Sai message for the day

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Swami! Nowadays many educated people waste their time, money and

energy in towns and cities. Sai Baba, we are eager to know your views

on this subject.

 

Sai Baba: " Time is God " . In your prayers you say, kalaya namah,

kalakalaya namah, kalatitaya namah, and so on. Time is divine. You

should not waste time. It is a sin to waste or misuse time. Everybody

must follow time. God is the master of time. Time waste is life

waste. Haste makes waste, waste makes worry, so do not be in a hurry.

We should perform good actions and thus spend our time

 

in a sacred way. Youth and a river will never flow backwards. When

you pass the stage of youth, it will not come back. The river water

flowing forward will never retreat. Therefore, you should consider

time a very precious commodity.

 

You have also pointed out that money is wasted by many educated

people. This is very bad. Waste of money is evil. You should not

misuse money. Remember always, much money makes many more wrong

things. Much money leads you into bad habits. You should spend money

on welfare programmes. You should express gratitude to society, which

has been responsible for your present status, by spending money on

service activities. You should sacrifice for the poor and needy. Na

karmana na prajaya dhanena, tyagenaike amrtatva manasuh. You attain

moksha or liberation only by sacrifice. No action, no offspring, no

possession or property ever equals sacrifice.

 

In the human body, blood should always circulate. Similarly, money

should circulate in society. It should not stagnate in the hands of a

few persons. If blood does not circulate, there develops on the body

a boil or a tumour. If you run short of money, it is difficult to

manage things. At the same time, too much money spoils you. It should

be like your shoes that fit your feet exactly. If the shoes are

loose, you cannot walk; if they are tight, then also you find it

tough to walk freely. Your shoes always should be of the exact size

of your feet. So also, money should neither be too little nor too

much for you. Bear in mind what I tell repeatedly and caution you.

Money comes and goes, but morality comes and grows.

 

Morality consists of proper utilisation of energy and other

resources. You should not waste energy in any form. You should not

waste water. Do not waste food; annam brahma, Food is God. You can

eat till your hunger is appeased. There is nothing wrong in it. There

are many who are starving. There are many who do not have enough food

to eat. What is the prayer you say before you take your food?

 

brahmarpanam brahma havih

brahmagnau brahman a hutam,

brahmaiva tena gantavyam,

brahmakarma samadhind.

aham vaisvanaro bhutva

praninam dehamas'ritah,

pran apana samayuktah

pacamyannam caturvidham.

 

" Oh God! You are in the form of Vaisvanara. You verily digest and

assimilate the food that I eat. I offer the food that I eat. I offer

the food to you. You alone supply its essence to all parts of my

body " . This is the meaning of the prayer that you say before you take

your food. Therefore, you should not waste food. It is a sin to waste

it.

 

I want you to place a ceiling on your desires. This is possible only

if you decide and pledge not to waste time, money, food and energy.

All the five elements of nature - earth, water, air, fire, and space

are divine. You should be highly reverential and grateful to these

five elements. Always consider them divine.