Why Do You Fear? Sai Baba

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FEATURE OF THE WEEK: When the Star was born!

Sai bhar de jholi hamaree...Sai bhar de jholi hamaree...Tum hain daatha...sab ke maalik...Main hoon ek bikaari...

Mysteries may remain, but the message is clear. It is about hundred years ago thatBaba's fame stared spreading. From the hamlet of Shirdi, the glory of the saint God

began to spread covering the central plains of Maharashtra, later to the Deccan andthe rest of Bharath. Blessed are those servants that carry His message across the seasof space and time.

Baba did not care much to announce who He was or where He had come from.Several people felt several ways. Some felt He was a Sufi saint, some the Lord of Pandharpur. The Europeans of those days felt His power and the magnificence. Someclose to Baba, thanks to Sainath's anecdotes, were able to locate Baba's birthplace.Published accounts indicate that some saw Baba inquire about acquaintances inPathri. Baba, during His second visit to Shirdi when He was welcomed byMahalsapathy was described as a youthful fakir. He stayed in Shirdi for over nextsixty years.

How important is to know about the Baba's birth? As much as the origin of a river or the beginnings of a Saint. Birth and death are the markers of time and none more.Universal spirit cannot be confined; eternity cannot be judged by physical measures,whether time or space. As the Fall sets in yet another year, let us rejoice yet another reason for glorifying the Lord. Let us bask in the good times that Sai has lead us to.Let us remind ourselves once again of the abundant fortunes of the mysterious Saintand His clear message.

CONTRIBUTED ARTICLE: Baba's Mission

The term "Mission" is derived from the Latin "Mitto" meaning "to send". So, amissionary is the one who is sent with a message or direction. As used in the Christianliterature, a mission was the most valuable characteristic of the lives of such greatProphets as Moses, Jesus, and others. Jesus' mission was by His own death to absolvemankind from hereditary or original sin, that is, the sin derived by being the

descendents of the first sinners, Adam and Eve. His death was considered as asacrifice on behalf of entire humanity. Others' mission, for example, Moses' was tolead the Jews from captivity in Egypt on towards the Promised Land. The idea of amissionary is practically that of an agent. In the case of Sai Baba, he declared, "Godhas agents everywhere, they have great powers". Baba added, "I also have great

powers", implying thereby that he was also an agent of God. He also expressly toldD.S. Rasane, "I can do nothing except when God orders". He did not give a kupni toG.G. Narke saying, "The Fakir (God) has not permitted me to give you a kupni", i.e.,the rope of a sanyasi or begging fakir, as G.G. Narke was to be a family man, anearning Grihastha, according to God's plan and not a beggar. As an agent, he said thathe had vast powers. The powers and the mission have a close relation. The mission

has to be worked through the powers given and the powers are given only for carryingout the mission. Baba had by concentration on God practically every siddhi (Great


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Power) that one can think of. Srimad Bhagavadgeetha says, "What power is there thatcan not be got by concentration on God with conquest or control of mind and sensesand breath?" Baba's vast powers were always utilized for the benefit of mankind,

promoting individual benefits that were obvious, seen, and well understood, andgeneral benefits which were not so equally obvious or well seen and understood. We

have to consider the mission of Baba based on the possession of His powers andnotice what general benefits were conferred on the country or mankind, though theseare not yet obvious to most people.

(Source:"Baba' s Mission" by Pujya B.V.Narasimha Swami ji as appeared in "Sai Prabha" dated October 1987)

Why Do You Fear, When Baba is Near?

In this world, man gets frightened for two reasons. One is sorrow about the past andanother is worry about the future. Baba wants us not to fear anything. He assured thatHe will always be with us. Baba is our Father. When we firmly believe that we areHis children, where is the need to fear? If we are afraid of everything, it means wehave no faith in Baba. Lack of faith causes more stress, tension and fear. When wecast all our burdens and rely on Him in confident expectation, our bodies and mindsrest in peace and solace and experience ever-new delight. We get so much satisfactionand happiness that it cannot be expressed in words. It is the experience of our eldersthat they did not worry about anything, as long as they looked to God installed in their hearts.The moment we begin to believe in Baba, our sorrows will vanish. Baba hasquestioned His devotees a number of times "Don't you still believe Me"? If our faithin Baba is firm, we can lead a peaceful life, because it is Baba who will be alwayswith us. God will grant us power, love and peace, but not fear. Armed with this faith,let us make use of our thought, time, intellect and life in the contemplation of God. If all our burdens are cast on Baba, as a Compassionate Protector, He would take us intoHis fold. Why should we fear, when Baba is near and is within us?

Posted at 1610 hrs. on 30th Aug 2009

God given principles of Love for God, fear of sin and Morality in Society , have often

been heard echoing in Prasanthi Nilayam, especially during the recent past, inBhagawans Divine Discourses. This indicates the greater emphasis Bhagawan has been laying for the uplift of moral fabric in the society that would eventually help innation building. When the valedictory function of the two-day conference on Ethics& The World of Finance, organized by the Sri Sathya Sai University and attended byscores of industry captains from the banking and financial sector across the nation,approached, there were much expectations of a Divine Valedictory Address, withBhagawan divulging into the topics of ethics and morality, two subjects dear to Hisheart.

As the bhajans continued, Bhagawan was finishing His round of benediction, blessing

hundreds and thousands packed in the Sai Kulwant Hall. Coming onstage Bhagawanspent some time with the luminaries from the world of finance, blessing


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Padmabhushan K.V.Kamath, Former Head Honcho of ICICI and currently Non-Executive Chairman, with a gold chain.

It was not a surprise, when Bhagawan asked for the mikes to be brought, as for such agrand occasion wherein He has invested great individual interest, something was

definitely due from Him, and the expectation was very much in the air.

In a most exhilarating Divine Discourse lasted an hour, hailing the day to be a day torejoice, wishing that such days would repeat in future, Bhagawan exhorted one and allto recapitulate all that they heard during the day, concluding with an assurance that,wherever they were, be in the sky or on the mountain top or down in the deep sea, bein the forest or be in the city, He would be ever with them, urging them to have thefaith deeply rooted assuring that God would never leave them.

Earlier, starting off in His inimitable style talking of the body and Atma connection,Bhagawan exhorted the devotees that God is one and one only and the indweller thatHe is, has no attributes that limits or binds Him. The nameless God, who is One andOne alone appears as per the faith of the devotee, assuming the form of devoteeschoice.

Relating lucidly coining strings of anecdotes from the epic Mahabharata, going indetail of the story of Pandavas, hailing women of character in the epic, namingDraupadi and Subhadra, Bhagawan mentioned that teaching of women in the epic wasof high order and esteem. Narrating the incident wherein a jealous Ashwathamakilling the children of Pandavas, Bhagawan said, Arjuna was pacified by Subadra andDraupadi and so was Bhima who was pacified by Draupadis words of wisdom.

When, out of anger, Bhima was outraged vouching to finish Ashwathama, it wasDraupadi who had advised him to understand the fact that, being mothers of thechildren, she and Subadra were equally agonized but advised against doing anyretaliatory measure eventually leading to an attempt on Ashwathamas life. They, inturn, advised Bhima to shave Ashwathamas head to parade him in a procession in thecity which would be an apt punishment. One who is fast asleep, one who isintoxicated and one who is resting without safety and security, it is not proper to killsuch a person and one would never be justified in doing such an act, was the piece of

pearls of wisdom from Draupadi to her husband Bhima, narrated Bhagawan.

Elucidating on the topic of the day, Ethics, interlinking the Mahabharata story,Bhagawan said, such ethics were giving protection for people. Equating life withwealth, Bhagawan said, to maintain life was equivalent to protecting ones own life.Quoting the women of character in the epic, He added that women were broad mindedand of noble character with noble ideals. Because of such women of integrity andcharacter that Mahabharat has been shining since time immemorial.

Stressing on the greater need to uphold the tradition and culture of Bharat, Bhagawanhighlighted that highest principles and lofty ideals in ethics and Upanishads areforgotten by Bharatiyas today. Tolerance adds to the beauty in this land. Calling thegeneral tendency to ape the westerners as a sign of weakness, Bhagawan was

categorical in telling that that one who protects the culture of Bharat is the true son of the land.


