything.
Be foolish enough to believe in miracles.
Be willing to share your joys.
Be willing to share the sorrows of others.

Be a leader when you see a path others have missed.
Be a follower when you are shrouded by the mists of uncertainty.
Be first to congratulate an opponent who succeeds.
Be last to criticize a colleague who fails.
Be sure where your next step will fall, so that you will not tumble.

Be sure of your final destination, in case you are going the wrong way.
Love to those who love you.
Be loving to those who do not love you; they may change.

Above all,

Be yourself. Just Be Yourself



JAISAIRAM JAISAIRAM OM SAIRAM OM SAIRAM
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on January 17, 2009, 04:30:36 PM

 Why do we suffer?



God or His Name is the sole strength in living against all odds and uncertainties. If one is not at cross purposes with Him, one finds His manifestation in every happening. But, one has to bear with patience the onrush of the forces one has let loose. Yoke yourself unto Him and He will bear the brunt.

Take refuge in none but Him. Dependence on Him makes one fearless. Human beings will enjoy three-fourths of life and one-fourth they will suffer. But, we lose our patience and do not accept even that one-fourth of sorrows given by Him.
Do not be obsessed with any wish. Shake off sadness. Unhappiness is part of the ego. Beyond it, no such thing exists. That you have forgotten Truth (that God is within) is the root cause of your misery. A painful blow becomes bearable to a great extent by His remembrance. As He inflicts blows on you, so also He gives you the capacity for bearing the suffering. As one tolerates unbearable situations with patience, a time comes when He resolves all problems. Whenever you have tumults in mind, try to remember this very often. You can do this. The key is with Him. Truth wins. He is your shield. Destiny still comes but He eases the suffering.

When you have the shelter of Satyanarayan (God within), He will test you in various ways. Your duty is not to get agitated when these sorts of events hurt you. There is a saying of Baba, "You look to Me, I look to you. Even then, if they do not leave Me and still seek Me, I then become their humble servant."

The smiles and frowns of life are His tokens of love. Bear them with loving patience, you have to forsake nothing. Neither indulge, nor restrain.

If you have devotion, you need fear nothing. Devotion is never devoid of strength. So many varied problems and hindrances must come, otherwise people will not understand and realize how and why He is the best of all friends and companions. He is the Dearest One, who keeps us protected in all calamities and adversities, which are unpredictable. People falter in life and suffer by discarding Him. But, they can't do anything without Him. Have faith in Him, unflinching faith. Love Him. Hazards take care of themselves. Remembering and depending on Him make one fearless in life, whatever may happen.

He gives us jolts so that we can be ready to taste real happiness with Him, to make us free of maya, or mind and attachments. We do not know His Will, so we grieve over all He does, but He always does everything for the best. Do not worry. Never try to understand. Only accept as a gift whatever He gives, take it as His blessing. When one feels, "I am helpless, my strength fails" He comes to hold the rudder. Being always in the midst of people with their selfishness, jealousy and hatred, the mind is afflicted with pain. These afflictions are shaken off like dust through devotion and remembrance of God's Name within.

He, the Almighty, by His wish and touch takes away the worldly attractions gradually to bring one to a blissful, peaceful state. A person cannot realize this state on his or her own due to the intensity of illusory worldly desire. You do everything, see everything, listen to everything, but do not get so deeply involved as to invite sufferings through them. Of course, He will ensure this, you don't have to make any effort for it. Just keep Him in your remembrance.
 

CONTRIBUTED ARTICLE: FROM SAI VICHAAR
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on January 20, 2009, 06:51:10 AM
Grace 



The Supreme is omniscient, omnipotent and omnipresent. He has various kinds of power, but His greatest adamantine power is His grace. The moment the Supreme uses His grace for an individual, He offers His very Life-Breath to the seeker, for the Supreme and His grace cannot be separated. Whenever we think of the Supreme, if we feel that it is through His grace that we are approaching Him, then we can be most successful in receiving Him.

The divine grace is constantly descending upon us. Those who are sincerely aspiring are conscious of this divine grace, but those who are not aspiring are keeping their heart's door permanently closed. If we feel the Supreme's grace, then we shall see that His infinite qualities, peace, Light and bliss, are already in the process of entering us, ceaselessly flowing in and through us and becoming part and parcel of our inner and outer life. We have only to follow the flow of grace to carry us into the Source which is the Supreme.


 
 

Jaisairam
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on January 23, 2009, 03:57:59 PM
What Life Has Taught Me

Swami Sivananda  

I hold that real religion is the religion of the heart. The heart must be purified first. Truth, love and purity are the basis of real religion. Control over the baser nature, conquest of mind, cultivation of virtues, service of humanity, goodwill, fellowship and amity constitute the fundamentals of true religion. And I try to teach them mostly by example, which I consider to be weightier, than all precepts.

I consider goodness of being and doing constitutes the rock bottom of one's life. By goodness I mean the capacity to feel with others, and live and feel as others do, and to act so that no one is hurt by the act. Goodness is the face of godliness.

I have learnt that it is foremost duty of the man to learn to give - give in charity, give in plenty, give with love, give without any expectation. Charity is incomplete without charity of disposition, charity of feeling, charity of understanding.

To behold the Atman in every being or form, to feel Brahman everywhere at all times and all conditions of life . . . is my creed. To live in Brahman, to melt in Brahman and to dissolve in Brahman is my creed. By dwelling in such union with Brahman, to utilise the hands, mind, senses and the body for the service of humanity, for singing the Names of the Lord, for elevating the devotees, for giving instructions to sincere aspirants and disseminating knowledge throughout the world is my creed, if you call it one. To be cosmic friend and cosmic benefactor, a friend of the poor, the forlorn, the helpless and the fallen is my creed. It is my sacred creed to serve sick persons, to nurse them with care, sympathy and love, to cheer the depressed, to infuse power and joy in all, to feel oneness with each and everyone, and to treat all with equal vision is my highest creed.

I take immense delight in service. Service has elevated me. Service has purified me. This body is meant for service. I live to serve everyone and make the whole world happy.



SaiBaba bless me to have such feelings atleast a little bit.

Jaisairam
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on February 04, 2009, 06:28:08 PM
Patience provides the nourishment!  

Baba's simplicity is well known and in fact baffling to those who associated Gurus with grandiose pomp, and showmanship. He did not consider himself to be above everything. Such was his humility. The fact that He did not allow anyone to worship him until a few years before his death stands testimony to this. The spotless of Gurus, Sadguru Sainath is the jewel reflecting the divine wisdom. It is a practice of those who seek Guru to request for a special instruction or "upadesh". Baba gave none. When Radhabai Deshmukh insisted that she would fast herself to death, the fakir simply stressed the virtues of faith and asked her to mind patience.

Faith and patience will ferry one across the sea of mundane existence, said Baba. How does patience work? Is the patience just a waiting period that will culminate into the period of material riches? If so, it will be just a passive stage the end of which will take one to the beginning. What are the spiritual lessons one can derive from patience? Patience provides the nourishment to the seed of faith. It is during this active phase that faith in one's Sadguru will begin to blossom and bloom. Taking one close to His magnificence, patience provides the excellent of opportunities to receive, ruminate, and absorb everything that the Sadguru has to offer. Patience is the incubation phase that leads one to the realization of the everlasting. The most patient of His children were not richer by the material they possessed but by the higher level of transformation they were blessed with. Bhagath and Abdul remained materially poor their entire lives. While Baba gave lots of money to other devotees, He always kept these two poor. Baba always practiced repentance, abstinence, renunciation, and poverty. He guided these two in the same lines and having Him with them, they never felt that they were ever poor!
 

Jaisairam
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on February 07, 2009, 06:44:24 PM
Spiritual Value of Food  

Light and Love the night has a thousand eyes,
And the day but One; yet the light of the bright world dies
With the dying sun. The mind has a thousand eyes,
And the heart but one;
Yet the fight of a whole life dies
When love is done.  

The old saint looked kindly at the old businessman but declined to attend the dinner proposed by him. All persuasions yielded no result. Finally the businessman slowly moved out of the ashram. After a distance, a disciple of the saint came from behind and said that he should not feel disappointed and that he would come and attend the dinner on behalf of the saint and bless him. The businessman agreed and next day the dinner was held.

On that night after dinner the disciple could not meditate at all and could hear a low moaning of a girl. This went on for three days. Ultimately, the disciple approached his Guru and complained. The Guru asked him to mention all that he had done in the last few days. The disciple made a clean breast of the only unusual event of the dinner he had in the businessman's house.

The all-knowing Guru told him that the businessman was merciless money-lender. A poor agriculturist could not repay the debt and the interest on it. He threatened the helpless man and finally married his teen-aged daughter in lieu of his debt as he had no male issue till then. This girl was most unhappy at the turn of events and wept silently in her lone moments. In that frame of mind, she prepared the dinner which the disciple ate. The Guru explained that while cooking, the personality of the cook would enter the food through subtle vibrations. These unseen vibrations will later enter into the personality of the eater and influence his mind. That is the reason why his meditations were disturbed.

The Guru explained that what goes into the mouth would greatly influence what comes out of it and shape our lives. The food prepared in a spiritual frame of mind, thinking only of God or Sadguru, will always give peace of mind, with powers to divinely discriminate between good and evil. Food especially taken in hotels prepared and served with ungodly tendencies, unruly behavior and foul in mouth do great harm to the spiritual make-up of a person.

Once in October 1916, Bhikubhai came to Shirdi with barfi, watermelon and a garland to offer to Sai Baba. She was a childhood friend of Mother Radhakrishna Ayi and as she crossed Godavari River in Kopergaon she saw the cremation site of Radhakrishna Ayi, Overcome with emotion, she collapsed at the site and wept bitterly. She felt Sai Baba was ungrateful to Radhakrishna Ayi after all services to Baba. She vehemently accused Baba. In such a frame of mind, she came to Shirdi and offered barfi and watermelon to Sai Baba. The all-knowing Baba refused to accept them. When she wanted to garland Baba, mysteriously the garland snapped itself into three parts.

Bhikubai had to return disappointed, Kaka Sahib asked Baba as to why he refused the gifts of Bhikubai. Baba explained to him that he cannot accept the eatables nor wear the garland brought with such a troubled heart and mental uneasiness.

Sai Baba exhorted his devotees to think of Him before they partook their food which would then become sanctified from any spiritual impurities. Every action of Baba had a meaning behind it. If we go deeper into the matter we will thus begin to understand why he acted so even while looking harsh externally.  

(Contributed by Article by K. Navin Chander, Courtesy: Sai Padananda, April 1998)   

Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: sai samarpan1977 on February 08, 2009, 11:30:42 AM
1-21.   But for the merit of some good deeds of our past births, how could we have been so compellingly drawn to Your holy feet, which have proved to be our sole refuge?
1-37.   As for you, O my listeners! I make my obeisance to you respectfully, as I pray for your undivided attention.  Unless you are attentive, how can I be happy?
1-38.   The greater the connoisseur a listener is, waiting eagerly for more and more, the grater is the enthusiasm and verve of the speaker, as he goes on narrating.
1-42.   My own heart tells me that before You, I am but a piece of straw.  And yet, I beseech You to be gracious and accept me with all my faults.
1-43.   And now, let us remember our Sadguru and worship His feet with love and devotion.  With body, speech and mind, let us surrender to Him, who is the mainspring of all wisdom and inspiration.
1-49.   O Sadguru, You defy all comparison; for, to whichever object you are likened, You already pervade it, by virtue of natural attributes.  Whatever object the eye falls upon, is but a form assumed by Yourself.
1-51.   My obeisance to You, O Greatest among the Gurus, who are in auspiciousness, the Soul Beautiful!
1-53.   Hail to you, O Sadguru, O treasure-house of kindness and mercy! Glory be to You, who are Brahma-Vishnu-Mahesh, and Dattatreya, who wanders at will on the banks of Godavari! I bow to You in obeisance!
1-55.   Bow your  head before Him in reverence; with your hands, press his feet gently; let your eyes gaze into His face intently, and, the nose inhale the fragrance of the water that washes His feet.
1-56.   Let the ears listen to the praises of Sai constantly, and keeping ties of worldly life will then fall off, automatically.
1-57.   With devotion, offer at the Sadguru’s feet your body, mind, worldly wealth, —everything, and dedicate your entire life in the service of the guru.
1-59.   Great is the power of all these, For they urge the devotee onwards, even without his knowing it, pushing him to the very threshold of Moksha.  This has been tried and tested by those of single-minded devotion.
1-62.   The Sacred name of the Sadguru is our Veda-Shastra; ‘Sai Samarth’ is our ‘mantra’ or the sacred chant.  It is also our only ‘yantra’ and ‘tantra’.
1-74.   O Gururaya! O Bliss Incarnate! You are my ultimate destination.  You alone, are my repose, for only You can relive the pain and suffering of this affected one.
1-78.   Ever since Sai, very kindly, conferred His grace on me I have been thinking only of Him day and night.  That itself will destroy the fear of worldly life.
1-79.   No more for me the chanting of other mantras, not yet, any other penance! I see only the pure, manifest form of Shri Sai, all the time.
1-80.   Gazing into Sai’s face, hunger, thirst—everything is forgotten.  What worldly pleasure can stand comparison to it?  The trials and tribulations of worldly life are forgotten altogether.
1-81.   Looking into Baba’s eyes, one forgets one’s self.  And, as the love wells up from within, the mind is immersed into inexpressible joy.
1-82.   To me service at Sai’s feet is everything; —karma and dharma, Shastras and Puranas, yoga and ritual sacrifice, and, the performance of prescribed religious ceremonies, pilgrimages, penance, —everything!
1-88.   To express one’s devotion by performing pooja, is the way prescribed by Vyasa, the son of the sage Parashar, and is another form of devotion, called ‘Archan-Bhakti’.
1-93.   After the ritual is over, the consciousness of the Supreme Spirit should be regained in your heart.

2-34.   Sai’s Life’ is a grate ocean—boundless, infinite, a mine of precious gems; which I, a tiny Titwi (Lapwing) bird is endeavoring to empty.  How can this ever come about?
2-35.   Sai’s Life is thus unfathomable, which it is just impossible to recount fully and satisfactorily.  One should therefore, be content to narrate as much of it as one can, and to the best of one’s ability.
2-43.   Even a few words of these stories, falling on the ear casually, are enough to make the misfortunes of a creature, recede, at once.  If then, the entire story is heard, with reverence and faith, a simple, trusting devotee will surely and easily cross the ocean of worldly life.
2-46.   Those who have not had the actual darshan of Baba, to pacify their eyes, may at least gain some merit by listening to the stories of his greatness.
2-56.   The words that came out of Sai’s mouth are as sweet as nectar.  How can I describe their beauty and charm? Listening to them, the heart will be filled with supreme bliss.
2-79.   “When ego and conceit are totally resolved, leaving, not even a trace behind, it is then that I will dwell in him, writing the book with my own hand.
2-80.   “When listening, reflection or writing is begun with this thought firmly governing it, then that work will be accomplished by myself, while he (Dabholkar) will only be made my instrument.
2-84.   “When heard with virtuousness and a good feeling, these stories will generate devotion in the listeners’ minds; self-experience and bliss will then follow most naturally and a state of perpetual joy will thus be attained.
197.   Sai alone is our prosperity; Sai is our total consciousness of Bliss.  He alone is our lasting detachment from worldly affections.  And even our ultimate Refuge is none but Shri Sai!

3-3.   “If my ‘leelas’ are recorded, then any sins committed through ignorance will be dissipated.  And when these are listened to, with faith and devotion, the cares and troubles of worldly life will be forgotten.
3-4   “Waves of love and devotion will surge on the ocean of listening, diving again and again, into which, will bring gems of wisdom into your hands.”
3-11.   “Moreover, one thing I tell you, Shama (Madhavrao Deshpande), I grant all the wishes of him who chants my name with love and faith, which, in turn, enhances his devotion to me.
3-13.   “All the devotees who are attached to me, heart and soul, will naturally be delighted, listening to these stories.
3-14.    “Whoever sings my praises in a kirtan, to him I shall give total, perfect happiness, peace and contentment, always.  This is my promise.
3-15.    “He who gives himself up to me with single-minded devotion, and sings my praises with full faith, remembers me and contemplates on me, the deliverance of him is my promise.
3-17.   “Even if my stories are merely listened to, all the diseases will be cured.  And I shall pull out my devotee from the jaws of death.
3-18.   “Listen to the stories with reverence; reflect upon them deeply.  After reflection, contemplate on them.  This will bring great satisfaction.
3-20.    “Repetition of the name “Sai, Sai” will burn down sins, resulting from the evil desires of kaliyug.  A mere prostration before me is enough to destroy the past sins of speech and hearing.”
3-25.   In the days to come, some will build ashrams; some, temples; others will construct a ghat on the river-bank, too! But let us follow the beaten track and read Sai’s life-story.
3-53.   Restraint and control over the mind and the senses in Kritayuga, ritual sacrifices in the Tretayuga, ritualistic worship and pooja in the Dwarparyuga and chanting the ‘naam’, narrating the stories and singing the praises of God in Kaliyuga, these are the easy ways for attaining Salvation.
3-58.   Such is this Sai’s story, pure and sacred! May the loving, noble listeners listen to it.  And even their five great sins7 will be burned down and destroyed.
3-60.   And so, may these stories be remembered till we die.  May their study be always carried on; so that they bring peace and contentment to the beings burnt in the conflagration of worldly life and its sorrows.
3-61.   Reading the stories, listening to them with faith and devotion, contemplation will come of itself, readily, of Sai, whose form will then appear before the eyes and will be fixed in the heart.
3-62.   May the worship of Sadguru be accomplished in this way, and a detachment from the worldly life come about.  May a fondness grow within, for the remembrance of the guru and the mind be purified.
3-81.   “Moreover, do not repulse or reject anyone contemptuously—be it then, a dog, a pig, or a common fly.  For, without some special bond from the previous birth, no one comes to us.
3-95.   “To such a one then, as me, when all the workings of the mind, all affections are turned, that is the true service and true worship to me.  T experience the bliss of consciousness (i.e.Me), is to be in that pure state which is knowledge.
 
Recitation of Shri Sai Satcharita and Sai Naam Jaap
1-62.   The Sacred name of the Sadguru is our Veda-Shastra; ‘Sai Samarth’ is our ‘mantra’ or the sacred chant.  It is also our only ‘yantra’ and ‘tantra’.
2-43.   Even a few words of these stories, falling on the ear casually, are enough to make the misfortunes of a creature, recede, at once.  If then, the entire story is heard, with reverence and faith, a simple, trusting devotee will surely and easily cross the ocean of worldly life.
2-84.   “When heard with virtuousness and a good feeling, these stories will generate devotion in the listeners’ minds; self-experience and bliss will then follow most naturally and a state of perpetual joy will thus be attained.
3-3.   “If my ‘leelas’ are recorded, then any sins committed through ignorance will be dissipated.  And when these are listened to, with faith and devotion, the cares and troubles of worldly life will be forgotten.
3-4   “Waves of love and devotion will surge on the ocean of listening, diving again and again, into which, will bring gems of wisdom into your hands.”
3-11.   “Moreover, one thing I tell you, Shama (Madhavrao Deshpande), I grant all the wishes of him who chants my name with love and faith, which, in turn, enhances his devotion to me.
3-13.   “All the devotees who are attached to me, heart and soul, will naturally be delighted, listening to these stories.
3-14.    “Whoever sings my praises in a kirtan, to him I shall give total, perfect happiness, peace and contentment, always.  This is my promise.
3-15.    “He who gives himself up to me with single-minded devotion, and sings my praises with full faith, remembers me and contemplates on me, the deliverance of him is my promise.
3-17.   “Even if my stories are merely listened to, all the diseases will be cured.  And I shall pull out my devotee from the jaws of death.
3-18.   “Listen to the stories with reverence; reflect upon them deeply.  After reflection, contemplate on them.  This will bring great satisfaction.
3-20.    “Repetition of the name “Sai, Sai” will burn down sins, resulting from the evil desires of kaliyug.  A mere prostration before me is enough to destroy the past sins of speech and hearing.”
3-25.   In the days to come, some will build ashrams; some, temples; others will construct a ghat on the river-bank, too! But let us follow the beaten track and read Sai’s life-story.
3-53.   Restraint and control over the mind and the senses in Kritayuga, ritual sacrifices in the Tretayuga, ritualistic worship and pooja in the Dwarparyuga and chanting the ‘naam’, narrating the stories and singing the praises of God in Kaliyuga, these are the easy ways for attaining Salvation.
3-58.   Such is this Sai’s story, pure and sacred! May the loving, noble listeners listen to it.  And even their five great sins7 will be burned down and destroyed.
3-60.   And so, may these stories be remembered till we die.  May their study be always carried on; so that they bring peace and contentment to the beings burnt in the conflagration of worldly life and its sorrows.
3-61.   Reading the stories, listening to them with faith and devotion, contemplation will come of itself, readily, of Sai, whose form will then appear before the eyes and will be fixed in the heart.
3-62.   May the worship of Sadguru be accomplished in this way, and a detachment from the worldly life come about.  May a fondness grow within, for the remembrance of the guru and the mind be purified.

Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: sai samarpan1977 on February 08, 2009, 11:40:28 AM
om Sai Nathay Namah

Relevance of Sai Bhakti in today’s world
 

Today science has taken precedence over all modes and methods of living and thinking. People believe and talk of scientific analysis into everything that comes their way. Truths which had been dear to man all through the ages and had stood the test of time are now required to be dissected in terms of scientific findings. Thus science has brought about a terrific change in the life of modern man – the way he eats, the way he dresses, the way he reads and writes and above all the way he thinks. Nobody has the time to stand and stare. The upbringing of our children has undergone a complete change – they having become computer savvy. Computer has also made a deep impact into the sphere of treasured knowledge and every morning as we get up; we find things and situations fast changing around us.

So also, there seems to be creeping in a change in the field of spirituality. Man seems to be left with no time to go in quest of God. God has perhaps to come to him. In this changing scenario, it is just possible that a time might soon come when he might seek God in a capsule. Press a button, and get what you want is what the man of today looks for. Baba came into this world fully aware of the coming times and the needs of the modern man.

Today a child before going to appear in an examination merely goes to a Sai Mandir and he experiences Baba’s Grace and turns to Him. So also hundreds and thousands of people all over the Globe are taking to Baba, after having experienced His Grace in some way or the other. Just imagine how simple and kind hearted our Baba is! He is accessible to one and all unmindful of his place of birth, his religion, his way of life, the origin of his country and even his dedication to Him. In this context the words of Baba quoted by Arthur Osborne are very relevant. He said, ‘‘I give to my devotees what they want in the hope that they would learn to want what I want to give to them.’’ It is implicit: what Baba wants to give to them is to take them Godwards. Baba has a way to reach the head and heart of the present day man. Whatever one may claim that Baba is the Avatar of Ram, Krishna, Siva, Dattatrey or any other God – Baba is Baba – an identity unique in Himself. He is Love and Compassion Incarnate. In fact, Baba seems to have come down on this earth in accordance with the dictum propounded by Lord Krishna in the Bhagwad Geeta to meet the requirements of the modern man”:

 
Let us now illustrate our point in brief from the life and living of Baba.

Baba appeared in Shirdi without a name and without an identity. As he alighted from the bullock cart near the Khandoba temple, Mahalsapati - the priest of the temple, accosted him with the words, ‘Come Sai, Come’, which name remained his identity all through his life and is so even today and shall remain so till eternity. No high sounding pre-fixes or suffixes were ever added to it. Those who tried to delve into his identity received no response. In fact, nobody can even today say with certainty: where Baba was born, who his parents were, what religion he belonged to and what were His antecedents. From the time he appeared till the time he lived on earth, Baba led the life of a Fakir and as Kabir had said: ‘One should never inquire into the caste or creed of a Fakir’. Baba never discarded the robes of his Fakiri even when large sums of money flowed to him as “Dakshina”. We, claiming to be his devotees, must take a cue from this fact and attempt not to portend him as a Shahanshah. Baba had Himself said, ‘Fakiri Sachahi Padshahi, Garibon Ka Allah Bhai.’ Baba chose to make a dilapidated mosque his dwelling place, slept on a Hessian (tat) with a brick underneath his head, wore a torn Kafani with a Patka on his head, and begged his food from a few houses which he poured on a mud pot in the Dwarkamai. This food was shared by him along with his devotees and beasts alike. He kept up this practice till the end of his life, even when his name and fame had spread far and wide. To him, the rich and the poor, the high and the low, the Hindus and the Muslims were all one and the same. He propounded the religion of universality which was the need of the hour. Baba always attributed whatever he did to God, never proclaiming his Godhood. To the Hindus, he would say ‘Allah Bhala Karega’ and to the Muslims ‘Ram Bhala Karega’. If a devotee came to him ignoring his Kuldevta or Guru, he sent him back for his Darshan. He believed and practiced the dictum of equality of man. Even when the British Commissioner’s barren wife came to see him to seek his blesses for a child, he showed no undue importance to her and went away on his routine visit to Lendi Bagh. When the lady left annoyed taking Baba to be a mad Fakir, Baba merely said that “if she was destined to have a child, she would have waited for him.” Sitting in the Dwarkamai, he knew the past, present and future of every being. He explained the deepest truth of divinity in an easily comprehensive language to his devotees most of whom were villagers as he was well aware of their capacity to understand the same. He never used high sounding Sanskrit or Arabic words and phrases. To him, all religions propounded one and the same truth.

Let us now examine how Baba is relevant in today’s world

Today’s man short of time seeks quick panacea for all his ailments. He has no time to begin his spiritual quest sitting cross-legged for long hours. Sai Bhakti provides a platform whereon a seeker initially attracted towards Baba and then slowly but surely taken onto the path of spirituality – the ultimate destination being the same. Baba showed an extremely easy and simple path of Bhakti. He did not prescribe any aasans, regulation of breathing or rituals to his Bhaktas nor did he blow any Mantra into their ears. He merely said that giving up all cleverness, just remember ‘Sai Sai’. By doing so, all their shackles would be broken and they would attain liberation. Rituals such as sitting between five fires, sacrifices, chanting of God’s name, fasting, practice of eight-fold yoga and the like were not possible for everyone. He said, ‘‘Merely listening to my stories and teachings would awaken faith in you and you will easily get self realization and supreme bliss”. “Keeping your mind steady, continue to do your duty fearlessly. Have faith in my words. I shall draw you out even from the jaws of death”. “Only by delving into my Leelas, you will obtain precious jewels of knowledge.” Baba said: “Meditate on my formless nature, which is pure Sat-Chit-Anand. If you cannot do this, meditate on my form - head to toe, as you see me here night and day.” ‘‘If you spread your palm with devotion before me, I shall immediately be with you at any time of the day and night.’’ Baba took full responsibility for providing the necessities of life to his devotees. He said, ‘‘there shall be no dearth of food and clothing in the houses of my devotees. It is my special characteristic that I always look to and provide for the welfare of those devotees, who worship Me whole-heartedly with their minds ever fixed on Me. Therefore, worry not much for food and clothing. If you want to beg for anything, beg for the Lord Himself. Giving up worldly honours, try to get Lord’s grace and blessings and be the recipient of honours in His court. Do not be deluded by worldly honours. The form of the deity should be firmly fixed in the mind. Let all your senses and mind be ever devoted to the worship of the deity. Do not be attracted by any other thing. Engage the mind in remembering him always, so that it does not wander stray towards body, wealth and home. It will then become steady, calm and fearless. Acquiring such a state will signify that the mind is well occupied and has noble inclinations. If the mind remains vagrant, it cannot achieve one – pointedness.’’ Let us think within ourselves and see how far we are following the path enunciated by Baba. Baba expected only two things from his devotees – ‘Shraddha’ and ‘Saburi’, which meant surrender unto him completely and then wait with patience for the results. How simple? Baba expected his devotees to shed away all wickedness and ego. He said to one of his devotees, ‘‘I am the slave of your slaves (Dasanudas) and your debtor. It is a favour done to me that I have had the darshan of your feet. I consider myself blessed.’’ What great a humility flowing from the lips of the Master of the universe. We have to assess our actions in the background of Baba’s utterances.

