Sai message for the day

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Swami! Today many people, particularly youngsters, are wasting their

time. Many are lazy, and idle away their precious time. So, in spite

of rich resources, the country is not progressing. Kindly suggest a

cure for this malady.

 

Sai Baba: There is no dearth of anything in this country. We have

sufficient resources. People are also highly resourceful and

talented: There is nothing in the world outside which is not here in

Bharat. As the Kannada saying goes, enna bharate tanna bharati .

 

History tells you that in the past this country was the target of

invasions and attacks by many foreigners drawn by the riches and the

resources here. But today, we find many lazy people wasting their

precious time. Though they draw fat salaries, they don't work

proportionately. Thus, the country is betrayed and cheated. You

should follow Time. Time will not follow you. God is time,

samvatsaraya namah. Time is God. Kalaya namah, kalatitaya namah,

kaladarpadamanaya namah are some of the epithets of God depicting him

as the Master, the Designer and the Controller of Time. The Namavali

emphasises this aspect of Divinity. So, if you waste your time, it is

a sin. You should spend time in the most sacred way.

 

I tell my boys often: -

 

See no evil, see what is good,

Speak no evil, speak what is good,

Hear no evil, hear what is good,

Do no evil, do what is good.

 

Therefore, it can be concluded that `casting evil looks, hearing evil

words, talking evil, thinking evil, acting evil', amount to waste of

time.

 

You should work hard. " Thou shalt live by the sweat of thy brow, "

says the Holy Bible. But, today it is not like that; people would

rather like to have their earnings without putting in any effort. Any

work you do, do it with namasmarana, repeating God's name. This is

bhakti marga, the path of devotion. Such work turns itself into an

offering to God. This is anubhava jnana or Wisdom borne out of

experience or Practical Knowledge.

 

Idle people, lazy fellows can't achieve anything in life. Truly, if

you work with both the hands couldn't you feed one stomach? You, know

how a photographer clicks a camera. He adjusts his lens calculating

the distance and asks you to be ready before he clicks. Doesn't he?

But, kalud u , the God of Death, does not give you any time nor does

he ask you to be ready as he clicks the camera of life. He takes away

your life all of a sudden, unnoticed. So, you should be ever ready to

face ,death. Hence, it is absolutely necessary to make the best use

of time in the most sacred way. Observe God's creation: the Sun, the

Moon, the Stars and the Planets. All of them move in their orbits so

that you have day and night in your life, constituting time. Trees

and rivers follow time and are an ideal to humanity. So; it is said

that nature is the best teacher.

 

Swami has no holiday. You have at least a Sunday as a holiday during

the week. I receive thousands of letters everyday. I read them all. I

attend to all my work. I walk miles everyday moving amidst you. I

supervise, monitor, guide and direct all matters relating to the

University, the Super-specialty Hospital and the Water Project

personally, besides thousands of Sai Centres spread all over the

world. I don't take rest; I don't have any interval or a holiday.

Your happiness is my happiness. God incarnates to show you the ideal

way of life. So, don't waste time. By karma, proper action, uphold

dharma, righteousness, and merge in Brahman - Divinity, and thus

redeem your lives.