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Friday, April 24, 2015

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - April 25, 2015

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If God is formless, what is the rationale behind worshipping an image or idol as God? Bhagawan, our loving Master, clearly explains to us today.

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Many people slander image worship, but its basis is really one’s capacity to see the macrocosm in the microcosm. The value of image worship is testified by experience; it doesn’t depend on one’s imaginative faculty. What is found in the form of the Lord (Virat-swarupa) is also found, undiminished and unalloyed, in the image form (Swarupa). Images serve the same purpose as metaphors and similes in poetry. They illustrate, amplify, and clarify. Joy comes not through the shape of things but through the relationship established. Not any child but her child makes the mother happy. So it is with each one and all things! With each and every thing in the universe, if one establishes that kinship, that Godly love (Iswara prema), then truly an overpowering joy can be experienced! Only those who have felt it can understand.

- Prema Vahini, Ch 20.

If you wish to experience oneness, you must see the cosmos through the glass
of ekatma-bhava (spiritual unity). - Baba

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Thursday, April 23, 2015

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - April 24, 2015

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What must we do to please and be connected with God who resides within us? Bhagawan explains and gives us a very important message today.

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God is omnipresent and is within you. The primary requisite to find Him within you is having pure and selfless love. Chant His Name with love. All living beings are bound by karma in this world. God loves the human form. Hence Avatars come in human form. You can experience His vision by following your duties (Karma marga), as declared in Bhagavad Gita. The Divine is being worshipped as a decorated idol or image, with an artificial form. You should experience the Lord in His natural form, in a natural manner. All the ornamentation a devotee resorts to does not please God. It may please the heart of other devotees, but God's heart is not moved thereby. Only through love can God's heart be moved and softened. Every devotee has that power. Instead of resorting to extravagant adulation of God or seeking petty favors from God, yearn for God alone and you will get everything. Endeavour to make God your intimate friend.

- Divine Discourse, 9 Oct 1989.

Among the nine forms of devotion, the foremost is the cultivation of friendship
with God (Sakhyam). - Baba

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - April 23, 2015

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What is the efficacy of God's precious Names? Bhagawan lovingly reminds us today.

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For this universal ailment of the cycle of birth and death (bhava-roga),listening to spiritual discourses (sravana) and singing God's name (kirtana) is a mandatory prescription. God's Name, Vedas and Puranas must be recited and listened to. Performing all these, if you do not awaken your own inner consciousness (antah-karana), you will fall into perdition. Hence, to attain God's Grace, the feeling of 'I-ness' (ahamkara),which makes you say, "I am the doer", should be rooted out from your heart. Everyone learned or illiterate, should feel an overwhelming urge to know God. God has equal affection toward all His children, for to illumine is the nature of light. So too, uttering God's name, one can progress in the realisation of God, another may perhaps do wicked deeds! It depends on your usage of the light. Remember - the Lord's name is without blemish, always and forever.

- Prema Vahini, Ch 21.

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Bhajans, Satsang and meditation done with the mind soaked in love will confer Peace, Joy and Wisdom. – Baba

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - April 22, 2015

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For our devotion what acknowledgement should we aspire from the Lord? Bhagawan lovingly teaches us a beautiful lesson.

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Many call themselves devotees, but this claim means nothing by itself. When you write a letter, unless it is acknowledged by the recipient, you cannot be sure of where you stand. Likewise, whether one is a devotee or not should be declared by the Lord Himself. Arjuna did not say to Krishna: "I am Your devotee." Nor was Lord Krishna content in announcing: "Arjuna, you are my devotee." Why did Lord Krishna choose to say: "You are My friend and devotee”, instead of calling Arjuna either a ‘friend’ or a ‘devotee?’ There is a profound spiritual significance in this declaration, which will become clear only when you practice the spiritual life. If Krishna were to say to Arjuna, "You are My friend", Arjuna’s ego will be inflated and he will take undue liberties with Krishna. If He were to say, "You are my devotee," Arjuna will become extremely submissive. Hence Lord Krishna declared, “Arjuna, you are My devotee and friend."

- Divine Discourse, Trayee, July 1988.

God alone is truly selfless as your friend and benefactor for all times to come. - Baba

Monday, April 20, 2015

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - April 21, 2015

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How can we effectively surge forward in our quest for peace? Bhagawan lovingly explains today.

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The Gopikas did not concern themselves with the question whether the Divine was attributeless or full of attributes. They preferred to worship the Divine in the form of Krishna and they wanted their forms to merge in the Divine. "Thereby we shall be formless," they declared. It is when we forget our form that we can merge in the Formless. The Divine cannot be experienced through Dhyana (meditation) or Japa (recitation); this is a delusion. These practices may give momentary peace of mind. To experience permanent joy, develop your Divine nature. For this, your environment must be congenial and have pure and Divine vibrations. It is not necessary to go to a forest to concentrate on the Divine Atma dwelling within your heart. The key to inner peace is within you and not outside. In the atmosphere of a sacred divine presence, you can promote your quest for peace more effectively.

- Divine Discourse, 14 Aug 1990.

Just as air or water assumes the form of the container in which it is kept, God acquires the form in which the devotee worships Him. All forms are His. - Baba

Sunday, April 19, 2015

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - April 20, 2015

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What should be the primary objective on our minds when we pray? How will a person with selfless love be? Bhagawan reminds us today.

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'Outside Inside Deep Inside - Sai as Sadguru - Part 1 of episode first aired on 12 Jul 2012'

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Your love for God should be firm and unchanging, unaffected by trials and tribulations and the vicissitudes of life. Pandavas are supreme examples of unwavering love for Krishna. When Draupadi was being humiliated in Duryodhana's assembly hall, when Abhimanyu was attacked and slain by the Kauravas, when Aswathama massacred the Upa-pandavas (Pandavas’ children), or when they performed the glorious Rajasuya sacrifice at the height of their power, or when they were in exile in the forest, without succumbing to the difficulties and troubles they were subjected to, they adhered firmly to the name of Krishna, with unwavering faith in Him. They relied only on Krishna's love. Difficulties and troubles are passing clouds which come and go. Do you remember all the kith and kin from your previous lives? The only relationship that remains unchanged is the one with God. Attach yourself to Him.

- Divine Discourse, 9 Oct 1989.

Never feel depressed when you are weighed down by difficulties. God will never impose on you the ordeals which you cannot bear. - Baba