Sai message for the day

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Swami! The growing trend today is to earn more and more money. Ego

and pride are growing beyond control. Would you kindly give us the

solution for this trend?

 

Sai Baba: The earth revolves round the sun. So also, man today is

revolving round money. In fact, money provides only comfort and

conveniences. There are many things that money cannot do.

 

`With money you can have delicious food in a five star hotel,

But how about your appetite?

You can buy a beautiful bed,

But can you buy sleep?

You can have the latest, costliest medicines,

But can you with your money extend the life of a dying man?'

 

You think money makes many things, but it is not so. It leads you on

to vices. People have two important resources - `Head' and 'Heart'.,

Head carries with it responsibility. It has all the knowledge of

pravrtti, the external world, but heart stands for nivrtti, right

internal awakening. Values like sacrifice, truth, charity, love,

compassion, come out of the heart. All that you find outside is only

`art', but `heart' is inside. Don't be carried away by the outer

`art'.

 

The breeze you get from a number of electric fans is nothing compared

to natural breeze. Tank water, river water, and lake water can never

equal rain water. God is infinite. Where does man stand in front of

Him? Why are you egoistic and proud? What for? Mountains may be of

high altitude. But, water from the mountain top flows only downward.

Similarly, you may be a great scholar or occupy a good position. If

you are proud and egoistic, your fall is near. Light travels upward.

So also, the fire of knowledge takes you to the heights. In fact

modern man is much worse than cats and dogs. When they are sick they

do not eat anything, they fast or starve. However, man is for a feast

even in times of sickness. He never `fasts'. He likes `feasts' only.

Therefore he falls sick frequently.,

 

The cycle of creation goes by the three attributes or Gunas: tamas,

inertia, rajas, passion, and sattva, piety represented by the triune,

Brahma, creator, Vishnu, sustainer, and Siva, annihilator. Among the

eighty-four lakhs of species, the human being is very special. He is

blessed by God, his creator with mind and intellect. But man has

become so egoistic and proud that he even doubts, questions, and

denies God, his creator. This is the significance of the episode of

Mohini Bhasmasura in our epics.

 

There was one demon king by name Bhasmasura. He did penance and

pleased Lord Siva. He prayed to Siva to grant him a boon that would

give him the power to turn anybody into ashes the moment he lays his

hands on his head. Siva granted the boon. Thus, intoxicated with this

new found power, Bhasmasura began laying his hand indiscriminately on

the heads of all those persons he found near him. Naturally,

according to the boon he got from God, they died and were burnt to

ashes. He became so bad, so horrible, and so highly egoistic that he

decided to place his hand even on the head of Siva, the very giver of

the boon. Then Lord Vishnu took the form of a beautiful dancer

Mohini, and started dancing in front of Bhasmasura who, excited by

her enchanting beauty, also started dancing along with her. In the

course of gestures and postures, Mohini had suddenly put her hand on

her head and Bhasmasura did the same thing. The moment he placed his

hand on his head he died. So by denying God, man is ruining himself.

 

Modern man is like Bhasmasura. He harms the person who helps him.

Whatever is said, thought, and done by him is full of selfishness. He

has lost the value of fundamental discrimination, which is applicable

to all and beneficial to everyone. He lacks divine qualities like

truth, peace and love. This is the flaw. He lacks divine qualities

and possesses demonic qualities like jealousy, pride, and hatred.

He " kills " knowledge. He has to `skill' his knowledge to maintain

balance. This is the reason for all his troubles .He removes the

letter `S' that stands for 'Sai' from the word `skill' and loses

balance. Ego, avarice, jealousy, and such bad qualities are due to

our ahara, vihara, and samparka: food, company, and interaction. When

you control and discipline yourself, you will find the solution.

 

beneficial to everyone. He lacks divine qualities like truth, peace

and love. This is the flaw. He lacks divine qualities and possesses

demonic qualities like jealousy, pride, and hatred. He " kills "

knowledge. He has to `skill' his knowledge to maintain balance. This

is the reason for all his troubles .He removes the letter `S' that

stands for 'Sai' from the word `skill' and loses balance. Ego,

avarice, jealousy, and such bad qualities are due to our ahara,

vihara, and samparka: food, company, and interaction. When you

control and discipline yourself, you will find the solution.