POWER OF THOUGHTS

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POWER OF THOUGHTS

"Yes, How do you know that Nana is coming?’ Then the priest said, ‘I had an

ethereal message from Sri Sai Baba in which He said, ‘My Nana is coming weary,

thirsty, and hungry. Keep for him one cup of tea’. The priest said, ‘Here is

tea ready for you all. He then gave Nana his cup. " -in Life of Sai Baba, Vol.2

One day and his disciple arrived to the big city. They had no money with them,

but they needed food and a place to stay. The disciple was sure that they were

going to beg for their food, and sleep in the park at night.

Disciple: "There is a big park not far from here. We can sleep there tonight."

"In the open air?" asked the yogi.

"Yes", responded the student.

The yogi smiled and said: "No, tonight we are going to sleep in a hotel and eat there too."

The student was amazed, "How?"

"Come", said the yogi "sit down".

They both sat down on the ground and the yogi said: "When you forcus your mind

intently on any subject, it come to pass."

The yogi closed his eyes and started to meditate in full concentration. After

about ten minutes he got up and started to walk, with his disciple following

him. They walked through several streets and alleys until they arrived to a

hotel.

"Come, let’s enter inside", the yogi said to his disciple.

They just set foot in the entrance, when a well-dressed man approached them.

"i am the manager of this hotel. You look like travelling swamis and I believe

you have no money. Would you like to work in the kitchen, and in return I’ll

give you food and place to stay?"

"Fine" responded the yogi.

The disciple was perplexed and asked yogi: "do you use any magic? How did you do that?"

The yogi smiled at him and answered, "I wanted to show you how the power of

thoughts works. When you think with full and strong concentration, and your

mind does not resist the subject of your thought, your thought materializes."

"The secret is concentrating, visualizing, seeing details, having faith and

projecting mental and emotional energy into the mental scene. These are general

prerequisites. When your mind is empty from thoughts, any one single thought

that is allowed to enter gains a very great power. One should be very careful

what he thinks of. A concentrated thought is powerful and exerts a very strong

influence.

The disciple looked at his teacher and said, "I see that I have to sharpen my

concentration in order to be able to use this power."

"Yes, this is the first step", responded the yogi.

(East and West Series)

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Trials and tribulations, dangers and difficulties are the touchstones of true friendship

Tamaso Ma Jyotirgamaya.......

Question: How to realise God?

Answer: You can meet God if just you want to, but you should pine, for Him. It

does not require hard work; it requires Grace - A God who manifests Himself on

account of devotee’s sadhana, hard work, may also disappear instantaneously. It

may be mere mental perception. God is said to be Omnipresent, Omniconscience,

Omnipotent, Attributeless, Sat-Chidanand.

(-Swami Premanandaji Saraswati )