Sai Inspires - 19th August 2007 from Prashanti Nilayam

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Sai Inspires -

19th August 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To realize God it is not necessary to have wealth,

gold or other emblems of affluence. Nor is great scholarship necessary. All

that is needed is pure, selfless devotion. Today men with selfish and

impure minds attempt to worship God. Without purity of thought, speech and

action, it is impossible to experience the Divine. God cannot be realized

through ostentation and self-conceit. The basic-requisite is the shedding

of selfishness and possessiveness so that one can engage oneself in actions

in a disinterested spirit. Any person is entitled to embark on this quest

without regard to sex, age, caste or community.

- Divine

Discourse, October 6, 1986.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Do everything as dedicated to Him, as directed by Him,

 

as work for His adoration or for serving His children.-

Baba

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOW ABOUT CRYING HALT TO THE RAT RACE, AT

LEAST TO SOME EXTENT?

 

 

 

Loving Sai Ram and greetings from Prashanti Nilayam. Some time

ago, we had a Sunday Special entitled: WHY ARE WE SO DESPERATE ABOUT

EXCEEDING THE SPEED LIMIT? Today we are returning, in a manner of speaking,

to that subject not only because it is so important that it can stand

repetition, but also for the reason that few seem to be bothered about it.

 

 

These days, people are worrying about all sorts of scenarios that are

dangerous for mankind like terrorism, climate change, etc. However, it

appears that even if the world were to be perfectly peaceful and there are

no terrorists waiting to strike and even if the oceans would spare us by

not rising in level all of a sudden, we are nevertheless trying to make

sure that we continue to be on the path of self-destruction, through a

rapid increase of the pace of our lives!

 

This increase of pace is affecting people everywhere, in all cultures, and

across all economic zones. People are tearing around [we don’t know

about what!] in China , India , Europe and of course America . Once upon a

time, it was a rare experience for a person to fly even within one’s

own country; but now, people are dashing across continents, not for

pleasure but on work. And they are doing this all the time, despite

numerous hassles that befall the air traveller, like cancelled flights,

long delays, frequent luggage loss, interminable security delays, the

hassles of getting visas to some countries, strict regulations about what

one can carry on board, and so forth.

 

It is not that travel alone is a hassle. Life in the office is a hassle;

life at home is a hassle; school is a hassle and even pre-school or

kindergarten is a hassle. It would appear that life for a foetus has also

started becoming a hassle! People may shrug their shoulders and say in a

tired voice, “Sir, that is the price we have to pay for

progress.” The question we have to start asking is: “Is it a

price worth paying?”

 

Sai devotees have a particular duty in this regard. How many of us spend

time in a serious reading of Swami’s teachings?

People say, “I know this is important but then you see, life is so

fast these days! There is absolutely NO TIME!” Well, if we have no

time for even finding out where we are going in this world, how are we

going to figure out where we are headed, as far as our spiritual journey is

concerned?

 

People get irritated when we raise such issues when they drop in to greet

us. What they want is for us to give them more of “nice

stories” of Swami’s miracles! But what about the greatest

miracle of them all called ‘man’? Swami told Prof. Kasturi that

the human being is the greatest miracle in Creation, and when we try to

talk about what we humans ought to be doing about the problems of the

world, we are misunderstood.

 

Let us take the problem of corruption. We get many mails like this:

“What does Swami say about corruption?”, or “How do we

fight corruption?” or “Do you think we can ever get rid of

corruption?” or “Don’t you think we had better get used

to corruption and learn to live with it?” Please take a serious look

at these questions. Is not corruption Adharma? Or do we to take it

that there are occasions or circumstances when we can give exemptions and

declare certain types of actions as inevitable? That is to say, do we

simply suspend discussion of Adharma under certain

circumstances?

 

The question of Dharma versus Adharma is central to the

issue of the Incarnation of the Lord, especially in human form; the Lord

Himself has declared that in no uncertain terms. That being the case, can

we humans write all sorts of fine print to suit our own convenience?

 

Coming back to the issue of corruption, we would like to take a minute off

to suggest the following:

 

Please dear reader, would you make a personal resolution as

follows?

 

Swami, I am aware that the world today is substantially engulfed in

corruption. Many even feel that corruption is inevitable. I DO NOT

to that view. However, dear Swami, life being what it is, I am

more than likely to be placed in a situation where there may be a strong

pressure on me to yield and pay a bribe.

 

Please Swami, be merciful and see that I am not ever placed in such a

situation. However, if as a part of testing my spiritual firmness, You do

place me in such a situation, be merciful and grant me the strength to

stand up and be resolute in upholding Dharma.

 

Dear reader, this Sunday Special goes to over twenty thousand people

everyday. If each one of us resolves in this manner, it is at least a

beginning. Later, we can pray that Swami may enable us to influence at

least one such person every month. If that happens then at the end of one

year, we would have at least 20,000 x 12 times staunch adherents to

Dharma. If this process is continued in this fashion, you can see

the power of multiplication entering the process and Dharma

snowballing to the point of sweeping aside the forces opposing it!

 

But to think like this, we need time! So, the first thing we need to do is

to somehow carve out a routine that would give each one of us at least a

few precious moments all alone with our dear Lord, so that we can commune

with Him real Heart to Heart. If we do that, it can work wonders!

 

You don’t buy that? Well, just wait for the radio broadcast of an

interview we recently recorded with Victor Kanu. He did precisely that many years ago, before he even came to Swami! God heard Victor and made

sure Victor came to Prashanti Nilayam. For rest of the story, await a

forthcoming issue of H2H as also the audio on Radio Sai.

 

The need of the hour is to SET APART TIME FOR COMMUNING WITH GOD, AND FOR

PARTICIPATING IN GOD’S MISSION ON EARTH. Let us not forget that God

comes down in human form, mainly to help man put Dharma back on

the high pedestal where it belongs. This is not a task that we can

outsource to God. On the contrary, God wants us to clean up the mess we

have created! The buck really stops with us.

 

We cannot give excuses like no time. If we have no time for God, is it

reasonable to expect God to give us time? Where there is a will, there sure

is a way. That is the way it has been in the past, and so it would be

always, no matter how intense is the rat race. If we are determined not to

be mere rats, then a way to find time can always be found!

 

Don’t agree? You are welcome to share your feelings with us. You know

where to find us, don’t you? As always, h2h. All

the best.

 

Jai Sai Ram.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With Love and Regards,

"Heart2Heart" Team.

 

 

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