Sai message for the day

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Swami! When we are not happy with the type of education and the money

we receive, is it right to feel that they are useless? Should we give

up these two? What is the way out?

 

Sai Baba: It is not correct. In this world, nothing is useless.

Everything depends on your mind. Your thoughts and counter-thoughts

are responsible for all that you feel, say, and do. God created this

world for the benefit and the betterment of humankind. Use, abuse,

and misuse depend on your mind. Therefore, you go through certain

experiences and the corresponding results. In fact, in education

there is nothing wrong, for prajnanam brahma , Knowledge is God. So

education can't be defective. When your mind is pure, your education

confers wisdom and spiritual awakening on you. But a polluted mind

makes use of education for its selfish gains. Hence, education being

the constant, its utility depends on the nature of the mind. This is

true of money as well.

 

A sacred mind prompts you to sacrifice: But a polluted mind makes you

waste money by taking to vices. It makes you a slave to all sorts of

bad habits. Ultimately you lose your good name. Here also money being

constant, its utility depends on the mind. Therefore, it is necessary

to keep your mind pure, sacred, Godward, and full of selfless divine

love. This process is sadhana, spiritual endeavour. Body attachment,

doubts, jealousy, hatred, ego, and selfishness pollute the mind, and

lead to the total ruin of life. Therefore, these evil tendencies must

be got rid of forthwith and your mind filled with love instead. Thus,

your education and money are well utilised. They would prompt you to

undertake service activities enabling you ultimately to experience

Divinity within yourself.