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Repeating His oft quoted maxim, Money comes and goes, Morality comes andgrows, Bhagawan urged one and all to uphold the tradition of Bharat, stressing onthe greater importance to maintain integrity and character.

Dwelling on the subject of mind and control on thoughts, He said, limit is most

essential; limitless desire would lead to perversion and diversion; mind should bedirected in order to ensure that it does not hurt anyone, leading one to success.

Quoting another maxim close to His heart, Help Ever Hurt Never, naming it as onemost essential quality to be developed, Bhagawan advised the assembly to never inflict pain on anyone to ensure that we do not suffer ourselves. He is intelligent whoobtained such type of education. Claiming that such teachings would not be availablein text books, He exhorted the students to rather test their brain than resorting to text

books.

Quoting another of His favourite maxim, the three principles of God, Love for God,Fear of Sin and Morality in Society Bhagawan urged the students to intense love for God. Sins committed once would come back and with fear of sin one could developgreater character that would ultimately bring Love, cautioned Bhagawan.

Commenting on the present days plight of lacking sacredness in every area of activity, exhorting the devotees to Be Good, Do Good, See Good to take theGodward Path, Bhagawan ensured the devotees that they would be held in highesteem and respect in society, if they have tread the path prescribed.

He had special words of advice for students in particular. Reminding them that theyare quite young, Bhagawan advised them to do good, demonstrate and undertake goodtasks, deeds, serving the society.

And finally about Mother.Hailing mother to be the most important entity to beadored and loved, Bhagawan advised the boys to make their mothers happy; if onemakes his mother happy, he will be happy throughout in his life.

Love All Serve All; this is your property; this has to be your property, you do notrequire anything else. Talking about service to fellowmen and society in general, Heurged the students to understand the pristine principle behind the act; service shouldnot be done with a money motive. Money comes and goes; Morality comes and

grows.

Today is the day to rejoice. Lets desire and wish that such days would repeat.Recapitulate all that you heard here today. You may be anywhere, be in the forest or

in the city, in the sky or on the mountain top or in the deep sea, God will ever be withyou, wherever you areGod will never be away from youGod is with you, in you,above you, below you, around you, protecting and safeguardingHave this faithdeeply rooted in you.

Bhagawan sang two bhajans, Bhajana Binaa Sukha Shanthi Nahinfollowed bySubramaniam, Subramaniam This was followed by Arathi upon which Bhagawanretired to His Divine Abode, Yajur Mandiram, but not before announcing that, ALL


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STUDENTS ARE GOODurging them to CONTINUE TO BE GOODALWAYS

With love and light

Sai Ram

Deepak

September 2nd,2009

The grace of God cannot be won through the gymnastics of reason, the contortions of yoga, or thedenials of asceticism. Love alone can win it; love that needs no requital; love that knows no bargaining;

love that is paid gladly to the All-Loving; and love that is unwavering. Love alone can overcomeobstacles however many and mighty. There is no strength more effective than purity; no bliss more

satisfying than Love; no joy more restoring than Bhakti (devotion to God) and no triumph more praiseworthy than surrender.

-SAI BABA

TEN GUIDELINES FROM SWAMI

1. QUIT WORRYING

Life has dealt you a blow and all you do is sit and worry.Have you forgotten that I am here to take all your burdens and carry them for

you?Or do you just enjoy fretting over little things that come your way?

2. PUT IT ON THE LIST
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Something needs to be done or taken care ofPut it on the list. No, not your list.

Put it on MY to-do list. Le Me be the one to take care of the problem.

I cant help you until you turn it over to Me. And although My to-do list is long,

I am after all God. I can take care of anything you put into My hands.

In fact, if the truth were ever really known, I take care of a lot of things for you that you never even realize.

3. TRUST ME

Once you have given your burdens to Me, quit trying to take them back. Trust in Me.

Have the faith that I will take care of all your needs,your problems and your trials.

Problem with the kids?Put them on My list.

Problem with finance?Put it on My list.

Problem with your emotional roller coaster?For My sake, put it on My list.

I want to help you. All you have to do is ask.

4. LEAVE IT ALONE

Dont wake up in the morning and say, Well, I am feeling stronger nowI think I can handle it from here!

Why do you think you are feeling stronger now?It is simple

You gave Me your burdens and I am taking care of them. I also renew your strength and cover you in My peace.

Dont you know that if I give you these problems back,you will be right back where you started?Leave them with Me and forget about them.

Just let Me do My job.

5. TALK TO ME

I want you to forget a lot of things. Forget what was making you crazy.

Forget the worry and the fretting, because you know I am in control.

But there is one thing I pray you will never forget Please dont forget to talk to Me OFTEN!


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I LOVE YOU!I want to hear your voice.

I want you to include Me in on the things going on in your life. I want to hear you talk about your friends and family. Prayer is simply you having a conversation with Me.

I want to be your dearest friend.

6. HAVE FAITH

I see a lot of things from up here that you cant see from where you are.Have faith in Me that I know what I am doing.

Trust Me, you wouldnt want the view from My eyes. I will continue to care for you and meet your needs.

You only have to trust Me.Although I have a much bigger task than you,

it seems as if you have so much trouble just doing the simple part. How hard can trust be?

7. SHARE

You were taught to share when you were only two years old. When did you forget? The rule still applies

Share with those who are less fortunate than you. Share your joys with those who need encouragement.

Share your laughter with those who have not heard any in such a long time. Share your tears with those who have forgotten how to cry.

Share your faith with those who have none.

8. BE PATIENT

I managed to fix it so in just one life-timeyou could have so many diverse experiences.

You grow from a child to an adult have children, change jobs many times, learn many trades,

travel to so many places, meet thousands of people, and experience so much

9. BE KIND

Be kind to others for I love them just as much as I love you. They may not dress like you, or talk like you, or live the same way you do,

but I still love you all. Please try to get along, for My sake.

I created each of you different in some way.

It would be so boring if you were all identical. Please Know that I love each of your differences.


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10. LOVE YOURSELF

As much as I love you, how can you not love yourself?

You were created by Me for one reason only to be loved, and to love in return. I am a God of love Love Me

Love your neighbors But also love yourself

It makes My heart ache when I see you angry with yourself when things go wrong

You are very precious to Me!

(As published in April 2007 edition of Nava Sarathy)

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only due to karma that happiness and sorrow occur in this world.(Telugu poem)

Message from the teachings of Sai baba for 5th September

Fickle-Mindedness - A Steady MindAll humans may look alike by appearance. But, when we observe their mind and

behaviour, we find some people fickle-minded. Some people though erred, theyrepent for their bad behaviour and resolve to turn good and go ahead. Is it not a mark of mental vacillation when one changes one's opinions frequently, doubts and believeswhatever others say without exercising the God-gifted power of discernment? What isthe use of human birth to such ones? Hence, one should never lose faith in God butremain stable and peaceful. There lies a ball of steel underneath a tree. A fallen leaf lies beside it. It is mid-summer and wind does not blow. To the onlookers, both the

ball of steel and the dry leaf look like dolls. After a while, wind blew in gusts and thedry leaf rose up. The minds of some people, like the dry leaf, lend their ears towhatever people say and give their nodding approval, devoid of faith in Baba. They

blow away in the direction of wind. They cannot keep the image of Baba steadily intheir minds despite reading the life story of Baba. What Hemadpant could not getdespite his many years of perusal of Guru Charitra, Sathe was blessed with the visionof Baba after a mere seven day perusal of the book. Sathe was blessed because hismind remained steady at the Feet of Baba like the ball of steel.

September 15th,

2009

Detachment, faith and love these are the pillars upon which peace rests. Of these, faith is crucial, for without it all spiritual discipline is empty. Detachment alone can make spiritual discipline effective,

and love is what leads one quickly to God. Faith feeds the agony of separation from God; detachment

canalises it along the path of God, and love lights the way. God will grant you what you need anddeserve; there is no need to ask, no reason to grumble. Be content. Nothing can happen against Hiswill.

