Sai Inspires - 1-15 July 2007

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Sai Inspires - 1-15 July 2007 Sai Inspires - 1st July 2007 Unless you cleanse the mind with Love, the full moon of spiritual wisdom cannot shine therin. The recital of the Name, the observance of vows and vigils, of

fasts and festivals may scintillate on the inner sky of the mind as stars stud the sky; but, until the lamp of love is lit, the darkness will not vanish. - Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol. 12, pg. 2483. Love is God; live in love. - Baba Sai Inspires - 2nd July 2007 Without expressing your gratitude, you cannot aim to please God with anything that you may do. You will not attain any happiness in return. When you see your presiding deity, give a smile. Do not stand with a frowning face! With such a serious face, you can never hope to experience bliss. You must always be happy because bliss is your true nature. Always maintain a pleasant smile on

your face. You may definitely encounter problems and obstacles in life. Grief and sorrow may sometimes assail you. Do not break down and cry. These are things that come and go. They are passing clouds and will never stay permanently to trouble you. Do not yield to them; face them head long instead. A steady faith in God will give you the satisfaction of being a true devotee. - Divine Discourse, May 23rd, 2002. Devotion to the Divine will give you bliss, prosperity

and peace. - Baba Sai Inspires - 3rd July 2007 If God is present everywhere, people ask why we are not able to see Him. The ocean water reflects the sun above. When the water is disturbed, the reflection of the sun is also disturbed. Similarly, God is in every man. But he is not able to see Him because of his disturbed mind. A disturbed and vacillating mind can never reflect God...Once you have the five senses under control, you can experience God. He is not far away from you. He is in you, below you, above you and all around you. - Divine Discourse, May 26th, 2002. Master the mind,

be a mastermind. - Baba Sai Inspires - 4th July 2007 Instead of realizing his innate Divinity, man is caught up in the prison house of his own material achievements. Greater than all his scientific and

technological progress is man himself as a being endowed with the Divine consciousness. By choosing to regard only the material world as real, it may be possible to bring about the prosperity of a scientific, technological and materialistic society for a time. But if, in the process, human selfishness, greed and hatred develop, as they usually do, society will destroy itself. If, on the contrary, the essential Divinity of man is realized, mankind can build up a great society based on unity and on adherence to the Divine principle of Love. This profound change must begin in the minds of individuals. - Divine Discourse, October 31st, 1983. It is not the standard of living that is important but the manner of living. - Baba Sai Inspires - 5th July 2007 One should not be concerned only about one's own welfare, career and prosperity. It is not for the enjoyment of personal possessions and comforts that man has taken birth. He has a greater goal to achieve, something more permanent and lasting. It is the realization of oneness with the Divine, which alone can give lasting bliss. Even while being engaged in the activities of the secular world, we should strive to sanctify all actions by dedicating them to the Divine. - Divine Discourse, February 2nd, 1985. There is no triumph more praiseworthy than surrender. - Baba Sai Inspires - 6th July 2007 A life without love is meaningless. The more you love, the more it grows. True love should be distinguished from attachment either to persons or things. Attachment is based on selfishness. Love is based on selflessness. Love is the fruit which is born from the flower of your good deeds. Only when we engage ourselves in selfless service can we experience the essence of this pure love. - Divine Discourse, December 11th, 1985. When the Love Principle is known and practised, man will be free from anxiety and fear. - Baba Sai Inspires - 7th July 2007 We see in the world today disorder, violence and conflict. The world is like a sick man afflicted with many ailments. What is the cure for these ills? Man must shed his selfishness, greed and other bad qualities and rise above his animal nature. He must cultivate Charity (unselfishness) to achieve Purity. Through purity of hearts, men will achieve Unity, which will lead to Divinity. - Divine Discourse, September, 1983. The day you root out selfishness from within you, divinity will blossom in your heart. - Baba Sai Inspires - 8th July 2007 Only by the light of the Divine lamp inside can you blossom as a worthwhile person. Inner purity is the greatest wealth that one can acquire; it is the wick in the container of the heart. Devotion is the oil and Divine Grace is the fire with which the lamp of wisdom can be lit. The prime requisite for achieving Divine Grace is to have harmony in thought, word and deed. - Divine Discourse, July 8th, 1995. The God-centred person has three qualities: Purity,