Like all sages and saints, Baba laid great stress on desirelessness. Experience has shown that if one takes to Baba heart and soul, the state of his desirelessness will automatically follow.  Baba had himself said, “Believe me, if anybody sings my Leelas, I will bestow on him infinite joy and everlasting contentment. It is my special characteristic to free any person from the shackles of life and death who completely surrenders to me and who worships me with faith”. He laid great stress on charity (Dan), particularly Ann Dan. He stated, ‘‘Give with faith and magnanimity; give with modesty, sympathy and respectfully.’’ Each word uttered by Baba is very significant and we should take a note of it. To cultivate the habit of charity in His devotees, he asked for Dakshina from them. ‘‘Remember, one should indulge in charity (alms giving, building temples and the like), according to one’s income only and never over spend by borrowing money from others.’’ He always advocated that one should share his food with all present. He said, “God dwells in every being. Satisfying the dog’s hunger is the same as mine. The dog too has a soul. The creatures may look different but the hunger of all is the same. Know for certain that he who feeds the hungry really feeds me. Once, Mrs. Tarkhad was staying in Shirdi. At noon, when meals were ready and dishes were being served, a hungry dog turned up and began to bark. Mrs. Tarkhad got up at once and threw a piece of bread towards the dog which the dog ate with great relish. In the afternoon, when she went to the Masjid and sat at some distance from Baba, Sai Baba told her, “Mother! You have fed me sumptuously up to my throat. My afflicted pranas (life-forces) have been satisfied. Ever act like this and this will stand you in good stead. Sitting in this Masjid, I shall never, never speak the untruth. Continue to take pity on Me like this. First give bread to the hungry and then eat yourself. Remember this well!” Mrs. Tarkhad could not at first understand the meaning of what Baba said. She, therefore, asked, “Baba! How could I feed You? I am myself dependent on others and take my food from them on payment.” Baba then replied, “After eating that lovely bread, I am heartily contented and I am still belching. The dog, which you saw before your meal and to which you gave the piece of bread, is one with Me; so also other creatures (cats, pigs, flies, cows etc.) are My own form. I am roaming about in their forms. He, who sees Me in all these creatures, is My beloved. So abandoning the sense of duality and distinction continue to serve Me, as you did today.” From the description as given above, it would be seen that Baba preached ‘Dharma’ in practice, its intricacy being compressible easily and which could be followed without much do in the everyday life of the present day man.

The behavioral pattern a devotee has to follow in life, Baba demonstrated by example and explained in very simple words which no amount of study of literature could ever do. The following few extracts from the Sai Satcharitra will illustrate this point:

‘‘If any one does any evil to you do not retaliate. If you wish to do anything, do only good acts to others.’’

‘‘He who carps and cavils at others, pierces me in the heart and injures me, but he who suffers and endures, pleases me most.’’

Regarding acquisition of knowledge through books, Baba said, ‘‘Howsoever learned a man may be or howsoever deep his study of Vedas and Vedanta may be, he cannot reach the destination, without the help of an able Guru.’’ ‘‘If you look for Brahma in books, you shall only find Bhram.’’

Baba gave unparalleled assurances to his devotees, a few of which are stated hereunder:

•   “No harm shall ever befall him, who steps on the soil of Shirdi.”
•   “He who ascends the steps of my Samadhi, all his sorrows and sufferings shall come to an end.”
•   “My Samadhi shall ever be active and protect my devotees, even though I may not be there in flesh and blood.”
•   “You look to me, I look to you.”
•   “I am ever grateful to him who places his faith in me heart and soul.”
•   Even when I leave this body, my bones shall worry for my devotee. 

The truth of these assurances is experienced by Baba’s devotees even today. Who else has given such assurances in such plain and comprehensible words?
 
Once when Nana Chandorker was pressing Baba’s legs in Dwarkamai, two Muslim women came for Baba’s Darshan. Nana wanted to leave the Dwarkamai but Baba made him to remain seated. First one woman who was old, removing her veil, prostrated before Baba and then the second one who was young and pretty similarly prostrated before him. Nana was stung by the beauty of this young woman and a secret desire rose in his heart to see her face for a second time. Knowing that Baba was Sarvgyani and would be aware of his feelings, he felt ashamed. Baba gave him a pat and after the women had left, told him: “ Nana ! Why should you feel sorry that way? Before allowing the senses, mind and intellect to enjoy their objects, remember me first. The senses can never remain without having an urge to enjoy the objects, but offer those objects to me first. Then the attachment to them will vanish:’’ what a practical and sensible advice to follow which is very relevant in the world of today.

Baba cared for all his devotees at all times. When Nana Chandorker was feeling extremely thirsty while climbing a hillock for the Darshan of Devi, Baba sitting in the Dwarkamai, felt concerned for him and exclaimed, ‘‘Can’t I provide a glass of water to Nana who is extremely thirsty.’’ And lo! A Bhil appears on the hillock from somewhere and tells Nana that water was available underneath the stone on which he was sitting. Nana had a glass full of water to satisfy his thirst.

Another incident of reflecting Baba’s concern for each and every of His devotee which has touched me most is being narrated hereunder:

On the Ramnavmi day of 1914/15, while Baba was sitting in the Dwarkamai and huge crowds of devotees were flocking for his Darshan at about 9:00 a.m. Shama requested Him to have His breakfast, Baba said, “My stomach is full, I need no breakfast.” Soon thereafter an old lady was heard requesting people to allow her to have Baba’s darshan as she was old and infirm. These words fell in Baba’s ears and he asked Shama to go and escort that old lady and bring her to him. The old lady, teering the crowds, was brought before him. Baba exclaimed, “Ma! I am sitting hungry since morning waiting for you. Let me have what you have brought for me to eat.” The old woman replied, “Baba I had brought two chapatis and one onion to offer to you but on the way I felt very hungry and ate away one chapati and half onion, only one chapati and half onion is left”. Taking the chapati and the piece of onion from the old woman’s hand Baba ate away the same with relish. He told the woman: “Ma! How gratified I feel after eating the food brought so affectionately by you.”

Such like experiences the devotees of today are also having in abundances all around the Globe.


Conclusion

The most outstanding feature of Sai Bhakti is that Baba provides instantaneous relief to a person who remembers him earnestly. This phenomenon is the tale of many a Sai devotee all over the world, who have taken to Him. What more relevance could there be for the devotees from the Messiah of Compassion, in the world of today afflicted with problems all around.

In the end I shall submit that Bhakti is not a subject to be talked about.  Baba is the Tattva to be realized and imbibed in our lives and living. Wearing saffron clothes on the body, with a patka tied on the head and coloured beaded Malas adorning the neck, shall not make us realize Baba. We are merely deceiving our own selves. Let us imbibe Baba in our heart, speech and actions   When we shall have done so, words shall stop flowing from our lips and our whole being would become ‘
 
            Bow to Shri Sai – Peace be to all
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on March 27, 2009, 01:34:32 PM
Control of thoughts



Our Thoughts are precious. They are our very own property and can't be taken from us. - P.K Shaw.

Thoughts play havoc with our mind when the mind is unrestrained. When we do not control our thoughts, it keeps feasting on everything that the senses come up and dwell upon it.

Training our mind is not easy. Vedanta says that we can master the mind and, through repeated practice, we can make the mind our servant rather than being its victim. The mind can be made pure by constantly focusing on the values and actions that are prescribed in the sacred scriptures.

This involves integrating the all the senses and actions in an acceptable manner in order to achieve the spiritual goal. One needs to discard any thought that is undesirable and only feed those thoughts that are good to the mind. In chapter 6 of Satcharita Hemadpant refers to Baba's advise to his devotees and BABA says "fix the mind in remembering Me always, so that it will not wander elsewhere, towards body, wealth and home. Then it will be calm, peaceful and care-free.

 This is the sign of the mind, being well engaged in good company. If the mind is vagrant, it cannot be called well-merged."

Meditation helps in control of mind. Meditation is loving recollection of God, mental discrimination, and is an essential balance to selfless action. Initially one finds all thoughts crowding the mind at once and difficult for a man to concentrate on God either in nirgun or sagun akaar.

But constant discipline and sticking to the path of godliness and focusing on the positive aspects of life one realizes the path towards happiness. It does not mean that spirituality and control of mind is restricted to those who have severed all the relationship in the world and lead celibate life.

That is a wrong concept. In fact, any person leading a normal family life can control his mind and attain happiness. When mind is not allowed to covet other man's property, wife, children, and indulge in sensual thoughts and intoxicating drinks and discriminate between what is appropriate behavior then such mind is happy and in control.

As we are the masters of our thought we do not crave for things that don't belong to us, and harm our thought process by neglecting our family when all the members of the family are happy so also we are happy calm and composed and the divinity within shines forth without too much of exertion. Katha upanishad reiterates this fact "The Self cannot be gained by the study of Vedas, nor by intellect, nor by much learning. He, whom the Self chooses, by him It is gained. To him the Self reveals Its nature".

Let us make a regular practice to keep time for meditation in order to create a habit; it's also helpful to have a regular place for meditation that is quiet, clean, and tranquil. And most important let us invoke the blessings of our guru to start this stage of purification of mind.  
(Contributed by Anitha Kandukuri, Canberra, Australia) 



Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on April 03, 2009, 06:38:29 AM
The way to peace  



"The wise find peace on hearing the truth, like a deep, clear, undisturbed lake."


Already wise in their inmost consciousness, the wise need only hear the truth of dharma to instantly recognize it and to come to the end of their search for realities of life-and beyond. The mind of a truly dharmic person is deep, clear, and undisturbed by any phenomena arising either from within or without. We usually think about peace of mind, but there is also peace of will. That is, once a person has fixed his intention on the attainment of higher consciousness, and resolved to do all that is necessary to attain that precious thing, then nothing can shake him from that steadiness of will (sankalpa). Inwardly he will have peace, even if he is somewhat affected by fluctuations in his emotional or intellectual levels. Those who keep their mind's eye steadfastly on the goal, like an archer aiming at the target, will know peace that is unshakable.
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on April 28, 2009, 10:41:20 AM
The Meaning of Faith  




Faith has been interpreted by so many. "Faith that moves mountains" faith of the heart, faith in oneself. My love and faith in our beloved Sai Baba goes back many years and over time trials, tribulations faith, trust, and love for Him has grown stronger.

Recently I had an episode whereby a friend of mine was in urgent need of a favor. She is also like me a strong devotee of our Incredible Saibaba and she was really stressed out about the same. I prayed with her and we both asked Sai to grant this wish, as it was a question of her child's future. Both of us with fervent faith called upon Sai for help.

 Days, hours minutes passed and there seem to be not a murmur. Still I clung on to His holy feet without doubt or question.

Days, hours, minutes kept passing and with every sunset, my friend seemed to wilt like a flower losing hope of her wish ever becoming a reality. I also stepped up my prayers praying night and day for Sai to help her in her hour of need and as the days passed she started to feel helpless and hopeless she thought Sai had forsaken her, left her, was not heeding her, she became despondent but I kept reminding her of her faith and love for Him and she thanked me for doing so but I could feel her helplessness. I called out to Him for we are His children and He could not do this to a true Saibaba devotee and just as I felt all was lost lo and behold from nowhere came that call the one we awaited the one she so longed for and her wish became a reality.

I sobbed uncontrollably and so did she and we clung to each other knowing our Baba had come through. Yes it took time, patience, sadness, helplessness, hopelessness but I am proud to say that I held on refusing to let go, refusing to accept anything other than His love.

True faith, I have been tested time and time again and I have to admit I do get upset and feel lost but He is there, He is there and as He says "One Step taken towards Me I will take Ten towards you". I am glad I held on. I am happy that Baba came through for us.

Remember all you Sai Baba devotees, we are truly blessed and lucky, keep your faith and it will surely make you move that mountain.  


(Contributed by Havovi Medora)

Thank you for making my faith more strong. JaiSairam
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on May 30, 2009, 07:17:30 PM
Truly live  


Think of the best possible thing that you could accomplish today, and then ask yourself this.

What would be even better?

Instead of lowering your expectations to be more in line with reality, raise those expectations and then improve your reality so it matches them.
That's a much better choice and yes, you can most certainly do it.

Realize that the best is yet to come. Then get busy and make it happen.

What has happened before may be interesting and useful to know about. Yet all of that is in the past, and right now the world is filled with brand new possibilities.

The quality of your life right now depends on how you live it right now. What will you choose to do with such a magnificent opportunity?

This is the moment when you can mold life into whatever you would like it to be. Take a deep breath, stand up, walk forward and truly live all the wonder that is here.  


Courtesy- Ralph Marston

JaiSaiRam!!!!!!



Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on June 14, 2009, 03:00:27 PM
One good article I came across.........


A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held
up a sign which said: 'I am blind, please help.' There were only a few coins in the hat.
 
A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words.
He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new words.

Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, 'Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?'
 
The man said, 'I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a
different way.'

What he had written was: 'Today is a beautiful day and I cannot see it.'
 
Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?
Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign
simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind. Should we be surprised that the second sign was more effective?
 
 


Moral of the Story: Be thankful for what you have.
Be creative.
Be innovative.
Think differently and positively.


 

I'm sad.

Sad like butterflies pinned to cardboard boxes.

Sad like books with torn pages, ocean shores empty of bathers.

I am sad like unfinished stories  

 



Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on June 17, 2009, 01:02:27 PM
Service


Sayee bhakth kare jo kucch bhee….accha ho parinaam…
Jo bhee unke dar pe aaya…banthe bigade kaam…




If silence is the language of the spiritual bliss, how does one communicate it? If it is thought to happen at
His will and His alone, how does one receive it? One may wonder if it is egotistic to go around telling
people about God’s miracles in their lives and the message shared through them. If that were being
egotistic, equally egotistic would be choosing not to do the task of sharing and spreading His love within
one’s means. However, one has to be careful about the double-edged sword known as the sense of
individual identity or the self. The self that makes one rise above the obstructions and render service may
also come back and impart the doer with the sense of doership.
Service, in any form, is a way of spreading God’s message and sharing His love with fellowmen. Such
service needs to be done, diligently, meticulously, with whole heart and spirit, and most importantly
humility. Such service, whether for a social purpose or to promote spiritual awakening, will be successful.
Shri Dabholkar wrote Sai Satcharithamritha only after duly humbled by Sainath. The humility of Dasganu
Maharaj reflected in his costumes. The most humble Booty was abundantly blessed for his construction
was consecrated due to Baba’s samadhi mandir.
If one word describes the nature of a Sai devotee, it has to be “Humility”. God of Gods, Shri Sai Baba
called Himself, simply a servant of God. Portrayed as the humblest of the humble and the most merciful,
Baba has several times stressed the importance of humility. Humility is the most required attribute of a
Sai servant and only those who believe this and practice are honored at Baba’s court. The services of
such, whether towards a spiritual cause or other, will accomplish its objectives.


JaiSairam
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on June 21, 2009, 01:05:44 PM
For All My Friends
;D ;D ;D
 


A friend is someone we turn to
when our spirits need a lift.
A friend is someone we treasure
for our friendship is a gift.
A friend is someone who fills our lives
with beauty, joy, and grace.
And makes the whole world we live in
a better and happier place.

AND
Friendship is a priceless gift,
that cannot be bought or sold.
But it's value is far greater
than a mountain made of gold.

For gold is cold and lifeless,
it can neither see nor hear.
And in a time of trouble,
it is powerless to cheer.

It has no ears to listen,
no heart to understand.
It cannot bring you comfort,
or reach out a helping hand.

So when you ask God for a gift,
be thankful if he sends...
Not diamonds, pearls or riches,
but the love of real true friends.



Thank you my friends for being so nice always. JaiSaiRam  ;D
Title: Re: Message of the day- 7 Gifts that Multiply Happiness
Post by: SS91 on June 28, 2009, 02:06:53 PM

7 Gifts that Multiply Happiness

As you read about each of these gifts, think about ways that you could
share that gift with someone today.


1. Share appreciation

Tell someone how much you appreciate the faith they've shown in you.
Thank them sincerely for being part of your life. Tell them how much
they are needed.

Feeling appreciated is one of the most important needs that people
have. When you share with someone your appreciation and gratitude,
they will not forget you. Appreciation will return to you many times.

2. Share time

Balance your time expenditures so you can spend time with the people
that you love. Support local organizations by sharing your special
talents. Volunteer time for projects that benefit others in your
community, country, and world.

When we slow down and observe our thoughts closely, we will sometimes
uncover gifts and talents we didn't know we had. Sharing time and
talents can result in discoveries that bring happiness beyond measure.

3. Share knowledge and ideas

Tell someone about a great book that you read so they can benefit from
it too. Teach a new concept or idea that you've learned.

One of the best ways to strengthen new concepts in your mind is to
share them with others. The more often you share what you've learned,
the stronger that information will become in your memory. Sharing
knowledge also provides solutions to problems
. The more knowledge we
share, the more knowledge we receive in return.

4. Share friendship

Acknowledge someone's strengths. Let them know that you are willing to
be there when they need you. Visit someone you haven't seen for a long
time. Telephone friends or relatives who live far away. Introduce two
friends who don't know each other.

Bringing one individual into another's life can result in tremendous
changes for both people, and for you. We succeed with the help of
others. People grow by growing together. If you'd like to have many
friends, then share friendship with others generously.

5. Share kindness

Perform a random act of kindness for someone: a smile, compliment, or
a favor just for fun. These will multiply and spread very rapidly.

There is a powerful quote by Stephen Jay Gould who said, "The center
of human nature is rooted in ten thousand ordinary acts of kindness
that define our days." Kindness is priceless. The love, kindnesses,
and value we have given authentically to others will be our remaining
treasures at the end of life.

6. Share experience

Keep written or photo journals of your life: things you've done,
places you've traveled, things you've learned. Record successes and
failures. Share a happy memory. Also share the difficult times that
have helped you become stronger and wiser. When shared, the value of
these experiences multiplies.

Our unique experiences and perceptions of life are priceless. Sharing
experiences will build one of the strongest bonds with others. Our
descendants can learn and benefit from our lifetime experiences for
generations to come.

7. Share enthusiasm

If you are excited about a new success, tell someone. If you're
ecstatic about a new project, show your glow. Your enthusiasm will
inspire others to move forward with actions that bring rewarding
achievements.

Enthusiasm keeps us looking forward to the future. It brings many of
those exciting days that we can savor with gratitude. That kind of
glowing excitement for life is impossible to hide. It is contagious
and will quickly spread to others.

Think about this statement by Norman MacEwan: "Happiness is not so
much in having as sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we
make a life by what we give."

Sharing these gifts sends our thoughts on a far-reaching journey where
they will touch many lives, and reconnect with our own. Would you like
to receive these same life-enhancing gifts again and again?

Begin multiplying your happiness by sharing one of these special gifts with
someone today!
;D

Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on June 28, 2009, 02:19:23 PM
Timing is Everything!

How many of you have applied the positive thinking and mind power in your life only to be frustrated with the results?

Maybe you read a motivational book or attended a seminar and you were
told that you only get what you expect. So you applied expectation to
your dream and currently the dream looks more like a nightmare.
Is it possible that the "What you sow, you reap law" has gone wrong for you?
Why, you may ask.

The short of a long story is that we often only focus on the surface
of the retribution law. It's true that what you sow you reap but what
we forget is that there's supposed to be a space between sowing and
reaping: it is not an instant process. If you try to reap in the wrong
season, you reap frustration. If you try to reap in the wrong season,
you do NOT get what you expect and you don't reap what you sowed. It's
for this reason most ancient religious texts speak of everything
having an order and a season.

Imagine a farmer deciding to reap a crop in the wrong season and later
proclaiming he's a failure as a farmer when the harvest fails. You
would laugh at him and tell him to look at the calendar. Trouble is,
in our own lives, we do a similar thing far too often and then wonder
why things turn out wrong. If results are contrary to your
expectations, go check the season - you might just be early.

Don't mistake delay for denial by life. Timing is everything - for
this reason, patience is a vital ingredient in success planning.

Patience will give you keys to the kingdom!


JaiSaiRam  ;D

Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: rr_sai_bhakt on June 29, 2009, 02:32:32 AM
Quite a neat one Subhasrini ji, specially the one on Timing and Patience ...

These are seemingly simple lessons .. but in effect they are so fundamental .... if only we can keep ourselves aware of such important lessons, then it can make a great difference to our lives ...

Om Sai Ram ...
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on June 29, 2009, 08:23:33 AM
A wonderfull story===MY WISH FOR YOU..


A woman came out of her house and saw 3 old men with long white beards sitting in her front yard. She did not recognize them. She said "I don't think I know you, but you must be hungry. Please come in and have something to eat."

"Is the man of the house home?", they asked..


"No", she replied. "He's out."

"Then we cannot come in", they replied.
 
In the evening when her husband came home, she told him what had happened.

"Go tell them I am home and invite them in!"

The woman went out and invited the men in"

"We do not go into a House together," they replied.


"Why is that?" she asked.

One of the old men explained: "His name is Wealth," he said pointing to one of his friends, and said pointing to another one, "He is Success, and I am Love." Then he added, "Now go in and discuss with your husband which one of us you want in your home."


The woman went in and told her husband what was said. Her husband was overjoyed. "How nice!!", he said. "Since that is the case, let us invite Wealth. Let him come and fill our home with wealth!"

His wife disagreed. "My dear, why don't we invite Success?"

Their daughter-in-law was listening from the other corner of the house. She jumped in with her own suggestion: "Would it not be better to invite Love? Our home will then be filled with love!"

"Let us heed our daughter-in-law's advice," said the husband to his wife.

"Go out and invite Love to be our guest.."

The woman went out and asked the 3 old men, "Which one of you is Love? Please come in and be our guest."

Love got up and started walking toward the house. The other 2 also got up and followed him. Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success: "I only invited Love, Why are you coming in?"
 
The old men replied together: "If you had invited Wealth or Success, the other two of us would've stayed out, but since you invited Love, wherever He goes, we go with him. Wherever there is Love, there is also Wealth and Success!!!!!!"  
 
 
MY WISH FOR YOU...    ;D

-Where there is pain, I wish you peace and mercy.
-Where there is self-doubting, I wish you a renewed confidence in your ability to work through it.
-Where there is tiredness, or exhaustion, I wish you understanding, patience, and renewed strength.
-Where there is fear, I wish you love, and courage.  


Baba Sai bless us all.

JaiSaiRam
 



Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on July 01, 2009, 09:29:56 AM
AVATHARAPURUSHA  
  ;D



The devotees of Sai Baba are believing that Sai Baba is Avathara Purusha.  Once Baba said to His devotees “Be stay wherever you like, do whatever you chose, remember this well - that all what you do is known to me. I am the Inner Ruler of all and seated in their hearts.  I envelope all the creatures, the movables and immovable world, I am the controller – the wire puller of this Universe. I am the Mother – Origin of all beings – the Harmony of three Gunas, the propeller of all senses, the creator, preserver and destroyer.  Nothing will harm him, who turns his attention towards Me.  But Maya will lash or whip him who forgets Me. All the insects, ants, the visible, movable and immovable world, is my body or form.
 

In Sai Sacharitha we can see so many instances that Sai Baba is seated (Live) in every heart of living beings in the world.  So, the statement given by Baba is proving that Baba is Paripurna Avathara Purusha.
 
Sri Sivananda Saraswathi of Hrushikesh says “As all features of all Awatharas are found in Sai Baba”. We can, without doubt, declare that Sai Baba is Paripurna Avathara or the Unique Avahara Purusha (“Perfect incarnation of God”).
 
As per Sai Baba Charitha we can see that Sri Sai Baba one in physical form.  But He appeared to different devotees in forms of different Gods as devotees liked or desired.  Now also Sai devotees are getting physical appearance of Sai Baba. Baba protecting His devotees more than He used to do before entering into the Samadhi.  So the devotees of Sai Baba decided in full faith, that Baba is perfect Avatharapurusha.  They are installing Sai Statues in Mandirs and Sai Chitrapatams in their houses and performing Shodasopachara Puja and praying for their protection.  They are also getting the protection by Sai Baba.

Hence Sai Baba is “Avathara Purusha.”
;D

Jai SaiRam
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on August 14, 2009, 08:56:50 AM
Three-Word Phrases, can be tools to help develop every relationship.



There are many things that you can do to strengthen your relationships. Often the most effective thing you can do involves saying just three words..

When spoken sincerely, these statements often have the power to develop new friendships, deepen old ones and even bring healing to relationships that have soured.

The following three-word phrases can be tools to help develop every relationship.



Let Me Help:

Good friends see a need and then try to fill it. When they see a hurt they do what they can to heal it. Without being asked, they jump in and help out.

I Understand You:


People become closer and enjoy each other more when the other person accepts and understands them. Letting your spouse know - in so many little ways - that you understand them, is one of the most powerful tools for healing your relationship. And this can apply to any relationship.

I Respect You:

Respect is another way of showing love. Respect demonstrates that another person is a true equal. If you talk to your children as if they were adults you will strengthen the bonds and become closer friends. This applies to all interpersonal relationships.

I Miss You:

Perhaps more marriages could be saved and strengthened if couples simply and sincerely said to each other "I miss you." This powerful affirmation tells partners they are wanted, needed, desired and loved. Consider how important you would feel, if you received an unexpected phone call from your spouse in the middle of your workday, just to say "I miss you."

Maybe You're Right:

This phrase is very effective in diffusing an argument. The implication when you say "maybe you're right" is the humility of admitting, "maybe I'm wrong". Let's face it. When you have an argument with someone, all you normally do is solidify the other person's point of view. They, or you, will not likely change their position and you run the risk of seriously damaging the relationship between you. Saying "maybe you're right" can open the door to explore the subject more. You may then have the opportunity to express your view in a way that is understandable to the other person.

Please Forgive Me:

Many broken relationships could be restored and healed if people would admit their mistakes and ask for forgiveness. All of us are vulnerable to faults, foibles and failures. A man should never be ashamed to own up that he has been in the wrong, which is saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

I Thank You:

Gratitude is an exquisite form of courtesy. People who enjoy the companionship of good, close friends are those who don't take daily courtesies for granted. They are quick to thank their friends for their many ex-pressions of kindness. On the other hand, people whose circle of friends is severely constricted often do not have the attitude of gratitude.Count On Me:

A friend is one who walks in when others walk out. Loyalty is an essential ingredient for true friendship. It is the emotional glue that bonds people. Those that are rich in their relationships tend to be steady and true friends. When troubles come, a good friend is there indicating "you can count on me."

I'll Be There:

If you have ever had to call a friend in the middle of the night, to take a sick child to hospital, or when your car has broken down some miles from home, you will know how good it feels to hear the phrase "I'll be there." Being there for another person is the greatest gift we can give. When we are truly present for other people, important things happen to them and us. We are renewed in love and friendship. We are restored emotionally and spiritually. Being there is at the very core of civility.

Go For It:

We are all unique individuals. Don't try to get your friends to conform to your ideals. Support them in pursuing their interests, no matter how far out they seem to you. God has given everyone dreams, dreams that are unique to that person only. Support and encourage your friends to follow their dreams. Tell them to "go for it."


I Love You:

Perhaps the most important three words that you can say.. Telling someone that you truly love them satisfies a person's deepest emotional needs. The need to belong, to feel appreciated and to be wanted. Your spouse, your children, your friends and you, all need to hear those three little words: "I love you." Love is a choice. You can love even when the feeling is gone.  ;D


OM SAI RAM  :)


Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on August 14, 2009, 10:00:17 AM
Sai Krishna !



"When Dharma was showing signs of decline, Avatar manifests to protect the earth. When the forces of wickedness had grown to greater proportions Poornavathar Krishna manifested to uphold Dharma. But compared to Dwapara yuga, present kaliyuga is more complicated & wickedness emerging many places in many forms as terrorism. We can pray to the Almighty to manifest Himself as Sri Krishna in everyone's heart to transform internally to promote Dharma & Peace everywhere. The word 'Krish' denotes the attraction. What type of attraction?

Attraction that is beyond senses. Beyond the material pleasure. Lord Krishna was always embodiment of happiness and miracles. Sri Krishna was immersed in Bliss. Whether it was a battlefield or palace, He remained the same. He selected the battlefield to give upadesh to Arjuna. 5000 years ago, Lord Krishna gave his support to Pandavas with who were truth, righteousness, and justice. Lord Krishna performed his duty as a Raja.

Lord Krishna is called by many names. Yasodanandana, Devakinandana, Chittachora etc.. Lord Krishna in his boyhood days played leelas to steal the Navaneetham (butter). It shows the inner meaning. He is the thief of our Chitta (Heart). When He will come to steal? When our heart will melt like butter with devotion. When our heart becomes pure and clean through intense sadhana and japa, Lord will come and steal our heart.

