Swami teaches... Swami's Shakti in yours service

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Sai Ram

 

Light and Love

 

Swami teaches.... (15 - 16 May 2005)

 

Swami's Shakti in Yours Service

 

Swami teaches people from boyhood untill today - more than 70 years. During

this time science has promoted far, economic development of the countries and

humans requirements were developed in the direction of consumption and

degradation of a nature.Today the universal human spiritual values are more

hidden into forests of consumer-society nets then tens years ago. Consumer

society has its own, hostile to the Nauture and Spiritual values temporary

laws.

Those who deny God are only denying themselves and their glory. All have

Love in them, in some form or other, towards some one or other or their work or

goal. That Love is God, a spark of the God in them. They have Aanandha (bliss)

however small or temporary and that is another spark of the Divine. They have

inner peace, detachment, discrimination, sympathy, the spirit of service. These

are Divine in the mirror of their minds. All have the Divine inner power.

Your conscience knows the inner source of joy; it will prod you towards the

right path; your business is to take it as 'guide' and not disobey it every

time it contradicts your fancy.

With each breath, you are asserting "Soham,I am He," not only you, but,

every being that breathes, every being that lives, everything that exists. When

you watch your breath and meditate on that magnificent Truth, slowly, the I and

the He (the Sah and the Aham) will draw nearer and closer, until the feeling of

separateness will fade away - and the Soham will be transformed into OM, the

Pranava, the Primal Sound, the Fundamental Formula for God. That OM is the

Swaswaruupa - the Reality behind this "relative reality."

 

There can be no limit for Sai Shakthi (Power), no hindrance, no opposition or

obstacle. You may believe it or you may not, but Sai Shakthi can transform earth

into sky and vice versa. Only, there is no call for that transformation. This

Divine Behaviour is far distinct from the mean exhibitionistic tricks. This

Shakthi experiences laws and forces not recognised by modern science.

When you light a lamp in your home, you have to go round the homes of others

and invite themto come and admire it. But when the Sun rises in all its

splendour, there is no need to draw theattention of the world to the event.

This is the splendour of the Sun. It will itself command attention. No one need

be invited to notice it.

 

The Lord is the unseen foundation on which your life is built. He is the

source, sustenance and strength. What firmer foundation can you desire than

this? Once you know that the Lord, the Omnipotent Shakthi is the mainspring of

your life, there will be no fear any more, there will be peace in mind and joy

in lips.

Know the Atma which is your Reality is the same Inner Force of this

Universe. Let your intelligence penetrate into the truth. Analyse yourself and

discover the several layers of Consciousness - the physical, the sensory, the

nervous, the mental, the intellectual - and arrive at the very core of even the

last layer, the layer of joy. The five sheaths have to be transcended, so that

you may attain your truth, which is Aathma.

How to purify the mind? Let your thoughts be concentrated on God, His Name and

His Form; you will then find that you are always with the Pure and the

Permanent. That is the reason why Swami attaches so much importance to

Naamasmarana as a Saadhana. To those who identify themselves with body, life

is a series of trouble and misery. But to those who know that the body is but a

vehicle, these cannot cause anxiety. Bodily health is important, illness

affects mental poise and concentration. So, this raft called body which is the

only means of getting across the sea of Samsaara (worldly life), has to be kept

in good trim.

Life has been bestowed not for just eating and digesting, roaming and

reclining, but, for a far greater purpose - the realisation of the Divinity in

us, in all that exist around us and even beyond all things that strike our

senses.

See yourself in all; love all as yourself. A dog caught in a room whose walls

are mirrors sees in all the myriad reflections, not itself but rivals,

competitors, other dogs which must be barked at. So, it tires itself out by

jumping on this reflection and that, and when the images also jump, it becomes

mad with fury. A wise person however, sees him/herself everywhere and is at

peace and at happyness that there are so many own reflections all around.

Deserve the Grace of God by helping the weak and poor, the diseased and the

disabled, the distressed and the downtrodden. Do not laugh at others or take

delight in insulting them or in carrying tales demeaning them. There is no more

heinous sin than hurting the feelings of others. Why waste time or even pollute

time, by talking ill of others? The eye, the hand, the nose, the head, the

stomach, each looks different; each does one special task; each has different

name and function. But they subserve the Interests of the one body to which

they all belong.

