Sai message for the day

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One cannot escape from the effects of fate or destiny. Things are pre-

ordained, and accordingly events happen in our life. This being

inevitable, we suffer and face difficulties. Would you please tell us

the way out of this?

 

Everything in life is nothing but a reflection of your own thought

and deed of your earlier life or lives. You pretend happily to think

that none can notice you. But God within you knows full well all your

thoughts, feelings and deeds. God is everywhere. You cannot hide

anything from Him. One day or other you must face the consequences of

your actions. This is the supreme truth.

 

You think and blame someone else, holding him responsible for your

troubles .You are thoroughly mistaken here. Your actions are

responsible for both the good and the bad you experience in this

life. God is an eternal witness of all human activities. He created

this world and gave it to man for his enjoyment, but on one condition

that he must face the consequences of his own actions. God is like a

postman. He is least bothered about the contents of the letters that

he hands over to people. It is all a matter of relationship that

exists between you and the one who writes you a letter. God is not

concerned in any other way about the matter. Well, you receive a

wedding card, you don't pay complements to the postman, do you? If

you receive a threatening letter from someone, you don't blame the

postman either. The postman is merely an instrument in the process of

delivering letters. But prayer does help you to withstand tensions

and problems with courage. Intense prayer, deep devotion, strong

faith, sincere repentance, constant yearning and supreme love for God

can alter the sequence of events in life. They can make even God

reverse His own will. Take for example, the life of Markandeya. Fate

granted him only sixteen years of life. But his devotion to Lord Siva

was so intense that He made him immortal. God had to review and

revise His own master plan in response to the prayers of Markandeya.

 

Take another example. There is a prisoner punished according to the

laws of the penal code. During the period of imprisonment, if the

character and conduct of the prisoner are found to be good and if he

follows all the rules, regulations, and code of discipline imposed by

the jail authorities, there is scope for the reduction of his jail

term. There is another point you should note. Suppose the appeal of a

person in a criminal case is lost in all the courts from the district

level to the High Court even the Supreme Court, and when punishment

like death sentence or life imprisonment becomes imminent and

inevitable, the President of India can still order his release from

jail on grounds of mercy and for special reasons. Similarly, though

you are bound to suffer and destined to face difficulties as a result

of your past actions, God in response to your sincere prayer and

repentance will change the course of your life and save you from your

suffering. God confers special grace on you being pleased with your

single-minded devotion to Him.