Shri Saibaba became Sai Krishna, the Muralidhar that Booty wanted to install. Shirdi Sai Baba always told His devotees, "This masjid is Dwaraka mayi. Whoever stepped into this will be relieved from all kinds of miseries". In Sai Satcharitra chapter IV, a footnote says that Shirdi comes in the limits of Pandharpur, which was the southern most center of Dwaraka, and therefore, Shirdi is Dwaraka itself (vide Sai leela, Vol.14, nos.1-2-3). Shri Sai Krishna declared. " Who is this ME?". (Sri Sai Satcharita chapter XLIII&XLIV) "You need not go far or anywhere in search of Me. Barring your name and form, there exists in you, as well as in all beings, a sense of being or Consciousness of Existence. That is Myself. Knowing this, you see Me inside yourself, as well as in all beings. If you practice this, you will realize all pervasiveness, and attain oneness with Me". Like Lord Krishna, once again Shri Sai Krishna gave this "SAI GITA" to all of us.

We will pray to Sai Krishna to manifest His Divine Love in everyone's heart and spread Peace and Harmony everywhere.Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna Sai Krishna Hare, Hare..Hare Rama, Hare Rama Sai Rama Hare Hare--OM SRI SAI RAM

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Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: Ramesh Ramnani on August 16, 2009, 12:17:34 AM

जय सांई राम।।।
 
The word "Trust" is the basis of all relations...But a small mistake made can change its entire meaning like just a missing T can Rust The Relations...So keep trusting each other.

अपना सांई प्यारा सांई सबसे न्यारा अपना सांई


ॐ सांई राम।।।
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: Ramesh Ramnani on August 17, 2009, 12:29:48 AM
जय सांई राम।।।
 
Life is just like a Piano, White Keys are Happy Moments, Black Keys are Sad Moments, but remember both keys are played to get sweet 'Music of Life'

अपना सांई प्यारा सांई सबसे न्यारा अपना सांई


ॐ सांई राम।।।
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on August 20, 2009, 01:44:23 PM
The Law Of Seed


A very interesting story about the law of seed. Whenever you are feeling down because of failures and mistakes you made in life, do take time out to think about this law of seed. I am sure it will make you feel much better and ready to get up and get going.
The Law of the Seed
Take a look at an apple tree. There might be five hundred appleson the tree, each with ten seeds.
That's a lot of seeds! We might ask, "Why would you need so manyseeds to grow just a few more trees?"
Nature has something to teach us here. It's telling us: "Mostseeds never grow. So if you really want to make something happen,you had better try more than once."
This might mean:
You'll attend twenty interviews to get one job.You'll interview forty people to find one good employee.You'll talk to fifty people to sell one house, car, vacuumcleaner, insurance policy, idea.And you might meet a hundred acquaintances to findone special friend.When we understand the "Law of the Seed", we don'tget so disappointed. We stop feeling like victims.Laws of nature are not things to take personally.We just need to understand them - and work with them.
IN A NUTSHELL


"Successful people fail more often. They plant more seeds."

Courtesy-Upinder Dhami
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on August 27, 2009, 12:31:28 PM
Crossing the Water
Spiritual Story by Sri Ramakrishna

 
A farmer's daughter duty was to carry fresh milk to customers in various villages had, one of whom was a priest. To reach his house, the milkmaid had to cross a good-sized stream. People crossed it by a sort of ferry raft, for a small fee.

One day the priest, who performed worship daily with the offering to God of fresh milk, finding it arrived very late, scolded the poor woman. "What can I do?" she said, "I start out early from my house, but I have to wait a long time for the boatman to come."

Then the priest said (pretending to be serious), "What! People have even walked across the ocean by repeating the name of God, and you can't cross this little river?" This milkmaid took him very seriously. From then on she brought the priest's milk punctually every morning. He became curious about it and asked her how it was that she was never late anymore.

"I cross the river repeating the name of the Lord," she replied, "just as you told me to do, without waiting for the ferry." The priest didn't believe her, and asked, "Can you show me this, how you cross the river on foot?" So they went together to the water and the milkmaid began to walk over it. Looking back, the woman saw that the priest had started to follow her and was floundering in the water.

"Sir!" she cried, "You are uttering the name of God, yet all the while you are holding up your clothes from getting wet. That is not trusting in God!"

 
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: Ramesh Ramnani on September 01, 2009, 12:34:53 AM
जय सांई राम।।।

Life is like a book with many different chapters. Some tell of tragedy, others of triumph.  Some chapters are dull and ordinary, others intense and exciting.
 
The key to being a success in life is to never stop on a difficult page, to never quit on a tough chapter.
 
Champions have the courage to keep turning the pages because they know a better chapter lies ahead.

अपना सांई प्यारा सांई सबसे न्यारा अपना सांई


ॐ सांई राम।।।

Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on September 05, 2009, 01:27:15 PM
How do we relate to Baba?

This is a question always lingering behind our minds - How to relate with BABA?


1 Why do we go to BABA?
2 Are we scared of HIM?
3 Do we feel that if we do not worship Him He might make our life miserable?
4 Are our feelings of devotion superficial or real towards Him?
5 Do we have tears of love and intense trust in our eyes when we think of Him?
6 What relationship makes us comfortable with Him?  

We go to Baba so that He might lighten our problems and burden. For me I approach Him as I approach my father. I know a father never refuses the whims and fancies of His child. I feel secure going to Him because I know I can play with him Him and twine Him round my little finger and tug the strings of His heart with my voice filled with love and faith in Him. To go to BABA one needs to have the Heart of a Toddler. Do we have one?

When a child approaches father there is a sense of apprehension, uncertainty, but a child is never scared of father. Child trusts father more than his own life. Child knows that father would save it from any calamity. The feeling is that of Awe, apprehension but never scared. It is filled with love, trust and faith. Father never deliberately harms the child. Yes, He might refuse to give certain things because HE knows they are not good for the child. However, Father never condemns the child, condemns only the behavior. Do we have that trust towards Him filled with love and awe?

As a child, one goes through phases in life, gets new friends, is fascinated with the world, and tries to explore it. But when the need arises and until the child is independent financially and physically, it always runs to father. Even in spiritual relationship with BABA, our father, we run to Him though we might feel we are wandering away from Him. Remember we are tied with strings to our feet and HE draws us near Him when HE reckons we are straying. Do not fear, fly but remember our strings are in His hands. Once we elevate spiritually then we merge with Father and we are one with Him. Do we feel comfortable straying away from Him? Do we feel guilty that we did not show physical or formal act of worship towards Him? Don't you know we always come back to Him even if we go away physically?

The last three questions are based on each individual and their perception of their relationship towards Baba. Some show emotions while some don't. Whatever is the case - How steady are we in our faith? Do we show anxiety in spite of placing our burden on Him? Then perhaps our faith is superficial, we lack trust. What we say does not come from the depths of the heart. Have you ever tried throwing a tantrum at BABA? A relationship filled with deep emotion of love is healthy. Ever observed the feeling of warmth in a relationship that exists between a father and a child? A child who is confident that Father always loves it in spite of the tantrums and knows that it has the freedom of expression of its feelings and will still be loved in spite of shortcomings exhibits such feelings and grows to be a healthy individual brimming with self confidence. Let us try to show these feelings towards baba when the whole world has turned its back on us and we feel betrayed. We know we cannot express our feelings on fellow Humans, but why not take advantage of this old man who is waiting for an expression of love, any expression of love from us. I can feel being enveloped in His warmth and feel His breath on my hair as He hugs me towards His heart.

I see this relationship between a child and a father. When I see my children interact play, throw tantrums and refuse to do what their father says. I see a new relationship of love and trust growing where each one tries to accommodate the other and forgive. Then after few minutes they run towards each other, hug, and play around and it is hard to see who is child and who is adult. Perhaps we need to forget that we are adults and behave like a child while interacting with BABA, and express our needs as a child does. We might need to engage in solitary play using our imagination and carry on internal conversations with BABA, and explore a new world of joy peace and happiness, which is always filled with love. Perhaps this would change our behavior, outlook and intensity of relationship we have with Him. Let us look for an unconditional expression of love and explore new avenues for establishing relationship with BABA. Life is too short; let us rejoice in His warmth.

(Contributed by Anitha Kandukuri, Canberra, Australia) 

Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on October 02, 2009, 10:43:06 AM
Time Bank  


Imagine there is a bank that credits your account each morning with $86,400.

It carries over no balance from day to day.
Every evening the bank deletes whatever part of the balance you failed to use during the day.

What would you do? Draw out every cent, of course!!!!

Each of us has such a bank. Its name is TIME.
Every morning, it credits you with 86,400 seconds.
Every night it writes off, as lost, whatever of this you have failed to invest to good purpose.

It carries over no balance. It allows no overdraft.
Each day it opens a new account for you.
Each night it burns the remains of the day.

If you fail to use the day's deposits, the loss is yours.

There is no going back. There is no drawing against the "tomorrow".

You must live in the present on today's deposits. Invest it so as to get from it the utmost in health, happiness, and success!

The clock is running. Make the most of today.

To realize the value of ONE YEAR, ask a student who failed a grade.

To realize the value of ONE MONTH, ask a mother who gave birth to a premature baby.

To realize the value of ONE WEEK, ask the editor of a weekly newspaper.

To realize the value of ONE HOUR, ask the lovers who are waiting to meet.

To realize the value of ONE MINUTE, ask a person who missed the train.

To realize the value of ONE SECOND, ask a person who just avoided an accident.

Treasure every moment that you have! And reassure it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to spend your time.

Remember that time waits for no one.
Yesterday is history.
Tomorrow is mystery.
Today is a gift.
That's why it's called the present!
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on December 09, 2009, 08:17:47 AM
Shri Sai Satcharitra   



Sai Satcharitra is like the Bhagavad-Gita the quintessence of the Upanishads. All the Bhaktas of Shri Shirdi Sai Baba referred in Shri Sai Satcharitra are like Spiritual Grandeurs around Sri MahaVishnu. The Blessed author of Shri Sai Satcharitra (Hemadpant) is like Calf,  The nectarine Sai Satcharitra is the Milk and The Pure minded are its Consumers.

Just as the Calf drinks some Milk and the bulk consumed by others, Shri Sai Satcharitra benefits the entire humanity although it was the inspiration gained by the Blessed Author (Hemadpant). Shri Sai Satcharitra had been hailed as antidote to the worldly Bondage and a Manual for daily life.

The Upanishads / Scriptures are tense and directive in nature where as  Shri Sai Satcharitra is communicative and so appeals even to the layman who may be finding belief in the Sadguru – Lord Shri Shirdi Sai Baba. Shri Sai Satcharitra explains the identity of the Self and the ultimate reality.  
 
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: Sai Meera on December 10, 2009, 02:25:57 AM
Om Sai Ram,

Before you speak, listen. Before you write, think.
Before you spend, earn. Before you criticize, wait.
Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try!

Om Sai Ram
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: Sai Meera on December 10, 2009, 02:29:37 AM
speak less to the poeple you care about the most.   
because if they dont understnad your silence they'll never understand your W O R D S!!
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: sai preet on December 12, 2009, 09:58:45 PM
1. The GEM can not be polished without Friction nor Man perfected without trials!!!

2. Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you take it.

3. Smooth Roads never make Good Drivers

Clear Sky never make Good Pilots

Problem Free life never makes a Strong Person

So,,,, Don't ask Life-- ' Y Me'

     Instead Say---- 'TRY Me'

4. The actions of men  are the BEST Interpreters of their THOUGHTS!

5. Theres something strange about the man who's children don't welcome him back home...!
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on December 19, 2009, 04:24:37 PM
Key to Happiness


Is there a way to quantify faith?

What constitutes a successful dose of patience?

Some endure a hardship for several years, yet call themselves fortunate. Some seem to have a short stint with time and profess to have waited patiently! Wisdom, whether through Bhakthi or Jnana should impart the ability to discriminate. Discrimination between things of transient nature and that are permanent should lead to detachment. Spirituality may not be about quantifiable material gains and losses that one accomplishes with the help of Sadguru. It may also not be about extending the benefits that are only perishable.

On the other hand, it may be about a total personal transformation that should take place every minute, while at sleep or awake. The effort has to come from within oneself and the external factors may be the means to accomplish them.

On several occasions, Baba said out of love for His devotees - "What (whether good or bad) is ours, is with us, and what is another’s is with him." - Ch. XLV, Shri Sai Satcharitra.

Simplest expressions of Baba have the message of greatest importance. A moment of contemplation on such comments might have the most profound effects on what we perceive as pain or pleasure.

By the above statement, Sadguru Sainath has endorsed the thought that our actions precede our fruits, the consequences. He also several times advised that one have to endure the consequences of his past actions.

Devotees also have seen how Sainath comes to their rescue if the faith is earnest and the patience is complete. The patience is complete if the faith is earnest. He is the helmsman and His boundless coffers are always open.

JaiSaiRam
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on December 19, 2009, 04:35:51 PM
Asceticism



The third station of the Sufi maqamat is asceticism known as Zuhd, which embraces the notions of renunciation and austerity. Renunciation is the basis of spiritual progress, because every sin originates with love for the world, end every act of goodness and obedience springs from renunciation. While accepting the truth of perfection of the soul, the average man is said to be hindered by a veil of impurities known as nafs, an Arabic word, variously translated as man's base instincts or lower nature. The first four stations, namely Repentance, Abstinence, Asceticism and Poverty on the journey to God are particularly concerned with purification of Self and the progress of the seeker depends upon being able to detach from the lower or carnal self.

Sri Saibaba is a complete renunciate and his life reads like a manual on renunciation, with his total unconcern for external world and comforts of life. As quoted in Sri Sai Satcharitra, "The people were wonder-struck to see such a young lad practicing hard penance, not minding heat or cold. By day he associated with none, by night he was afraid of nobody". According to an old devotee, Sai Baba lived first under a babul tree, and later spent four or five years under a neem tree and only after much persuasion moved to a more permanent home in an old dilapidated masjid. The masjid was missing one whole wall and there was little protection from the rain or cold. Sai Baba unconcerned, lived like this for decades until 1897 when Gopal Gund, a staunch devotee, decided to repair the masjid. At first Sai Baba flew into a rage and uprooted the structure on seeing the construction to masjid. Only when he was persuaded that whatever was planned would benefit the devotees and visitors as much as himself, would he agree.

As part of his ascetic lifestyle, Sai Baba originally slept on the earthen floor of the masjid on a rough peace of sacking. At a later date, Sai Baba slept on a wooden plank which was given to him. The plank described as “four arm length and one wide span” which Sai Baba suspended like a swing from rafters only using old rags. It was far too narrow for a normal person to sleep on as he would have fallen off, and furthermore it was too high to climb up.

Explaining this difficult feat, he said, “It is not easy to sleep up on the plank. He, who has many good qualities in him, only can do so. He who can sleep, “with his eyes wide open can effect that”. Traditionally the Sufi is known for his night-long prayer vigils, his upright position for sleep, and his frequent fasts, which are all ascetic methods for taming, subduing and training the nafs. The nafs are perceived by the Sufi mystics to be real in some sense, a carnal body with form substance, and capable of being seen apart from the body.

 An incident in the life of Kasinath Upasani, a devotee of Sai Baba, becomes instantly more understandable when viewed in the light of the Sufi teaching on the nafs. The story goes that Sai Baba had an obligation from a pervious life, known as rinanubandha, to transform the worldly-minded Kasinath Upasani into a saint known in Hindu terminology as a samartha sadguru, as Kashinath had once saved his life.

In order to do this it was essential to annihilate Kasinath’s nafs or carnal being. He initiated this by inducing a series of visions, o ne of which invoked the visualization of the nafs as a dark body or his shaytan. Narasimhaswami records the story of Kasinath’s vision thus:

Baba asked him to come near saying, “I am going to give you upadesh.” When Kasinath was trying to approach the Guru, a dark and dirty person behind Kasinath exactly like him, that is, his replica pulled him up and said, “Don’t listen to the Guru, but listen to me.” Twice this interruption took place. The Sai got up, seized the dark person behind Kasinath, took him and placed him on a pile o f faggots and burnt him. All that time Kasinath was saying, “Baba it is me whom you are burning” After completing burning him out, Baba turned to Kasinath and said, “Yes, that was you no doubt. But you were in that sin form, namely papa rupa. I have destroyed him. You are now free from sin. By our united efforts there are many things to be achieved in the future. How can that be done if sin remains?”.

The notion of Sufi nafs or lower self and Hindu papa rupa or sin body are very similar constructs. Sai Baba could enter the vision of his devotee and operate on the subtle body in order to purify him. A little understood action of Sai Baba, daily when he was alone, he would take out some coins from his pouch and would repeat the name of a devotee, saying this is Nana’s, this is Kaka’s etc., as he rubbed the surface of each coin.

Through this method he was concentrating on the devotee and “entering the door of his heart” to uplift and guide. Sai Baba warned against such lower qualities as lust, anger, greed, jealous, pride and hatred, as a hindrance to spiritual life.


(Source: Shirdi Sai Baba in the Light of Sufism - Marianne Warren )
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on December 25, 2009, 03:59:28 PM
Feature of the week: Das Ganu's first step on Spiritual Path  

Baba had indicated that Das Ganu should quit his job and dedicate himself to Lord's service. However, Das Ganu was in denial of this command. He refused to quit his job as a Police Constable on more than one occasion.

Once, when Das Ganu was the second in command at the station, the station officer left him in-charge. And Das Ganu in a lordly way wanted to enjoy his time, and went home leaving a constable in charge of the station. Just at that time, a village munsif had sent up a thoti with a fine collected from some persons against whom a warrant had been sent for collection. That money, Rs. 32/- was left by the thoti with the constable there in charge, without any person to witness. The constable told the thoti that the Station Officer was on leave, and asked him to leave and that the receipt would be sent to the village in due course. So, the poor thoti went away, and the constable swallowed up the money.

Ganpatrao (Das Ganu) knew nothing of it. However, the authorities finding that Rs. 32/- had not been collected, concluded that it was Ganpatrao's mischief. Ganpatrao was asked for an explanation. He said he know nothing. But there was no escape the fact that money had been sent that day, and was paid at the station as the thoti testified. Then Ganpatrao, finding that there was not only no chance of his getting the Sub Inspector's job but a good chance of getting into the jail, solemnly swore to Baba that this time he would positively quit service. He went further and mentioned his willingness to resign to the enquiry officer who, thereupon, made him pay up Rs. 32/- and then discharged him. Thus Baba succeeded in making Ganpatrao quit his service, a service, which would prevent Ganpatrao from becoming the high spiritual personage that he was subsequently to develop into.

Baba used to call him 'Ganu'. When Ganpatrao came and said, 'I have now left my service; I and my wife have to stand in the streets, as we have no property or income.' Baba said, ' Ganu, I shall provide for you and your family'. (Compare Sri Krishna's promise "Yoga Kshemam Vahamai sham" BG (9) (22). Baba then asked him to go on with his Brahminical duties, puranic studies, and kirtans at which he was excellent. Ganpatrao was never in want of food or clothing, and has even become a landlord that yielded him sufficient support. In 1919 his wife died issueless, leaving him without any encumbrances.

Das Ganu had a fine metallic voice and he was a very able performer of kirtans. He would hold an audience of 2000 people spell bound in rapt attention listening to him for six or eight hours, and as he never asked for even one pie and made no collections, his kirtans were popular, and in all his kirtans, he would place Baba's picture next to him and even though his katha was about Tukaram or Namdev or Jnanadev, yet he would always refer to Sai Baba as the living Saint or Sat purusha i.e., as the present Great Saint, whom it would be a great blessing for people to have darsan of, as the very darsan would purify and benefit the visitor.

As soon as his kirtans ended, people started in numbers to go to Shirdi and see Sai Baba. These numbers included high officials of good and great positions, as also the poor. Thus he has been the means of sending some tens of thousands of people to Baba. Baba developed his nature and purified it by making him spend his time whenever he went to Shirdi in reading Vishnu Sahasranama. Das Ganu Maharaj's purification and development are marked in various ways and Baba's favor to him on the spiritual side is so vast and varied that it is impossible to sketch them out in detail.   



Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on December 26, 2009, 09:55:48 AM
Baba's message through Javhar Ali's episode


Sai Baba met one fakir Javhar Ali about five years after his wrestling match with Mohiddin Tamboli. This fakir was learned and a scholar of Koran and had a sweet tongue. He started living in Rahata along with his disciples and bewitched the religious and devout people of Rahata. He came in some conflict with villagers when he started to build an Idgah [a wall before which Muslims pray on Idgah day] near a Hindu temple. As a result, Javhar Ali had to leave Rahata and he went to Shirdi. He started living with Baba. Here also, people were captured by his sweet talks. He gradually started calling Baba as his disciple. Baba did not object and consented to be his disciple. Then both Guru and Shishya decided to return to Rahata and live there. Javhar Ali did not know the worth of Baba but Baba knew the shortcomings of his so-called 'guru'. Nevertheless, he served Javhar Ali as his Guru with respect and sincerity.

The loving devotees of Baba did not want him to stay away from Shirdi. So, they went to Rahata to request him to return to Shirdi. They faced the wrath of the ill-tempered 'Guru' of Baba for trying to take Baba back to Shirdi. However, after some discussions, both Guru and Shishya returned to Shirdi. A few days later, a person by the name of Devidas tested the Guru. Devidas was a dispassion incarnate and a jnani. He lived in Maruti temple in Shirdi and many villagers of Shirdi regarded him as their Guru. They brought Javhar Ali in Devidas' presence and in the discussion that followed, Javhar Ali was defeated and he fled from Shirdi. Several years later, when he returned to Shirdi, he prostrated before Baba. His delusion that he was Guru and Baba his shishya was cleared. Seeing his repentance, Baba treated him with respect. This is the basic story.

There are a few interesting aspects in this story. The question arises as to why Baba accepted the discipleship of an unknown fakir. Was it because of his Muslim background In 'Life of Sai Baba', Narasimhaswamiji tells us that when Javhar Ali came to Shirdi, he saw that Baba [who looked Muslim in his appearance] had a Hindu following, worshipping him at the Masjid. He called upon Baba and asked him whether he knew the Koran and the Sharia't. Baba said he had learned neither. Thus, the fakir ordered him to accompany him to Rahata, evidently for some religious training. Baba went along with this command in spite of his knowledge of Javhar Ali's shortcomings. He observed his duties to his Guru respectfully and carefully.

Sai Baba's acceptance of Javhar Ali as his Guru, particularly when Baba had already established himself in the hearts of his Hindu devotees, emphasizes his equanimity and humility. Baba's decision to stay with the fakir must have made the Muslim minority of Shirdi happy, as they perhaps needed some assurance that Baba was of Muslim background. On the other hand, Hindu people of Shirdi going to Rahata to bring Baba back to Shirdi shows Baba's popularity amongst Hindus.

Sai Baba treated Javhar Ali with respect when Javhar Ali repented and asked for Baba's forgiveness. As in many cases, here also Baba showed through his own conduct how one should get rid of egoism, how not to harbor any grudges and how to do the duties of a disciple in order to receive knowledge.
(Contributed by Azalea Rose, USA) 

Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on December 31, 2009, 07:21:04 PM
New Year Message  

 

Birth and death are the two terminal points of human life. To be born is to die. In the cosmic period of time, human existence is like a bubble of moments. All embodied souls, be it human beings or any other species, will have to go through this short journey of a lifetime. Such embodied souls are known as 'Jivas' or life forms. There are millions of such life forms, both visible and invisible on this earth. Many of these forms are known to human civilization due to research and others are yet to be known. Their body forms, capabilities, intelligence level and periodicity of existence between birth and death are different and too numerous to be codified. However, the main principle of these manifested life forms is that once they are born, they must die after carrying out certain activities in accordance with their inborn capacities.

Once they die, that is, when the life force holding the body elements together departs from the body or stops functioning in the form of a pulsating heart beat, the body elements separate from each other. The earth goes to earth, water goes to water and air goes to air. Hindu philosophy holds that 'Panch Bhutas' (Five elements) of nature merge with their primordial elements, once the life force departs from a living organism.

Then comes the next question as to what happens to the 'Jiva' without the body? What happens to the life force that holds the body together? Do the 'Jiva' and the life force (Prana) have any existence and significance after separating from the body? Some spiritual thinkers define the life force (Prana) as the manifested dynamics of the soul (Atman). According to some religions and philosophies the 'Jiva' after death is re-born again and again. According to others, there is no re-birth or re-incarnation of human souls. This series of re-births continues till the 'Jiva' reaches the stage of 'Moksha' as Hinduism believes or 'Nirvana' as Buddhism states. Therefore every Hindu, from his very childhood, is taught to commit good deeds and avoid evil deeds. Like Newton's law of motion of matter, which states that every action will have an equal and opposite reaction, Hindus believe that every good or evil act committed by a human being shall have an equal and opposite reaction. The only difference is that, in the case of human beings committing such acts - good or evil, the reaction may not manifest in a single lifetime. It can stretch over to the next life or lives. Therefore, it advises each human being, to be prepared to enjoy or suffer the results of his good or evil deeds respectively in future lives to come. This is known as the famous 'Karma' theory, as propounded so meticulously in 'Geeta' and other Hindu scriptures.

One often hears of Hindu teachers and pupils speaking in terms of 'Moksha' as a panacea to the unending series of painful births and deaths. Such people give donations to temples, feed the poor, perform numerous 'Poojas', visit places of religious significance (called 'Tirtha's) with the wish of achieving 'Moksha' or less than that to go to heaven (Swarg), a place of unhindered and absolute enjoyment and receive benefits for their so-called good deeds during life time. Many such activities are programmed like a modern corporate system - investment and profit, in this world and in the nether world doing noble jobs like feeding the poor and rendering services to the needy people is considered good. The problem is that, such an approach contradicts the other root principle of Hinduism which holds that such acts should not be performed with a desire, as desire creates a series of births necessary to fulfill these desires. Shri Geeta advises desireless (Nishkama) activities against desired (Sakama) activities.

'Shri Sai Satcharitra' and other literature on Shri Shirdi Sai Baba indicate that Shri Sai believed in re-birth of human beings. He in fact revealed to some of His devotees about their past lives and about His relationship with them during such past lives. He always advised His devotees to follow the righteous path of sacrifice, tolerance and faith in God, with patience. He has never spoken anything about 'Heaven'. His devotees were asked to cleanse their minds of evil or negative thoughts and fill it with pure and divine qualities and serve others without the wish to get returns.

In the backdrop of what has been stated hereinbefore, it is for each devotee to examine whether his approach towards such religious activities is in accordance with the dictates of the Master. If confused, they should sincerely submit to Baba and pray for an answer.

I believe that answers are there if the questions are genuine. May Shri Sai bless us all.

C.B.Satpahty, New Delhi, India  

 
CONTRIBUTED ARTICLE: The Power of Nama Japa
 
Sai Vichaar for Thursday Dec 31, 2009‏
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on December 31, 2009, 07:24:18 PM
The Power of Nama Japa  

 

"If you always say "SAI", "SAI", I shall take you over the Seven Seas" - Sai Baba  

While answering the question of Narada, Lord Narayana says, "Mad Bhakta Yatra Gayante Tatra Tisthami Narada". Neither I am available in vaikuntha nor triloka sanchari like you, I am always present in the place where my devotees sing my name wholeheartedly".

The significance of recitation of Nama Japa is very high in this Kaliyuga. In Vishnu Sahasranama it is said that "Sankirtya Narayana Shabda Matram, Vimukta Dukha Suknino Bhavantu". It means that if you take the name of Lord Narayana simply once, you will be out of the clutches of the Worldly Problems. In one of the instances in Sai Satcharita, Sainath suggests to his devotees to recite Vishnu Sahasranama to ward off all the difficulties. "Mananat Trayate iti Mantraha". Any word, which is uttered with the firm belief, becomes the Powerful Mantra. The sacred name of 'Sainath' came out from the heart of an ardent devotee, Mahalsapaty, like this only. The strong tools of Sai's Dharma Prachara are Shradha and Saburi.

The nama mahima is well described in one of the instances of Kabir Maharaj, who is the greatest and ardent devotee of Lord Sri Rama. Kabir's son Kamal was roaming on the banks of the Holy Ganges in Varanasi and saw a trader was taking number of dips in the holy water to ward off his disease. When he saw this action of the trader, he could not stop and asked the reason for his action. The trader explained him about the reason. Suddenly, Kamal laughed and advised the trader to recite the Taraka Nama of Lord Sri Rama. Despite the fact that the trader uttered the name of Rama number of times he could not get relief. In a fit of anger, Kamal whipped the trader on his back strongly and the trader screamed in pain while taking the name of Rama. Finally, he was cured.