-SAI BABA

September 18th,2009
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What is Mano-Nigraham (control of the mind)? Nigraham (control) really means being indifferent tothe vagaries of the mind. It is difficult to control the mind, just as it is difficult to confine air in one's

grasp. How can anyone control the mind which is all-pervading in the vastness of its range andcomprehension? When it is realised that the mind is made up of thoughts and doubts, the elimination of

the thoughts is the means of restraining the mind. Thoughts are associated with desires. As long asdesires remain, one cannot have Vairagya (detachment) . It is necessary to limit desires. When there isno restraint, excessive desire becomes an evil. It leads to misery. When we strive to control desire, in

due course, it develops into Vairagya (non-attachment or renunciation) .

-SAI BABA

September 20th,2009

People imagine that spirituality means meditating on God, bathing in sacred waters and visiting holyshrines, but this is not the correct meaning of spirituality. Spirituality means destroying the animalnature in man and awakening him to his divine consciousness. Spirituality implies recognizing that

ones manifold capacities emanate from the Spirit and not from the mind, then utilizing them for achieving spiritual strength. It means acknowledging that all powers come from the Divine.

-SAI BABA

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Illness, both physical and mental, is a reaction on the body caused by poisons in the mind. Anuncontaminated mind alone can ensure continuous good health. Vices breed disease. Bad thought, badhabits and bad company are fertile grounds in which disease thrives. A sense of elation and exultation

keeps the body free from ill-health. The evil habits in which people indulge, are the chief causes of disease, physical as well as mental. Greed affects the mind; disappointments make people depressed.

You can justify your existence as a human being only by the cultivation of virtues. Then you can

become a worthy candidate for Godliness. It is progress in virtue that announces the progress of mantowards divinity. Virtues also confer freshness, skill and long years of youthfulness.

-SAI BABA

his Bank and That Bank

This is an excerpt of a beautiful discourse delivered byBhagavan Baba on the occasion of the inauguration of abranch office of State Bank of India in Prasanthi Nilayammore than 40 years ago.

I am glad that the State Bank of India & ICICI is opening an anotherbranch here in the Prashanthi Nilayam area on 23.11.2009. Artha(wealth) is one of the Purushaarthas legitimate objects of human

endeavour. The four purushaarthas are dharma, artha, kaama andmoksha (righteousness, wealth, desire and liberation). They havebeen listed so, in that order, on purpose.

Dharma (righteousness) has to direct and control the process of earning wealth (artha) and moksha (liberation) is to be theregulating factor of desire (kaama). All wealth accruing from sourcesminted by adharma (unrighteous means) is to be treated withcontempt as unworthy of man.


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All desires that do notsubserve the one supremeneed for liberation are to begiven up as beneath thedignity of man. So, the

Adhyaathmic (spiritual) basisof dharma and moksha, has tobe the root of both artha andkaama. Without it, earningdegenerates into plundering;desire degenerates into death.

This Bank helps you to keepyour money safe when youdeposit it with them. They arehappy to receive it from you;they will allow you to makeuse of it when you are indifficulty. But your moneyhelps you only in worldlydistress. You accumulate itwith great care, by thousands

of acts of denial, denying yourselves this comfort or thatconvenience, saving in this item and that, spending less and earningmore; but a day comes when you have to leave the pile and go,empty-handed.

This passbook will not be looked into there. Why, even while here,when the pile grows into an attractive quantity, sons start fightingfor it, causing you anxiety and fear; taxes take away a large share;thieves and crooks have an eye on it.

What is the Other Bank?

There is another Bank which receives deposits and maintainsaccounts strictly and confidentially. Every little sum is entered andaccounted for deeds, thoughts, words, good, bad and indifferent. If this Bank takes good care of your aasthi (properties, wealth), thatBank watches whether you are an aasthika, a person who acts onthe assumption that there is asthi a sovereign guiding principlethat is divine, that whispers warnings from the heart when dharmaand sathya are infringed, when artha and kaama enslave manunchecked. No son can sue for that aasthi (wealth) ; no tax-gatherercan lay his hands on it. No crook can transfer it to his purse. Open adeposit account there, in that Bank, for your prosperity here andhereafter. That deposit, growing by your spiritual efforts, will give

you joy and peace.


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While you should develop this saving habit here, for the sake of oldage and a rainy day, it is necessary that you should develop that"saving habit" for the hereafter, so that you may be saved.Dharmam chara, sathyam vada is the method. Dharma, sathya and

prema (Righteousness, Truth and Love) are the currency acceptedby that other Bank. All acts, wordsand feelings ringing with the purityof these metals will be accepted asdeposits. So, along with an accountin this bank, you must take care tohave an account in that other Bankalso

The Unique Features of theOther Bank

This bank will not give loans to alland sundry; its help is only forthose who are credit-worthy, whohave impressed by their industryand integrity that they will makegood use of the money and keeptheir word. That other Bank too willsave from distress and grief thosewho have sathya, dharma, shanthi

and prema . This bank will help onlyin proportion to the deposits thatstand in your name; that Bank too deals like that.

The consequences of the meritorious activities of previous birthscan be drawn upon now; but unless you have them, no cheque willbe honoured. Moreover, only those who have the account canoperate. Each must have a separate account in his own name; onebrother cannot draw on the account of another brother; the wifecannot draw on the account of the husband.

This bank will give loans if you mortgage your house or lands,property that has come down to you from your ancestors, gold

jewellery that has come to you from your mothers, etc. That Bankalso will allow you to draw upon the accounts of previous births, anddeposits made then. That is why you find some people, who areobviously wicked and cruel, mean and miserly, yet leading 'happy'lives, free from pain and grief. They have drawn upon depositsmade in the past. They are entitled to that happiness.

Sometimes, this bank will grant you overdrafts, so that you tide over

temporary crisis; the extent of the overdraft is settled by theManager with reference to your reliability and capabilities. It is like


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Man is mortal and the Divine is immortal. In the mortal human being, there is the immortal DivineSpirit. In the field of the heart, there is a Kalpatharu (wish-fulfilling tree). The tree is surrounded by

bushes and briars. When these are removed, the tree will become visible. This wish-fulfilling tree iswithin each person, but it is encompassed by the bad qualities in man. When these qualities are

eliminated, the celestial tree will be recognised. This is the Sadhana (spiritual exercise) that each onehas to perform. This is not the quest for something new. It is to experience what is yours. The entire

cosmos is within you.

-SAI BABA

"A pompous egoistic person will not be loved by anybody,not even by His wife and children.

Only when he gives up these evil qualities,

he will be loved by one and all.Anger is one of the main cause of man's misery.A man filled with anger can never experience

happiness in his life.He will always be steeped in misery.So long as one is filled with desires,

one can never attain peace.A greedy man can never be happy.

Therefore, ego, anger, desire and greed are mainlyresponsible for man's misery, anxiety and restlessness."

(SS Vol 43, May 2000)

So, what was happening? Baba was showing me how to play life's game. In a realsense, I was finally giving of myself. There, in the midst of throngs attending the

birthday, convocation, and conference activities, I was given the opportunity torecognise Baba in His true formmore than mother, father and friend. Icomprehended the meaning of omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient.

The rest of my visit was supercharged, constantly reinforcing who He really is. Here itis, months later, and I'm still filled with gratitude. The miracle of who Swami is, stillremains. It is He who has enabled me to face my trials and tribulations to hear of my grandson's problems, to go through my husband's major surgery, to better understand that I must see no evil and see only good. I remember His words, "It is like

baking a cake. I stir, I knead, I pound, I twist, I bake you. I drown you in tears. Iscorch you in sobs. I make you sweet and crisp, an offering worthy of God." And Hisstatement to my husband and myself, "This Avatar has come to console, correct,guide, and love you. There is nothing to fear."

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wrinkles and turned my lips upward, allowing sadness to give way to a smile,showing me that Love conquers all. Yes, the Lord is truly here!

(From the october 1993 issue of Santhana Sarathi)

September 28th,2009

There is no need to retire into a forest or a cave to know your inner Truth and to conquer your lower nature. In fact, while living in isolation, one has no chance to exercise restraint on one's anger and other weaknesses and so the victory achieved there may not be long lasting or genuine. Win the battle of life;

be in the world but yet be away from its shackles. That is the victory which you have to achieve.

