Pearls of Wisdom by Swami Kesavaiahji

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(Pearls of Wisdom - is the title chosen to the collection of writings,

speeches and messages of His Holiness Swami Kesavaiahji dealing with his

Guru, Sri Sai Baba of Shridi, speanning a period of four decades of the

Swamijis Spiritual ministry of Sainath, we will try to publish a portion of

the book every day)

 

 

He who loves Me most always sees Me. The whole world is desolate to him

without Me, he tells no stories but Mine. He ceaselessly meditates upon Me

and always chants My name. I feel indebted to him who surrenders himself

completely to Me and ever remembers Me. I shall repay his debt by giving him

salvation, self-realisation. I am dependent on him who thinks and hungers

after Me and who does not eat anything without first offering it to Me. He

who thus comes to Me thinks /one with Me, just as the river gets to the sea

and becomes merged with it. So leaving out pride and egoism and with no

trace of them, you should surrender yourself to Me who am seated in your

heart.

If a man utters My name with love, I shall fulfil all his wishes, increase

his devotion. It is My special characteristic to free any person who

surrenders himself completely to Me and who worships Me faithfully and who

remembers Me and meditates on Me constantly. The simple remembrance of My

name as Sai, Sai will do away with sins of speech and hearing.

I pledge that I would cross even the seven seas to help those who seek My

protection. God runs to help devotees in times of danger.

One has to reap what one sows, and there is no escape unless one suffers and

squares up one's old debts and dealings with others. Greed for money drags

the greedy man to the lowest level and ultimately brings destruction on him

and others.

First give bread to the hungry and then eat yourself. I am roaming in their

forms. He who sees Me in all is My beloved.

I have to suffer for My devotees, their difficulties are Mine.

To get self-realization, Dhyana is necessary. Quite desireless, you should

meditate on the Lord who is present in all the creatures, and when the mind

is thus concentrated and made one-pointed, the goal will be easily reached.

Look at Me wholeheartedly, and I in turn look at you sincerely. He who loves

Me most always sees Me I am dependent on him who thinks and hungers after Me

and who does not eat anything without first offering it to Me. I feel

indebted to him who surrenders himself completely to Me. I shall repay his

debt by giving him salvation, self-realisation.

Sai knows fully the desires of His devotees and fulfils them. They get what

they want and are grateful So we invoke Him and prostrate ourselves before

Him. Forgetting all our faults, let Him free us from 'all anxieties. He who

being overcome with all calamities, remembers and prays to Sai thus, will

get his mind calmed and purified through His grace.

 

(Adopted from the Book Pearls of Wisdom by His Holiness Swami Kesavaiahji)