Sai message for the day

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We feel that life is going on and on. But it sounds purposeless and

aimless. Kindly tell us about the purpose of life.

 

`Yecat inundi vaccitivo acati keguta naijamu pranikotikin', (Telugu

verse). It is necessary that you should go back to the place of your

origin. Truly, you should know that you are from God and you should

go back to God.

 

A pot, a slate, etc., can be made out of clay. Suppose you have a

pot. After using it for sometime, you drop it by accident. It falls

to the ground and breaks into pieces over which several automobiles

pass crushing the pieces further. Then, what happens? You get the

clay back again. So earlier it was clay and at the end it is clay

once again The pot also is made of clay. Similarly, you are from God,

bound to God and are God as well. Realisation of this truth is the

purpose of life.

 

One example. Any letter you post should have two addresses, one to

whom you have written, another your own address, so that if by any

chance, it doesn't reach the addressee, it will come back to you at

least. But, if the addresses are not written it will go to the dead

letter office Similarly, you should know where you come from and

where you go from here.

 

Merging in God or to be one with reality, or total identity with God

is the ultimate aim of life. " punarapi jananam punarapi maranam

punarapi janani jathare s'ayanam. " (Adi Sankara's Bhaja Govindam).

After all, the whole thing is a cycle of repeated births and deaths.

After death one has to go back to the womb of the mother and be born

once again. It is only life after life. But spirituality helps you,

so to say, not to be born. Having died, you don't have to die once

again by having another birth. You take medicine so that you don't

have to fall sick once again. Death should take you to immortality.

 

One more example. Once a prisoner was released after the completion

of the prison term. The jailor said to him, " Pack your baggage and

leave! " The prisoner in reply said, " Sir! Why the trouble of taking

the baggage? Anyhow I will come back soon. " It implies that he will

commit some crime again and is prepared to put himself behind bars.

Our life should not be like that. It should be like the newspaper.

Today's newspaper is not read tomorrow. Why? Today's newspaper is

tomorrow's waste paper. Always remember that you are from God, in God

and will be back to God.