Prashanti News Updates: February 2014

Friday, February 28, 2014

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - March 01, 2014

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How can we attain success in meditation? Bhagawan lovingly explains the tips and techniques to us today.

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During meditation, care must be taken to keep the back straight and steady without bending forward or backward or sideward. If you bend or move, misdirection of highly potent energy (Kundalini) can occur resulting in mental derangement. Also wear loose clothes. Your eyes must concentrate on the tip of the nose. They must be half-open, so you are neither distracted nor falling asleep. Free your mind from bad thoughts and fill it with sacred ones. To achieve this, you must control your senses. Your ears must be trained to listen only to noble and elevating ideas, and to eschew evil speech and gossip. Your eyes must be tuned to see the Divine. The restless mind must be restrained by making it concentrate on inhalation and exhalation while incessantly repeating the Mantra, ‘So-Ham’ (I am He). Through these postures and activities , your life-breath is controlled and this will ensure that the great power of Yoga is revealed unto you.

- Divine Discourse, 'My Dear Students', Vol 2, Ch 5, Mar 11 1984.

Bhajan, Satsang and meditation done with the mind soaked in love confers peace,
joy and wisdom. - Baba

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Thursday, February 27, 2014

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - February 28, 2014

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What is the significance of Shivaratri and the continuous spiritual effort that we must invest in during this occasion? Bhagawan lovingly guides us today.

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"Significance of Shivaratri
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The chief objective of all Sadhana (spiritual striving) is to eliminate the mind, to become A-manaska. Then illusion will disappear and Reality will be revealed. During the dark fortnight of the month, Sadhana must be done to eliminate a fraction of the mind each day; for, every day, a fraction of the Moon is shrinking. On Chathurdasi (the 14th night), the night of Shiva, only a fraction of the moon remains. If some special effort is made that night, through more intensive and vigilant Sadhana, like puja, japam, dhyana (ritual worship & meditation), success is ensured. Hence, Shiva must be meditated upon that night, every month, without the mind straying towards thoughts of sleep or food. Once a year, on Mahashivaratri, a special spurt of spiritual activity is recommended, so that the Shav am (corpse) can become Shivam (God), through perpetual awareness of its Divine Indweller. Dedicate the vigil of this Shivaratri night to the Shiva present within each one of you.

- Divine Discourse, Shivarathri, 1969.

Merely observing vigil on Shivaratri is not sufficient. You must contemplate
on God incessantly. - Baba

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - February 27, 2014

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What is meditation? What is the purpose of this spiritual exercise? Bhagawan explains with a wonderful analogy.

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Watch the Live Video Webcast of the Dance Presentation, 'Abhinayanjali' by the Prasanthi Dance Group at 5 p.m. (IST), Today on our Website.

Meditation is a process that takes place beyond the senses. Consider a rose plant with branches, leaves, flowers and thorns. Locating a rose plant with a flower in a garden requires concentration. Once we have concentrated and identified the flower, the next stage is to pluck it without the thorns. Love is the flower, lust is the thorn. We have to carefully pluck the flower, without the thorn. This is contemplation. Having plucked the flower, what do we do with it? We must offer it to the Lord. Thus, meditation means offering the flower of love to the Divine. In the rose plant of our body, there is the rose of pure and sacred love, emitting the fragrance of good qualities. Below the rose, however, there are thorns in the form of sensual desires. The purpose of this life and meditation is to separate the rose of selfless Love from the senses and offer it to the Lo rd.

- Divine Discourse, 'My Dear Students', Vol 2, Ch 5, Mar 11 1984.

Whenever and wherever you put yourself in touch with God, it is the state of meditation. - Baba

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - February 26, 2014

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Why is the company we keep very essential to our happiness? Bhagawan lovingly explains to us today conferring His benediction on all of us.

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"Tryst with Divinity - Conversation with Christmas decoration team of 2013 - Part 2"

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"Alluring Shivaratri Spectacle
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Watch the Live Video Webcast of the Gratitude Programme by Girls Students of X and XII Class, SSSHSS at 5 p.m. (IST), Today on our Website.

Bear in mind the company you keep. The great saint-poet Kabir once said, “I salute the bad and also the good”. Kabir was asked, “We understand you offering salutations to the good, but why do you salute the bad?” He responded, “When I salute the bad, I am doing this with a prayer to remove themselves from my presence; I am saluting the good, requesting their presence before me.” This is a profound statement. You must avoid bad company and cultivate the company of good. When you join with good people, you will be happy and you will confer happiness upon others. Strive to get rid of all your bad thoughts. Give up all your negative traits. Discharge your obligations to your parents. Render selfless service to the community. Redeem your lives by earning the Grace of the Lord. This is My blessing to all of you.