Kamal narrated the whole story to his father when he reached back home. Kabir was furious and advised Kamal to consult Saint Tulsidas. Accordingly, he met Tulsidas and explained him about the whole story he witnessed on the banks of the holy Ganges. Tulsidas Maharaj laughed and then invited all the villagers immediately to assemble at his ashram. He took a glass of water and put some tulsi leaves in it and after uttering the name of Sri Ram; he sprinkled the holy water on all the villagers gathered in that area. Everybody felt excited and got a great relief. Those who were afflicted with diseases got cured after this ablution.

Kamal came back and narrated the whole story to his father. Kabir was still not satisfied and advised his son to meet Soordas. Kamal was a bit disappointed but he decided to meet Soordas as per his father's advice. He went and met Soordasji and explained the whole story about the Trader and the subsequent experiences. Soordasji patiently heard everything and advised Kamal to bring back the dead body, which was floating nearby, in the holy waters of Ganga. Kamal was astonished as to how Soordasji, the born blind, came to know about the dead body floating in the Ganges. However, Kamal obliged with the instructions of Soordasji and brought the body immediately. Soordasji sprinkled water on the dead body and uttered "RA", before even uttering the word "MA" the dead body became alive.

The incidents and miracles happened in several Sai devotees all across the globe are the strong witness to the fact that the undeterred devotion towards Sainath and recitation of His name with great faith has undoubtedly freed them from all the difficulties, which they were facing in life. Moving clouds cannot cast a permanent shadow on the bright Sun. Difficulties do come and go but your faith in the Lord Sainath should be undeterred. Utter the name all the time and He will take care of all your problems.  

(Contribued by: Sai devotee Prakash) 
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on January 06, 2010, 07:10:53 AM
Look back and thank Sai
Look forward and trust Sai
Look around and serve Sai
Look within and find Sai

I asked Sai, 'How do I get the best out of life?'
Sai said, 'Face your past without regrets.
Handle your present with confidence.
And prepare for the future without fear!''

Without Sai, our week is:
Mournday, Tearsday, Wasteday, Thirstday, Fightday, Shatterday and Sinday.
So, allow Him to be with us every day!

'Life is short, so Forgive quickly. Believe firmly. Love truly.
Laugh uncontrollably. Never regret anything that makes you unhappy. And have a wonderful journey!'

JaiSaiRam!!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on January 06, 2010, 07:17:18 AM
INSPIRING THOUGHTS


Take few minutes and run down these few lines, it really inspires.

ANGER IS A CONDITION IN WHICH
the tongue works faster than the mind.

YOU CAN'T CHANGE THE PAST,
but you can ruin the present by worrying over the future.

LOVE...AND YOU SHALL BE LOVED.

GOD ALWAYS GIVES HIS BEST TO THOSE
who leave the choice with Him.

ALL PEOPLE SMILE IN THE SAME LANGUAGE.

EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE LOVED...
especially when they do not deserve it.

THE REAL MEASURE OF A MAN'S WEALTH
is what he has invested in eternity.

LAUGHTER IS GOD'S SUNSHINE.

EVERYONE HAS BEAUTY
but not everyone sees it.

IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PARENTS TO LIVE
the same things they teach.

THANK GOD FOR WHAT YOU HAVE,
TRUST GOD for what you need.

IF YOU FILL YOUR HEART WITH REGRETS OF YESTERDAY AND THE WORRIES OF TOMORROW,
you have no today to be thankful for.

MAN LOOKS AT OUTWARD APPEARANCE
but the Lord looks within.

THE CHOICE YOU MAKE TODAY
will usually affect tomorrow.

TAKE TIME TO LAUGH, FOR IT IS
the music of the soul.

PATIENCE IS THE ABILITY TO IDLE YOUR MOTOR
when you feel like stripping your gears.

LOVE IS STRENGTHENED BY WORKING
through conflicts together.

HARSH WORDS BREAK NO BONES
but they do break hearts.

TO GET OUT OF A DIFFICULTY,
one usually must go through it.

WE TAKE FOR GRANTED THE THINGS
that we should be giving thanks for.

LOVE IS THE ONLY THING THAT CAN BE
divided without being diminished.

HAPPINESS IS ENHANCED BY OTHERS
but does not depend upon others.

FOR EVERY MINUTE YOU ARE ANGRY WITH SOMEONE,
you lose 60 seconds of happiness that you can never get back.

DO WHAT YOU CAN, FOR WHO YOU CAN,
with what you have, and where you are.
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on January 07, 2010, 02:41:48 PM
THE THREE THINGS   :) :)  :)


The three things to cultivate: non-injury, truth, purity

The three things to possess: faith, tolerance, amiability.

The three things to be: honest, just, virtuous.

The three things to have: patience, compassion, fellowship.

The three things to acquire: sincerity, regularity, perseverance.

The three things to inculcate: generosity, gentleness, universality.

The three things to eradicate: pride, vanity, egoism.

The three things to conquer: lust, anger, greed.

The three things to renounce: selfishness, desires, hypocrisy.

The three things to control: mind, senses, breath.

The three things to avoid: backbiting, criticism, crookedness.

The three things to repudiate: attachment, infatuation, materialism.

The three things to enquire: Who am I? What is Truth? What is Maya?

The three things to introspect: the nature within, weaknesses, susceptibilities.

The three things to promote: Dharma, peace, welfare.

The three things to foster: brotherhood, understanding, amity.

The three things to curb: self-justification, self-pity, self-praise.

The three things to do: shravan, manan, nididhyasan (hearing of Holy Scriptures, reflection, profound meditation).

The three things to follow: teachings of Guru, injunctions of scriptures, dictates of the conscience.

Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on January 09, 2010, 06:56:09 PM
Sincerity - Austerity - Integrity



Truth, justice and ethics have only one rigid standard. They cannot be altered to suit one's convenience A man of integrity will not circumvent the moral law. He will never compromise on principles.

A promise   once  made,   whether oral or writtep shall neyer,, be broken.    It should  be kept up at any cost-(very/hard,.indeed-to   follow   nowadays).    Even   though    registered   documents .are there, we   try to   suppress   facts,   fan   krodha,  and enjoy  at the other man's downfall and suffering. We take revenge by running to   courts. But, ultimately, truth comes out triumphantly. Yudhisthira, the Pandava King, staked his all - kingdom, brothers and consort  to keep up his  promise.    King Bali gave up his life to fulfil his sankalpa to "Vamana".

God rewards those who abide by law. The all pervading infinite and unseen Supreme Power is the dispenser of our destiny. All activities in the world have been planned by that infinite power. A prudent man will submit himself to God's schemes in which He rewards those who abide by moral law and punishes those committing sins. Since prosperity or adversity depends on one's deeds, let us always endeavour to do good to others and help them.

Life is like a bubble, which vanishes at the very moment it is formed A flower blossoming at dawn fades away by dusk. So also wealth and other worldly possessions are not permanent. Like the frogs which croak with all their mite when the pond is full and leave it when once it becomes dry, our kith and kin, who flock around us when we are affluent, would deride us the moment they find that we have become poor.

Worldly pleasures are shortlived and are bound to vanish when conditions which created them deteriorate. The supreme power may strip them in a trice making us immobile if we forget Him.

One of the greatest grammarians of recent past, Shri Narayana Bhattathri of Kerala, who could recite extempore Sanskrit verses, sometimes indulged in offending the religious sentiments of others. Suddenly he was afflicted with paralysis. Being reminded by his Guru of the supreme power, Bhattathri took refuge in Lord Krishna of Guruvayoor. He repented and opened his heart before the Lord and that was the birth of "NARAYANEEYAM" the Magnum Opus of Bhattathri for the prosperity of posterity.

Pattinathar, a millionaire, who amassed wealth by maritime business, discarding all his fortune, in a split second turned a hermit, when he realised that even a small broken needle would not accompany him when he leaves his mortal coil.

So God is our only true relative, who runs to our rescue whenever we beckon Him and He alone is our companion when we are in distress and despair. Just as a turbulent river is contained by its bunds, our activities should be controlled rigidly by just and upright deeds with unalloyed dedication, devotion and discipline. By adhering to the traditions evolved from time immemorial by our ancestors, who were deeply seeped in devotion to God, we can achieve permanent prosperity. A spiritual aspirant, performing good acts, should never seek fame, as it will cloud his mind and make him jealous, or kindle his ego. Every act should be performed as an offering to the supreme God with a feeling that whatever we possess is His gift.

Our scriptures stress the trait of developing detachment from mundane affairs and dedicate ourselves to the deeds of nobility and goodness.

Let every Sai devotee inject himself with the triple – antigen of sincerity - austerity - integrity.

Let us cleanse our mind from all evil thoughts and keep it still without any ripple to see Sai's reflection in it.
R.S.Ramakrishnan

Madras.

Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on January 14, 2010, 02:20:40 PM
 
 
What If?




What if, GOD couldn't take the time to bless us today because
we couldn't take the time to thank Him yesterday?

What if, GOD decided to stop leading us tomorrow because
we didn't follow Him today?

What if, we never saw another flower bloom because
we grumbled when GOD sent the rain.

What if, GOD didn't walk with us today because
we failed to recognize it as His day?

What if, GOD took away the Bible tomorrow because
we would not read it today?

What if, GOD took away His message because
we failed to listen to the messenger?

What if, GOD didn't send His only begotten Son because
He wanted us to be prepared to pay the price for sin.

What if, the door of the church was closed because
we did not open the door of our heart?

What if, GOD stopped loving and caring for us because
we failed to love and care for others?

What if, GOD would not hear us today because
we would not listen to Him yesterday?

What if, GOD answered our prayers
the way we answer His call to service?

What if, GOD met our needs
the way we give Him our lives???
 
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on January 28, 2010, 10:47:21 AM
Did Baba preach "Just feel good" gospel?  


What is the method of teaching that Baba followed? Did He install any institution or a particular way of thought for His followers to propagate? For that matter, has there been any record of Sadguru Sainath appointing anyone to continue what we conceive as the mission He had set?

Inscrutable are His ways! This is a famous phrase from Nagesh Vasudev Gunaji's English version of Shri Sai Satcharitha. It turns out to be true. During His lifetime and after, Baba showed a peculiar way of teaching and guiding His followers. He had asked some to be more disciplined, perform rituals, and undertake reading of sacred texts, while some were asked to keep quiet or just wait. Some were commended for their piety while some denounced for their orthodoxy!

Baba seemed to have answers to the innermost of the questions His followers had. He seemed to have a certain way of giving "individualized instruction" depending on one's earnestness. However, He seems to be very particular in emphasizing certain virtues in His followers. The two pice (two cents) He demanded were faith and patience. Invaluable! By calling Himself as a servant, Baba has stressed the importance of humility, because humility is a virtue that reaps rich harvest in one's pursuits. By insisting on the surrender of the self and accepting the will of the supreme over the individual, Baba stressed the existence of a unifying higher order. His views on the purpose of religions were simple, "There is only one God and the purpose of every religion is the same". In a unique way, Sai Baba of Shirdi also had asked His followers to investigate the "self". He also expounded on the obstacles for such a pursuit, native as well as acquired. Is it possible to categorize this unique way of spiritual leadership?

For some, Baba's life and teachings might look like a paradox, but in reality, His ways are as simple and natural as it could be! He did not give any set of rules to follow for His disciples. On the other hand, He was present in the minds of earnest devotees who sought His guidance on matters, big and small. For such people, in His words, He guarded them from front, back, and sides. To those who would differ with His advice, Baba said simply, "God will do good". Faith and patience are two traits common to everyone and by invoking these qualities common to every human being, Sai Baba of Shirdi has indeed simplified the pursuit.

Eleven assurances of Sainath are well known to His devotees. Baba said that none who would approach Him would turn back disappointed. Did He mean that every prayer would be answered? Yes! Every prayer will receive an answer. Sometimes, the answer is "Yes", sometimes, "No", and some other times, "Just wait". Baba's coffers are open to those who believe in waiting and wanting His grace and love. His gift to those is not "just feel good" temporary material appeasement, but bliss that is perpetual, a state of permanent contentment. Bow to Sri Sai Peace be to all!  



(Contributed by Ravin Gnanasambandam, Ithaca, NY, USA)   

Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on February 11, 2010, 07:03:29 AM

Through your thoughts you are either gaining power or losing it.

Positive thoughts generate power; negative ones waste it.

To taste the sweetness of life, you must have the power to forget the past.

Today's Self improvement Thought.

Good wishes and pure feelings bring easy success while working at a task.


If there are good feelings for both the task and the one who is carrying out the task, then the result attained by those feelings is automatically special. The feeling of giving love and cooperation, no matter what anyone is like gives good wishes and pure feelings. There is a deep impact of such good feelings which transforms others too.

Experience:

When I am able to maintain my own good feelings for others, I am able to enjoy the fruit of my own pure thoughts. I am not disturbed by temporary clashes that I have because of the different nature of the person I am working with, but enjoy working together. So there is also good feelings from the other person too and so there is easy success experienced.

Baba blessings!

JaiSaiRam

 

Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on February 12, 2010, 06:47:11 AM
The harmony that exists within the minds of individuals will be reflected in harmonious society.

Silence is not only the absence of sound but also stillness of the mind.
   
If I enjoy praise, it means I can be easily hurt by defamation.

 

Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on February 17, 2010, 08:15:15 AM
Sometimes a smile can be like a drop of water in a desert.
 
Staying centered in your elevated self-respect will help you remain undisturbed by others.

The one who is the master of the self is able to master situations and control people.

If there is an attempt to control situations and people without trying to control the self it becomes impossible. It only takes things more out of control and leads to extreme emotions like anger. To be a master means to be a master of one's own feelings and emotions under all circumstances. It means to have the reins in one's own hands.

Experience:

When I am able to be a master of my own thoughts, feelings and emotions I am able to deal effectively with situations and people. I never go out of control or lose my cool however difficult the situation or person may be. This enables me to be aware of my own inner resources and use it to be the best of my ability.

JaiSaiRam

Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on March 08, 2010, 11:00:23 AM
Things only a MOTHER can teach!



My Mother taught me about ANTICIPATION:
"Just wait until your father gets home."

 

My Mother taught me about RECEIVING:.
"You are going to get it when we get home!"

 

My Mother taught me to MEET A CHALLENGE:
"What were you thinking? Answer me when I talk to you... Don't talk back to me!"

 

My Mother taught me LOGIC:
"Because I said so, that's why."
&
"If you fall out of that swing and break your neck, you're not going to the store with me."

 

My Mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE:
"If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they are going to freeze that way."

 

My Mother taught me to THINK AHEAD:
"If you don't pass your spelling test, you'll never get a good job."

 

My Mother taught me ESP:
"Put your sweater on; don't you think I know when you're cold?"

 

My Mother taught me HUMOR:
"When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't come running to me."

 

My Mother taught me how to BECOME AN ADULT:
"If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up."
 


My Mother taught me about GENETICS:
"You're just like your father."

 

My Mother taught me about my ROOTS:
"Do you think you were born in a barn?"

 

My Mother taught me about WISDOM OF AGE:
"When you get to be my age, you will understand."

 

My Mother taught me about JUSTICE:
"One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you. Then you'll see what it's like."

 

My mother taught me RELIGION:
"You better pray that will come out of the carpet."

 

My mother taught me about TIME TRAVEL:
"If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock you into the middle of next week!"

 

My mother taught me FORESIGHT:
"Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you're in an accident."

 

My mother taught me IRONY:
"Keep crying and I'll *give* you something to cry about."

 

My mother taught me about the science of OSMOSIS:

"Shut your mouth and eat your supper!"

 

My mother taught me about CONTORTIONISM:
"Will you *look* at the dirt on the back of your neck!"

 

My mother taught me about STAMINA:
"You'll sit there until all that spinach is finished."

 

My mother taught me about WEATHER:
"It looks as if a tornado swept through your room."

 

My mother taught me how to solve PHYSICS PROBLEMS:
"If I yelled because I saw a meteor coming toward you, would you listen then?"

 

My mother taught me about HYPOCRISY:
"If I've told you once, I've told you a million times: Don't Exaggerate!!!"

 

My mother taught me THE CIRCLE OF LIFE:
"I brought you into this world, and I can take you out."

 

My mother taught me about BEHAVIOUR MODIFICATION:  
"Stop acting like your father!"

 

My mother taught me about ENVY:
"There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don't have wonderful parents like you do!"

Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on March 08, 2010, 02:00:05 PM
The Four Yogis  


My grandmother once told me a story of four yogis.

The first was a Bhakti yogi, one who felt that devotion and love for God in his physical form was the right way to please him.
The Bhakta's emotions ruled his heart and soul.

The second was a gyana yogi. He let his head rule over everything else. He viewed everything with intelligence and reasoning.
He was not the emotional kind.

The third was a karmayogi. He was a workaholic. He felt that without work there was no life.
He practised that 'Work is worship' and it was the only way to seek the favour of the Almighty God.

The fourth was a Kriyayogi. He felt that work, form and emotions all were illusions. Everything around us is just cosmic energy. Unless every action, thought, word or deed was directed to the transformation of energy and channelling the same, nothing would be right.


"Well", said Grandma, "Since all these four yogis were so different in nature, they could never pull along together, they never agreed to do anything jointly. But surprisingly one night they were strolling together in a forest and it started to rain. They ran for shelter to an ancient Temple.


There was an old Shiva Lingam in the centre. Four pillars around it held up an old creaky roof.  But it was enough to shelter them from the rain. Soon, the rain became more and more violent and started coming down in sheets. The storm was full of fury and the wind whistled through the forest as the trees swayed dangerously all around. The four yogis huddled closer and closer for fear of being blown away by the mighty tempest. Eventually all of them were hugging and clinging onto the Shiva Lingam in order to anchor themselves to the ground.


Suddenly they felt something happening to them all. There was a Divine presence emanating from the lingam and enveloping them all in its overpowering embrace.  It was like a homecoming. Each one thought the same thing. "All these years I have performed yogic penance but never felt your presence Lord, as I feel you now! Why today of all days? Why in the middle of this forest, in this stormy night!" And God said compassionately "Today all four of you have got together. Till you did that, how could I have come?"
In the core of our hearts, these four aspects of our personality fight over each other. Sometimes we try Bhakti, Gyan, Karma or Kriya to win over the Lord. But if only we were to try moderation and let each have its own place in our life and let all of them coexist, in harmony; God would soon accept us as His and that would be a homecoming for us too.

In society too it is very important to learn to tolerate each other and other schools of thought or viewpoints. Too much rigidity leads to fanaticism.

Flexibility in thought, word and deed is congruent with a well-groomed personality. Unity in diversity is beautiful.



Author Unknown
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on April 05, 2010, 01:46:06 PM
 ;D

AUM SAIBABA SHIRDI SAIBABA
Teach me to be...Beautiful ;D

AUM SAIBABA SHIRDI SAIBABA
Teach me to be...Cultural  ;D

AUM SAIBABA SHIRDI SAIBABA
Teach me to be ... Devotional ;D

AUM SAIBABA SHIRDI SAIBABA
Teach me to be ...Eternal :D

AUM SAIBABA SHIRDI SAIBABA
Teach me to be ...Faithful  ::)

AUM SAIBABA SHIRDI SAIBABA
Teach me to be ... Gentle ;D

AUM SAIBABA SHIRDI SAIBABA
Teach me to be ... Humble  :D

AUM SAIBABA SHIRDI SAIBABA
Teach me to be ...Immortal ;)

AUM SAIBABA SHIRDI SAIBABA
Teach me to be ...Jovial  8)


AUM SAIBABA SHIRDI SAIBABA
Teach me to be ...Knowledgeable  ::)

AUM SAIBABA SHIRDI SAIBABA
Teach me to be...Lovable  :P

AUM SAIBABA SHIRDI SAIBABA
Teach me to be ..Merciful :'(

AUM SAIBABA SHIRDI SAIBABA
Teach me to be ..Noble  ;D

AUM SAIBABA SHIRDI SAIBABA
Teach me to be ...offerable  :D

AUM SAIBABA SHIRDI SAIBABA
Teach me to be Punctual  :(

AUM §AIBABA SHIRDI
Teach me to be ...Quietful  :-X


AUM SAIBABA SHIRDI SAIBABA
Teach me to be ...Real  8)

AUM SAIBABA SHIRDI SAIBABA
Teach me to be ..Spiritual  ;)

AUM SAIBABA SHIRDI SAIBABA
Teach me to be ...Technical  :)

AUM SAIBABA SHIRDI SAIBABA
Teach me to be Universal  ;D

AUM SAIBABA SHIRDI SAIBABA
Teach me to be valuable  >:(

AUM SAIBABA SHIRDI SAIRABA
Teach me to be ...worshipful

AUM SAIBABA SHIRDI SAIBABA
Teach me to be Xencial :D

AUM SAIBABA SHIRDI SAIBABA
Teach me to be Youthful  :-*

AUM SAIBABA SHIRDI SAIBABA
Teach me to be ...Zealful  :-*
Aum Shanti
  ;D :) ;) :D >:( :( :o 8) ??? ::) :P
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on April 13, 2010, 09:19:39 AM
We devotees of Sai…  



We devotees of Sai should be the ambassadors of true religion and we should live by example. Sai preached simplicity of thoughts and humbleness in behavior. Humility, the most basic way of life, is the toughest attribute to cultivate. Our social status, achievements, and other material possessions often times become our identity and makes life complicated. But the truth remains that these are tangible things and it is weakness in our faith and knowledge that keeps us from rising above these superficial identities.

Often times we make handsome donations to holy shrines and perform rituals to show our spiritual believes. Does donating to holy shrines and performing ritualistic poojas reflect spirituality? A person pursuing the path of spirituality needs to find God in every person and thus bow to all. Sharing our wealth for maintenance of holy places is not condemned but this should not be counted as our only responsibility.

Sai has made the path of spirituality easy and practical for us. Perform our duties/ jobs with loyalty and dedication devoid of all politics and unhealthy competition and progress is inevitable. In the short run it may seem unworthy but in the long run we will triumph. Make profits and earn wealth but not by cheating or conniving others. Wealth gained in this manner will always have Baba's blessing and bring happiness to us. Sharing this wealth with people in need will only increase our future gains. Never let our social status and material worth shadow our decisions. Let His teaching and philosophy lead our way this will bring us real peace and happiness and success will always be ours.

Jai Sairam!  


(Contributed by Manisha)
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on April 29, 2010, 09:49:26 AM
Precognition



Precognition does not necessarily restrict man's free will. It depends entirely on the wisdom-Light of the one who has the knowledge of the future and on his capacity to deal with the prediction. It may be helpful to have the capacity to know the future, but one should not pray to Baba to give him this capacity. One should pray to Baba only for the fulfillment of His Will.

To know the future is good only if we have patience, faith and the wisdom to use this knowledge in the proper way. Suppose we see that something discouraging, disheartening and destructive is going to take place in our life in the near future. Because we know in advance, we have the opportunity to pray to Baba to avert the calamity.

On the other hand, if we see something good, divine, inspiring, illumining and fulfilling is going to take place in the near future, then we can start offering our sincere gratitude to Baba, and also we can pray to Baba to expedite this fulfilling manifestation. Baba may listen to our prayers and accelerate the process if He sees that we truly value His blessings.

So if Baba blesses us with inner vision or with the capacity to know the future, then we have to utilize it properly. There are people who have the vision, but who are not wise enough to use it carefully. When they predict disastrous future events, they create useless and destructive fear in people, instead of inspiring them to pray for protection or illumination.

 
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on May 07, 2010, 02:50:09 PM
How Baba does it?  




Faith in Saibaba slowly leads one to believe that Baba is behind the things done or undone. This realization works easy when the things happen to one's satisfaction while it falters if things are not pleasing. The path to the complete surrender at Sadguru's lotus feet chops away the difference between the pleasant and unpleasant.

If one completely understands how Baba's intent or sankalpa translates to tangible actions to its minutest details, contentment naturally fills in the heart and as the consequence equanimity. Rare and great are such souls. Or, if one would say that somehow Baba will do it, is indicative of a blind faith in Sadguru's disposition. This is a feeling that rain or shine, it is Baba! Any trace of ignorance in this regard will be washed away in the constant company of the Sadguru. But judgments of others actions such as "what does he or she think he or she is doing? Its all Baba's doing", is blatant arrogance. One can easily understand this feeling with a little bit of contemplation. These thoughts should be nipped in the bud, as they are signs of spiritual falling.

Baba didn't materialize anything out of thin air. Baba's "miracles" happen through people and situations in our surroundings in the most inconspicuous ways. This truth is articulated in the most eloquent way by Sri Sarathbabuji as follows: "Miracles of Sai do not take place as something falling from the sky. We experience it through mercy, compassion, and protection from those around us in a natural way. We pray to Baba, "Baba! I need money". I am in difficulties". We offer naivedya to Baba and go to bed, but we do not see Baba keeping a lakh rupees under the pillow! Someone will come to us and suggest a solution to our problem. Baba Himself said, "Not a single leaf moves without my order". When the wind blows, the leaves on the tree move. When even the movement of a leaf from an inanimate tree requires Baba's order, His intent and grace, how can we think that everything is in our hands? When this awareness crops in us, the ego that makes us think, "We are doing something, we have to do it, we have to accomplish and we have accomplished because we have done something", will vanish. The realization that "He does everything. And we are not capable of doing anything" is called as "Complete Surrender". However, this should not become the dry and wry philosophy of uttering around, "Its all Baba's sankalpa, what do I have to do? He has done it". The cognizance of "complete surrender" should remain as just an inspiration, a background to the pursuit of our desires, ideals, and trials. Unless we get to completely experience the intent of Saibaba in every action, we should not use the term "complete surrender" for our convenience".  


Om Sai Ram............
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on September 21, 2010, 02:15:04 PM
Tujha waanchuni aashraya naahi bhutalee


Shree sadguru Baba Sayee
Shree sadguru Baba Sayee
Tujha waanchuni aashraya naahi bhutalee

Sri Sadguru Sai Baba, where else shall I take refuge on the face of the earth except in You!
Oh Sainath, we, lowly folk, are miserably drowned in this ocean of samsara and gasping with fear and
frustration!

Sai devotees cherish singing of the above verse from kakad arathi. The emotional outburst of the destitute is
nicely captured in the words of Shri Krishna Jogiswar Bhishma, the author of the above verse and similar such
verses in Sri Sai arathis. However, the irony is when we see “Sai devotees’ letting go of the above sentiment as
quickly as they appear while singing them, yet run in every direction in search of solace, appeasing everyone
and bowing to every feet. How pathetic would be the situation when one forsakes his own father and forgets that
there is no need to go anywhere?

Confidence is the cardinal sign of faith in Sadguru and having faith in Baba “no matter what” is the hallmark of
a true Sai devotee. When Baba is there to provide even unasked, where is the need to hunt the whole world and
soothe all and sundry?

Let this be a day in contemplation of the fact that Sri Sai is the sole provider for a Sai devotee and to Him is
offered all pleas and none else.

Coutesy: Sai Sandesh
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on October 06, 2010, 02:03:49 PM
Human v/s Divine Love  


 

Human love and Divine love are two completely different things. In human love it is a matter of Give and Take. Divine love is sacrifice, and in this sacrifice, we are fulfilling Baba's Will, consciously or unconsciously. In human love, we display the buyer's and the seller's love, which is synonymous with self-interest. It is not that human beings cannot express divine love. They can and sometimes do. But consistent divine love is, at present, rare in us.

When our love is vital, there is a conscious demand, or at least an unconscious expectation from the love we offer to others. When our love is pure or spiritual, there is no demand, no expectation. There is only the sweetest feeling of spontaneous oneness with the human being or beings concerned.

Therefore it is absolutely necessary, to prevent oneself from giving off impure vital love. Otherwise one will have to constantly wrestle with the gigantic forces of ignorance. One has to use love, not to bind or possess the world, but to free and widen one's own consciousness and the consciousness of the world.

We can consciously give pure love to others if we feel that we are giving a portion of our life-breath when we talk to others or think of others. And this life-breath we are offering just because we feel that we and the rest of the world are totally and inseparably one.


JaiSaiRam
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on October 07, 2010, 10:25:46 AM


Non-Violence  
 

Non-violence is the ultimate dharma is a very popular saying. Normally, we apply this to actions such as wars, killing animals, hunting etc. Strangely, we do not apply it to our day to day life. True, killings are violent acts. Violence need not be always in the form of killing. Causing minor injuries is also violence. Hurting in any manner is violence. e.g. harassing our subordinate in our office with a load of work beyond his capabilities is an unjust and therefore a violent act.

