Remember Man is God.(Swami shows us His Divinity)

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closer than our breath, helps us remember that man is God! Loving Omnipresent

Sai and feeling His love brings confidence in our own divinity and ability to

overcome earthly problems.“This confidence generates immense internal power.”

The Mind is the Key: We are unaware of our divine nature because of the

limitations of our mind. The mind however has the capacity to overcome its own

limitations when aware of them.“It is the thorn that removes the thorn.”Turn

the mind to the left, through the senses to the outer world of objects, and we

are trapped in delusion. The mind is attracted by external objects and becomes

attached, addicted and deluded. We become locked in the dual world of pleasure

and pain, birth and death, happiness and suffering. Turn the mind to the right,

inward to God, and we open to our own omnipresent divinity. This is the way to

transcend the “mad monkey

mind.” Develop a Relationship with Sai: The only way to tame the mind is to

attach it to God, through love. Swami instructs us on the nine steps of

devotion, which bring us closer to Him. These steps turn the mind/key to the

right, to Swami. They include listening to stories about Him, singing His

glories, contemplating on Him, serving His feet, prostrating before Him,

worshipping Him, offering service to Him, taking Him as friend and surrendering

to Him. See Sai in the World: One of Krishna’s great promises, which Sai

Krishna also extends, is to “bear the burden of your welfare,” when we offer

all acts to Him. This teaching instructs us to attach consciousness to God at

all times and in every place. We can find Him in others and in the outer world

once we develop a strong inner contact with God. Thus, we begin the process of

attaching to God and detaching from the outer world of sense objects. Bring Sai

into the Community: Swami has come to re-establish righteousness on a firm

footing so that man can live in harmony and love. This involves practising

spiritual principles. Swami gives us guidance. Right action grows out of

holding to virtue and acting according to our conscience, He says. This is

accomplished when we constantly ask,“Is this what Swami wants?”Swami has given

us the prototype of a Dharmic community in His Centres. Dharmic communities are

built on the foundation of worshipping God through devotion, service and

education programmes. To become good instruments of unity and love in the

community/centre, we must overcome differences. Finding oneness through love

and helping to create unity through selfless service is the spiritual path in

the outer world that leads us to inner oneness with Him. Practising Dharma

requires using our intellect to understand the needs of the community and then

to discipline and develop ourselves to serve these needs as an offering to Sai.

“Help ever, hurt never.” Commit to the Process of Purification: When we commit

ourselves to any relationship such as building a Dharmic community as an

offering to Sai in addition to experiencing love, we have to be ready to face

problems. Today, commitment is difficult for most of us. (In the U.S., 60% of

marriages end in divorce.) A marriage to Sai must overcome the tendency to run

away from commitment. It requires the understanding that in order to “Follow

the Master,” we must be willing to sacrifice.“Follow the Master; face the

devil; fight to the end; finish the game.”We can expect to face trials,

tribulations, troubles, fears, anxieties and sadness along the path. When we

stay steady and focused,

offering all to Swami, we go through a process of purification and the giving up

of our pain. Control the Senses/Mind: Swami has given us tools for controlling

the mind and releasing our pain. At the Ashram, He teaches us to remain calm and

peaceful and turns us inward by making us sit silently and wait for Him.

“Silence is the speech of the spiritual seeker.”And He teaches us to further

quiet ourselves by putting a ceiling on desires. Merge in Sai’s Peace: All

the other elements are part of the process of merging in Sai and finding

contentment by knowing that all is a gift from Him. And Swami tells us there is

a final state of oneness with Him as well when He and I are one. Sai promises

that if we follow the path, it will free us from fear -“You will draw near to

Me, you will approach

Me, you will understand My mystery, you will enter into Me, you will melt in Me,

you will merge in Me, you will become Me.”Keeping Swami’s teachings in mind all

the time will bring peace and love to ourselves and our communities. It will

guide us to oneness with Him. How fortunate we are to have the supreme

authority, the embodiment of peace and boundless love to be our guide, guardian

and God. Swami has come when we are so beaten and bewildered; He has come with a

love that will make us whole and happy. I pray that we immerse ourselves in His

love and with dedication, discipline and discrimination become bright

instruments of His love and Dharma. We are beholden to You, Swami for being

such a clear bright loving light that illumines our minds and dispels the

darkness. Let us all “Be good, do good, see good." (Sharing With Sai

Love) Ram.ChuganiRam ChuganiKobe, Japanrgcjp

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Jai Sai Ram,

 

Just want to thank you for being an instrument of our dear Swamy; I am passing

through some emotional and mental turbulences and you have given me new light,

you have showed me a way to go ...thank you, dear brothers and sisters, and

thank you Swamy

with Love

Sandra