Perseverance and Patience. - Baba Sai Inspires - 9th July 2007 Divinity is ever present in man in all its purity. But man is unable to recognize this because of his attachments to transient pleasures like the black bee. This bee has a proboscis with which it can bore a hole through a strong bamboo or even through the human body. But when it enters a lotus flower and the lotus folds itself, the bee is unable to get out of its tender petals because it is immersed in the enjoyment of the honey in the lotus and forgets its own real strength. Likewise, man today, forgetting the Divine that is present within him and in everything he beholds, immersed in worldly concerns and intoxicated with mundane pleasures. He is oblivious to his own true Divine nature. Man forgets his inherent capacity in the involvement with the mastery of the external world. - Divine Discourse, April 23rd, 1988. Cultivate not riches, not comforts and luxuries, but divine virtues. - Baba Sai Inspires - 10th July 2007 Man today has lost the fear of sin, the love of God and observance of social morality. This accounts for all the ills of society today. Pure vision leads to pure thoughts. Pure thoughts result in pure actions. Purity in action is essential for human existence. Purity in thoughts and purity in speech must lead to purity in deeds. This is the triple purity hailed by the sages. When this purity is manifest, human life gets redeemed. The principle of “Help ever, hurt never” becomes the governing principle of daily life. - Divine Discourse, April 14th, 1998. There is no strength more effective than purity. - Baba Sai Inspires - 11th July 2007 What is humanness? Essentially it means unity in thought, word and deed. When what one thinks differs from what he says and what he does, he ceases to be human... Today what men have to cultivate is unity and purity in thought, word and deed. True human qualities can grow only in a heart filled with spiritual aspirations, like a seed sown in a fertile soil and not on a piece of rock. Hence, to develop these qualities, men will have to develop compassion and equanimity amidst the vicissitudes of life. - Divine Discourse, March 24th, 1989. A man without love in his heart is as good as dead. - Baba Sai Inspires - 12th July 2007 To realize one's Divinity, there is no need to embark on a long quest. Divinity is all-pervading and is present in and outside every being. Every man is an embodiment of the Divine. God is the Embodiment of Love. Man, who has emerged from God, is also an embodiment of love. But, because he expresses his love towards external objects, he is forgetting the truth about his inner being. Instead of limiting his love within narrow

confines, man should extend it to all and thereby make his life purposeful and worthy. - Divine Discourse, March 24th, 1998. Love for the Divine should be inextricable bond. All other worldly attachments are impermanent. - Baba Sai Inspires - 13th July 2007 Pure vision naturally begets purity in speech by the refinement of the heart. Pure words must come out of the depth of the heart, which is a fountain of compassion. Constant examination of the purity of one's vision, speech and action is a spiritual exercise. It is this that helps to refine the heart. - Divine Discourse, April 14th, 1998. Any act that is done with purity in thought, word and deed is righteousness. - Baba Sai Inspires - 14th July 2007 To be friendly towards all beings is the duty of everyone, since the same Aatma (spirit) is there in all beings. Comprehending this truth, it is the duty of everyone born as a human being to do good to others on the basis of love. There is no need to search for God anywhere, since God resides in every being. The body is, therefore, to be considered as the temple of God. - Divine Discourse, December 25th,

1992. The recognition of divinity in man will lead to the realisation of the unity of mankind. - Baba Sai Inspires - 15th July 2007 The individual, society and the world - all the three are inextricably inter-connected. The individual's welfare is dependent on the state of the nation. Everyone should strive to develop his spiritual qualities and utilize them for promoting the interests of the community and the country. Service to society should become the constant concern of the individual. There is no greater quality in man than selfless love, which expresses itself in service to others. Such love can be the source of real bliss. - Divine Discourse, April 6th,

1983. Love and selfless service are like a bird’s two wings for a man. He can soar to any heights with these two wings. - Baba

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