 

Devotion and morality are as important for physical health as they are for

mental health. They free the mind from agitation, they feed it with joy and

contentment; they quieten the nerves and help even bodily processes. The

unchanging Atma and the changing body - analyse them thus and be convinced of

the eternal universal core of your being. As a thinking, a discriminating human

being, it is your responsibility to discharge this duty not only to yourself but

also to your country. Serving your country, human beings You may be subjected to

all kinds of pressure and publicity; but, do not lose courage, do not allow your

devotion, faith and steadfastness to decline. Resolve to achieve success in the

saadhana you have taken upon yourselves. Then, this Swami will reveal itself,

without fail, as your own sathya (reality). The validity and value of Love are

proved by you; Love is the most potent of Swami's powers.

Hold all your property and wealth in trust for the Lord who gave them to you;

even your family, you must treat as a sacred trust, as persons given to you by

the Lord to love, foster and guide. Thus, you must elevate your attachment into

worship and make it an instrument for spiritual progress. You should not be

ever entangled in the meshes of this world and its problems. Try to escape into

the purer air of the spirit as often as you can, taking the name of the Lord on

your tongue. Of the 24 hours of the day, have 6 hours for your individual

needs, 6 hours for the service of others, 6 hours for sleep and 6 for dwelling

in the Presence of the Lord. Those six hours will endow you with the strength

of steel.

Be like gods and you can partake of Amritha (nectar), as the gods did once.

If you are like Asuras (demons), you can have no share in the Divine Nectar. Do

not feel sad or hurt when others are happy; try to share their happiness and be

happy yourself, when those around you are. Your speech has to be soft and kind;

do not imitate the roar of the lion or the hiss of the serpent. The tongue is

now the sharpest weapon it can do more havoc than a bomb.

At the present time, the learned and the scholarly in every field suffer

from a dire disease,namely, "under-development of the moral tissue." But, as

the Karma kanda in the Vedhas proclaims,all acts must contribute to the

elevation of character, the purification of the emotions, passions and impulses

that infest the mind, the broadening of the vision and the strengthening of

human's bonds with the Universal, of which he is a part. The immortal spark in

Human can be discovered. Human can be certified as healthy, only when person is

fully conscious of own reality and is gladly striving to reach it. However,

usually the little 'ego' in person is fed into a huge conflagration by the

mind and the senses and is the cause of the fire of distress. But, the Immortal

is awaiting discovery to confer bliss and liberation from birth and death.

There is a definite technique by which that Immortal spark can be discovered.

Though it may appear difficult, each step forward makes the next one easier.

There is no short-cut to this consummation. One has to give up all the

impediments which one has accumulated so far and become light for the journey.

Lust, greed, anger, malice, conceit, envy, hate, all these pet tendencies have

to be shed.

 

By signs of Nature the best time to begin to get rid from the mind's

impurities is not only of the Mahaashivaraathri once a year, but every month

when we too have a Shivaraathri, dedicated to the worship of Shiva. Why is the

Raathri (the Night), so important? The night is dominated by the Moon. The Moon

has 16 kalas (fractions of divine glory), and each day or rather night, during

the dark fortnight, one fraction is reduced, until the entire Moon is

annihilated on New Moon night. From then on, each night, a fraction is added,

until the Moon is full circle on Full Moon Night. The Chandra (Moon) is the

presiding deity of the mind; the mind waxes and wanes, like the Moon.

The chief aim of all spiritual striving is to eliminate the mind. Then can

maya (illusion) be rent asunder and the Reality revealed. During the dark

fortnight of the month, saadhana has to be done to eliminate each day a

fraction of the mind, for, every day, a fraction of the Moon too is being taken

out of cognisance. On the night of Chathurdhasi, the 14th day, the night of

Shiva, only a fraction remains. If some special effort is made that night,

through more intensive and vigilant saadhana, like puuja or japam or dhyaana

(ritual worship, one-pointed repetition of holy names, and meditation), success

is ensured. This has to be done every month. (Reet's compilation from, Sathya

Sai Speaks. Vol. 4. "The human raft," Chapter 46 and "Travel Light," Chapter

51. Sathya Sai Speaks. Vol. 9. "Mahaashivaraathri," Chapter 3; Sathya Sai

Speaks. Vol. 10. "Truth of Truth," Chapter 35; Sathya Sai Speaks. Vol. 13.

"Naaraayana seva," Chapter 4).

Namaste - Reet