-SAI BABA

After 20 minutes talk, Prof. Venkatraman also requested Swami todeliver His divine discourse. Swami accepted the request of His humbledevotee and spoke for one and half hour about Mother, Mother land,

about Dharma about creation, about His child hood, about His devotees,about the plight of Puttaparthi then and now, about His friends andtodays discourse had a taste of all the teachings of Swami..Swami said this is a very special world. Three thousand years ago therewas no light in this world. It was pitch dark. There was no trace of livingbeings either. Whats the reason? The whole earth was submerged inwater. It rained continuously for 300 years. There was no distinctionbetween day and night. It was pitch dark every time. For that heavyrainfall, even mountains were washed away. All the huge mountains were

reduced to earth. Then came the sun. After appearance of the sun theliving beings came into existence. Then came the stars. In this way theworld came into existence as people were able to see. There after camethe fire which gave rise to wind. Because of wind we find Akasha (sky).The sky is blue in colour. Because of its distance and since we cannot seeany thing that is so distant, it appears blue in colour. Since the watercomes from Akasha, water also looks blue. If we take a little bit of waterin hand we find it to be colourless. All this is Gods creation.The colourblue is Divine. Krishna also has blue complexion. So the sky appears to beblue.


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October 3rd, 2009

Man is the storehouse of every mineral, metal and energy that the earth contains. He has in himelectric, magnetic and several other forms of energy. Sadly, man does not realise this. There is the

enormous strength of Divinity latent in him that enables him to do anything that he sets his mind on.Man's many achievements are mere glimpses of the great potential that is latent in him. All he needs is

to have the will and the determination to realise this strength and potential.

-SAI BA "Why does the sun rise; why do the stars hide their splendour in the day and show themselves in the night? Who

ordered air to be around us all time; why do these streamsroar and gurgle? I created the world with one word at My

pleasure; I made mountains rise and with one word I placed knowledge upon mankind." Baba

Swami once wrote,"I move in the outer space. From those lofty heights I go tothe devotee, first as thought, then as fragrance and then aslight."

And at a Sai retreat that I attended a few years ago inArgentina at the time of the Kosovo crisis one young adultasked a question, "If Sai Baba is raising humanconsciousness why are the children of Kosovo beingmurdered?" Pat came the answer from another young adult,"When Hitler's hordes roamed through Germany the worldkept quiet; they did not even shed a silent tear. But when thechildren in Kosovo were being murdered the world roaredback." That is how Sai Baba is elevating humanconsciousness - slowly and imperceptibly the world isturning into a golden age.

Know that I am Sai, verily Cast off your worldly relationshipsGive up your efforts to restrain Me

The worldly attachment can no longer bind MeNone, however great can hold Me.

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October 5th, 2009

Focus your mind on one goal and do not allow it to waver. You have to hold on to ittill the very end. There is only one Divinity. Stick to any one form of God of your

choice and hold firm to it. If you keep transplanting a sapling from one place toanother frequently, how can it grow into a healthy tree? You have to plant it in one

place and water it regularly until it grows into a strong tree. This is true devotion. If you keep changing your spiritual guides frequently, your devotion gets adulterated.

Do not resort to such a course. Choose any one, and trust that God is in all.

-SAI BABA

PRAYER OF SURRENDER

Why get agitated?Let Me take care of all your business.

I shall be the one who will think about them.I am waiting for nothing else than your surrender to Me,

and then you do not have to worry anymore about anything.Say farewell to all fears and discouragement.You demonstrate that you do not trust Me.

On the contrary, you must rely blindly on Me.

To surrender means to turn all your thoughts away from troubles;to turn them away from difficulties you encounter

and from all your problems.Leave everything in My hands saying,

"Lord, Thy will be done. Thou think of it."That is to say, "Lord, I thank You for
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You have taken everything in Your handsand You will resolve this for my highest good."

Remember that thinking of the consequences of a thingis contrary to surrender.

That is to say when you worrythat a situation had not had the desired outcome,

you thus demonstratethat you do not believe in My Love for you.

You will prove that you do not consider your lifeto be under My control

and that nothing escapes Me.

Never think : How is this to end?...What is going to happen?

If you give in to temptation,you demonstrate that you do not trust Me.

You want Me to deal with it...Yes or no?

Then you must stop being anxious about it!I shall guide you only if you completely surrender to Me,

and when I must lead you into a different paththan the one that you expect,

I carry you in My arms.

What seriously upset you is your reasoning,your worrying, your obsession,

your will to provide for yourselves at any price.I can do so many things when the being,

as much in his material necessities as in his spiritual ones,turns to Me saying, "You thin of it."

Then he closes his eyes and rests quietly.You will receive a lot,

but only when your prayer will rely fully upon Me.

You pray to Me when in pain so that I intervene,but in the way you desire it.

You do not rely on Mebut you want Me to adjust to your requests.Don't behave like sick ones who ask for a treatment from the doctor,

all the time suggesting it to him.Do not do that; but rather,

even in sad circumstances say,"Lord, I praise and thank You for this problem,

for this necessity.I pray You to arrange things as You please

for this terrestrial, temporal life -You know very well what is best for Me."

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instead of diminish.Do not get agitated.

Close your eyes and tell me with faith,"Thy will be done. You think of it."

And when you speak thus,

I accomplish a miracle when necessary.I only think of it when you trust Me totally.

I always think of you,but I can only help you completely

when you rely fully on Me.

~ Baba ~

(As written on the wall near the entrance to Western Canteen at Prashanti Nilayam)

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Ask your heart, ask the God within you. Listen to your inner voice only thus willyou receive a truthful answer. Ask God to help you find God within yourself, and tolive like God in love.

Every person is like a flower given to you by God. You only have to accept themin your life your vase, and pour in it some water love; and then your

relationships will blossom and you will feel Gods presence in every moment of your life.

Bhagavan Baba always stresses on four principal Fs. The first is Follow theMaster, next, Face the Devil, then Fight to the End, and finally, Finish the

Game.

In the game of our life, our true Master, Baba says, is our Conscience, the Voice of God Within. When we listen and abide by this inner prompting, we easily face thedevils (our sorrows and negative traits) of our existence, definitely conquer themand come out of the game joyously. Life is a game, and we should enjoy it!

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You need not go anywhere searching for God. Divinity is within you. Just as there aremany limbs in the body which are kept alive by one heart, the same God is the life-

force for all beings. The entire universe is the reflection of the Supreme Being.Dhrishti (vision) determines your view of Shrishti (Creation). When you see the worldthrough coloured glasses, you will see everything in the colour of the glasses you are

wearing. Whatever happens, you should take it as a gift of God. Love is God. Live inLove. This is the proper way of worshipping God.

What is the proper offering to God? Lord Sri Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita mentions -Patram, Pushpam, Phalam, Toyam (leaf, flower, fruit and water). What do these

signify? Your body is the leaf; your heart is the flower; your mind is the fruit and thetears of bliss are the water to be offered to God. The body is to be surrendered untoGod by undertaking acts of worship and other sacred deeds. God is not confined to

any particular place of worship. Your very body is a temple. Deho Devalaya ProkthoJeevo Deva Sanathanaha (body is the temple and the indweller is the eternal God).

Find Him in your heart. All of you are embodiments of divinity.

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A Millionaire & Three Beggers

There was a good-natured millionaire in the town. Three beggars thought of approaching him for help. The first man went to the millionaire and said: "O Lord! Iwant five rupees. Please give me." The millionaire was taken aback at this man'simpudence. "What! You demand five rupees from me as though I owe you themoney! How dare you? How can I afford to give five rupees to a single beggar? Here,take these two rupees and get away," he said. The man went away with the tworupees.
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The next beggar went to the millionaire and said: "Oh Lord! I have not taken a squaremeal for the past ten days. Please help me.""How much do you want?" asked the millionaire.

"Whatever you give me, Maharaj," replied the beggar.

"Here, take this ten rupee note. You can have nice food for at least three days." The beggar walked away with the ten rupee note.

The third beggar came. "Oh Lord, I have heard about your noble qualities. Therefore,I have come to see you. Men of such charitable disposition are verily themanifestations of God on earth," he said.

"Please sit down," said the millionaire. "You appear to be tired. Please take this food,"he said, and offered food to the beggar."Now please tell me what I can do for you."

"Oh Lord," replied the beggar; "I merely came to meet such a noble personage thatyou are. You have given me this rich food already. What more need I get from you?You have already shown extraordinary kindness towards me. May God bless you!"

