Sai message for the day

[Guest guest]

You are unique in explaining both the components of our life, the

spiritual and the physical. You alone can do it in this world. It is

most necessary that we mix with people, and sometimes even

intimately. We have to interact with one another in our daily life.

How are we to speak, and what is good for us to speak? Kindly tell us

about this, Swami!

 

You think that worldly life and spiritual life are separate entities.

They are not. Spirituality is awareness. It is total knowledge and

not pieces or bits of information. You should always talk sweetly and

softly. You can please everyone with your fine talk. See, when a crow

sits on the wall repeating kav, kav we chase it away, but when a

cuckoo repeats kuhu, kuhu, you too start imitating its sweet sound.

Both are birds, but where does the difference lie? It is only the

sound, you see! Similarly your talk makes all the difference. The

crow has not harmed you in the least, nor has the cuckoo rendered any

help to you. It is only the sound that pleases or displeases you. You

should speak the truth, you should talk pleasingly. You cannot always

oblige, but you can speak obligingly. Is it not? Your words should

never hurt or harm anyone.

 

One day, a hunter was chasing a deer in the forest. A sage who was

sitting there saw the deer running fast to escape the hunter. The

hunter in his search for the deer, saw the sage and asked him if he

had seen a deer passing by. In reply, the sage said, " Oh hunter! The

eye that saw the deer passing cannot speak and the tongue that speaks

cannot see. What can I say? " So nothing false was spoken.

 

You must have heard of the great king Harischandra. By just telling

one lie, he could have easily got back the kingdom that he had lost.

By adhering to truth, his son was brought back to life, and his

family reunited. He did not utter a single lie. He stuck to truth

only. So, till this day his name is remembered and it has come to

stay so long as the sun, the moon and this galaxy remain. He is the

very embodiment of truth. So he is called " Satya Harischandra "

 

mat aku pran amu satyamu

 

- Truth is the life of speech.

 

kot aku pran amu sainyamu

 

-Army is the life of a fort.

 

not tuku pran amu cevralu

 

- Signature is the life of an IOU.

 

You should not talk too much or excessively. If you do so, society

will call you a chatterbox, a loose tongued man. Ati bhasa mati hani,

too much talk turns you mad. Mitabhasa ati hayi, limited talk makes

you very happy as you are not likely to tell a lie, criticise,

gossip, or talk vainly.

 

You lose your respect if you talk endlessly. You tend to lose your

memory as well. You lose your energy. If you switch on a radio and

keep it on high volume for a long time, many units of electricity are

consumed, aren't they? So also, your energy gets consumed if you keep

talking for long.

 

Note that it is always in the depth of silence that the voice of God

is heard. If anyone greets you with a `hello,' respond with a

`hello'; if anyone says `goodbye', you also reply in the same way,

`goodbye'. That's all. You talk only when it is necessary and to the

extent it is needed.