When such things take place in our own life, we do not see even a shadow of the question mark. We believe that our actions do not fall within the definition of violence. We simply assume that we know many things for sure and forge ahead blindly. This is indeed the cause for many emotional conflicts in life. When we understand what constitutes violence, we can comprehend what non-violence is. We will then be able to reap the benefits of observing non-violence.

Hatred is violence, love is non-violence. When the feeling of hatred resides in the heart in any form - words, actions or thoughts, it amounts to violence. Sometimes hatred does not even manifest in the form of speech. It assumes the form of emotional vibrations.

To avoid all kinds of ill thoughts let us meditate on Baba and pray.

"May all of us live happily. May us all be healthy.

May auspiciousness shower on us all. May not a single being be unhappy"

This is an emotional prayer. It is directly opposite to mental violence. In other words, it emanates from a heart that is devoid of hatred and is filled with love. Violence, which has its root in hatred bears the fruit, called sin. Conversely, non-violence, which comes out of love, bears the fruit called merit.

If we harm someone out of hatred, he will suffer immediately. We will pay for it later. If we do good to someone out of love, he will enjoy instantaneously. We will reap the benefit later. The seed that we have sown now will take some time to sprout, grow in to a big tree and bear fruits. But we can not imagine how many fruits and seeds will come out of the tree, for which we have sown the seed. We will have to reap it all. We can not escape it.

Let us therefore practice goodness in thoughts, actions and words.
  :) :) :) :) :)

 
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on November 10, 2010, 10:32:04 AM
The Greatest Disapproval of Life


Many of us unconsciously believe that we're unworthy.

We adopt this belief very early in our lives,

when the people we looked up to disapprove our demands, wishes and behaviors.

We then conclude that we are no good.
 
The greatest disapproval is not when others put you down,it is when you put down yourself.  ;D
Title: The Burdens of Life
Post by: SS91 on November 10, 2010, 10:33:28 AM
The Burdens of Life


We worry about our family, we worry about money or the lack of it.

We worry about work, about where we live, about all sorts of things.
 
These are all burdens - the things we pick up along life's path and lug them around the obstacles and over the

crevasses that life will bring; only to find that, at the destination they are useless and we can't take them with us.  >:(
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on November 22, 2010, 10:55:17 AM
Baba Lends A Helping Hand  


In whatsoever form and name we might worship God, He would respond to our passionate call uttered sincerely. We do not recall God in times of joy. Just as darkness comes after light, hard times loom large before us. The world which praises a person in the highest manner will simply ignore him on knowing that he is reduced to misery and is in trouble. For any reason, if a healthy person falls sick and become weak, the world turns its back on him. At this juncture, God comes to their thought. Then, they would whole-heartedly pray, "There is none other than You". God with His loving kindness will readily come to the rescue of anyone. He would not count our mistakes committed in the past, as also He cannot leave us alone. He extends His helping hand and takes us closer to Him.God is always ready to help us in some form or other. A drowning man gets the support of a wooden plank. Who has sent it? None other than God. Likewise, in the face of hardships, one need not worry that one is alone and helpless. God is indeed our Father. When Khaparde's son in Shirdi was suffering from plague, Baba uttered "the clouds shall soon vanish" and shown the signs of plague on His body by lifting His upper garment. The boy regained health by next day. Yes, for those who trust in Baba, He is the Merciful One who extends His Hand of help.

OM SAI RAM SRI SAI RAM JAYA JAYA SHIRDI SAIRAM
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on December 02, 2010, 12:56:23 PM
They say that prayer changes things, but does it REALLY change anything?
Oh yes! It really does!

Does prayer change your present situation or sudden circumstances?
No, not always, but it does change the way you look at those events.

Does prayer change your financial future?
No, not always, but it does change who you look to for meeting your daily
needs.

Does prayer change shattered hearts or broken bodies?
No, not always, but it will change your source of strength and comfort.

Does prayer change your wants and desires?
No, not always, but it will change your wants into what God desires!

Does prayer change how you view the world?
No, not always, but it will change whose eyes you see the world through.

Does prayer change your regrets from the past?
No, not always, but it will change your hopes for the future!

Does prayer change the people around you?
No, not always but it will change you .

Does prayer change your life in ways you can't explain?
Oh, yes, always! And it will change you from the inside out!

So does prayer REALLY change ANYTHING?
Yes!   ;D It REALLY does change EVERYTHING!
 
;D  ;D  ;D
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on December 03, 2010, 09:08:42 AM
YOU ARE the only one responsible for your life.

One day not too long ago the employees of a large company in St. Louis, Missouri returned from their lunch break and were greeted with a sign on the front door.

The sign said: "Yesterday the person who has been hindering your growth in this company passed away. We invite you to join the funeral in the room that has been prepared in the gym."

At first everyone was sad to hear that one of their colleagues had died, but after a while they started getting curious about who this person might be. The excitement grew as the employees arrived at the gym to pay their last respects.

Everyone wondered: "Who is this person who was hindering my progress? Well, at least he’s no longer here!"

One by one the employees got closer to the coffin and when they looked inside it they suddenly became speechless. They stood over the coffin, shocked and in silence, as if someone had touched the deepest part of their soul.

There was a mirror inside the coffin: everyone who looked inside it could see himself. There was also a sign next to the mirror that said:

"There is only one person who is capable to set limits to your growth
: it is YOU."   

YOU are the only person who can revolutionize your life.

YOU
are the only person who can influence your happiness, your realization and your success.

YOU are the only person who can help yourself

Your life does not change when your boss changes, when your friends change, when your parents change, when your company changes.    ;D

Your life changes when YOU change, when you go beyond your limiting beliefs, when you realize that  

YOU ARE the only one responsible for your life.   :)
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on December 15, 2010, 08:44:03 AM
One day at a time...........

Shri Sai always emphasises the necessity to lead the life enjoying every day that we pass and live through. To realize the value of one year, ask a child who failed a grade. To realize the value of a month, ask a parent who had a premature baby. To realize the value of a week, ask the ac-countant of a business company. To realize the value of one hour, ask the friends who are waiting to meet after years. To realize the value of one minute, ask a traveler who missed the train. To realize the value of one second, ask a person who just avoided an accident. Treasure every day we live and have it filled with happiness with the blessing of Shri Sai.It is His compassionate grace that we breathe. He is everywhere, and is the cause and protector of everything. He also knows what is best for each one of us.    ;D  ;D  ;D


Do not run through your life fast, that you forget not only where you've been, but also where your're going. Life is not a race, but a journey to be savored each step of the way. And for this journey we definitely need to depend on Shri Sai and don't forget to thank Him for everything, and every day.   ;D ;D ;D


Our lives are comprised of millions of moments, but there is no greater moment when we find that life with all its joys and sorrows, is meant to be lived one day at a time. On this Thursday with the guidance of our Sadguru Sai let's cherish everyday of our life and lead it with immense pleasure and purpose.   ;D  ;D  ;D


Let us pray Him every minute possible......Remember Him and meditate on Him at every opportunity we can make.
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on December 16, 2010, 03:38:45 PM
Why do we read Sai Satcharitha?


Lessons being taught on good deeds, good manners remain appreciable irrespective of the person giving the lecture or reading holy books etc. Just to make sure that serving poor or satisfying hunger are means of serving god, you need not read satcharithra. These good things are minimal acknowledgements to be made by “our selves”. But why do we read satcharithra? It is a great book that discusses everything so that one can renew himself and turn out to be a better person. We are grown enough that we can make our own decisions live independently know what is good or bad. Again another question arises. If we know all the good happenings then what is the need for us to read about some old sayings? If anyone asks me this question I would definitely go “for” the person’s views. Now I will shoot a query for these people “How many good things have you been practicing? Believe me many of them do not have a valid answer.

So what is this satcharithra about? Everyone think for a moment. Does reading the precious writings of Hemadpant once is enough to know the essence of the book? Definitely the answer is no. But a single reading of the book will make you realize what we are missing – the purpose of our lives – Atmasakshatkara

Continue to read the book. Once, twice, thrice or innumerable times. It does not matter. While you read, at one point all the senses, mind, heart gets focused and then you reach what you call is the swayam tripthi or atmasantripthi – where we satisfy the inner deity within ourselves. Later on you transform to a better person and strive for the reason you were born. That is when you completely understand the beloved book.  


SADGURU SRI SAINATHARPANA MASTU.  


  ;D JaiSaiRam   ;D JaiSaiRam   ;D JaiSaiRam  ;D
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on December 21, 2010, 07:35:06 AM
EMOTIONS  :'(  ;D  ;)  ARE A PART OF LIFE  :)  :-*   8) >:( :-X
 

Life is like an unsolved puzzle.
No one can define what life is because it is a very complex thing.

Life is something that makes you happy and proud at times and
makes you feel so low at times that you say to yourself,
"Why was I born?"
But whatever it is, it is real fun.

In Life, in every moment, something new happens; something that
you never expected, something that you were waiting from a long while
to happen and something you were expecting to happen.
It is a combination of happiness, sorrow, joy, love, anger, enjoyment,
loneliness, fear, excitement and many other emotions.

The definition of the word life can't be completed
without using the word emotions.

Some people work in emotions whereas others work with emotions.
So it's very important to understand how people are using their emotions.

If they are letting emotions get control over them,
then they'll be dragged by others and situations all the time.
But, if he is controlling his emotions in a proper way,
then no one will ever have control over him.

The way a person uses his emotions is what we call attitude.
Someone has correctly said, "Your attitude determines your altitude in life".
Attitude, as I already defined, is the way an individual uses
his emotions and directly related to the psyche of a person.

Some people use their emotions in a positive way
and some people do it in a negative sense.

When people use emotions in a positive way we call it positive attitude
and when they use it in a negative way we call it negative attitude.

It's up to an individual to decide how he uses his emotions.
Which way will you decide ?   ???


LIVE ON PURPOSE WITH A PURPOSE  AND FOR A PURPOSE  ;D
 
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on December 21, 2010, 12:20:28 PM


I Believe. . .


I believe-   That we don't have to change friends if we understand that friends change.

I believe-   That it's taking me a long time to become the person I want to be.

I believe-   That you should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you see them

I believe-   That we are responsible for what  we do, no matter how we feel.

I believe-   That either you control your attitude or it controls you.

I believe-That regardless of how hot and steamy a relationship is at first, the passion fades and there
had better be something else to take its place.

I believe-   That heroes are the people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done,
regardless of the consequences.

I believe-   That my best friend and I can do anything or nothing and have the best time!

I believe-   That sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you're down, will be the ones to help you get back up.

I believe- That sometimes when I'm angry I have the right to be angry, but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel.

I believe-   That just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.

I believe-   That maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you've had and what you've learned from them and less to do with how many birthdays you've celebrated.

I believe-   That it isn't always enough to be forgiven by others.Sometimes you have to learn to forgive yourself.

I believe-   That no matter how bad your heart is broken the world doesn't stop for your grief.

I believe-   That our background and circumstances may have influenced
who we are, but we are responsible for who we become.

I believe-   That two people can look at the exact same thing and see something totally different.

I believe-  
That even when you think you have no more to give, when a 
friend cries out to you - you will find the strength to help.

I believe-  
That the people you care about most in life are the essence of life.
Tell them today how much you love them and what they mean to you.

Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on January 20, 2011, 01:44:02 PM
My dear SaiBaba, I am far too often influenced by what others think of me. 

I am always pretending to be either  good or smarter or nicer than I really am.

 Please prevent me from trying to attract attention. 

Don’t let me gloat over praise on one hand or be discouraged by criticism on the other. 

Nor let me waste time weaving imaginary situations in which the most heroic, charming,

witty person present is myself.

Show me how to be humble of heart,   ;D like you.  ;D
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on February 26, 2011, 12:19:18 PM
There are some Beings- you cannot put them into any bracket. You cannot say that they belong to this bracket or that bracket; they are this kind or that they are that kind. They are of all kinds. They can come from anywhere and go off anywhere. You can never say what they will teach at a given time. You cannot imitate their actions. They are a certain variety of spiritual Beings, who have come completely perfect only for the purpose of setting an example, and teaching people. They are not people who had to, at least in that life, do any ‘sadhana’. Although people like Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa were also born perfect, they went through a certain period of sadhana. Ramakrishna Paramahamsa did twelve years of intense sadhana. Sai Baba of Shirdi spoke about different kinds of sadhana which He did in His younger days.

This sadhana is intended to set an example to others. It is not meant for themselves. These Beings set an example to those who watch them and see how they lead their lives. It is for those who are spiritually inclined, and those who would like to achieve spiritual fulfillment.

For instance, Baba used to say that he practiced Guru Yoga. That means, complete attention on the teacher. Baba used to mention His Guru, a man called Venkusha who lived in the Nizam’s provinces which was in that part of Andhra Pradesh which was close to Maharashtra. He was the Zamindar of that province. In His youth, Baba lived with this person, Venkusha, for quite sometime and all the sadhana that He did was to sit and look at His Guru wide-eyed and nothing else. He said that He looked and He looked and He looked. He also listened to what was taught to the others.

Venkusha was a very great bhakta of Balaji/ Tirupati/ Venkatachalpathi. He was completely dedicated to his sadhana and he was so much into it that it was the most important thing for him. For instance, it is said that, one day he was sitting and watching, looking out of his house, when he saw a young woman going to fetch water. Suddenly, he got lustfully attracted to her in spite of having decided not to have any such thoughts. So, he went into the house, took out a skewer and put out his own eyes, saying, “Eyes that don’t listen to me. Have no right to exist!” He was a sadhaka of that caliber-very strict!

So, Sai Baba used to say that He used to just watch His master- watch him and watch him and watch him. Then, one day, His master told Him. “ You don’t have to look anymore. Whatever I have, has been given to you.” Baba went into samadhi! And when He woke up, He felt that He was not different from Venkusha, His teacher.

He also referred to the other practices that He had done and the trials that he had gone through when His teacher had tested Him. Many of His stories are very cryptic, it is difficult to get exactly what He is meaning to say.

There is one story, that one day He and three of his co-disciples, were going along in the forest, when, the teacher came suddenly and said, “Now I am going to test you all. I am going to tie you up upside-down in the well.” The three co-disciples ran away saying, “What kind of discipline is this? We don’t want it!” But Sai Baba said, “O.K., if that is what you want to do to me, I am ready for it.” He surrendered. So, His legs were tied up and He was made to hang with His head down, barely touching the water. If He had put His tongue out, He would have almost touched the water, but He could not do it. He was left like that for three days. Every now and then His Master used to come and ask Him “Are you ready?” and He would say, “Yes!” His Master would ask, “Are you feeling uncomfortable?” Baba would reply, “No!” Master would ask, “Do you want to drink any water?” Baba would say, “No!” Baba used to call this ‘Sirisha Yoga.’ It is a peculiar word. There is no such term known in Yoga.

So, having faced all these trials and tribulations, Baba was ready to put up with anything that was asked of Him. The result was that His mind had become inseparably one with the mind of His Master. So there was no further sadhana that was required of Him.

Now this is the ‘Guru Yoga’ that many teachers have taught. The teaching of Sai Baba of Shirdi was entirely that. The most important sadhana here is to worship the Guru, look at Him, meditate upon Him, and also follow the teachings that He has given, the most important of which is to consider all other living beings as part of yourself, because, if you don’t have that, then all this worshipping is of no use. This is important.

Many people used to come to Him and bring money, or this and that. Some used to fall at His feet too, but Baba could see through and through and know who is who. In fact, there were some who used to sit quietly in a corner, in the wadas that they had around there, doing their own japa and meditation. They did not even go to see Baba, but He would go to them, tap them on their head and say. “Ah! You are doing your work now. This is what Sai is here for. This is very important, not just singing praises and doing what we want.”

In our life, our sadhana is very important and this is what He wants: only then is worshipping the teacher of any use. If that is not there, then there is no use. If for thirty-five or forty years, we are close to someone who we consider a great teacher, like the Sai Baba of Shirdi and we worship Him; but if our lives do not change, as His teaching is meant to do and if we remain the same, as selfish as ever before, as angry as ever before, as petty as ever before- then it all comes to naught!

‘Saburi’ and ‘Shraddha’ are the two words written on His samadhi. Saburi means complete patience, especially in sadhana where one has to go through so many trials and tribulations. Sometimes, people take up sadhana very enthusiastically, but the moment some trouble comes upon them, then they leave their sadhana. They run off because they think that either the problem has come because of their sadhana, or, they think, “First, let me put this right, then I will go back to my meditation.” It never happens because sorrows, troubles and tribulations are part of our lives. When we are born into this life itself – how we come out of the womb is itself a big trauma. In fact, the psychiatrists say that many of the mental diseases that people have now are because of the trauma of birth. Because we have to come out of a little place, the body is almost strangled and pushed out. From that time to the end – till we go- it is the same. So one can never expect in this world to be hundred percent free of material problems. Impossible! No one has lived like that.

So, that should not discourage us from our spiritual sadhana. Of course, sometimes, it happens that to keep us on the path of our sadhana, God and great teachers help us to achieve certain things materially- that is there, but at some point, when there is a true ‘sadhak’, then some tests are given to find out what he considers more important – that or this. If one goes through those tests and comes out, then one moves a step forward in spiritual life. We may also pray to the teacher, or pray to God and say, “Please save me from these problems.” We may be saved- there is no denying that. But, saburi means, “this has been given to me. Let me bear with it. It has been given by Him. No matter what happens, I will stick to my sadhana. I’ll stick to my meditation.” That is called saburi- Patience .Also, have patience in the face of criticism. Even when greatly agitated, try to be patient. Things will take care of themselves. We can never say when the Grace of God comes, so we cannot be impatient but, of course we should be eager to get it. We should also wait patiently.

There is a story of a man who looked like a mad man. He was going around a tree, singing the praises of God, when Narad, who always travels all over the world, saw this man going around the tree. The man saw Narad and said, “Oh! You are coming from Narayana. Please tell me, when will I achieve the darshan of Narayana?” Narad said, “It will take about a hundred births for you to get a darshan of Narayana!” Immediately, the man clapped his hands and said, “Wonderful! I am going to get the darshan of Narayana in about a hundred births, which is not possible for one to get after thousand births!” He went mad with ecstasy crying, ”Only hundred births!” That is saburi- patience! That comes only with humility. But there are some people who practice sadhana for one year, or one month, and say, “Ah! I have done intense sadhana, now I must see God!” But we have to work for it. Sri Ramakrishna Himself did twelve years of intense sadhana. So, that is saburi.

Shraddha means absolute one pointed attention. It has been translated as ‘Faith’ also. It actually means absolute, one pointed attention; complete attention on your goal. That is shraddha.

If both shraddha and saburi are there, then definitely, there is no problem in sadhana. What happens often is that, when there is shraddha there is not enough saburi and sometimes saburi may be there, but no shraddha. Both are necessary. Absolute, one –pointed total attention is required in our path, along with infinite patience.

While we practice our sadhana, if we sometimes get some powers, or see lights or hear sounds- do not think that God is going to come! There are many people who have many powers, but have not yet had the darshan of the Lord. It is not the same; it could also be separate- there may be someone who shows no capacity for the so-called ‘Siddhis’, but might have achieved the darshan of the Lord. What about Chaitanya Mahaprabhu-did He exhibit any siddhis? No- there was only His God and Himself! We are not denying siddhis. Siddhis are some powers that a person acquires. But when there is a great saint like Sai Baba, some happenings may take place spontaneously. He never said, “I will do this for you, I will do that for you.”

Whenever people went to Him with any problem he only said, “Allah Malik Hai!” or, “Fakir bhala karega!” By ‘Fakir’ here, He did not mean Himself, He was referring to the Lord. But in His presence, certain things happened by themselves, spontaneously. He never demonstrated anything to show that He was somebody great, or to attract people- Never! It just happened.

So, sometimes there may be a mad man, looking absolutely crazy, sitting in one corner, in the bus stand or in the street somewhere, who may not show any powers, but he could very easily be a advanced, spiritual person. What I am trying to say is that one need not have any extra, fancy trimmings. Many of the Avadhootas – like Gajanan Maharaj of Maharashtra, were all great saints.

So, shraddha and saburi – both are necessary.

Sai Baba always gave vibhuti from the dhuni. So we’ll all go afterwards and take some vibhuti from the dhuni.
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on February 26, 2011, 05:07:59 PM
A Mother is a wonderful person in life,in fact the most energetic.You can see her like Shakespeare comparing the world to seven stages in which we play different roles.
 
The mother takes up various roles to suit the various needs of her child. The first three years she is a light sleeper and an early riser and has the patience to rock and cuddle a crying child.
 
Then she jogs along with her toddler,to match the boundless energy of her toddler. She is an athelete &caretaker at that stage.
 
She becomes the best Montessori teacher for her child in its formative years.
 
Then she realises that it is not enough to be only a Montessori teacher, so she becomes a musician, artist, story teller and a reading expert to equip herself to answer and describe all the unending stream of questions asked by the child and answers all calmly, patiently and correctly.
 
She accompanies her child to playschool, to the kindergarten,primary classes, the hobby classes and extra classes.
 
She rehearses all the above,and who else do you think can be a better person to be given the best teachers award in life?
 
At teenage the role of a mother turns to a protector ,a psychologist and a mentor.
 
HATS OFF TO THE PERSON CALLED MOTHER.
  ;D  ;D  ;D
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on March 08, 2011, 01:39:43 PM
Inevitable Maya

The world is an illusion is what the spiritual masters have been emphasizing time and again. People pursuing the path of spirituality too have realized and accepted the fact that the world is enveloped by Maya, which is the root cause of all unhappiness in the world. Still most of us are trapped and the tentacles of Maya spread far and wide that we find it difficult to extricate ourselves from its ugly clutches. When our Sadguru Shri Sainath Maharaj himself said that the Maya continues to tease Him, then what about the normal beings like us. But the moot point is that, is there any way we come out of it and live in peace? Revered Guruji Shri Satpathyji has said that,

"MAATI KE YE RISTHE SAARE, SABH CHOOT JAYENGE,
NAAM, DHAN, GHAR SARE PEECHE REH JAYENGE,
TERE JANMONKE SAATHI GURU KO PUKAR RE"

It is clear from these verses that all the relations with people break off, and the name, fame, money and the worldly acquisitions are left behind. So this being the truth, He said that from the moment one takes birth, one should look for Guru and seek His companionship. Though we know this truth, we continue to be entangled in the web of this mundane world. As a result, we end up having umpteen desires, unfulfilled wishes and for their fulfillment, we constantly pray to God. This is a continuous process and there is no end to it as some thing or other keeps cropping up and we keep looking at the Lord for His intervention, to help us tide over various situations. Since none of us knows really the actual required things, we go by our intellect and invoke the blessings of Lord to have things happening in desired direction. By this act, we are actually limiting the grace of the God to some specific things only. When we realize that it is the play of Maya that forces us to seek for specific things in life, then we would blindly leave everything at the feet of the Master and just look at Him to guide us the way He thinks appropriate.

We the devotees of Shri Sainath, try to follow his teachings as described in Shri Sai Satcharitra. In spite of the fact that we read and analyze Satcharitra and try hard to internalize the essence of Sai's teachings, still we become victims of Maya. In the very first chapter in Shri Sai Satcharitra it is clearly said that, " the firm conviction of Baba is that the knowledge or Self- realization is not possible, unless there is prior act of grinding of all our impulses, desires, sins, three gunas and the Ahamkara, which is so subtle and difficult to get rid of". But most of us knowingly or unknowingly fail to take cognizance of this strong conviction of Shri Sai and as a result experience the difficulties while traversing the spiritual path.

When the realization dawns on us that it is difficult to get away from the effects of Maya which is nothing but the divine esoteric play of the Lord, our only option is to pray to the Lord fervently to save us from Maya and its effects. Here I am reminded once again the beautiful verses of Guruji Shri Satpathiji,

"BAHUT KUCH MAI SAMAJANA PAAVU, APNI LEELA SAMJHA DONA,
KRIPA KARO ES MOORAKH DAS KO, APNE CHARNOME RAKH LONA"

Oh, Sai, I am not able to understand anything, please make me understand your divine play and shower mercy on this ignorant servant and keep me at your lotus feet. The irony here is that a great realized soul like Satpathyji, composed these verses, then what about we the ignorant lot. Perhaps to overcome that inevitable maya, we need to utter these verses thinking of our Sadguru

Shri Sainath Maharaj always. Guru alone is our true companion and He is the one who walks with us in this world and the world beyond. So let us offer our humble salutations to Him and pray for His continuous presence. "Aum Shri Sai, Peace be to all"  
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: vishwanath69 on March 11, 2011, 08:51:49 PM
OM SAI RAM

Dear subhasrini ji,

Anxiously waiting for your next message. :) :) :) :)

Sai Ram

Warm Regards,

Vishwanath
Servant of Baba
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on March 13, 2011, 03:32:41 PM


Gurur   Brahma, Gurur  Vishnu, Gurur  Devoh Maheshwara 
Guru Sakshat  Parabrahmah Tasmai  Shree  Guru  Veh  Namah !   




Devotees are often heard to be saying that Shri Sainath Maharaj or Baba is either angry with them or is not taking care of them as before for reasons which they fail to understand. Such an attitude indicates a highly personalized approach. It is a unique feature of the Sai faith that the devotees get highly emotionally attached to Him even though he has no more physical presence. Psychologically they depend a lot on Shri Shirdi Sai for solace, guidance and more importantly for getting a solution to their day to day mundane problems. For most of the devotees He is a part of their lives. They worship Him, they read about Him, they meditate on Him, they do Naamjaap, they talk about Him a lot without getting tired and the hold Lungers and even donate alms to beggars in his name. Some of the ardent devotees even before taking any food or drink offer it to Baba mentally. Like children they collect all sorts of photographs, trinkets and other articles related to Baba. Such activities are a pointer to the fact that they are ever in search of Baba in their mind and soul and wish to establish an intense relationship with Him.

It has been observed that a devotee when he first enters into the fold of Shri Sai Baba’s divine and magnanimous personality gets attracted to him in a very short time which ordinary human reasoning can not explain. When Baba was there in Shirdi many of the devotees used to go into a spiritual trance or sort of emotional hype at the very look at Baba. Such examples find a depiction in Shri Sai Satcharitra and many other books like Khaparde’s diary etc. Such was the attraction of the master that when a non believer like Balasaheb Bhate met Baba for the first time he just decided to stay back and settle down in Shirdi forever and later resigned from the government service only to serve Baba for the rest of his life.

Most of the devotees hold Baba’s relation with them as their most prized possession. Baba before departing from his physical embodiment had assured his devotees that he would continue to protect them from his invisible abode. He had even said that whenever His devotees would call him earnestly he would make his presence felt in some way or the other and also render help to remove their difficulties. Incidents happening in the lives of most of the devotees after Baba had taken Samadhi show that Baba continues to keep his promise.

Thus Shri Sainath Maharaj continues to render love, assurance, protection and faith to all his devotees. At times being busy tackling their earthly problems, the devotees are not in a position to remember Baba as much as they used to do earlier. In such a situation, they feel an emotional vacuum in them. Lets just understand this sense of void in the devotee when the feeling towards the Sadguru reduces in its intensity through the example of the sun and the sunlight. The light rays continuously emanate from the sun and the sunlight falls on earth. When the sky is clouded the Sun’s rays cannot be seen. Similarly, Baba’s love and protection towards devotees flows continuously but some of the devotees do not experience it when their life is engulfed by worldly clouds.

Sai Nath maharaj often used to tell devotees at Shirdi in no uncertain terms that whosoever prays to him intensely and intimately would certainly receive His grace, help and experience. Once the teacher - pupil emotional rapport is established, the pupil is bound to go through a series of alternative emotional experiences. Sometimes he will feel flooded with loving emotions towards his master and sometimes he will feel a sense of emotional void. This bipolar emotional situation is not due to the change in the mood of the master as perceived by devotees because a perfect master is a perfect soul. The reason for such a feeling in the devotee lies in the devotee himself. Hence, whenever such a situation comes the devotee should not get bogged down under his own emotional pressures and feel frustrated. Instead he should pray Baba to stabilize his emotions towards Him. Every devotee should try to understand that a perfect master has a thousand things to do for benefit of innumerable number of devotees at the same time. Therefore to expect that the emotional impulses of each devotee would be immediately reciprocated by the master is not the correct approach. Such an unstable mental state of the devotee indicates a lack of faith in the master. If the devotee is convinced that the Sadguru is always busy in helping a large number of His devotees, at the same time, he (the devotee) should take care to see that he does not disturb the master for frivolous issues. The master is best left to carry on His magnificent and universal work. This understanding on the part of the devotee will make the master comfortable.