But the millionaire, struck by the beggar's spirit, begged of the beggar to remain withhim, built a decent house for him in his own compound, and looked after him for therest of his life.

God is like this good millionaire. Three classes of people approach Him, with threedifferent desires and prayers. There is the greedy man full of vanity, full of arrogance,full of desires. He demands the objects of worldly enjoyment from God. Since thisman, whatever be his vile desires, has had the good sense to approach God, He grantshim some part of the desired objects (even these very soon pass away, just as the tworupees the first beggar got are spent before nightfall).

The other type of devotee prays to the Lord for relief from the sufferings of the world, but is better than the first one, in as much as he is ready to abide by His Will. To himthe Lord grants full relief from suffering, and bestows on him much wealth and

property.

The third type he merely prays to the Lord: "O Lord, Thou art Existence-Absolute,

Knowledge-Absolute, Bliss-Absolute, etc., etc." What does he want? Nothing. But theLord is highly pleased with his spirit of renunciation, of desirelessness and of self-surrender. Therefore, He makes him eat His own food, i.e., He grants this manSupreme Devotion to Himself. Over and above this, He makes the devotee to live inHis own House For ever afterwards this devotee dwells in the Lord's Abode as aLiberated Sage. Sai Ram

The following poem are feelings of Radhakrishnamai an ardent devotee of ShirdiSai Baba.

Take pity on me and forgive me. There was nothing in my life. Only tears came

down my eyes every moment. Then You come to Shirdi. I got Your love andunderstand how to live life. Wherever you went Baba, i used to come with You. I


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dropped flowers in Your way. I used to sleep while remembering Your sports. Igot happiness by cleaning Your Dhuni (Sacred Fire). I was witness of Yoursupernatural powers. Then one day there came a calamity and my presence of mind became useless. But Your love was with me always. Today i am againmissing You. Baba, i am none other than Your Radhakrishnamai. Today i

understood that Allah is with poor people which is far better than richness.

Poem Courtesy - Baba Se Ru-B-Ru written by Sai Devotee Shri Vikas Mehta ji

Jai Sai Ram

SairamBaba Guide us all,

At the feet of my Sathguru Sai BabaBaba's blessing are every where

Manisha.Rautela. Bisht

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On the 1st day of January 1977, I had the first Darshan of Bhagawan. It was NewYear Day for Christians, Vaikuntha Ekadasi for Hindus and Moharrum for theMuslims! So, the entire area was packed thick with men and women of all faiths fromall parts of the world. I had in mind a great desire to ask Swami, one question that washaunting me, "Why is it, Swami, that Nature destroys in one sweep the crop that weryots raise with so much love and care?" But, when the Darshan of Swami itself wasso difficult, how could that question be presented to Him and an answer obtained?

That evening at 5 pm, Bhagawan addressed the gathering and moved along the linewhere I was seated, so that I could imprint Him on my heart. It was a great gift.Swami also referred to the sudden upsurges of natural forces, which, to man, appear as calamities. A speeding car cannot be suddenly stoppedfor that would bring ondisaster. Nature has to obey the laws laid down. Man performs his duties and carriesout his professions with care but he forgets to pray to God in thankfulness for all thefacilities and forces he is awarded. Thus my question was answered by Bhagavan and

I was free from disappointment.
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From that day to this, my crops have never suffered loss through the anger or indifference of Nature. In 1978, I was even awarded by the Government AgriculturalDepartment the title of `the best farmer of the district'. The prize was a beautiful idolof MuralidharaI firmly believe that Swami willed He should come to me in thisform.

In January 1978, Swami appeared in a dream, and said, "Are you willing to go out of the country for four months for training in farming methods?" "I have no politicalleader to recommend me, I replied. Swami replied, "You must know I am the onewho confers boons on all created beings.

In February 1978, my sister, absolutely on her own, sent me application forms andother necessary literature directing me to apply for being selected for foreign training.Her letter came to me on Shivaratri Day and I welcomed her proposal as a result of this co incidence. The officer who had to receive and forward it discouraged me andsaid, "This scheme has been there since 30 years. Almost all the influential farms of this District have tried. But no one has succeeded hitherto. Your application willcertainly be rejected. I sent a telegram to Swami that I had sent in my applicationwith no sponsor, except He. I was called for an interview in May but until the 3rdMay there was no news from Delhi. The month of June rolled by. So, I decided Icould not be included. I inferred that the dreams where Baba appears andcommunicates are merely the fabrications of our own minds and that I shouldhenceforth attach no importance for them . If Swami wanted to direct us to dosomething, He would order us, direct, not through dreams.

Who can describe my joy when on October 7th I got my order selecting me as one of the trainees and asking me to be ready to start for Houston, Texas, on the 21stOctober. Now, through Sai's Grace, I am writing this letter from 14,000 miles awayfrom Prasanthi Nilayam, but with Sai right beside me. Faith and Patience are the two

paisa, which, at Shirdi, Swami asked for from everyone. They can bring us directrewards.

" We are Punished by our Sins, not for Them."...... ........E. HubbardSiN wOrth cOmmitting - rOhit beHaL

Baba says: "Why meditate? Do your work. Only don't distinguish between work and workship. Don't say that this is my work and that is God's work. Takeeverything as God's work only. That is real meditation."

THE TONGUE CAN BE YOUR WORST ENEMY!

Your words, your dreams, and your thoughts have power to createconditions in your life.


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What you speak about, you can bring about.

If you keep saying you can't stand your job, you might lose your job.If you keep saying you can't stand your body, your body can become sick.

If you keep saying you can't stand your car, your car could be stolen or just stop operating.If you keep saying you're broke, guess what? You'll always be broke.If you keep saying you can't trust a man or trust a woman, you will alwaysfind someone in your life to hurt and betray you.If you keep saying you can't find a job, you will remain unemployed.If you keep saying you can't find someone to love you or believe in you,

your very thought will attract more experiences to confirm your beliefs.If you keep talking about a divorce or break up in a relationship, then youmight end up with it.Turn your thoughts and conversations around to be more positiveand power packed with faith, hope, love and action.Don't be afraid to believe that you can have what you want and deserve.

As Baba always tells us: WATCH

Watch your Words, they become actions. Watch your Actions, they become habits. Watch your Thoughts, they become words. Watch your

Character, for it becomes your Destiny . Watch your Habits, they become character.

The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even lessthan you settle for.

In the search for Me, I discovered Truth.In the search for Truth, I discovered Love.In the search for Love, I discovered Baba.

And in Baba, I have found EVERYTHING.

Remain Blessed!

Duty is Love, Work is Worship

REMEMBERING AN IMPORTANT ANNIVERSARY

Five days from now, the calendar would show the date as 13th September. On that day, sixty-six years ago, something memorable happened. However, only a few people witnessed that


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event, because it happened so long ago, and that too in a small and somewhat unknown townnamed Uravakonda in Anantapur District of what was then Madras Presidency and is nowAndhra Pradesh.

On that day, a young boy named Sathya Narayana Raju left home for school as usual, wentsome distance, came back, stood on the doorstep of his brothers house and said something toHis elder brother that knocked out both the brother and his wife. The young boy just fourteenyears old, declared that He was Sathya, that He belonged to the entire human race, and thatHe was going out to Love All as well as Serve All.

With those historic words, Raju disappeared into history and in place of that young ladappeared Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, the Avatar of the Age. Baba then walked away fromwhat was until then His residence, went to a garden in the house of a person namedAnjaneyulu, sat on a small stone and gave the world His first Message:

Manasa Bhajare Guru Charanam..

We all know that song and many of us also know about this turning point as well but we are

sure that of the fifteen thousand or so who now receive the Sai Inspires picture post-card daily,there must be many of the younger generation, who are not aware of all this.

The body of Bhagawan Baba was only fourteen years old, but being Timeless, Baba gavethen an Eternal Message. As He told Arjuna five thousand years ago, God incarnates mainly toteach this Message to man. He has done so any number of times but man being a dumbstudent keeps forgetting the lesson. And so, God has to come down repeatedly to teach thatsame lesson, which is that there is only One Reality, GOD!

