Sai Inspires - 8th April 2007 from Prashanti Nilayam

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Sai Inspires -

8th April 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The body is the temple,

and God is the Indweller. If this body is a temple, so is that body and

every other body. All bodies are temples, and the same God resides in

every one of them. Therefore, does it make any sense to say that you like

so and so and do not like so and so? The same God is present in all.

Hence, regard the entire universe as one big family and love all without exception. If you hate anyone, it amounts to hating your own self. So, hurt

never and help ever. There is no God beyond Love. God is Love and Love is

God; live in Love.

- Divine

Discourse, 15th May 2000.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The real sign of an educated person is his attitude of

sameness towards all. - Baba

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LEARNING FROM

JESUS

 

 

 

Dear readers, today is Easter

Sunday and it is only appropriate for us to ruminate on what Swami has said

on Jesus and His supreme sacrifice for mankind. Here are excerpts of

Swami’s Discourses delivered during Christmas celebrations of 1997

and 1978 taken from the book “Be like Jesus”.

 

Jesus Faced Troubles Like Other Divine Personalities

 

There were controversies regarding Jesus. These differences were the cause

of the ordeals he had to go through. But Jesus was prepared to face any

trouble or any penalty. He considered compassion as the supreme quality. By

chastising the rich and ministering to the poor and the diseased, Jesus

taught his disciples a new way of life based on faith in, God. Jesus

demonstrated and preached the power of faith and, ultimately, invited on

himself the supreme sacrifice of life itself. When his disciples started

abusing his tormentors, his voice warned them to desist: " All are one!

Be alike to everyone. "

 

You have to remind yourselves of the ideals Jesus stood for. For ages, from

time to time, many noble souls, endowed with immense spiritual power, have

taken birth to propagate sacred teachings to the world. They struggled hard

to make the world a good place to live in. But without understanding their

noble intentions, foolish people tried to ridicule and persecute them.

Right from his birth, Jesus had to face many trials and tribulations. When

the name and fame of noble souls spread far and wide, many people become

jealous.

 

In the past, many evil-minded people were jealous of the Divine

personalities who attained worldwide fame through their teachings of truth

and righteousness. Even today there is no dearth of such wicked people. If

one cannot undertake meritorious deeds, it is better to keep quiet instead

of indulging in such sinful deeds.

 

With faith in the oneness of humanity, Jesus stood against all of his

opponents and critics and confronted their onslaughts. Every saint and

prophet, who strove to uplift the downtrodden and open the eyes of the

blind to the splendour of God's Grace, had to be ready and willing for the

ultimate sacrifice. One has to expect trouble and welcome the chance for

sacrificing all that one clings to, while one is upholding truth and

righteousness. Faith in God is the bedrock that can save man from downfall.

It is only when we look upon the universe as permeated by God that we

acquire the strength to fight the forces of evil.

 

There can be no sinner worse than the one who criticises God. There can be

no hell worse than distancing oneself from God. God is the eternal witness.

It is a great mistake to criticise God. You may argue that there are many

in the world who have forgotten God and yet lead a comfortable life. No

doubt they are living, but they are living their lives like animals. You

should strive to live like a devotee to earn Divine grace.

 

Jesus' last supper

 

Jesus said that the bread taken in the " last supper " was his

flesh, and the wine, his blood. He meant that all beings alive with flesh

and blood are to be treated as he himself and that no distinction should be

made of friend or foe, we or they. Every body is his body, sustained by the

bread; every drop of blood flowing in the veins of every living being is

his, animated by the activity that the wine imparted to it. That is to say,

every man is divine and has to be revered as such.

 

Seeing the same God in all beings is the true spirit of non-dualism. Only

when you develop the feeling that all are the embodiments of God, your

vision becomes sanctified. Everything in this creation is sacred. All that

you see is only the manifestation of God. You see God in the form of the

world, yet you feel that you have not seen Him. God has no specific form or

dwelling place. He is the eternal witness and is present in all forms. You

can progress on the spiritual path only when you have such a feeling.

 

 

 

Jai Sai Ram.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With Love and Regards,

"Heart2Heart" Team.

 

 

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