;D  Bow To Shri Sai- Peace Be To All   ;D
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: arti sehgal on March 14, 2011, 01:28:12 AM
jai sairam
very nice post . u curtain out our daily  routines . i lke this post very very much . baba bless u always.
jai sairam
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: vishwanath69 on March 19, 2011, 08:07:05 PM
OM SAI RAM

Respected and most beloved Subhasrini mam'

I do not know why but your post seems to be Baba's answer to me directly.
I am passing through significant mental instability.
I thank you Subhasrini ji, please do pray for me. I am crestfallen and do not know what I am doing.
Baba bless you for providing this misfit with such advise and direction.

Vishwanath
Servant of Baba
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on March 20, 2011, 10:50:03 AM
OM SAI RAM

Respected and most beloved Subhasrini mam'

I do not know why but your post seems to be Baba's answer to me directly.
I am passing through significant mental instability.
I thank you Subhasrini ji, please do pray for me. I am crestfallen and do not know what I am doing.
Baba bless you for providing this misfit with such advise and direction.

Vishwanath
Servant of Baba


Why Fear? Is Baba not near? 


We should not worry. We should have implicit faith in Baba, in our Inner Pilot and our spiritual Master. We have to feel that not only does Baba know what is best for us, but He will do what is best for us. We worry because we do not know what is going to happen to us tomorrow, or even the next minute. We feel that if we do not do something for ourselves, then who is going to do it? But if we can feel that there is someone who thinks of us infinitely more than we think of ourselves, and if we can consciously offer our responsibility to Him, saying, "You be responsible. Eternal Father, Eternal Mother, You be responsible for what I do and say and grow into," then our past, our present and our future become His problem. As long as we try to be responsible for our own life, we will be miserable. We will not be able to properly utilize even two minutes out of every twenty-four hours we have. When we can feel that we are Baba's conscious instruments and He is the Doer, then we will not worry about our destiny; we will not be afraid of our destiny, for we will know and feel that it is in the all-loving Hands of Baba, who will do everything in us, through us and for us.

Let us consciously offer our very existence - what we have and what we are - to Baba. What we have is aspiration to grow into the very image of Baba, into infinite peace, Light and bliss. And what we are right now is just ignorance, the ignorance-sea. If we can offer our aspiration-cry and our ignorance-sea to Baba, then our problem is solved. We should not and we need not ever worry about destiny. On the strength of our surrender, we become inseparably one with Sai's cosmic Will.

JaiSaiRam

I offer my sincere prayers to our Baba to keep you steady and at peace always.  :)

OM SHRI SAI NATHAYA NAMAHA
OM SHRI SAI NATHAYA NAMAHA
OM SHRI SAI NATHAYA NAMAHA


 
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: vishwanath69 on March 21, 2011, 05:13:21 AM
OM SAI RAM

My most loved subhasrini ji,

THANK YOU

Vishwanath
Servant of Baba
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on March 23, 2011, 12:39:27 PM
What can Spirituality can do for you?   

Only Spirituality can bring the lasting happiness or contentment that each of us seeks through anything we do. This is because spiritual practice is the tool to experience our divine nature (soul) or God - the only source of lasting Bliss. Everything else in this world, such as external objects, relationships, career, wealth, etc. are temporary in nature and hence, give fleeting happiness and unhappiness. In fact science of Spirituality states that the very reason we are born is to experience our true Blissful nature by completing our Destiny and making spiritual progress through spiritual practice!

The following further explains why Spirituality is important and should be practiced by one and all:

80% of our problems, especially major ones like grave illness, failure in marriage or career, etc., are due to spiritual factors like Destiny, negative energies, etc. Practicing Spirituality alone can reduce these spiritual problems, giving us a better quality of life. 

As one studies and practices Spirituality one progresses spiritually and merges with the Omniscient God principle. Thus, Spirituality is the only subject that can bestow  Omniscience, that is, the knowledge/truth behind everything. 

Even at the level of society, one can see the tremendous decline in spiritual and moral purity due to the decline in spiritual practice. The rampant unrighteousness, corruption, terrorism, immorality, etc., can only be eliminated if the components of society, namely the people, purify their very attitudes by undertaking the spiritual path.


Below is a glimpse of the benefits of Spirituality in day to day life: 

Since spiritual practice works at the subtle, attitude level, it alone brings lasting reduction in undesirable attitudes or personality defects like anger, envy, intolerance, etc., gradually improving our day to day interactions.  

By reducing unnecessary thinking or activity of the mind, Spirituality increases concentration, improving performance in any activity. 

It has therapeutic benefits in mental illnesses, especially in conditions like obsessive compulsive disorders. 

It also helps develop a philosophical attitude and inner strength, that help one calmly face even dire or uncontrollable circumstances like accidents or incurable disease, aging, death, etc., in our life or that of our loved ones. 

It helps develop a positive attitude, increasing our joy in life. 

The importance of Spirituality for our well being at all levels - physical, psychological as well as spiritual - cannot be emphasized enough. However, Spirituality is a science of experience, that is, its benefits have to be experienced by doing actual spiritual practice daily.  
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Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on March 26, 2011, 02:31:13 PM
Problems in our life.  



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When we have problems, we can not seem to really solve them. Even our friends and parents do not know what way is best.

There is somebody who knows what is best for us, and that is Baba. He is not a mental hallucination. We will be able to see Him, we will be able to hear Him, we will be able to dine with Him. He is not only our Father, but also our eternal Comrade. We have to give Him responsibility for ourselves.

His Eyes have better vision than ours. His Ears hear more quickly than our human ears. We talk to human beings who have no time to hear us; they have so many things to do in the outer world. But we very often forget that there is somebody else who is eager to listen. He is always eager to hear from us, but we do not speak to Him.

If we know how to look at a problem, half the strength of the problem goes away. But usually we try to avoid the problem; we try to run away from it. To have a problem is not a crime, so why should we be afraid to face it? Our difficulty is that when something unfortunate happens in our life, we immediately feel that we are at fault, that we have done something wrong. We must know that there are also wrong forces, undivine forces, hostile forces
around us.

By blaming ourselves and then trying to hide, we do not solve the problem. We have to face the problem and see whether we really are to blame. In order to solve the problem of ours, we have to practice the spiritual life and develop inner strength, aspiration and inner detachment. Slowly, gradually, we will become inwardly strong, and then we will be able to solve the problems caused by my own inner weaknesses.

As soon as we have conquered a difficulty, we will find that it repeats itself on a higher and subtler level. It is the same essential weakness in ourselves which we are made to face in a more refined form.
 

Baba Said....

Baba said "The body is the chariot, and the self is it's master; intellect is the charioteer and the mind is the reins; the senses are the horses and sense objects their paths. He, who has no understanding and whose mind is charioteer, does not reach his destination (get realization) but goes through the round of births and deaths".  
 
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: vishwanath69 on June 26, 2011, 07:22:29 PM
OM SAI RAM

Dear subhasrini ji,

Eagerly awaiting your next post in this section.

Love and Regards,

Vishwanath
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on June 28, 2011, 05:32:39 PM
 

……“Sitting in Shirdi Masjid, Baba had said that there are many paths, but one of the paths leads to God through Dwarkamayi. When one analyses how Baba led thousands of people towards God realization at Shirdi a certain pattern evolves. The basic principles of the Sai path are based on:

(a) The existence in physical form of a perfect being known variously as a Perfect Master, a Sadguru or a Qutub as called by the Sufis. A Qutub simply means an axis, a pivot around which others, both living and non-living, revolve. The Perfect Master, having himself experienced different stages of evolution including that of man has at last reached the stage of God. However, those among these perfect beings, who out of infinite compassion, make the greatest sacrifice of not enjoying the blissful state of God but incarnate in a human body on earth to serve the imperfect, suffering humanity are called the Perfect Masters. As Meher Baba has said, at any point of time there are five Perfect Masters on the earth in embodied form.

(b) When in human body they act both as human beings and Gods. As Gods they have infinite power, infinite knowledge, infinite happiness and infinite existence. Like God they are Omnipotent, Omnipresent and Omniscient enjoying the powers of the Almighty. They share their power, knowledge and pleasure with the millions of human beings by methods un¬perceivable by human beings and are known as Leelas or divine miracles. All miracles are based on the laws of nature, only one has to know, experience and master it. All the elemental forces of nature like fire, water, air etc. defined as deities by the Hindus, work under their command or wish. As Gods they see everything in themselves and themselves in everything. So they serve everyone without any differentiation as if they are serving themselves. They see God in everyone, even though others may not be able to see God in them. They give infinite love to others and take infinite pain from others. Once any human being or any species is linked with them in any manner, they ensure that these creatures are evolved, life after life till they merge with God from where they came. This ultimate stage of evolution is ordinarily known as Mukti or Moksha.

(c) These Perfect Masters alone are capable of leading human beings to God realization. They follow what is common and universal in all religions i.e., humanism based on love. Out of love they not only take care of the spiritual evolution of the devotees but also their temporal requirements. Once one has surrendered to them they look after all needs of the devotee as a mother would do for a child. They can go to any extent, even to sacrifice their human body, to protect their children. That’s what Baba did for many as can be read in Sri Sai Satcharitra, and as experienced by many. To develop closer and closer link with Him, one has to develop faith in Him, even patiently under the most trying circumstances. Also, to develop the qualities of humility, sacrifice, tolerance and steadfastness in devotion and actions desired by the Sadguru. One will evolve earlier than others worshipping too many deities if he follows this path of Guru. Baba used to give visions to many people in the form of their deities, like Hanuman, Ganesh etc. which convinced them that there is no difference between Baba and any other deity or even God. One can therefore, at the first stage try to see all deities in Baba, worship Him in the method in which other deities are worshipped. In short, one should try to see and seek everything in and from Baba. This path may be difficult at the initial stage but can certainly be achieved with steadfastness and faith in Baba. So let us try.”…….
JaiSaiRam


 
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: Pratap Nr.Mishra on June 30, 2011, 12:02:10 AM
                         That's Life
We never get what we want, We never want what we get,
 We never have what we like, We never like what we have.
And still we live & love.  That's life...
 Giving someone all your love is never an assurance
that they'll love you back!
Don't expect love in return; Just wait for it to grow in their heart,
But if it doesn't, be content it grew in yours.
It takes only a minute to get a crush on someone,
An hour to like someone, And a day to love someone,
But it takes a lifetime to forget someone.
 
 To those people who mean something to you,
To those who have touched your life in one way or another,
To those who make you smile when you really need it,
To those that make you see the brighter side of things When you are really down,
To those who you want to know
That you appreciate their love and friendship.

Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on June 30, 2011, 07:53:49 AM

Creator is the doer   


Humility comes in when one sees that only the Creator is the Doer and one is merely a puppet in His divine will. Those who do not rise above the plane of senses, wholly or partially remain in duality. And to remain in duality is a sin. In spite of the continuous efforts to overcome the sins and prove oneself as good and pious in the eyes of others, one commits more sins and tells lies. In trying to overcome (the sins) one gathers the dirt of impious deeds and hides them inside and becomes the prey of lots of worldly diseases and continuously remains in sins.

Ego is the main hindrance in self-analysis and man-making, and with ego one ever acts as doer. Humility is not possible unless one overcomes the mind and its identification through the sense organs. If one sees the world with open eyes and with closed eyes one's self within, one can see the underlying disadvantages to some extent. Thus we can remove the physical ego, but then there is also the astral and the causal ego. When one rises above the astral body, one sees the underlying causes of ego in total. Only after removing the physical, astral and causal ego, does one obtain humility in full. Then he is a conscious co-worker of the divine plan and takes Him as the Doer.  



   :)   OM SAI SRI SAI JAYA JAYA SAI  :) OM SAI SRI SAI JAYA JAYA SAI  :)

Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: PiyaSoni on July 01, 2011, 11:50:46 PM
God doesn't partition you into pieces and loves some and not loves others. That's what people do. That's what you do. God, who created you, accepts and loves every little part of you, even those you deny and hate in yourself. So next time you try to dislike a part of you, just pause, look and remember that God loves it.
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: PiyaSoni on July 04, 2011, 01:43:56 AM
Trust in God that everything is exactly the way it is supposed to be. Just as a child has to pass through a tiny channel on its way from the womb into life, so are you on your way to God.  
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: PiyaSoni on July 04, 2011, 11:40:55 PM
God created joy as a balm for pain. What are some places, who are some people filled with joy that you can rely on to ease your pain?
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: PiyaSoni on July 06, 2011, 12:30:21 AM
God is always with you, seen or unseen, saint or sinner. Giving you air, supporting your footsteps, nourishing you with sunshine, God is here with you. The separateness you sometimes feel is an illusion, in truth you are never alone.
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: PiyaSoni on July 06, 2011, 11:41:57 PM
OmSaiRam

You keep wanting to know how things will play out, keep asking to see the future. God doesn't give anyone the power to know the future, because life becomes maddeningly boring when you know everything upfront. So, instead of struggling, enjoy the uncertainty - to be alive means to not know.
 
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on July 07, 2011, 03:35:06 PM


OM SAI NAMO NAMAHA
SRI SAI NAMO NAMAHA
JAYA JAYA SAI
NAMO NAMAHA
SAD GURU SAI NAMO NAMAHA

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbCeNBYc-0k[/youtube]
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: PiyaSoni on July 12, 2011, 12:04:07 AM
OmSaiRam

You don't need a special place or special time to pray. You don't need to be in a special mood to pray. Praying is like breathing, - continuous, essential, life-giving, - praying is the conversation with God you start with birth and continue into old age. Praying is your celebration of God, - everything you do, everything you think, everything you say is another word, another sentence of your prayer.  
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on July 12, 2011, 07:32:53 PM


Reduce Your Wants   ;D   



Constantly discriminate between the Preya-Marga and the Sreya-Marga, the Pleasant Path and the Good Path. You will have to do this again and again every time the mind tempts you to follow the ways of the world, to imitate others. This desire to imitate others is exceedingly powerful and overpowers even a wise man. Worry not about finding money to buy a scooter (when you have no need for a scooter) just because all your friends come on scooters. Do not bother about how to send your son to the States only because your neighbors have sent theirs to California and Cambridge. Keep away from temptations of all sorts. Do not walk into places of temptation and then struggle to resist temptation. It will tax your will unnecessarily. Even if you succeed in resisting the temptation, it may leave a craving in the mind. Craving induces restlessness.

Do not multiply your wants and then feel like a beggar. Reduce your wants and feel like a king. Why should you enter a cloth shop and see many varieties presented before your eyes when you have enough clothing at home? Either you will buy unnecessary things. Or feel sad, "Oh, I don’t have this. Ah, how I wish I could buy that!" Peace of mind and material greed are incompatibles. They do not go together. Make your choice.

Reduce your wants to the barest minimum consistent with your general external activities. The fewer the wants and possessions the greater the peace of mind. Possession gives pain. The point is so obvious that it needs no explanation. Hire a taxi rather than own a car. Live in a rented flat rather than possess your own house.

Most of us suffer, not for want of right knowledge or wisdom, but for want of exercise of that wisdom in our daily life. If you want peace of mind, at once stop doing all those things which you know you should not do. And, equally important, start doing all those things which you know you should do. This will set you on the right track, and when you are on the right track, God’s Grace will flow into your life and make it more and more sublime. You will gain peace of mind and radiate peace all around you. Faith has to be exercised. Love has to be exercised. Selflessness has to be exercised. Charity has to be practiced. Dispassion has to be practiced. Devotion has to be cultivated. These qualities, these virtues do not arise, in you over night. They have to be assiduously cultivated before they can become a natural, a habitual, an integral part of your being.  


 
JaiSaiRam
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: shalabh on July 12, 2011, 09:44:00 PM
SUBHASHNI   JI  ,

I   WISH  THAT  I  COULD  HAVE  SUCH  INDEPTH  KNOWLEDGE AS IT  IS  VISIBLE  IN  YOUR CONTENTS .
THANK  YOU   FOR  SHARING .
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on July 26, 2011, 08:34:33 AM
If you Stand for a Reason,
Be prepared to stand like a Tree,


If you fall on the ground, Fall as a Seed..
That grows back ...To fight Again.


Heavy rains remind us of challenges in life. Never ask for a lighter rain.

Just pray for a better umbrella.

That is attitude.

 

When flood comes, fish eat ants & when flood recedes, ants eat fish. Only time matters.

Just hold on, God gives opportunity to everyone!

 

Life is not about finding the right person, but creating the right relationship,

 it's not how we care in the beginning, but how much we care till the very end.

 

Some people always throw stones in your path. It depends on you what you make with them.

A Wall or a Bridge? Remember you are the architect of your life.

 

Search for a beautiful heart, but don't search for a beautiful face'.

Coz beautiful things are not always good, but good things are always beautiful.

 

It’s not important to hold all the good cards in life.

But it’s important how well you play with the cards you hold.

 

Often when we lose all hope & think this is the end,

God smiles from above and says, `relax dear it’s just a bend. Not the end.

Have Faith and have a successful life.




One of the basic differences between God and humans is, God gives, gives and forgives.

But the human gets, gets, gets and forgets.




Be thankful in life......    ;D ;D ;D   
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on August 14, 2011, 08:05:53 AM
Obey the Will of God 



Learn to accept. Accept every happening in your life as the Will of God. "O Lord! Thy Will will be done"—let this be your only reaction to every twist and turn in life. God is your real friend. He is your greatest well-wisher. He gives various experiences—good and bad—only to mould you, chisel you, shape you into an effective instrument for the working out of His Will. Allow yourself to be shaped by His divine hands. Abandon yourself to His care.

Do not struggle. Do not oppose. Allow yourself to be tossed by God’s Will. Become a straw in the cosmic wind. Have no individual ego. This you can do only if you recognize the existence of God and the Will of God imperatively, only if you learn to see the absolute supremacy of God’s Will over all human initiative and endeavor. Humility is not weakness. It is strength. The more the humility, the greater the accretion of strength. Your life will flow smoothly, because you offer no resistance to God’s Will. There will be no friction. There will be no failure too, because you do not attempt to achieve anything by your own choice and will. But your life will turn out to be a tremendous success, because God’s wisdom and strength will enter the vacuum of your being emptied of your egoism and fill it in the same manner as air rushes into a vacuum and fills it. This is the Law.

JaiSaiRam

Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on September 07, 2011, 02:20:12 PM

WHAT IS VIRTUE? WHAT IS SIN?   
 


Papa is sin. Punya is virtue. Remember the motto always: "Do unto others as you wish others do unto you". This is the Kasoti or test for virtue and sin. You do not wish to be hurt by others. So do not hurt another person. You wish to be helped by others. So help others. You do not wish to be robbed by others. So do not rob others' property. When you enter the compartment in a train, you wish that others should give you a seat. They should not drive you to another compartment. So, when anyone enters your compartment, give him a seat. Do not drive him away. Hurting another is sin; non-hurting is virtue. Selfishness is sin; helping others is virtue. Robbing others' property is sin; doing charity is virtue. Driving a man from the compartment is sin; giving a seat to a man in your compartment is virtue.

That which elevates you is virtue; that which pulls you down is vice or sin. That which takes you to the Goal is virtue; that which makes you a worldly man is sin. That which helps you attain God-head is virtue; that which hurls you down in the dark abyss of ignorance is sin. That which gives you illumination is virtue; that which causes intoxication is sin. That which purifies your heart is virtue; that which taints your heart is sin. That which gives you peace, joy, satisfaction, exhilaration, expansion of heart, is virtue; that which brings restlessness, dissatisfaction, depression, and contraction of heart, is vice.

Service of humanity and Guru is virtue; mischief-mongering is sin. Faith in God, in the scriptures, in the words of the spiritual preceptor, is virtue; doubting is sin. Loving all is virtue; hating others is sin. Unity is virtue; separation is sin. Independence is virtue; dependence is sin. Brahmacharya is virtue; lust is sin. Truthfulness is virtue; falsehood is sin. Generosity is virtue; miserliness is sin. Oneness is virtue; duality is sin. Knowledge is virtue; ignorance is sin. Strength is virtue; weakness is sin. Courage is virtue; cowardice is sin. To behold the One Immortal Self everywhere is virtue; to see diversity is sin.

That which you are ashamed to do in public is a sin. That which you dare not admit before your Guru is a sin.

Learn to discriminate between virtue and sin, and become wise. The Antaryamin will guide you rightly; hear Him.

 
   :)
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on October 07, 2011, 08:36:39 AM
His Grace


Baba is omniscient, omnipotent and omnipresent. He has various kinds of power, but His greatest adamantine power is His grace. The moment Baba uses His grace for an individual, He offers His very Life-Breath to the seeker, for Baba and His grace cannot be separated. Whenever we think of Him, if we feel that it is through His grace that we are approaching Him, then we can be most successful in receiving Him.

The divine grace is constantly descending upon us. Those who are sincerely aspiring are conscious of this divine grace, but those who are not aspiring are keeping their heart's door permanently closed. If we feel the Supreme's grace, then we shall see that His infinite qualities, peace, Light and bliss, are already in the process of entering us, ceaselessly flowing in and through us and becoming part and parcel of our inner and outer life. We have
only to follow the flow of grace to carry us into the Source which is Sai.
 
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: PiyaSoni on October 25, 2011, 02:59:58 AM
“He listens to us and answers us”

If we truly want to unburden our hearts, and are honest and sincere about it, we seek the advice of those who love and understand us: our father or mother, wife or husband, our brother or friend. Even though often what we want isn’t so much to listen as to express our feelings and say what has happened to us, a dialogue has already begun. Let us begin to do the same with God; we can be quite sure he listens to us and answers us. Let us pay attention to him and open up our soul in humble conversation, telling him in confidence everything that is on our mind and in our heart: our joys, sorrows, hopes, annoyances, successes, failures, even the most trivial happenings in our day. We will discover that our Heavenly Father is interested in everything about us...

In this way, almost without realizing it, we will go forward at God’s pace, taking strong and vigorous strides. We will come to sense deep in our hearts that when we are close to Our Lord we are able to find joy in suffering, self‑denial and sorrow. What a great source of strength it is for a son of God to know that he is so close to his Father! This is why, my Lord and Father, no matter what happens, I stand firm and secure with you, because you are my rock and my strength .
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on October 28, 2011, 03:05:31 PM
Why we suffer?    


God or His Name is the sole strength in living against all odds and uncertainties. If one is not at cross purposes with Him, one finds His manifestation in every happening. But, one has to bear with patience the onrush of the forces one has let loose. Yoke yourself unto Him and He will bear the brunt.

Take refuge in none but Him. Dependence on Him makes one fearless. Human beings will enjoy three-fourths of life and one-fourth they will suffer. But, we lose our patience and do not accept even that one-fourth of sorrows given by Him.

Don't be obsessed with any wish. Shake off sadness. Unhappiness is part of the ego. Beyond it, no such thing exists. That you have forgotten Truth (that God is within), is the root cause of your misery.

A painful blow becomes bearable to a great extent by His remembrance. As He inflicts blows on you, so also He gives you the capacity for bearing the suffering. As one tolerates unbearable situations with patience, a time comes when He resolves all problems. Whenever you have tumults in mind, try to remember this very often. You can do this. The key is with Him. Truth wins. He is your shield. Destiny still comes but He eases the suffering.

When you have the shelter of Satyanarayan (God within), He will test you in various ways. Your duty is not to get agitated when these sorts of events hurt you. There is a saying of Baba, "You look to Me, I look to you. Even then, if they do not leave Me and still seek Me, I then become their humble servant."

The smiles and frowns of life are His tokens of love. Bear them with loving patience, you have to forsake nothing. Neither indulge, nor restrain.

If you have devotion, you need fear nothing. Devotion is never devoid of strength. So many varied problems and hindrances must come, otherwise people won't understand and realize how and why He is the best of all friends and companions. He is the Dearest One, who keeps us protected in all calamities and adversities, which are unpredictable. People falter in life and suffer by discarding Him. But, they can't do anything without Him. Have faith in Him, unflinching faith. Love Him. Hazards take care of themselves. Remembering and depending on Him make one fearless in life, whatever may happen.

He gives us jolts so that we can be ready to taste real happiness with Him, to make us free of maya, or mind and attachments. We do not know His Will, so we grieve over all He does, but He always does everything for the best. Do not worry. Never try to understand. Only accept as a gift whatever He gives, take it as His blessing. When one feels, "I am helpless, my strength fails" He comes to hold the rudder. Being always in the midst of people with their selfishness, jealousy and hatred, the mind is afflicted with pain. These afflictions are shaken off like dust through devotion and remembrance of God's Name within.

He, the Almighty, by His wish and touch takes away the worldly attractions gradually to bring one to a blissful, peaceful state. A person cannot realize this state on his or her own due to the intensity of illusory worldly desire. You do everything, see everything, listen to everything, but do not get so deeply involved as to invite sufferings through them. Of course, He will ensure this, you don't have to make any effort for it. Just keep Him in your remembrance


 
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on November 03, 2011, 04:24:13 PM
"BABA, SHOW ME GOD'

A rich man once approached Baba.
And said " Show me God (Brahman);
A long distance have I come, as people say
That Shirdi Baba reveals God quickly"
Said Baba "Yes, I will show you Brahman
At once and that very clearly".

"Most people come to Me seeking wealth,
Health, fame and other material favours,
But people like you seeking Brahman are rare indeed.
Listen, Brahman is the root cause of the Universe, and
This must be realized to escape the cycle of births and deaths;
Only a Guru can help you to this realization."

Then Baba turned to a boy and said
"Go to Nandalal Marvadi, tell him   .
Baba wants a loan of Rs. 5, and bring the money"
The boy went and returned, saying the Marvadi was absent
Baba then sent the boy to others on the same errand
But the result was the same, and no money was forthcoming.

Meantime, the rich man grew impatient,
Especially as delay would mean extra payment
To the tongawalla whom he had engaged for the return journey
also.

He could easily have saved the delay
By advancing to Baba Rs. 5 out of the Rs. 250
He had in his pocket, but he would not do so.
He turned to Baba impatiently and repeated
"Baba, will You help me to grasp 'Brahman'?
Said Baba "You see, What I am doing all this while
Is just for that purpose - to make you see-God.
Have you not grasped anything?"
"No, Baba, I have not grasped anything", said he.

Said Baba "I want to get  Rs. 5, that is,
I want five things surrendered, the five 'pranas',
The five senses, Mind, Intellect and Ego.
The road to 'Brahman' is hard to tread
And it is only when attachment to wealth, honour, position
Is given up completely, that light will dawn."

Baba thus pointed out that though this man
Had Rs. 250 in his pocket, ready with him,
Yet he would not part with just Rs. 5 to help
A Guru from whom he wanted to get
The invaluable 'Brahman' as a free gift.  


LESSON : "DESERVE BEFORE YOU DESIRE".
[Adapted from "The Wonderous Saint Sai Baba by B.V. Narasimha Swamy]
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on November 08, 2011, 03:05:30 PM



Forget the Past and Move on ....


A wise man once sat in the audience & cracked a joke.  All laughed like crazy.

After a moment he cracked the same joke again and a little less people laughed this time.

He cracked the same joke again & again, when there was no laughter in the crowd,  he smiled and said 

"When u can't laugh on the same joke again & again, then why do u keep crying over the same thing over and over again".

'Forget the past & move on'…

"Apologizing does not mean that you are wrong and the other one is right... It simply means that you value the relationship much more than your ego...”
Quote:

"A few heart-whole, sincere, and energetic men and women can do more in a year than a mob in a century" - Swami Vivekananda
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on November 18, 2011, 02:50:11 PM
God Saibaba!  



Agnaani main janmon se Sayee.... Eswar ko naheen jaan paatha

Tere karuna ki ek jhalak se... Khudaa ko maine pahli baar dekhaa

"Being ignorant since many births, Oh Sai, I haven't known God!

By the flash of your mercy, I see the God for the first time!"  


What is the most important thing one could get from Sadguru Sainath? He Himself said that although He is willing to give from His open coffers, most are not inclined to seek it. After every desire is answered and the truce between needs and wants established, Sadguru begins His work on the chosen ones. The most competent Sainath has innumerable ways that he chooses according to the nature of the devotee.

God vision, the realization of the supreme, the purpose to any quest, realization of the self, knowledge of the absolute, these are some of the descriptors of the dormant quest one might have in the spiritual path. The satsang with Sadguru is never passive! It is not a choice!