Everything we see is God, though it might not be readily apparent to us. However, if we pauseto reflect and enquire, we would eventually find that indeed, everything including us is nothingbut God. Two years ago, on 25 th July to be precise, Swami gave a Discourse on this subject,for the Nth time that is, and we thought this Sunday, we would present excerpts of that Divine

Discourse with supplementary comments.Let us start with the world we live in, which seems so very real to all of us. That is no surprisebecause the world is enveloped by powerful forces that bring us pleasure as well as pain. Sowe tend to think of this reality as something EXTERNAL to us and often independent of us.When we look out into the world we see all sorts of things people serving others, peopleinjuring others, etc. etc. And when we see these things, we experience various feelings like

joy, pain, anger and so on. Such experience is not confined to just what we see; they extendalso to the actions we are involved in. A man drinks alcohol thinking there is pleasure in thealcohol. Alcohol is just a drink and a chemist would even given the formula for it. The feeling of intoxication experienced is internal to the person concerned. For example, if a person whodoes not like alcohol is forced to drink it, he would not feel pleasure but revulsion. Swamidescribes it all as follows:

In Gods creation, everything is reaction, reflection and resound. All that we experience in theoutside world is only a reaction, reflection and resound of the inner being.We are , however,deluded to think that this reaction, reflection and resound is real. Whatever feeling comes out of your heart and takes a shape outside is the form you see. It means that, that form hasalready been conceived by you.

Let us explore what these words mean. Say there is a statue and two men standing next to it,one a normal person of the world and other a holy man. All three are witness to a riothappening in the neighbourhood. The statue does not feel anything, naturally. In fact, youwould say it is stupid to expect the statue to feel anything because the statue is insentient, andyou would be absolutely right; but we brought in the statue just to make our point. What aboutthe other two? The normal person would feel agitated and angry and would most likely be pro

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parties are foolish in wasting their time and energy in violence instead of spreading Love,which is the true nature of man. This hypothetical example brings home the elementary truththat experience flows from the nature of the person . The so-called normal person and theholy man both witness the same event but their reactions are very different. Why? Becausetheir natures are very different; they see what they want to see! That is the point about theabove quote from Baba.

OK, the outside is a reflection of the inside. There are billions of people on earth, and they allhave different personalities. So, are there are billions of versions of what people perceive andexperience as reality? Baba says NO! How come? That is what we shall consider next. Yousee, every individual is a CORE plus an outer covering. It so happens that while the CORE isthe same in all, the outer covering varies widely, being dependent on the individuals worldlypersonality. You might say: But that is inevitable and what can we do about it? Swami saysthat if you see the world imagining yourself to be the outer cover you will see something,while if you see the same world believing you are the CORE and not the outer covering, thenthe perception would be entirely different. While the outside of a humans personality wouldsee diversity, the CORE of his personality would see only one thing, which is the Reality . Babaputs it this way:

You are everything and everything in Creation is immanent in you. Unfortunately, man today isforgetting his Real Nature and is imagining something that does not exist. This is the result of delusion, which, in fact, is of his own making. It is only when man comes out of this illusion that he would be able to realise Brahman .

So, there is the answer we see what we want to see! If we imagine ourselves to be thetransient body plus the Mind, then the IMPRESSIONS we get of the world outside would beBhrama or illusion [as opposed to Brahman or the Eternal Reality]. If we are guided entirely bythe fickle Mind, we would see superficial diversity instead of the CORE Divinity . As Swamisays: Yad Bhavam, tad Bhavati as you feel so you become. A person wedded to diversitywould tend to feel, I am right and he is wrong etc., and from that would be born, anger,

jealousy, hatred and conflict. This is what is happening all round these days, and that is why

there is so much hatred and conflict, though the CORE of all persons of all faiths, and indeedof even the so-called atheists, is Divine! Swami says, You stupid man! Why are you wastingyour time, energy and even money in focusing on the wrong thing! Why dont you focusinstead on the REAL YOU! That REAL YOU is God, and once you realize that you would seenothing but God everywhere. The moment you do that, conflict would vanish from the face of the earth like the mist before the morning Sun! In short, our outside sees superficialitywhile our CORE sees the CORE of the Universe; the latter would be a case of Godwithin seeing God without ! That said we would now like to present some more excerptsto stimulate your thinking.

There is only one power in the world, which is all-pervasive. That is the power of Love. It isonly by Love, that human societies are formed. There can be no humanity without Divinity.

That is a clear message that we cannot hope to be humans if we forget our innate Divinenature. That CORE is the Only Reality. The question arises: If our CORE is indeed Divine andSelfless Love is an integral part of each of us, then how come there is so much hatred? Babaexplains. He says that hatred is nothing but a highly degraded form of Love, the degradationoccurring due to attachment and desires. Swami adds:

Even Maya (delusion) is associated with love. You do not find anything in this world, devoid of love. Love is in everything in this world. All relationships between people in this world areestablished and cultivated on account of love. Again, love becomes the cause for separation of two individuals .

So it is not as if Love is absent in us; it is always present but unfortunately, often in degradedor polluted form. If only we can clean it up! Swami continues:

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footprints in the sand: one belongingto him, and the other to the LORD.

When the last scene of his life flashed before him,he looked back at the footprints in the sand.

He noticed that many times along the path of his life there was only one set of footprints.

He also noticed that it happened at the very

lowest and saddest times in his life. This really bothered him and hequestioned the LORD about it:

"LORD, you said that once I decided to followyou, you'd walk with me all the way.

But I have noticed that during the most

troublesome times in my life,there is only one set of footprints.

I don't understand why whenI needed you most you would leave me."

The LORD replied:

"My son, my precious child,I love you and I would never leave you.During your times of trial and suffering,when you see only one set of footprints,

it was then that I carried you."

Help Ever, Hurt Never-------Love All, Serve All

Keep this thought in your mind, "I am not a mere man, I am the embodiment of Divinity." Have this conviction fixed in your mind and you will realise this truth. As it


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is said, Brahmavid Brahmaiva Bhavathi (the knower of Brahman becomes verilyBrahman). If you perceive yourself as Divine, you become Divine. If you consider

yourself a human being, you will remain so. While your form is that of a human being, there is the Atmic principle in you. To recognise this Atman, you have to keep

your heart pure and empty of negativity.

The body and mind are very closely interlinked and are vital to man's evolution. A completeman is one who has both a pure mind and a healthy body. The body must certainly be fosteredand protected, but no attachment must be developed towards it. The Atma within the body is

more fundamental. While the body is bound to perish sometime, the Atma within is eternal. Ahealthy body and a pure mind in turn combine to give 'Lavanya' - true beauty. True beauty isthat of the character and not of the body. It is this Lavanya that gives one an eternal youthful

countenance and bliss.

Don't Worry, Be Happy, for Baba loves us,So Illusions Are Many, but Underneath Them AllThere Is One Reality That You and I Are OneThat God Is Love and Love Is God and God and Man Are One

What we own is not the problem, it's our attitude towards our possessions. If we havesomething and we enjoy it, that's fine. If we lose it, then that's OK. But if we lose itand we are very attached to it in our heart, then that's not fine. It doesn't matter whatthe object is, because it's not the object which is the problem. The problem is our owninner grasping mind that keeps us bound to the wheel, and keeps us suffering. If our mind was open and could just let things flow naturally, there would be no pain. Doyou understand? We need our everyday life to work on this, to really begin to see thegreed of attachment in the mind and gradually begin to lessen and lessen it

There's a famous story of a coconut, which is said to be used in India to catchmonkeys. People take a coconut and make a little hole just big enough for a monkeyto put its paw through. And inside the coconut, which is nailed to a tree, they have putsomething sweet. So the monkey comes along, sees the coconut, smells somethingnice inside, and he puts his hand in. He catches hold of the sweet inside, so now hehas a fist. But the hole is too small for the fist to get out. When the hunters come back,the monkey's caught. But of course, all the monkey has to do is let go. Nobody'sholding the monkey except the monkey's grasping greedy mind. Nobody is holding uson the wheel, we are clinging to it ourselves. There are no chains on this wheel. Wecan jump off any time. But we cling. And clinging causes the pain.

Dear Devotee

Happy Diwali! Happy New Year!

May the light of love and devotion shine brightly in our heartsMay the light of understanding shine in our minds,May the light of harmony glow in our homeMay the light of service shine forth ceaselessly from our hands.

