Swami teaches... Obtain the skill to manage the sacred values

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Sai Ram

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Swami teaches.... (6 February 2005)

 

Obtain the Skill to Manage the Sacred Values

 

All human beings belong to one caste, one community, one nation. All are

embodiments of the Divine. Every second is a new moment in one's life. The eye

sees different persons in different relationship. Although the eye that sees

is the same, the persons seen are different and one's behaviour is to be in

accord with the varying relationships. A human being has not taken birth

purely for a selfish purpose. He has to strive with others to lead an exemplary

life. People's actions are responsible for the good and bad things they

experience.

God is one. The goal is one. People have to change their outlook. They have

to develop love towards all. There is nothing greater in the world than this

Premadhrishti (feeling of universal love). The uniqueness of every being is one

of the marvels of creation.

Of all human values, three are most important. The foremost is love of God.

There should be a fusion of love, sacrifice and purity. They are not mere human

qualities. They constitute vital organs of a human being. They are as essential

for a human being as the head, hands and legs for the body.

Everyone has a heart. Every heart is filled with compassion. However,

how many choose to share this compassion with others? Sharing the compassion in

one's heart with ten others has been characterised as Bhakthi (devotion). Today

the human heart that should be full of compassion has become stone-hard. This

is human's misfortune. What is the reason? It is because the heart is filled

with the bitterness of differences of caste, creed and nationality that it has

become stony. People talk about unity but there is no unity.

 

What we witness today in the world, however, is a great deal of play-acting.

All appear asdevotees and all proclaim their spirit of sacrifice. Everyone

declares himself or herself as asaadhaka (spiritual aspirant). Every believer

claims that he is seeing God. One must enquirewhether it is the so-called

devotee who is seeking God or whether it is God who is searching for a true

devotee. Is the saadhaka serving God or is God serving the saadhaka?

Offering to God what God has provided is like offering to the Ganga water

from the Ganga. The truth is it is God who is rendering service to the devotee.

All the capacities given by God should be used in the service of the Divine.

There is no need to go in quest of God. God is all the time searching for the

genuine and steadfast devotee. The saadhaka is approaching God for the

fulfilment of his desires. He is after petty and transient benefits. Today's

saadhaka proves himself to be a self-deluded being with no moral commitment.

Trivial spiritual practices (saadhanas) are invariably motivated by selfish

objectives. There is an element of selfishness in every service which man

undertakes. All undertakings are tainted by egoism or the acquisitive urge.

Only when the saadhaka's heart is filled with the Divine, will he be able to

entertain pure and sacred love.

Once Shankaraachaarya asked his disciples what is the hall-mark of

greatness. Each disciple gave his own answer. One disciple said that the man

who won great victories in battle is a great man. Another disciple said that

man who underwent many troubles and difficulties and amassed large wealth was

great. Another said that a great man was one who accomplished by determined

effort what he wanted to achieve. Planting one's flag over a territory or

crossing a mighty ocean were mentioned as marks of greatness. Ultimately

Shankara gave the answer that one alone is great who has mastery over personal

mind. All other achievements are of no avail.

 

The Hindu almanac refers to five factors the day of the week, the thithi

(phase of the moon), the relevant constellation, the auspiciousness or

otherwise of the particular day and the Karanam (astrological divisions). The

predictions in the almanac have no relation to what may happen to any

particular person. The Siddhanthis (the almanac makers) give their own

interpretations of the astrological configurations.* Above everything, if one

has firm faith in God, one can face the future with confidence.

There is no room for doubts as to who is God and where He is to be found.

God is Viraata-Svaruupa (Cosmic Form). The whole Universe is the manifestation

of God. What does God teach? The lessons are given through Prakrithi (Nature)

which conveys lessons to mankind.

The Earth is a visible manifestation of God. The ancients hailed the Earth as

Bhuumaatha (Holy Mother Earth).

The real criterion of moral conduct is harmony between one's profession and

one's practice.Morality consists in acting up to the rules of fight conduct

prescribed by society at a particulartime and place for an individual or group.

If there is no connection between what one professes in words and his actions,

morality cannot exist.

Giving up narrow idea and feelings, people should show compassion towards

their fellowbeings. Compassion is the hall-mark of Bhakthi (devotion).

Pray for the welfare of all. The power of prayer is incalculable. Every one

should pray every day for the welfare and happiness of all people everywhere,

especially for the ill, disabled and unfortunates. This is true spirituality

and normal behavior of spiritual person. This should be done without any

adverticement, it should be done as natural duty of any human being.

To render service to others to the limit of your capacity is real

spirituality. If one has a compassionate heart, is truthful in speech, and uses

his body for serving others, he needs nothing else to redeem his life.

Charity is the best ornament for the hand, truth for throat and listening, to

sacredthings, for the ears. These eternal verities are being forgotten in the

craze for ephemeral pleasures.

Regard every moment as new Live in the present. Cultivate good company. Act

according to the dictates of your conscience.

(Reet's compilation from, Sathya Sai Speaks. Vol. 17, "The most precious

period," Chapter 1;

Vol. 29, "Let everyone do his duty," Chapter 7).

 

* By my insight Swami is not against astrology. Probably He notes that the

signs of astrology show only the more available opportunities. The main ruler

of astrology is the Self. When one understand his/her place and duty in this

lifetime as one of the Divines aspects in actions, then all signs of astrology

have a secondary value. Astrological inauspicious positions can to overcome

with faith and devotion to Cosmic Consciousness i.e. God. Namaste - Reet

[Guest guest]

Thank you very much for the compilations. They always seem to awaken the

internal locus.of aatmic energy and subdue the mind and the senses. Swami says

when there is "ANUGRAHAM" what will a "GARAHAM" do?

How can we attain his anugraham? As long as we become selfless and control our

EGO and "AAGRAHAM" (anger), then other saadhanaas will lead us to get rid of

the Arishadvargaas. First thing seems to attract anybody in all the saadhanaas

that we do, is the vanity of doership and spirituality. It is true that

bhagawan is ever looking for one devotee who will rise to serve for service

sake and not for the recognition in name, fame or position!!

My eyes were filled with tears and my heart twinged in pain , when Swami was

giving a birthday discourse, when I was involved with serving in the medical

camps (?1998). He said

" I have no devotees!!! I am devoted to you all!! I have taken birth ( or I have

come) to fulfill your desires". Tears welled up in my eyes to listen to the

humble words of Swami who is born for his devotees, Rishis, Munis, and angels

who prayed to make him reincarnate and descend in human form. " Paritraanaaya

Saadhunaam, Vinaasaayacha Dushkrutaam, Dharma Samsthapanaardhaaya, Sambhavaami

yuge^ Yuge^". We better not miss teh boat that will give us the AAtmic

awareness through Individual Saadhana, to become a transformed Vyashti, in

Samishti, to see the Parameshti in the universe.

In hisservice with love,

Meena CHintapalliReet <reet.priiman (AT) neti (DOT) ee> wrote:

Sai Ram

Light and Love ..........