Is Saibaba a mere Guru or God himself? This is a stale question as any reader of books on Saibaba can say that Baba appears to those in whatever form they chose. Stories abound where Saibaba appeared as Vitthal, Shiva, Dattatreya, Jesus and other forms of divinity. In spite of this, is there a question whether Saibaba is just a siddha purusha, someone who acquired supernatural powers due to saadhana or He the absolute beyond all siddhis? Is He the God? What is God? What are God's attributes? None is able to describe this. Hence, even the question whether Baba is God or not, is not completely legitimate and at the best can only be a relative rhetoric! To make this simple, if one would choose any form of God within one's confine, describe the attributes of such a form, Rama, Shiva, Jesus, Krishna, Vishnu, Allah or Buddha, all those attributes can be found in the perfect master of Shirdi. If God is defined as an object of faith, the faith will reveal God's form.  


(Contributed by Sai Vichaar )

Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: shanthakumar on December 03, 2011, 01:37:04 AM
Sai is Love, Love is Sai


Lakhs of years have passed since the human origin this earth, yet we do not know our real Self. The entire creation has divine origin and the creator is SAI. He willed "I am alone, let me be many" and the creation manifested by His will. The present Human population of the world is around 650 crores but the principle of SAI is the same in everyone. There is awareness in our physical body and that awareness is true wisdom. The Vedas term this as "Constant Integrated Awareness", which makes the body, mind and intellect function. All that we find outside is nothing but the reflection, the reaction and resound of our inner feelings. We may think that we are separate from SAI but in fact, SAI and we are not separate.

We are in SAI and SAI is in us. We have all come from SAI.

Some argue that they do not believe in SAI, as He is not visible. How can we say the air does not exist because it is not seen? Our SAI is present everywhere at all times. None can decide that He is here and not there. He is everywhere. He is Omnipresent, Omnipotent and Omniscient.

Only through Love can one have the vision of SAI. Love is the fundamental force. In a heart filled with Love, there is no place for evil qualities like jealousy, lust, anger, hatred and ego. Once we develop Love within, we will never hate anybody. Only through Love and equanimity of mind the vision of SAI can be attained. We think that going to Church/Temple/Mosque or singing devotional songs and performing rituals is sufficient proof of our devotion to the LORD. It is not so, there is only one proof for showing our Love & devotion for SAI - by Loving our fellow human beings. Love is the most powerful force in the whole Universe. It is in fact God, for God is Love and Love is God. It manifests as the energy and is the power of attraction that controls everything from the sub-atomic particles to the planets, stars and galaxies. It is the gel that holds everything together. The world cannot exist without Love; Love is the cement that bonds it together. All are embodiments of Love and God resides as Love in the hearts of all. The one and the only thing that can bind us is Love.

Once Swami Vivekananda asked Shri Ramakrishna Paramahans whether He has seen God, to which Shri Ramakrishna replied, "Yes, I have seen God just as you are seeing me and I am seeing you. "Then how is that I do not see him" asked Vivekananda. Shri Ramakrishna answered "you weep for your family, you suffer for your business and wealth, but do you ever weep for GOD or yearn for a vision for God? Do that and you will certainly see God! All the time I am pining only for the vision of God, hence God is visible to me at all times in every human being".

The Purpose of our birth should be achieved by the sacrifice of everything to SAI. Sacrifice alone ensures immortality. We look for shortcuts in everything, even in spirituality. But surprisingly, spirituality does have a shortcut. There is no need to wander here and there in search of SAI. SAI is residing in our heart. If we turn our vision inward and see through the torch of LOVE we can see Him instantly.

Courtesy-S Krishnaswamy

Jaisairam!                om sai raam



Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: shanthakumar on December 03, 2011, 01:48:22 AM
   baba pls bless all
  many peoples have their own troubles help them to over come



                                                 jia sai raaam dwraka maayi
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on December 06, 2011, 03:30:54 PM


THANKS BABA... FOR THIS WONDERFUL MESSAGE AND BLESS ME TO FOLLOW THE SAME...

Happiness makes one forget one's obligations to oneself as a human being. It drags one into egoism leading to committing of sins. Happiness draws a veil over experiences that make one tough. It also spends out one's stock of merit and arouses baser passions. On the other hand, grief renders man alert and watchful. Misery makes one think and leads to self-improvement. It also endows one with new and valuable experiences, and highlights the value of happiness. Realize that happiness and misery are inseparable and you cannot choose only one. Treat troubles and travails as your friends; at least, do not see them as your enemies! It is best to regard both happiness and misery as gifts of God. That is the easiest path for one's own liberation.
-BABA
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on December 15, 2011, 09:37:01 AM
One day a father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the firm purpose of showing his son how poor people can be. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family. On their return from their trip, the father asked his son, "How was the trip?" "It was great, Dad." "Did you see how poor people can be?" the father asked. "Oh Yeah" said the son. "So what did you learn from the trip?" asked the father. The son answered, "I saw that we have one dog and they had four. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek that has no end. We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have the stars at night. Our patio reaches to the front yard and they have the whole horizon. We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go beyond our sight. We have servants who serve us, but they serve others. We buy our food, but they grow theirs. We have walls around our property to protect us; they have friends to protect them."

May we learn to live rich!  ;D  ;D  ;D

Om Sai Ram!
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on January 03, 2012, 11:59:24 AM

 Father's letter to his son - applies to daughters too!!

A Wise Father's Letter to His Son.


Very Useful to all of us.....


Beautiful letter written by a father to his son


Following is a letter to his son from a renowned

Hong Kong TV broadcaster/Child Psychologist. The words are actually applicable to all of us, young or old,ࠣhildren or parents.! This applies to daughters too. All parents can use this in their teachings to their children.


Dear son ,


I am writing this to you because of 3 reasons


1. Life, fortune and mishaps are unpredictable; nobody knows how long he lives. Some words are better said early.


2. I am your father, and if I don't tell you these, no one else will.


3. What is written is my own personal bitter experiences that perhaps could save you a lot of unnecessary heartaches.


Remember the following as you go through life:


1. Do not bear grudge towards those who are not good to you. No one has the responsibility of treating you well, except your mother and I. To those who are good to you, you have to treasure it and be thankful, and ALSO you have to be cautious, because, everyone has a motive for every move. When a person is good to you, it does not mean he really likes you. You have to be careful, don't hastily regard him as a real friend.


2. No one is indispensable, nothing in the world that you must possess.
Once you understand this idea, it would be easier for you to go through life
when people around you don't want you anymore, or when you lose what/who you love most.


3.Life is short. When you waste your life today, tomorrow you would find that life is leaving you. The earlier you treasure your life, the better you enjoy life.


4.Love is but a transient feeling, and this feeling would fade with time and with one's mood. If your so called loved one leaves you, be patient, time will wash away your aches and sadness. Don't over exaggerate the beauty and sweetness of love, and don't over exaggerate the sadness of falling out of love.


5.A lot of successful people did not receive a good education, that does not mean that you can be successful by not studying hard! Whatever knowledge you gain is your weapon in life. One can go from rags to riches, but one has to start from some rags!


6.I do not expect you to financially support me when I am old, neither
would I financially support your whole life. My responsibility as a
supporter ends when you are grown up. After that, you decide whether you want to travel in a public transport or in your limousine, whether rich or poor.


7.You honor your words, but don't expect others to be so. You can be good to people, but don't expect people to be good to you. If you don't understand this, you would end up with unnecessary troubles.


8. I have bought lotteries for umpteen years, but I never strike any prize.
That shows if you want to be rich, you have to work hard! There is no free lunch!


9. No matter how much time I have with you, let's treasure the time we have together. We do not know if we would meet again in our next life.
 


Regards,


Dad

JaiSairam
Title: Message of the day-Tolerance is the essence of all religions.
Post by: SS91 on January 20, 2012, 08:24:47 PM
Tolerance is the essence of all religions.

A ture Hindu is one who could see his Ram in the Mosque.

A ture Muslim is one who could see his Allah on the high towers of Tirupathi.

A ture Christian is one who could identify his Christ in Krishna.

A ture Buddhist is one/who could see his Buddha in Kedarnath.

A ture Jain is one who could see His Mahavira in Chamundeswari.

A true Sikh is one who could see Nanak and Kabir in Lord Nataraja.

A true Sai devotee is one who can see sai in all places of worship.

When we cannot identify or understand the various forms of God,

We live in illusion and create destruction.

Source: Sai leela magazine


Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on February 29, 2012, 09:56:34 AM



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This is the picture if Sai Baba of Shirdi Murti (idol) of Samadhi Temple Shirdi sitting on the golden throne.

The quote of Guru Sai Baba of Shirdi in this image is for those seeking meditation or peace of mind.



The quote


Give up all desires and dwell in your mind upon God in all. If the mind is thus concentrated the goal is achieved.

This is great quote for those looking for meditation and or peace if mind. For meditation the desires have to abate. One has to be able to see God in all living and non living things. Sai Baba on Meditation had said that He is formless eternal and sat chit anand. The consciousness and bliss. To know and feel Sai Baba as formless consciousness and bliss is called mediation.

If we cannot achieve that we can start with meditating on His human form or picture or idol. By doing this the desires and the running of mind starts ceasing and the mind start dwelling on Baba's from and then Sai Baba's formless nature of consciousness and bliss is felt as the result of Sai Baba's grace.

One must give all the desires and all the agony and disturbances of heart and pain that arises out of the desires. Slowly the desires lose the power and Baba's grace and love starts getting hold on the heart and the mind. We don't have to do anything just watch Baba's form and surrender our heart, mind, feelings thoughts, insecurities everything to Baba. We don't need to try and change anything. Just watch Sai Baba's from and let whatever is happening within and surrender and offer it to Sai Baba the guru. It is the Guru's grace that does the magic. It is the grace of the Guru that removes all that is not required. It empties the mind from unessential and fill the mind with consciousness and bliss. A mind that is full with consciousness and bliss can be called one with Sai Baba or One with God.


Courtesy: Alpesh Patel
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on March 03, 2012, 07:04:15 PM
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Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on March 07, 2012, 12:08:49 PM

Mind Alone Is Held Responsible For the Bondage & Emancipation





Mind is the cause for man’s life, sorrow, joy and liberation as well. It is the mind that makes us
oblivious to Divinity and lures us to the enchantments of the world. Maya is that mental state in
which the existent appears to be non-existent and the non-existent appears to be existent. All the
experiences in the dream state are seen in the waking state as unreal. The joy derived in the deep
state is attributed to the higher mind. Our mind shines with resplendent purity if we cultivate
noble thoughts ideas and feelings. It is only developing the purity of mind; we can ensure the
purity of action. Pure deeds can yield, if we keep our mind pure. Our destiny rests on our
thoughts only. For our rise and for our fall the thoughts in us are the cause. Thoughts in our mind
can lead us into dungeons of darkness and also illuminate us. The thoughts in our mind are the
very vital breath to us. Harboring evil thoughts, or hatred, envy, anger and ego is the cause of our
downfall. We are under estimating the supreme importance of our mind by our ignorance. Our
whole life rests on the mind.
We should make earnest efforts to understand the power of the mind. Our love and hatred, pain
and pleasure, life and death are based on the mind only. Even the five elements, the five senses,
the five sheaths and the five vital airs draw sustenance from our mind only. We must have faith
that the mind is the sacred power in the world. We must all understand that worldly pleasures
that tempt our mind tantalize our mind. But we must know that there is an immortal Divinity in
our mind. It is the mind which makes us to scale ethereal heights and also fall down to
irretrievable depths. Everything becomes subservient to us, if we can control our mind. It is the
mind which makes us a man. Man, mind and world are one and the same. It is the mind which
makes the world. Our mind is a slate containing the writings of our many past lives.
So the mind must surrender multiplicity unto the God to attain unity.



JaiSairam
;D
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on March 08, 2012, 08:23:00 AM
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People look upon death with grim fear. It is because they are unaware of their future destination.
The good and virtuous should be happy to die for death is a passage to higher realms of peace and bliss.
It is only the sinner who carries the load of sin along with his soul.
This load he has to unburden before he can start a new race for life on the earth.
He must go through the path of purification to start a new lease of life.
This course of purification does not end immediately.
It goes on from birth to birth and from earth to the spirit world, for countless years,
till purged of all sins and perfected in spirit, he becomes ripe for union with God,
the Absolute Spirit.God's mercy is so great that even  to the worst sinner
He gives a chance and hope to recover the lost ground and re-enter into the realm of bliss from which he has been an exile. For every soul is a spark of God and having emanted from such a high origin, must return back to its home.
Such is the destined lot of every human soul.



JaiSaiRam ... ;D
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on March 16, 2012, 07:00:18 AM
A Lesson in Humility...
By: Deepak Bhamburkar 



There was a young man who desired humility. He went to an old wise man and said to him, "Sir, I wish to be humble, but I don't know how to obtain it. What must I do to acquire humility?"

The old wise man thought for a minute and replied, "Here is what you should do? go out and find someone who is beneath you and do something nice for him. Give him something that you have or do something for him that needs to be done."

The young man replied, "I can do that!" He immediately left and came upon a homeless man on the street who looked like he had not eaten in days. He took the man to a restaurant and bought him a nice hot meal.

After he dropped off the homeless man, the young man, who was feeling pretty good, returned to the wise man and told him what he had done. He then asked him, "Do I now have humility?"

The wise old man replied, "Not yet!" The young man's face fell and after a while, he asked the wise man, "What else must I do to acquire humility?" The wise man said, "Go out and find someone else who is beneath you and do something nice for him."

This upset the young man who replied, "But I did that already! If I go help someone else, will I then have humility?" The wise man replied, "No you will not!"

This upset the young man even more and he asked, "How many people do I have to help, 10 people?"

"No!"

"100 people?"

"No!"

"I don't understand please tell me how many people I have to help? How will I know when I have obtained humility?" asked the young man.

The wise old man replied, "You will have obtained humility when you can no longer find anyone that you think is beneath you!"

Sai Bless You.. ;D


JaiSaiRam  :)
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on March 17, 2012, 02:33:06 PM
Power Of Stability Helps You Face Any Situations !

Stability is to remain unshakeable, without any fluctuation in all situations. If we have no stability, even small things begin to upset us. When we have the power of stability, we can be unshakeable in all opposition i.e., even in unfavourable situations. When things are not going very smooth, it is necessary to remind myself that nothing is permanent. When we have the faith that things will surely change, we will be able to maintain our stability in all situations

JaiSaiRam  ;D
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on March 18, 2012, 07:29:21 AM
A Light of Hope  !



If at any time we begin to lose hope in ourselves, let us simply look inside out hearts and see all the good actions we have performed, from the smallest to the grandest. When we see how much happiness we have given, we easily remember the purpose of our life.


 You swing in God's lap; lost in love and remembrance , it is as if you merge into his lap, merge into God's remembrance and become lost in His love. This spiritual love enables you, in a second, to forget the pain and sorrow of many births.


It is misunderstood that a soul who is humble, or who is practicing the lesson of 'hanji' (saying yes to others), they think it is defeat. For them it appears to be defeat but infact it is victory.
JaiSaiRam
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on March 20, 2012, 02:43:14 PM
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Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on March 25, 2012, 05:52:46 PM
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Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on March 28, 2012, 06:57:01 AM

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Silence doesn't always mean yes; it may also mean no but it's better left unsaid.
Anger doesn't always mean hatred; it could just be a means of coping up.
Laughter doesn't always mean happiness; sometimes it's just a mask.
Tears don't always mean sorrow; it may also be an outlet of joy.
Staying away doesn't always mean it's the end; it may also mean the best beginning.
And though life is so complicated, it's always beautiful. So live it well.
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on April 05, 2012, 02:29:42 PM
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Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on April 06, 2012, 12:57:42 PM
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Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: Pratap Nr.Mishra on April 06, 2012, 02:32:47 PM


It is misunderstood that a soul who is humble, or who is practicing the lesson of 'hanji' (saying yes to others), they think it is defeat. For them it appears to be defeat but infact it is victory.
JaiSaiRam

ॐ श्री साईं  नाथाय नमः

सुभासरिनीजी जय साईं राम

आपके इस कथन से मैं सहमत नहीं हूँ. क्षमा करियेगा ये मेरी अल्प बुद्धि  या मेरी अज्ञानता ही होगी जो मै नहीं समझ सका. जहाँ तक आत्मा तो निर्गुण और निराकार स्वरुप होती है. उसमे किसी तरह के कोई भाव नहीं होते. जो भी भाव उत्पन्न होते हैं वो चित्य के फुहरने से ही उत्पन्न होते हैं. आत्मा का स्वरुप तो शून्य आकाश (चिदाकाश ) की तरह होता है.

सदैव असत्य या हर अनुचित बात पर भी  हाँजी -हाँजी कहना भी कहाँ  तक उचित होता है इसपर भी मेरी सहमति आपसे नहीं बन पा रही  है. जीत या हार की अनुभूति का होना केवल सर्वथा हाँजी -हाँजी का राग सदैव आलापने से तो नहीं हो सकती.

मेरी अज्ञानता को मिटाने के लिए  सरल एवंग संक्षिप्त  शब्दों में बताने का अवश्य कष्ट करें .

पुनः क्षमा चाहता  हूँ अगर मेरी अज्ञानता एवंग अंग्रेजी के अल्प ज्ञान से समझने की वजह से आपको कोई दुःख पंहुचा हो .

ॐ साईं राम
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on April 08, 2012, 06:35:04 PM



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Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: PiyaSoni on April 11, 2012, 06:05:46 AM
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SaiRam!!
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on April 11, 2012, 10:19:29 AM


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Complete surrender and unswerving faith makes a devotee stronger from within and gets a strange energy to carry on worldly affairs smoothly.

Baba bless you always PGolu ji. JaiSaiRam
:D
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on April 14, 2012, 01:25:04 PM



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Title: Re: Message of the day - When We Share
Post by: SS91 on April 17, 2012, 10:06:13 AM
JUST SHARE  


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When we share laughter,
There's twice the fun;
When we share success,
We've surpassed what we've done.
When we share problems,
There's half the pain;
When we share tears,
A rainbow follows rain.
When we share dreams,
They become more real;
When we share secrets,
It's our hearts we reveal.
If we share a smile,
That's when our love shows;
If we share a hug,
That's when our love grows.
If we share with someone
On whom we depend,
That person is always
Family or friend.
And what draws us closer
And makes us all care, Is not what we have, But the things we sharE.

LET'S  ALL SHARE OUR CONTRIBUTION IN THE FORUM TOO  :D JUST SHARE









Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on April 28, 2012, 09:04:13 PM


Life is a CHOICE.

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It is YOUR life!
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Choose consciously!  


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Choose wisely!  

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Choose honestly!  


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Choose HAPPINESS !  


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Then, you will have NO REGRETS  
!

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Sai Bless You..!!!

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Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on May 12, 2012, 11:04:08 AM
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SRI SAI ALPHABET

Atma Vidya, the Science of the self is the highest wisdom,
If that is mastered, salvation is achieved.

Be  liberal and munificent, but not lavish
or extravagant

Certainly, mere book-learning without the grace of the
Guru and self-realisation, is of no avail

Do not borrow for celebrating a feast or festival, for
a pilgrimage or other journey.

Earnestly look at me wholeheartedly and I in turn look
at you similarly

'Fakiri' (mendicancy) is the real Lordship as it is everlasting and
the so called Lordship evanescent

Get on cheerfully with your worldly round of activities,
but do not forget God.

'Hari' (God) will certainly be pleased if you give water
to the thisrty, bread to the hungry and clothes to the naked.
 
If I take one rupee 'dakshina' from anyone, I have
-   to return it to him tenfold.

'Jnana' is to be realised, and is not a matter of
direct 'Upadesa'

Know for certain that he who feeds the hungry,
really serves Me with food.

Love your Guru wholeheartedly, surrender to him
completely and prostrate before him reverentially

My eye of vigilant supervision is ever on
those who love me

Never accept 'gratis' labour (or, of course, property)
of others. This should be the rule of your life
 
One who makes Me the sole object of his thoughts and
aims, will gain 'Paramartha' (Supreme Goal)

Poverty is highest riches and is a thousand times
superior to a Lord's position.

Quietly repeat My Name perpetually to reach
your goal.

Regarding what one sees with one's eyes, why
ask others? one must decide for oneself

Sit quiet. 'Uge Muge'. I will do the needful. I will
take you to the end.

Trust in the Guru fully. That is the only 'Sadhana',
Guru is all the God-

Unless one thinks and carries out what he reads,
the reading is of no use

Vigilantly avoid rivalries and bickerings; God
will protect you.

Whatever you do, do it thoroughfully; else do not
undertake it

X'Cept by My Grace, not a leaf moves; I look on all
with an equal eye.

You should have truth always with you, then I shall be
with you wherever you are and at all times

Zealously utter My Name with Love; I shall fulfill
all your desires, increase your devotion.
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on May 14, 2012, 05:57:47 AM



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The Sand of Forgiveness

A story tells that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face.

The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand:


TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE.
They kept on walking until they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath. The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but the friend saved him.

After he recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone:


TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE.
The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him, After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now, you write on a stone, why?

The other friend replied When someone hurts us we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness can erase it away. But, when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone where no wind can ever erase it.


LEARN TO WRITE YOUR HURTS IN THE SAND AND TO CARVE YOUR BENEFITS IN STONE :D.
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on May 26, 2012, 06:15:32 PM

Honest Man Hour

Prior to 1921, His Holiness Pujyasri B.V. Narasimha Swamiji was a normal person enjoyed the pride of holding Leader of Bar and remained at the head of legal profession till 1925, Chirman of Salem Co-operative Bank, Chirman of Salem Municipal Council, Member of Legislative Council and also interested in tennis and billiards. When comparing these engagements, most of us too have more or less similar assignments in our society. Despite Swamiji's busiest daily routine, on the stroke of six every evening, he would stop his activities in office or sports yard and go home saying, "the honest man's hour has come, I must go". Friends who were intrigued at this, later found found out that the "honest man" went home at that hour regularly to perform his evening pooja and offer prayers.

The philosophy of "the honest man hour" is meaningful, in this Kali Yuga, it probably very difficult to be very honest in all aspects. We should probably evaluate our own schedule and fix up a rigid "honest man hour" and spend time on our spiritual upliftment. Withdrawal from temporal (samsara) life may not be that much easy. N.G. Chandorkar vexed with this samsara life, bowed to Sai Baba, and said: "Enough of this Samsara for me. Samsara is really nissara i.e., worthless. Break its fetters off from me, Baba. What first seems to be joy here is seen to be but sorrow at the end. Fate leads us a nice dance here and there. I cannot discover even a bit of happiness in this Samsara. I am quite disgusted, I do not wish to touch it, Baba, any further." Baba replied to N.G. Chandorkar: " What crazy and delusive talk is yours! There is some truth in it - mixed with error. As long as the body remains, samsara remains. None escape it. How can you? Even I am caught up in it. Samsara is of various sorts. It is like the surface of the body. Kama (desire) Krodha (anger) etc, and any mixture of these is samsara. All mental and body process are samsara. By going away to a forest, you cannot escape samsara. Your present condition has been brought about by yourself. What is the use of irritation at it? This Deha Prarbdha is the result of the karma done by you in former births. This body was, therefore, born. The jiva takes birth in body to work out former karma. Without suffering the results of Prarbdha Karma, you cannot get rid of it." Baba's words are clear that samsara is an integral part of our present life; no doubt, that our efforts on "honest man hour" will help us to overcome troubles associated in this samsara and overcome our Deha Prarabdha. Bow to Sri Sai - Peace be to all.

(Contributed by N.Sivanandam, Coimbatore, India)   
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on June 14, 2012, 03:36:20 PM
Sri Sai Baba is infinite love and peace.
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Sri Sai Baba Within You  

Aum Sairam

Sri Sai Baba is infinite love and peace.

Sri Sai Baba is the eternal light and joy that shine the whole
universe. People should rise to the occasion to do their duty. People
should reach the height and glory of Sri Sai Baba's supreme presence.
The feeling that I and mine should be given up and see every thing
equal. Have an elevated thinking.

Remember Sri Sai Baba in the beginning, in the middle, and in the end
for all ventures. Be humble, pure, simple, and innocent and Sri Sai
Baba is yours.

Sri Sai Baba in the form of love resides in everybody's heart and be
conscious of this at all times. Then your thoughts, words and actions
will be of love.

The light of Sri Sai Baba will always illuminate the heart and light
only can be seen inside and outside. Come out of the darkness of
ignorance enter into the light of knowledge then only we can feel the
presence of Sri Sai Baba the light of all lights.

Let all our actions are as per the directions of Sri Sai Baba within
us. Ego should be avoided to allow everything to be done at the will of
Sri Sai Sai Baba.

Detachment to perishable things and attachment to only Sri Sai Baba
will give peace of mind. Desire for material things is the cause for
all sorrows. Taking more than one's requirement will ultimately give
grief. Acquire knowledge which can't be stolen or lost.

Enjoy always the sunshine of Sri Sai Baba's splendor and glory.

Remember always Sri Sai Baba and live in tune with him. Be happy and
calm in all situations. See, hear, and speak only good things. Serve
the needy and sick wholeheartedly.

Total surrender to Sri Sai Baba will give peace of mind.

Remember always Sri Sai Baba's grace for all achievements. Avoid self
praise and say only good things about others. See everybody with
respect irrespective of caste color and creed.

Anger, lust and ego are the only enemies. Purify the heart for Sri Sai
Baba to sit in. There is no greater virtue than humility, no vice
greater than pride. Be sincere in all works, work is worship.

Make Sri Sai Baba your friend, philosopher and guide.

Don't get dejected in failure and fall; Sri Sai Baba's grace will be
upon us.

Always you are one with Sri Sai Baba and different from Him. Like a
flower give always the perfume of love and joy. Pray for the awareness
that always you may be in Him and He in you.

Remember always that everything in the Universe belongs to Sri Sai
Baba, nothing is ours. We have got this birth at the will of Sri Sai
Baba and we are on our way to Him.

Know that our goal is to rest in peace with Sri Sai Baba. Always
remember that we are the immortal spirit.

Chanting the name of Sri Sai Baba will save us from fear, doubt and anxiety.
Supreme knowledge is ultimate devotion to Sri Sai Baba.
What ever we do will be seen by Sri Sai Baba.

Overeating, earning money by unlawful means, desire for others property
are our weakness.

We are all safe in the hands of Sri Sai Baba.

Sri Sai Baba manifesting Himself as a person; the object of worship of
the Bhakt's. By worshiping Sri Sai Baba as a person, devotees are able
to assume human like relationships with Sri Sai Baba, for example: Sri
Sai Baba as parent, devotee as child; Sri Sai Baba as Lord, devotee as
servant. It is also much easier for many people to develop love toward
Sri Sai Baba when He is regarded as a person. Such love is capable of
triggering a spiritual awakening once it is a pure, selfless love.

In this kalyug Chant always the name of Sri Sai Baba.
Sri Sai Baba can assume any form to protect the devotees.
To serve the devotees is equal to serve Sri Sai Baba.
Awake, arise on this Beautiful Thursday and do your duty justifiably.
Sri Sai Baba will be always with you.

Allah Malik
Title: Re: Message of the day -Anger is a negative reaction!
Post by: SS91 on June 30, 2012, 06:30:24 PM
Anger is a negative reaction!  


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Anger appears when one is confronted with frustration, unhappiness or hurt feelings, or when plans don’t turn out as desired. It also shows up when coming against opposition or criticism.

Anger never helps anyone. It wastes your energy, and can hurt your health, spoil your relationships, and cause you to miss opportunities. Getting angry is acting against your best interests.

Things don’t always proceed according to plans and expectations. People not always act the way you wish them to act. You may not be always able to be in control of external influences and conditions, but you can certainly learn to control your attitude and reactions. There is no sense of allowing circumstances and people to pull your strings and affect your mind and feelings. You can choose not to let what people say and do affect your moods. You can maintain an inner attitude of emotional and mental detachment, and refuse to allow every minor event play with your feelings and evoke anger.

I often see people getting angry over unimportant and insignificant matters. Some insignificant remark or action, not getting a satisfactory reply to a question or just moodiness are enough to set fire and cause anger, snappy remarks, arguments and even physical fights. This is absolutely unnecessary. Life can be happier without this behavior.

Anger is a negative reaction, and if you wish to progress on the path of self-improvement or spiritual growth you should avoid it as much as possible.

Learning to calm down the restlessness of the mind and gaining peace of mind, is one of the best and most effective methods to overcome anger, and in fact, all negative emotions.