May your presence light the lamps of love wherever we go.May our smile, our words and our actions be as sweet


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as the sweets of this festive season.May Maha Laxmi bring us the true wealth of peace, health, happiness, and love.

To you and your family

Ashok Gupta & Mrs Veena Gupta

He who thinks of the Lord with devotion can overcome any kind of Karma (consequences of past actions). With the grace of the Lord, one can experience even the otherwise unattainable

bliss. Do not doubt the usefulness of Sadhana (spiritual exercise). Unshaken Bhakti(devotion) will win the grace of the Lord. If complete faith is placed in the Lord at all times,

why should He deny you His grace? Generally men do not fully and unswervingly rely on theLord. Faith is the product of peace and patience, not of haste and hurry.

-SAI BABA

Deepavali

Deepavali is a festival which is designed to celebrate the suppression of the Ego bythe Higher Self. Man is plunged in the darkness of ignorance and has lost the power of discrimination between the permanent and the evanescent. When the darkness of ignorance caused by Ahamkara (ego) is dispelled by the light of Divine knowledge,

the effulgence of the Divine is experienced.

Know that Paramatma (God) is the goal of man. Direct all attention to that goal.Control the mind that wanders away from it. This is the essence of the teachings of allthe Shastras (scriptures) . Be bound to the Atma in you. Take refuge in it. Meditate onit without interruption. Then the worldly bonds would loosen themselves, for the bond

with which you attach yourself to the Lord has the power of unbinding all other bonds.

God will decide what to give, when to give, and where. Hence, all actions should bededicated to God, and He will decide what the devotee is fit to receive. Wheneverything is left to God out of pure love and total faith, God will take care of thedevotee. People today lack such firm faith. In the path of devotion, many ordeals haveto be overcome. Great devotees in the past faced such ordeals with faith and fortitude.Ultimately they secured the grace of the Divine and experienced bliss. For achieving

anything in life, two things are essential: firm faith and pure love.

WHERE SHOULD QUESTIONING AND ENQUIRY LEADUS?

Where should questioning and enquiry ultimately lead us?

We question because of certain factors. Doubt may prompt you to question.Suspicion may prompt you to question. Distrust may lead you to question.Emotional imbalance may lead to question. Ego may be the cause for questioning. The spirit of domination, superiority complex, or inferioritycomplex, whatever it is, may be the cause for questioning. However, if none of


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these factors are the cause for questioning (like doubt, suspicion, distrust,domination, ego complex), then further questioning takes you to enquiry.

True questioning, which is free from all the factors I listed till now, is correctenquiry; otherwise not. True questioning is the path of enquiry, which will take

you to the point of your true being, the centre of your lifethe supreme Self.

True questioning means turning inward. True questioning is what we callmeditation. This type of questioning that gets transformed into enquiry isinvestigation and exploration into ones own Self. Such enquiry will end up inSelf-revelation, revelation of the Self, or experience of the Self.

Questions based on doubt, distrust and other factors will take you toconfusion confounded. On the other hand, questions which are independentof these factors will help you to meditate, reflect, ponder upon, and take youto the experience of Self, conferring supreme non-dual joy.

Therefore, a question is a challenge when it is turns one inward. A question issadhana, taking one along the spiritual path, if it is an enquiry. Truequestioning is an eagerness to search, a yearning to learn, when turns oneinward. Questioning helps you find an answer for the birth of a human life andthe goal of human life. But if this questioning is based on other silly factors,turning one outward, it may be a foolish, idiotic, meaningless question, onewhich wastes time.

You cannot go on questioning everything that comes up. Why? Certain basicthings in life also cannot be questioned. For example, your mother loves you.Do you question that? A flower is beautiful. Do you question that? Thesunrise is also so beautiful. Do you question it? So, certain facts of life areunquestionable. Likewise, the Divine is unquestionable.

So, taking an unquestionable position will take your life from question toquest. Quest is different from question. Question ends when the answer isgiven, while quest goes on continuously, eternally. Therefore, a questionwhich turns you inward becomes a quest, a pathless land and an eternal

journey!

HOW FREQUENTLY SHOULD WE MEDITATE AND FORHOW LONG?

Youth from Region 1 asks: How frequently does one have to meditateboth in the morning and evening? And for how long, in order to derive

joy from it?

This question is put due to your own limited understanding of meditation. Themeditation you are thinking about is the one bound by time and space: Imeditate between four and five in the early hours of the morning. I meditate


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once again in the night between seven and eight, or whatever you may say.This is only a limited meditation, within the framework of time.

Further, you could say, This is my meditation room. This is the place where Imeditate every day most religiously. This is the second point of your idea of

meditationreferring to space. Space and time are the two binding factors, asyou currently understand meditation.

But true meditation is beyond time and space. Time and space are twoaspects that relate to the mind. When the mind is off, when the mind is intrance, when the mind is withdrawn in deep sleep, what is the time and whereis the space? When you are sleeping in the night, unmindful of what ishappening around you, do you know the space where you are? Do you knowthe time where you are? So, deep sleep is beyond time and space because,in that deep sleep state, the mind is totally withdrawn. Even in this wakingstate, even now, there can be withdrawal of the mind or true meditation. But if you limit meditation to time and space, it is no meditation at all.

On the other hand, maybe for beginners, it is a good idea to practice like that.One may do it that way initially; but that is not the final form of meditation. Infact, the whole life is meditation. Life is meditation! Whatever you do ismeditation. A state when you forget yourselfthat is meditation! A statewhere you get yourself involved and identified with the job totally, that ismeditation. If you are a computer man, as you work with your computer, youare totally into it . . . one with that only. That is meditation.

As a doctor, the way he handles a patientthe examination, diagnosis,treatment, prescription, all of that in its totallyis his meditation. A teacher, ashe teaches in the classroom, forgets himself, his family, his family problems,and his ailments. He gets lost in the art of teaching, disseminating knowledgeto the students who are sitting in front of him. So teaching is his meditation.

The job of a doctor is meditation. The job of a computer engineer ismeditation. So meditation means totality of existence. When you are totallyinto it, completely into it, losing all sense of time and space, it can be calledmeditation. That is the very definition of meditation, which you will understandas time passes, and in particular, as you gain more experience.

Therefore, this is not a job or anything like an activity that is limited to morningand evening only. If you look at it like that, then what would you do during therest of the time? You stop meditation. So, what do you mean by meditation?What you think of as meditation is not meditation in the true sense.

If this meditation, as you understand it, is true, then Lord Krishna should haveasked Arjuna, Meditate, my boy! You dont need to fight. Or Rama shouldhave said to Anjaneya (Hanuman), Please meditate! You dont need to go toLanka to fetch Sita.

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was fighting, he had nothing other than the command of Krishna in his heart.So in Arjunas case, fighting was his meditation; while in the case of Hanuman, the search for Sita was his meditation.

Develop along these new ideas of meditation, so that you never limit

meditation to a particular place and a particular time.

IS IT FAIR TO DEPEND ON SWAMI TO DO EVERYTHINGFOR US?

Youth from Region 3 asks: I have seen people who say every time,Swami should do everything for me. How far is it fair to depend uponSwami, without putting forth any effort, rather than trying on our own?

Is that fair to depend on Swami? Of course, Swami does thingswhenever we ask, and even when we do not ask. An example: a student would ask Swami to pass him in the exam, but not study hard to achievethat. Similar is the case with many devotees.

The third chapter Karma Yoga of the Bhagavad Gita gives a correct answer tothis question. You cannot be lazy. You cannot live passively continuously.Action is quite natural. You may say, I am not doing anything. But you do notknow. You may be doing many things without your notice.

You may sit idle, but your mind is thinking. That is action. You may be lying on

the bed, but blood circulation is taking place. The heartbeat continues, andthe lungs breathe in and breathe out. There is action again. So when youagain say, I am not doing anything, try to stop breathing, stop thinking, stopimagining, and stop everything! Only then you can correctly say, I am notdoing anything. But can you actually stop these actions?

Doing these natural things but externally, outwardly not doing anything is thesurest sign of a lazy man, an idle person, and a fit-for-nothing fellow. So onemust take to activity, jump to activity, which is absolutely necessary.

