Sai message for the day

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How am I to know that I am nitya, eternal? I undergo difficulties, I

notice many changes all around. How can I feel that I am eternal?

 

A simple illustration. There was a poor villager who had a wife and a

son. He found it difficult to make both ends meet To improve his lot,

he went to another town leaving his wife and son behind to do some

business there.

 

One day he had a dream; in which he was a rich man and had five sons.

After some time, he woke up. When he returned to his native village,

he was informed by his wife that his only son had died as he couldn't

bear separation from his father. This man stood unruffled. Then his

wife asked him, " Are you not sad over the death of your only son?

What has happened to you? " The poor villager replied, " I know the

tragedy. But I am at a loss to know for whom I should cry. Should I

cry for the loss of five sons in the dream there or for the death of

the son here? " Similarly, you should know that one is a day dream and

the other is a night dream. One doesn't exist, when the other is

present, but you are present in both the states. You are the

experiencer in the waking and dream states.

 

Then what is the difference between the day dream and the night

dream? The day dream is bound by factors such as the kaya, body,

kala, time, karya, action, karana, reason, and kartavya, duty.

Suppose, you have gone to Guntur, and you know when, why, how. You

went by bus, which took ten hours to reach your place, to share with

your wife all your experiences as part of your duty. But, in a dream

these factors do not exist. How do you travel, and how long does it

take to reach your place, while your body remains lying in the bed?

Like this, there are differences between the two states, but you are

present in both. So you are nitya, eternal.