“As you sow so you reap……………….�

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……“When one links devotional or religious activities, like visiting a

temple, with the failure of one’s son or the sickness of one’s wife so

directly, it surely proves that prayers to the Deity or Guru are not with any

other higher intention than simply to be saved from all the troubles and

tribulations of life. Such limited type of devotion is an attempt to achieve

desirable results and not spiritually experience the Deity or Guru. Such people,

at times, leave the path when their wishes are not fulfilled. They do not

understand that the effects of the actions of the previous lives also manifest

in this life. Sudden and unforeseen incidents particularly, are the results of

the Prarabdha i.e. actions of the last lives. Unwise people do not want to

accept the unhappy results of their own sinful actions. They aspire only for

desirable and good results to all their actions, good or bad. When in distress,

one feels miserable thinking that others are

not facing the same troubles, but one forgets the brighter aspects of one’s

life with the sad aspects of the lives of others.

 

Unhappiness creates such illogical thoughts in the mind. Such limited thinking

is like an attempt to stand on the Earth and calculate the number of hills on

the Moon.

 

As written in Shri Sai Satcharitra, Baba has advised such people in the

following manner:-

 

“The reactions to the actions of past lives have to be tolerated in this

lifeâ€

 

“As you sow so you reap……………….â€

 

“You must surely tolerate the happy and unhappy results of your past actions.

In case such reactions are not complete in one life, then rebirth will take

place……….â€

 

“I do every thing for one who remembers Me always with faith and

patience………...â€

 

Sadguru Sai had also promised that “I shall help you to bear the reactions to

all your past actions easily, if your faith and patience in Me is

unflinchingâ€. Many such examples can be found in Shri Satcharitra.

 

Sadgurus do not break the laws of nature, but they manipulate the Natural Laws

in such a manner, that their faithful devotees can face the ordeals of life

rather easily.

 

Therefore, let our New Year prayers to Baba be thus,

“Oh Master, the ocean of compassion, we promise to destroy the results of our

Prarabdha Karmas of the past lives by bearing them in this life, but we request

You to control our inner thoughts in such a manner that, knowingly or

unknowingly, we do not repeat those sinful activities. â€â€¦â€¦.