The second point: what does letting Swami do everything really mean? Youhave to do your job, but leave the results to Him. Swami does everythingmeans Let Him grant me the results that I deserve, which are in my owninterest, in my best interest. Let Swami grant me the results. That is in thehands of the Divine. However, proper effort is in your hands.

As a youth, sometimes one is attracted to ask this question. I can understandthat. But if Swami does everything, my dear young man, let me put thisquestion: why do we have a mind then? Can you think with your mind? Then,why have the intellect? Can you decide what needs to be done without theintellect? Why the body? Is it not for action? So there should be thought atthe level of the mind. There should be decision at the level of the intellect, andthere should be action at the level of the body. You are given all these for specific purposes.


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You cannot say, I dont do anything; let Him take care of everything. It islaziness. Baba gives one regular example for this. What is it? You are veryhungry, so a chapatti is served on a plate with sabji , the vegetable curry. Thefood is ready. It is now for you to eat. You cannot say, God, You have givenme food. You also see that I eat. Can you say that? You have to eat.

Therefore, opportunities of service, opportunities of work, opportunities tocome up in life, opportunities to struggle hard, still aiming high, are all themany number of things that God has granted us. Plus He has given you asharp intellect, He has given you a sound mind, and He has given you ahealthy body, which has got to be used. If God does everything, you yourself will say, Oh God, I dont have freedom. Can I manage myself?

At home, if parents do everything, the children feel that they have noindependence. They feel, Cant I do this? Right from childhood, we crave for freedom. This yearning for freedom will grow more and more as we age. If God takes care of everything, we will complain.

Therefore, man is endowed with freedom to choose this way or that way.Come on, act! Proceed in the field of action, and then when you say, Swamidoes everything it means that He will grant you the results depending uponyour own efforts. That is what I understand regarding this question. RamChuganiKobe,Japan Hetal Patilhttp://www.shirdisaibabastories. orghttp://www.saiterehazaaronnaam. com

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Four types of virtuous people worship Me:

The first are those who are in difficulties,

The second are seekers,

The third want worldly things,

The fourth are wise people.

A sincere seeker and devotee can have no interest in the worldly pleasures and passions. These inferior desires have to be renounced, for they lie at the root of allmisery. What exactly is Moksha or liberation? It is the Shanti (unruffled peace)obtained through the Sadhana (spiritual endeavour) of Chittha Shuddhi or cleansing of the heart. It is the negation of the impressions one gets through the senses.


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Pain or pleasure is of our own making. We are mistaken if we thingthat someone else is responsible for our pain or pleasure.

Help Ever, Hurt Never. Love All. Have faith in everyone.

There is no human being without love. Even beasts, birds, animalsand insects have love. This love is experienced even in the smallestof creatures. We should have deep conviction that God is present ineveryone in the form of the Atma consciousness.

You are not hating yourself, you are hating God when you hateothers. Every human being is like a mirror. In the mirror, you find areflection of yourself. In many mirrors, you see many reflections of yourself. Reflection. Reaction. Resound.You are accusing yourself, blaming yourself. Therefore, whoeveryou come across, have deep faith that they are all Gods forms. Manfails to understand this truth. It is not proper on our path to makefun of anyone or hate anyone. Love is the only royal path that takesyou closer to God.Therefore all noble souls merged in God because of their incessantlove for God. Sakkubai went on repeating Ranga, Ranga, Ranga.Everybody made fun of her and her husband persecuted her.Ultimately, she merged in God. She always said I am not differentfrom Ranga. In all three states of awareness, she thought of Rangaonly.

An atheist in Tamil Nadu used to take the idol of Vinayaka and beatHim with slippers. Karunanidhi used to enjoy this act. ButKarunanidhi now declares that Sathya Sai is God. Its quite likelythat we commit mistakes out of ignorance. Then we repent. But youhave to make amends for your mistakes. True repentence gives usatonement for our sins.

Karunanidhis son Stalin believes in God. He comes to Puttaparthiand shares his experience with others when he goes to Delhi.

It is only God who speaks, walks, listens to every activity.

We go by name and form. We may call it snake or scorpion. God isin every creature. God has given skills to different creatures toprotect themselves. The scorpion stings in self defence and not withan intention to hurt. In a dense forest, a lion hurts only if hurt.Reaction, reflection, resound.

Bad actions lead to bad results. So do good. All that you face are

consequences of our thought process. Our thoughts should be pure.A human being should have human values. Today, human beings


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are treated like dogs. Therefore all defects and mistakes lie withman. Reaction, reflection and resound.Therefore, it is absolutely necessary that we correct our ownmistakes and do not search for mistakes in others.

People made fun of those involved in the rescue of flood victims. Inthe same way, the whole community made fun of Sakkubai whokept chanting the name of Krishna. They were finally taught alesson by Krishna. God is an ocean of love. Out of gross injusticeand utter ignorance, we dont understand ourselves and we blameGod. The good or bad that we face is the consequence of our owndoing. So we have to correct ourselves within.

The Christians believe in I. Cut the I and it becomes a cross. Theego has to be killed. Once we get rid of this ego, then we canrealise the real self. Man today is knowledgeable in all aspects of life. He is conquering space, prepared to count stars. But he fails insimple things. Love is the undercurrent of everything.

There are different kinds of sweets, but the sugar is one. TheUpanishads say that whomsoever you salute, it reaches God. God isthe one, who gives you everything. Understand your own mind.Realise your own mistake.

Help Ever. Hurt Never. He is a true man who knows this

fundamental truth, who has morality and character. If youunderstand this, you will not put anyone to suffering. Recogniseunity in diversity. God is only one Atma consciousness, has noname or form. It is the spirit or consciousness which permeates allbeings. Several lights exist, but current is one.

We may undertake several spiritual activities but it all comes backto oneness. If you understand the oneness, you will have peace andbliss. You are Atma the only one the eternal one. God is onlyone never think that He is many. When we face difficulties, we

chant many names. But when we dont have any problems in life,we dont think of God. We should cling on to Soham. The namegiven to everyone at the time of birth is Soham. We will redeemour lives, working for liberation, if we know the Divine principle andDivine nature.

Many people speak of Swami differently. It is their imagination.Bhagawan has no imagination at all. All imagination should bedispensed.

Politicians know nothing. If they know the truth, the nation will be abetter place. Do not follow politics. There is no relation between


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what the politician says and what he does.

If anybody does good, follow it. This is the message of Baba to all of us today. The whole world should be happy. Let all the beings behappy. You will acquire this bliss through love. We say Peace,peace, peace. Where is this peace ? Only pieces.

Bhagawan is happy and blesses all those gathered here.

The discourse concluded with the song Bhajo, bhajo, Vithala by themusic college students. Source: srisathyasai. in- sssbpt.org - web-layout & design saibabaofindia.com

The Sadhaka (spiritual aspirant) must be vigilant not to lose his temper on trivial and petty matters, for that will retard his progress. Anger must be sublimated bysystematic effort. One must resist the impulse to enter into discussions and arguments,for this breeds a spirit of rivalry and leads one towards feelings of anger andvengeance. Anger is at the root of all wrong behaviour. Hence, cultivate love towardsall beings and thus keep undesirable habits and tendencies at bay.

When hardships overwhelm you, know that it is the consequence of your own pastdeeds. Do not blame the Lord and develop a grouse against Him. Do not pay heed totrouble or take it as such. Rather engage yourself in the service of others and performmeritorious deeds. Continue relying on the name of the Lord for support. That is thesign of wisdom.

(Oh Lord, You are the embodiment of truth. In fact, You are the truth itself;only You are the eternal truth. Truth is the only path to reach You. Oh the

personification of truth, I surrender to Thee!)

Each and every incident of Swami's life serves as a mirror reflecting theessentiality of Swami's divine personality. Swami is the personification of

ahimsa (principle of non-violence). Embodiment of compassion and pity forhelpless creatures, He is Jesus Christ and Bhagavan Buddha personified.

Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba is the teacher of teachers.

My Heart felt pranams to the Panch kedars.May lord Shiva always guide us tothe path that will lead us to his sacred feet.


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I am the Atma that dwells in all living beings. I am the beginning, the middle and the end of all things. All that you see in the cosmos the moving and the stationary

objects is a manifestation of the Atma.

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