- Divine Discourse, 'My Dear Students', Vol 2, Ch 3, Dec 29, 1985.

A piece of iron turns into rust if it seeks the company of the soil. The same iron glows and becomes a solid foundation if it enjoys the company of fire. - Baba

Monday, February 24, 2014

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - February 25, 2014

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How can we overcome our weaknesses, stay put in the path of God, and win the game of life? Bhagawan explains the secret to us today.

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The path to God is difficult, but you can win. Let God do whatever He wants. Surrender to Him and say, “I brought nothing with me! Whatever You have given me, I offer it back to You.” You may think your parents gave you the body. Who put life into your body? Who makes your heart tick incessantly? You may feed the body with tasty food but who digests all the food you eat? Who is the driving force behind the circulation of blood? God Himself regulates every single act within every living being. The eye that is not even an inch long can clearly perceive the stars, far away in the sky. Who gave this little eye, this big strength and power? God alone has conferred and is conferring everything upon you. With your little ego, you are confused that you are the doer. This is the greatest ignorance. Whatever He gives, accept it, it is for your highest go od.

- Divine Discourse, 'My Dear Students', Vol 2, Ch 4, Apr 22, 2000.

When you are cutting vegetables for cooking, remember that you are cutting your desires and ego with the knife of wisdom. - Baba

Sunday, February 23, 2014

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - February 24, 2014

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What should we do to avoid evil and bad thoughts? Bhagawan explains why it is very important to be careful of what we eat.

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"Love to Love - a musical selection - first aired live on - 13 Jun 2013"

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At times, to get more protein and strength you may be recommended to consume animal foods like fish and poultry. Consuming non-vegetarian food is not required and you must avoid it. A healthy balanced diet of greens, milk, curds and grains will provide you with all required nourishment. There is a close relationship between your food, head and God. Animal foods will let you develop animal traits. Some may ask, do not plants have life and will they not suffer when we cut and cook them? All plants and vegetables have life, but lack the senses, just like a patient who is given anaesthesia during an operation lacks the awareness and pain of the doctor’s cuts and stitches. However animals have senses and when we cut them, they suffer intensely. To avoid bad thoughts, do not take excessive food, or that which is earned by unrighteous means, or non-vegetarian die t or food that is not offered to God.

- Divine Discourse, 'My Dear Students', Vol 2, Ch2.

Good health is not dependent on good medicine. Good words, good manners, good sight and good thoughts – these are essential. - Baba

Saturday, February 22, 2014

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - February 23, 2014

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We all are bound by actions and our duties. Is there a way of performing these so as to escape the influence they have on us? Bhagawan explains to us today.

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Undertake any work and perform it such that there is no untruth, unfairness or evil motive in the way you execute it. See to it that the work you do, not only enables you to earn a living, but also benefits the nation and the community you live in. Everyone must observe this purity in their lives. If you thus engage yourselves in right action, you will not be bound by the consequences of action (Karma). You are who you are, based on the past Karmas. Through your present actions you can ensure freedom from birth. Through love, develop faith and earnestness. Through faith and earnestness, you acquire knowledge, and from knowledge you develop Sadhana (spiritual practices) through which you achieve your goal. Hence to strengthen your Sadhana, all these - wisdom, earnestness, faith and love - are quintessential. Love is the m ost powerful means to acquire control over your senses.

- Divine Discourse, 'My Dear Students', Vol 2, Ch3.

Practice the attitude of offering every act at the Feet of God as a flower
is offered in worship. - Baba

Friday, February 21, 2014

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - February 22, 2014

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Why should God test us? What does this mean to Him and to us? Bhagawan lovingly explains to us today.

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Test is a taste of God. Unless you are tested, your determination will not become strong. Students often write three or four tests in a year. Why? Exams are not to trouble them, but to validate and strengthen their understanding of the subject. When they pass in flying colours, they are either promoted to higher classes or gain admission to very good Universities. God also does the same. Hence, welcome tests, not as a punishment, but as a protection. However hard they may be, you must clear it. Then you will definitely attain a higher state. God already knows who you are, but He may test you in order to set an ideal for others. What you see is one and what God sees is another. God tests you so all your sins and shortcomings are washed away. Just as gold is tested and attested for its purity, God’s tests are always for strengthening your courage, patience, determination and devotion.

- Divine Discourse, 'My Dear Students', Vol 2, Ch 4, Apr 22, 2000

Test all your thoughts, words and actions on this touchstone:
'Will this be approved by God?' - Baba