If you are willing to invest the time and energy, you will reap great rewards. Peace of mind will not only help you overcome anger, but also help you overcome anxiety and negative thinking, and enable you to stay calm, tranquil and self possessed in difficult and trying situations.

Peace of mind requires the development of an attitude of emotional and mental detachment, which is of vital importance for overcoming and avoiding anger. It protects you against being too affected by what people think, say or do, and is therefore highly recommended. Detachment is not an attitude of indifference and lack of sensitivity. It is an attitude of common sense and inner strength and leads to peace of mind.

I would like now to suggest a few simple tips to help you manifest some inner detachment and peace of mind, so as to be in a better position to overcome anger.

1. At least once a day, devote several minutes to thinking on how much your life would be better without anger.

2. When you feel anger arising in you, start breathing deeply and slowly several times.

3. You may, instead of breathing deeply, or better still, in addition to it, count slowly from one to ten. This will delay your angry reaction and weaken it.

4. Drinking some water has a calming effect on the body.

5. Try to be more patient, no matter how difficult it might be.

6. Be more tolerant toward people, even toward people you don’t like.

7. Everyone is entitled to his/her opinion. You can disagree with people, but still maintain tact and diplomacy.

8. Choose to react calmly and peacefully in every situation. Try again and again, regardless of how many times you lose control and get angry.

9. Positive thinking makes it easier to disregard remarks and behavior that otherwise could cause anger.

10. Try to manifest at least some self-control, self-discipline and more common sense.

11. Don’t take everything too seriously. It is not worth it.

12. Find reasons to laugh more often.


JAI SAI RAM !!!
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on July 08, 2012, 05:28:40 PM


Om Sai Ram!!!

I have learned......

The hard way that I cannot always count on others to respect my feelings, even if I respect theirs. Being a good person doesn’t guarantee that others will be good people, too. You only have control over yourself and how you choose to be as a person. As for others, you can only choose to accept them or walk away.”   :(


Jai Sai Ram!!!  
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on July 14, 2012, 10:51:42 AM


Baba Sai!
Today I learnt...

There are 3 solutions to every problem.
Accept it, change it, or leave it.
If you can’t accept it, change it.
If you can’t change it, leave it. :D I'll go for this Baba.

JaiSaiRam.
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on July 15, 2012, 03:08:14 PM


Baba Sai!
Today I learnt...

For beautiful eyes,
look for the good in others;
for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness;
and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

JaiSaiRam  :D
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on July 18, 2012, 08:51:08 AM


Baba Sai!

 LIFE s a mixture of all varieties.......

If SAI answers your prayer,he is increasing your faith.
If delays,he is increasing your patience.
If doesn't answer ,he knows you can handle it perfectly.

Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself.
Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections
but instantly set about remedying them - every day begin the task a new.

Trust in the sadguru fully. This is the only sadhana.

Jai Sai Ram !!!
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: simple.man on July 18, 2012, 09:02:05 AM
Very nice thought for the day. Appreciate your sharing :)



Baba Sai!

 LIFE s a mixture of all varieties.......

If SAI answers your prayer,he is increasing your faith.
If delays,he is increasing your patience.
If doesn't answer ,he knows you can handle it perfectly.

Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself.
Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections
but instantly set about remedying them - every day begin the task a new.

Trust in the sadguru fully. This is the only sadhana.

Jai Sai Ram !!!
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on August 03, 2012, 01:49:39 PM
Baba Sai !

 Today I learnt....

It takes strength to be firm,
It takes courage to be gentle.
It takes strength to stand guard,
It takes courage to let down your guard.
It takes strength to conquer,
It takes courage to surrender.
It takes strength to be certain,
It takes courage to have doubt.
It takes strength to fit in,
It takes courage to stand out.
It takes strength to feel a friend's pain,
It takes courage to feel your own pain.
It takes strength to hide your own pains,
It takes courage to show them.
It takes strength to endure abuse,
It takes courage to stop it.
It takes strength to stand alone,
It takes courage to lean on another.
It takes strength to love,
It takes courage to be loved.
It takes strength to survive,
It takes courage to live.


JaiSaiRam

Thanks to the unknown author. Baba bless him. :D
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on August 14, 2012, 12:30:19 PM
Baba today I learnt...

 Always Remember To Forget  
Always remember to forget
The things that made you sad.
But never forget to remember
The things that made you glad.

Always remember to forget
The friends that proved untrue.
But never forget to remember
Those that have stuck by you.

Always remember to forget
The troubles that passed away.
But never forget to remember
The blessings that come each day.

Thanks Baba Sai for your support to us. JaiSaiRam

Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on August 23, 2012, 09:30:45 AM
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A RAY OF HOPE



From the skies of life, tearing the clouds
 of sadness there comes a ray of hope.
Enlightens our world and gives us strength
 to cope.

 It fills in light. It fills in strength.
And teaches us never to bend.

 It makes us smile. It brings us joy.
Makes us as happy as a child with toy.

A Ray of Hope is as beam of light
Which removes from our lives the darkest night
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on August 24, 2012, 07:25:04 AM



Increase your will power

Nothing can be achieved without willpower and self belief. If you behave deep inside that you can achieve something you will definitely achieve it. Yoga has many techniques by which you build not only but also mental strength. That's why so many people practicing yoga see the benefits spilling over to other aspects of their lives. Artistic yoga works on all five aspects of physical fitness - strength, endurance, flexibility, agility and co-ordinative ability. In addition to physical benefits like weight loss, muscle tone, higher energy levels, yoga works on the emotional and mental layers of a human being so that he or she feels more powerful and energized.


JaiSaiRam
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on September 01, 2012, 06:13:42 AM


Be Different  



Aum Sairam

On the path of evolution, we move from being a willing and obedient member of the group to wanting to take control over our own lives. This is a necessary but difficult transition.

At this point we are afraid of being ourselves. We are afraid of being unique and different. We are afraid of being individually powerful, and even successful. For all of these things stand against the old ways that told us that conformity was right and individualism was wrong.

For as long as we possibly can, we make a compromise. We try to live both lives - the dependent tribal life and the independent personal life - as contradictory and opposite as they are.

We want approval from others. We want to be accepted and popular. We seek this comfort to overcome our fear and feel more secure. ...So, at times when we conform, we don't feel the fear of living. But we might lose the new sense of adventure, discovery, daring and enthusiasm for life that the questioning and questing have brought us.

Nature never repeats herself, and the possibilities of one human soul will never be found in another.

Allah Malik  
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on September 05, 2012, 08:48:31 PM

Life Is Hard  


Aum Sairam

Life's hard to live and still people make it harder to live. Just living for right takes so much that I wonder how people have time to do wrong, foolish things, to make life more complicated.

Everyday is a duty, one hundred things to do and think of, you have your family, your friends, your work, your home, your God, all to tend to in twenty four hours. You oversee cooking, cleaning, clothing. You have your daily prayer schedule or temple to go to, you have the needs of father, Mother, Brother, Sister, Children to tend to. No one day is like the other, many of the surprises are unwelcome.

We live each day working hard not knowing what tomorrow will bring. We have a life to live and to live it righteously takes a lot, each day. Morning to night is gone in no time. There is money to manage and just when you have managed to save the rare bit something unexpected comes along and you have to give it away.

You pay for your health, eat right, live right, spend to be healthy and then unexpectedly something small, something stupid comes up and big money goes, your days go. Your whole schedule goes. Life is so unexpected. You just about have time to be with the ones you love and you live in that fragile stage because you never know when the ones you love will go. We are busy living hard lives and we don't have choice but to live it.

And so far I have just dealt with the external requirements our Life demands. There are more important ones - the internal needs. We have so much to deal with everyday. Life by the time you are thirty is packed.

Disappointments, sad memories, regrets, past issues, people who went away, something is always on your mind. Something is always tugging at our heart strings. We have to clear our old deeds of another life-time and we have to make sure we succeed in this because it is the main reason of our lives, we have to undo all the wrong we have done in this lifetime because then we never knew better, we have to come to terms with certain things of our life, let go of other things, we have to make peace with the war, we have to end wars and we have to live with us, the us that no one knows.

Life can be so difficult, it is for almost all. Yet we are blessed to able to go on for without the Blessing of God and His kingdom could we manage any of this? We have no control over our lives yet we live it., we have no weapons against diseases yet we go on not thinking about it, we have the old to take care of, the ill to look after, the additional difficult new twists and turns to manage our daily life. Suddenly there can be a major change, suddenly there can be a major illness, suddenly there can be a death and it has happened to many. But we continue to live on. For, to live on righteously is all we are called to do.

Which is why I wonder how those who are not like us manage to live the reckless and careless lives? yes Life is struggle, hardship, sweat, work, and everything you don't want to hear. This is Life and sooner we accept it, the better.

Life is difficult, our loved ones do fall ill, they will die someday, money is a hassle, everyday living does make demands, anything happens anytime, and we don't know anything. And the unnecessary troubles human add to our journey: deceptions, greed, and backbiting, manipulations, hurt. What can we do??

Nothing, move away from what we can move away from and continue no matter what the distractions and disturbances to live righteously the way we have committed to. It is a tough road but it id our road.

We don't want it easy, we only want goodness, honor, decency, the ability to fulfill our duties, claim our soul's belongings, love who we love, live small, live well, and live honestly. We have many like us on this path, they've made it, we will too. We have a duty towards Life and never mind the millions who make it easy by taking the unrighteous path, we will live here.

Allah Malik
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on September 08, 2012, 06:23:50 AM


Living Values  


Aum Sairam

Love And Respect : Love is the principle which creates and sustains human relations with dignity and depth. Spiritual love takes one into silence, and that silence has the power to unite, guide, and free people. Love is the bedrock for the belief in equality of spirit and personhood. When love is combined with faith, that creates a strong foundation for initiative and action. Love is the catalyst for change, development, and achievement

To know one's own worth and to honor the worth of others is the true way to earn respect.
Respect is an acknowledgement of the inherent worth and innate rights of the individual and the collective. These must be recognized as the central focus to draw from people a commitment to a higher purpose in life.

Freedom And Responsibility : Full freedom functions only when rights are balanced with responsibilities and choice is balanced with conscience. The most potent power to put an end to internal and external wars is the human conscience.

A responsible person fulfills the assigned duty by staying true to the aim. Duties are carried out with integrity and a sense of purpose.

Cooperation And Simplicity : One who cooperates receives cooperation. The method to give cooperation is to use the energy of the mind to create vibrations of good wishes and pure feelings for others and for the task. By remaining detached, objective and influenced by innermost values and not external circumstances, subtle cooperation in the form of wisdom emerges.

Simplicity calls on instinct, intuition, and insight to create essenceful thoughts and empathetic feelings. Simplicity is the conscience which calls upon people to rethink their values.

 Happiness And Unity : Through the power of truth there is wealth, and through the power of peace there is health. Together they give happiness. Happiness is earned by those whose actions, attitude, and attributes are pure and selfless.

Unity is harmony within and among individuals in the group. Unity is sustained by concentration, energy and focusing thought, by accepting and appreciating the value of the rich array of participants and the unique contribution each can make, and by remaining loyal not only to one another but also to the task.

Honesty And Peace : Honesty means there are no contradictions or discrepancies in thoughts, words, or actions. To be honest to one’s real self and to the purpose of a task earns trust and inspires faith in others. Honesty is never to misuse that which is given in trust.

In its purest form, peace is inner silence filled with the power of truth. Peace is the prominent characteristic of what we call ‘a civilized society,’ and the character of a society can be seen through the collective consciousness of its members.

Humility And Tolerance : A person who embodies humility will make the effort to listen to and accept others. The greater the acceptance of others, the more that person will be held in high esteem, and the more that person will be listened to. One word spoken in humility has the significance of a thousand words.

Through understanding and open-mindedness, a tolerant person attracts someone different, and by genuinely accepting and accommodating that person, demonstrates tolerance in practical form.

Allah Malik
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on September 10, 2012, 08:11:54 PM



Anxiety And Sri Sai  


Aum Sairam

Anxiety is uneasiness regarding something doubtful.

Anxiety is uneasiness or distress of mind regarding some uncertain event, which may involve danger or misfortune.

Anxiety is strained or solicitous desire, as for some object or purpose or eagerness, as one’s anxiety to please all.

It is a condition of restlessness and mental agitation with a distressful feeling of tightness and oppression in the region of the heart.

Anxiety is the rust of life. It destroys its brightness and weakens its power.

Anxiety is the poison of human life. Do not anticipate trouble or worry about what may never happen. Sufficient to each day are the duties to be done and the trials to be endured.

Full faith in Sri Sai puts an end to anxiety. A childlike and abiding trust in Sri Sai is its best preventive and remedy.

The cares of tomorrow weigh a man down. Do not torment yourself with imaginary dangers or trials or reverses. Be always happy and cheerful. Trust in Sri Sai and do the right. Leave the rest to Sri Sai.

Sri Sai looks after everybody. He feeds even the frog that lives between the strata of rocks. Be not, therefore, anxious, and say “What will become of my fate next year? What shall I eat tomorrow? What shall I do for my clothing and blanket? How can I arrange for the education of my son or the marriage of my daughter?” Sri Sai knows that you have need for all these things. He will do everything for you.

Do not make yourself wretched by imagining catastrophes unforeseen in the distant future. Do not anticipate misfortune.

Be always busy. Keep yourself ever occupied. Anxiety will take to its heels.

He who worships Sri Sai, who sings His glory, who recites His Name, is raised above anxiety for earthly wants.

You anticipate calamities, dangers and troubles. But they seldom come. Why do you unnecessarily worry yourself and waste your time, energy and strength?

Be of good cheer. Never bother about trouble till trouble actually troubles you.

Anxiety is choking disquiet. Anxiety is mental. It is in regard to the unknown, or what may happen. It refers to some future event, always suggesting hopeful possibility.

Worry is a more petty, restless and manifested anxiety. Anxiety may be quiet and silent. Worry is communicated to all around.

Solicitude is a milder anxiety.

Perplexity often involves anxiety, but may be quite free from it. A student may be perplexed regarding a translation, yet, if he has time enough, he is not at all anxious regarding it.

Assurance, calmness, carelessness, confidence, ease, light-heartiness, satisfaction, tranquility are the opposites of anxiety.

Allah Malik
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on September 21, 2012, 12:50:21 PM


Now
Aum Sairam
Forget about your life situation for a while and pay attention to your life.

What is the difference?
Your life situation exists in time.
Your life is now.
Your life situation is mind-stuff.
Your life is real.

Find the "narrow gate that leads to life." It is called the Now.
Narrow your life down to this moment. Your life situation may be full of problems - most life situations are - but find out if you have any problem at this moment. Not tomorrow or in ten minutes, but now. Do you have a problem now?When you are full of problems, there is no room for anything new to enter, no room for a solution. So whenever you can, make some room, create some space, so that you find the life underneath your life situation.

Allah Malik  
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on September 23, 2012, 10:10:52 AM

Baba Sai,

Today I learnt this nice message. Thanks Baba Sai!

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JaiSaiRam
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on October 12, 2012, 10:57:36 AM

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Variety in Upadesh -- Slanderer Condemned   Sai Baba required no special place, nor any special time for giving instructions. Whenever any occasion demanded, He gave them freely. Once it so happened that a Bhakta of Baba, reviled another behind his back, before other people. On leaving aside merits, he dwelt on the faults of his brother, and spoke so sarcastically, that the hearers were disgusted. Generally, we see that people have a tendency to scandalize others, un-necessarily; and this brings on hatred and ill-will. Saints see scandal, in another light. They say that there are various ways of cleansing or removing dirt, viz. by means of earth, water and soap etc., but a scandal-monger has got a way of his own. He removes the dirt (faults) of others by his tongue; so in a way of obliges the person, whom he reviles and for this he is to be thanked. Sai Baba had his own method of correcting the scandal-monger. He knew by his omniscience what the slanderer had done and when He met him at noon near the Lendi, Baba pointed out to him a pig that was eating filth near the fence and said to him - "Behold how, with what relish it is gorging dung. Your conduct is similar. You go on reviling your own brethren to your heart's content. After performing many deeds of merit, you are born a man, and if you act like this, will Shirdi help you in any way?" Needless to say, that the Bhakta took the lesson to his heart, and went away.

Baba said that He was omnipresent, occupying land, air, country, world, light and heaven, and that He was not limited. To remove the misunderstanding of those, who thought that Baba was only His body - three cubits and a half in length, He incarnated Himself in this form and if any devotee meditated on Him day and night with complete self-surrender, he experienced complete union (without any difference) with Him like sweetness and sugar, waves and sea, eye and its luster. He, who wants to get rid of the cycle of births and deaths, should lead a righteous life, with his mind calm and composed. He should always engage himself in good actions, should do his duties and surrender himself, heart and soul to Him. He need not then be afraid of anything. He who trusts Him entirely, hears and expounds His Leelas and does not think of anything else, is sure to attain Self-realization.
 
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on December 08, 2012, 05:21:05 PM



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Mind considered a formidable barrier   

Mind in its present state is burdened with huge karmic load of past lives. It is enthralled by the outgoing faculties of senses and is thus driven helplessly into the mire of sense-gratification. The alphabet of spiritual progress commences with the control of mind. It is said that unless mind is controlled, senses are disciplined, and intellect is stilled, we cannot have experience of Self- realization. Human body is just like a chariot wherein soul is the rider, mind is the driver, intellect is the reins and senses are the powerful steeds running amuck in the mire of sensuous gratification. It is for this reason that having a retrace of the facts, the senses are to be disciplined, intellect stilled and mind controlled so that inner experience of soul can be had. Mind is accustomed to roam about externally through ages. Unless it is offered something more joyous within, it cannot be controlled. The four main attributes of mind as discussed above have to be divinised before any perceptible right understanding of the subject can be arrived at. Just as at present we are so greatly impressed by the facts of externality of life that we have little or no knowledge of the higher spiritual truths Full or Divine beatitude; which is gross ignorance, similarly unless we have firm conviction of the life of the Beyond, there is no hope of our mind taking the right turn. It is only in the presence of the Living Master, who has full command and control on His mind, that we find radiant reflections of inner stillness and equipoise of the mind. A Saint has exclaimed aptly:

"If you are firmly resolved to proceed to the Beloved Lord, you should put one foot on the mind and the other will enable you to reach the alley of the Friend."

Self is the friend of self and self is the foe of self. The mind, acting as a slave to the senses, running after the sense-objects, debases itself. As a reckless sower of the karmic seeds, it has, per force, to reap and garner an abundant harvest, in life after life, in an endless series. The poor soul in the light and life of which the mind works is hopelessly and helplessly relegated to the background and the mind assumes the supreme command of the citadel of the body. What a pity ! The princess of the royal blood is swayed by the wiles of a trickster who himself is being pleasurably duped by the siren-songs of the senses and, is unwittingly dancing to their tunes on the stage of mundane life. No wonder that it poses menace to the security and integrity of the soul, running a handicap race with formidable and at times insurmountable hurdles in the way. We have, therefore, to subdue this inveterate foe before we can smoothly tread the spiritual path. To subdue the mind by force is impracticable. It has to be won over steadily by persuasion and by giving it some foretaste of the real happiness which a Master-Saint alone can do.
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on December 25, 2012, 07:24:17 AM



Gurur   Brahma, Gurur  Vishnu, Gurur  Devoh Maheshwara 
Guru Sakshat  Parabrahmah Tasmai  Shree  Guru  Veh  Namah !   



You are yourself the creation of Truth, in fact one with Truth. Self confidence is the main thing. One who is self-confident also has confidence in Self.

Always remember Supreme is within. Know the Supreme Self. Through Him you can know yourself easily and properly as a being in Him. You cannot know yourself but through the Love which is He. You are not chemicals, you are the Temple of the Divine. Body or mental chemistry may break down, but chemistry of the Spirit is untouchable. There is only one substance, constantly changing form. He is both within and without, giving you life and loving you constantly. You are pregnant with Him. You are full of Him. Let this consciousness dawn upon you from within. 

Who are you? You are a helpless being. Hold fast to Baba.

You have come with mind, senses, desires and attachments. You shall have to give something to them. If you stop giving, they will revolt. Follow your desires. Do not force them into a special pattern. Neither resist nor indulge. The ego keeps you apart from Mahanam (God's Name within). Your ego, that is, suppose whatever you do you say, "I am doing". Don't go pretending to be the doer. Shake off the sense of ego and be a servant of God, and you will feel His Presence. Everything is being done by Him through you.

It is only your individual sense, your ego, that shuts out the awareness of constant communion with God. You are born with Mahanam (God's Name) within. His Name is your own being. You are His Temple. But, with birth you forgot, forgot your true nature, your divine nature. As the veil of ego evolves in your mind, your awareness of God disappears.  



Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on January 13, 2013, 10:32:39 AM


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Worry

We should not worry. We should have implicit faith in Baba, in our Inner Pilot or in our spiritual Master. We have to feel that not only does Baba know what is best for us, but He will do what is best for us. We worry because we do not know what is going to happen to us tomorrow, or even the next minute. We feel that if we do not do something for ourselves, then who is going to do it? But if we can feel that there is someone who thinks of us infinitely more than we think of ourselves, and if we can consciously offer our responsibility to Him, saying, "You be responsible. You be responsible for what I do and say and grow into," then our past, our present and our future become His problem. As long as we try to be responsible for our own life, we will be miserable. We will not be able to properly utilize even two minutes out of every twenty-four hours we have. When we can feel that we are Baba's conscious instruments and He is the Doer, then we will not worry about our destiny; we will not be afraid of our destiny, for we will know and feel that it is in the all-loving Hands of Sai Ma, who will do everything in us, through us and for us.

Let us consciously offer our very existence - what we have and what we are - to Baba. What we have is aspiration to grow into the very image of Shirdi Sai, into infinite peace, Light and bliss. And what we are right now is just ignorance, the ignorance-sea. If we can offer our aspiration-cry and our ignorance-sea to Baba, then our problem is solved. We should not and we need not ever worry about destiny. On the strength of our surrender, we become inseparably one with Baba's cosmic Will.

 
OM SHRI SAI RAM !
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on February 26, 2013, 07:58:05 AM


A short story on Divinity and ego


There lived a Sage, who was very pious & was doing penance for the interest of mankind. By caste, he was a Brahmin and was known to Lord Krishna. He was wandering in secluded areas and had no fixed house for him. He had no desire, no lust, no hatred, and no greed & was in different world of his own.

Lord Krishna was very happy with his PRAYERS & Lord Krishna showed him His Virat Swaroop & asked him for any boon. Sage Uttanga told Him that he was desire less and he did not want anything, but Lord Krishna insisted for some boon to be granted to him as a reward for his penance. As Lord Krishna insisted, the latter asked for a boon that whenever he was in need of water (and since this area is a desert area) & whenever he felt thirsty, water may be provided to him. Lord Krishna granted him the boon & disappeared.

One day, the Sage Uttanga after walking for a long distance in the desert area felt thirsty, but there was no trace of water. Then he remembered that the Lord Krishna had granted him a boon that he would find water. The moment this thought was within his system, he saw a hunter dressed in torn rags accompanied by furious dog, carrying water in a leather pouch and asked him, “Sir, would you like to have some water.” Looking at the apparent condition of the hunter, being a staunch Brahmin, the sage felt repelled. He politely refused “No, Thank you”. The hunter again approached him for the water, but in utter disgust & in anger the sage told the hunter to go way and that he was not interested in the water. The hunter and the dogs disappeared. Witnessing this, he realized that it must be God, who disguised Himself and came to quench his thirst. He felt hurt how Lord Krishna could send water to me through a Scheduled Caste. How could He expect a Brahmin to accept and drink water from the leather pouch?

Meantime, Lord Krishna appeared, smiled and asked him ‘Who was the Chandala? He had asked the Indra Devta to fetch the water, who instead of water, had actually brought nectar to make you immortal, but on one condition to test whether you could see the Divinity in all. ‘Hence I allowed him to do so’.

Sage Uttanga understood how he had failed in the test. It was his Ego, which made him refuse the nectar, which came in the form of water and through Indra Devta.

When sages like Uttanga could fail when tested, what are we? Are we capable and fully equipped to understand the Leela or Maya of God? We, therefore, have to be constantly on guard and develop sharp sense to understand the real meaning of life. He always puts us to test. He always does good for us. There cannot be any negative in His actions, whatever He does, is always good for us.

There is a similar incident given in sacred book Shri Sai SatCharitra Chapter 23, Sai Baba testing his devotees if His devotees were devoted enough to go against the conditioned mind, or ego and trust the Sadguru, or did the conditioned mind go against the order of Sadguru. Kakasaheb Dixit a devotee who left all the material wealth and built a Wada ( a building for free accommodation for all the visitors of Shirdi) passed this test and proved that material wealth was not the only thing that he renounced but the conditioned mind too. Sadguru Sai Baba was everything for him and not even the teachings of his life would prevent him to obey his Sadguru. Rare are such devotees. Another similar incident mentioned in Shri Sai SatCharitra chapter 38 about sending the Brahmin Dada Kelkar to shop for mutton also is on the same theme.
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on March 03, 2013, 05:59:31 PM


Illumination  
In this world there is only one thing worth having, and that is illumination. In order to have illumination, we must have sincerity and humility.

Illumination is not something very far away. It is very close; it is just inside us. At every moment we can consciously grow into illumination through our inner progress. The highest illumination is God-realization. This illumination must take place not only in the soul, but also in the heart, mind, vital and body. God-realization is a conscious, complete and perfect union with God. When we enter into the Source of our own existence and the world's existence, we are approaching the reality. This reality is our constant Delight, and Delight is the Breath of God.

Illumination is the conscious awareness of the soul. Illumination is humanity's first realization of Baba's omnipotent power, boundless compassion, infinite Light and perfect Perfection. It is our illumination that makes us feel what Baba really is. Before illumination, Baba is theoretical; after illumination, Baba becomes practical.

When one is really illumined, one will not see others as imperfect or hopeless human beings. The moment one is illumined, he will feel his real oneness with others and he will see the so-called imperfections of others as an experience Baba is having in and through them.

Illumination is something which we had, but which we now have forgotten; it is not something totally new. One who really cares for illumination has to feel that he is growing from Light to more Light to abundant Light.

 
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on April 04, 2013, 11:13:41 AM
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The Power of Helplessness!

We usually hear people call themselves humble Sai devotees and that they have surrendered themselves to Saibaba. But in real life, one can understand how difficult it is to express the kind of humility that Baba himself showed by example and the struggle that happens in the name of one's surrender to Baba. It is a constant tussle between one's wants and the needs, wanting to have a cake and eat it too! Unless one realizes his own helplessness and the greatness of Baba, it is not possible to even remotely understand what humility or surrender is.

How many can honestly claim that they have reached their goals in life, whether it is their career or other objectives all by themselves without anyone's help? Even if one claims so, how assured are they that they can hold the fort as long as they want? A crash at stock exchange can turn a prince into pauper! Or the news of a terminal illness can be enough to throw one into despair.

When a miracle happens or a wish fulfilled upon prayers to Baba, one should realize the unconditional nature of Baba's help, who exhorts that he will be with us until the end. Even when things do not go the way one wishes, careful observation would reveal that what had happened is ultimately good. One will know that he is not in control of the things, and a strong wish even for apparently a good cause, can still be a wish unfulfilled.

Humility comes naturally when one truly understands his limitations and helplessness, and surrender is experienced as the entrustment of one's life in the hand of Saibaba. And the power of helplessness is realized when one's surrender is understood as loving dependence on Sri Sai's protection, his perennial power and capacity.


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Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: SS91 on April 07, 2013, 05:43:05 PM


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Shri Krishna's Gita Updesha to Arjuna on the Battle Field of Kurushetra  
Title: Re: Message of the day
Post by: matha on April 07, 2013, 11:29:20 PM
the people can accept that (air,water,fire,earth,sky)all are individual but they doesn't accept
the god are not only one they are many.once upon a time the king asked question to solicitor
1.where is the god?
2.what is he doing?
3.where will he live?
4.now what is he going to do[color=orange :)
Like that he asked four questions to the solicitor.then he order to prove him.Solicitor ready to speak
your highness if u give me permission to act as a king for minutes.I will show a what are the things
are god doing. without thinking he gave permission to act as king at a time he order to servent to
arrest the x king and put him at jail all of them as been shocked.Then x king asked solister what are
you doing. he said that  iam a king iwant to put rules to the people and save from the enemies.the
solisiter said these are the work the god doing and saving the people form enemies the king understood
and getoff from the negative thoughts. so we understand that the god was everywhere and in all humanbeings

nanda.c