Sai Inspires - 22nd January 2006 from Prashanti Nilayam

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SAIRAM.

 

MESSAGE FROM H2H, RADIO SAI E-JOURNAL TEAM, PRASANTHI NILAYAM BEING FORWARDED....

 

SWAMI BLESS US ALL

 

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Dear Reader,

 

Loving Sairam from the Heart2Heart Team.

 

What should we cultivate in life to be always happy? Swami tells us today.

Scroll down to read our weekend special. We have two beautiful small storiesfor you.

 

Sai Inspires - 22nd January 2006

You are the farmer, the body is the field. Sow the seeds of goodness, you get a

harvest of happiness. Sow the seeds of evil, you reap a harvest of pain. You

are the cause of either of these. Do not blame others or impute partiality to

God. Above all, do not rely on this impermanent objective world. It is full of

sorrow and change. Cultivate detachment, equanimity, self-control and love.

- Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol. 11, pg. 12.

Happiness is Union With God. - Baba

 

Loving Sai Ram and greetings from Prashanti Nilayam. Today, we are giving you

little stories sent to us by a kind reader. We thought they were great stories

with profound meaning. We hope you would think so too.

YOU HAVE COME TO THE WRONG ADDRESS

A Rabbi was delivering his lectures on the Torah, the sacred Hebrew scripture,

to a few young Jewish students. One day in the course of their studies, they

came across a line which said, “The truly evolved person is only he, who

continues to smile in the midst of the greatest of difficulties.”

 

The young students had a problem in accepting this statement at its face value.

“If we are truly in difficulty, how is it possible for us to smile under such

conditions?” they asked the Rabbi.

 

The Rabbi took off his spectacles and looked at his young pupils thoughtfully.

“To be perfectly honest with you,” he said, “I myself cannot answer that

question. The truth is that I, too, cannot smile when I am in the midst of

difficulties. At such moments, I seem to forget how to smile.”

 

Silence prevailed in the class as the teacher and the students pondered over the

issue. The Rabbi continued after a pause, “However, I believe there is someone

who can give you the answer.” He proceeded to tell his students of an old man

who lived in their city, not far from the synagogue. He had been an abandoned

child – an orphan. When he grew up, both his legs were paralyzed in an

accident. His life had been a series of struggles, a saga of pain and

suffering. “And yet,” concluded the rabbi, “he always wears a lovely smile! He

is a wonderful human being. You must go to him and ask him to answer our

question.”

 

The students were amazed to hear of this brave man. In a group, they went and

knocked at his door. The door was opened by the man himself – moving briskly on

a wheel-chair. He welcomed the young students cordially, and asked them the

purpose of their visit.

 

“Sir, It’s this text we are discussing in the class,” said one of them

hesitantly. “It’s all about how one must continue to smile amidst the greatest

of difficulties in life. The Rabbi told us that you were the best person to

talk to.” “Tell us please, sir,” added another. “How do you continue to smile

amidst so much pain and suffering?”“I’m afraid you’ve come to the wrong

address!” replied the old man, with genuine surprise. “I am 73 years old, and

in all these years I have never had to face any difficulty! The Lord has always

been good to me, and protected me in His mercy. How can I teach you how to smile

in the midst of difficulties?” This was indeed a man who lived in close

proximity with God!In times of difficulties, don’t ever say, “God, I have a big

problem!” Instead say, “Hey problem, I have a big God!” and everything will be

all right.

 

BOX OF KISSES

 

The story goes that some time ago, a man punished his three-year old daughter

for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and he became

infuriated when the child tried to decorate a box to put under the Christmas

tree.

 

Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning

and said, “This is for you, Daddy.” He was embarrassed by his earlier over

reaction, but his anger flared again when he found the box was empty. He yelled

at her, “Don't you know that when you give someone a present, there's supposed

to be something inside it?”The little girl looked up at him with tears in her

eyes and said, “Oh, Daddy, it is not empty. I blew kisses into the box. All for

you.” The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little girl, and he

asked for her forgiveness. It is told that the man kept that gold box by his

bed for years and whenever he was discouraged, he would take out an imaginary

kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there.In a very real

sense, each of us as humans have been given a gold container filled with

unconditional love and kisses from our children, friends, family or God. There

is no more precious possession anyone could hold.

Aren’t they nice stories? Jai Sai Ram

 

 

 

With Love and Regards,

"Heart2Heart"

RadioSai's e-Journal Team,

In Sai Service.

 

 

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