Past Sai Messages for the Day
Sunday, December 10, 2023
Carols and candles, readings from the Bible, and acting out the incidents that surrounded His birth are not enough to celebrate the birth of Jesus. Jesus said that the bread taken in the 'last supper' was His flesh, and the wine, His blood. He meant that all beings alive with flesh and blood are to be treated as He Himself and that no distinction should be made between friend or foe, we or they. Everybody is His body, sustained by the bread; every drop of blood flowing in the veins of every living being is His, animated by the activity that the wine imparted to it. That is to say, every person is divine and has to be revered as such.
Saturday, December 9, 2023
God has no specific name. He is present in you in the form of Atma. What does Atma mean? It means love only. It is love that unites all. If you imbibe this principle of unity, then all will become one. When you attain this unity, you will have purity. When you have purity, then Atma Tatwa (principle of the Self) will manifest in you. Therefore, you must have unity to attain divinity.
Friday, December 8, 2023
Human beings are a combination of these three: bhutakasa (body), chitthakasa (mind), and Chidakasa (Atma). The first refers to the one you think you are; the second, the one others think you are; and the third, the one you really are.
Thursday, December 7, 2023
People are developing their intellectual abilities but are using their intelligence for wrong purposes. Knowledge without right action is useless. Mere action without knowledge is foolishness. Hence it is necessary to combine knowledge with cultivation of character.
Wednesday, December 6, 2023
To think that God would forget anybody is only your imagination - the reflection, reaction, and resound of your feelings. God never forgets anybody. It is only the devotees who remember or forget God. God loves all equally. So, develop love. Eschew all evil tendencies.
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
When Jesus was a small boy, His parents took Him to Jerusalem. After some time, Mother Mary, not finding her son Jesus by her side, thought that He had lost His way in the crowd and searched for Him frantically. Ultimately, she found Him listening with rapt attention to the sermon of a priest in a synagogue. She hugged Him and shed tears of joy. Then Jesus said, “Mother, why should you be worried when I am in the company of God, my Father.”
Monday, December 4, 2023
The followers of every religion, in their own way and style, call upon the one God who is omnipresent. It is the same God who confers upon all mankind, health, prosperity, peace, and happiness. No religion has a separate God showering grace upon those who profess to abide by that faith alone!
Sunday, December 3, 2023
Without waves, there can be no ocean. Without rays, there can be no sun. Likewise, a person without love cannot be considered a human being. Just as waves are for the ocean, rays are for the sun, so too is love for individuals. Therefore, individuals should fill their lives with love.
Saturday, December 2, 2023
If you want to realize God, if you wish to experience the divinity within you, if you want to know your true Self, you must develop pure, unsullied love. It is this that binds all people. It is described as the tether of love (Prema-pasham).
Friday, December 1, 2023
All religions and scriptures agree that going to the aid of fellow beings in times of need and saving them from distressing situations is the greatest virtue. To be friendly toward all beings is the duty of everyone since the same Atma is there in all beings. Comprehending this truth, it is the duty of everyone born as a human being to do good to others based on love.
Thursday, November 30, 2023
You should develop friendship with God. If God is your friend, the whole world will be under your control. But today, the unfortunate ones are losing their friendship with God. It is not easy to make friendship with God. But you must make every effort in this direction. Once you develop friendship with God, you must take full advantage of it through spiritual practices.
Wednesday, November 29, 2023
Give love to all, give up the ego, display heroism in service. With compassion to fellowmen, feel your intimate kinship with them. Visualize the inner Self (Atma) that illumines all and derive unending bliss therefrom.
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
Purity of thought, word, and deed is true wisdom. You don't need to undertake any other spiritual practice. People undertake various spiritual practices. But they confer only temporary satisfaction. On the other hand, when you have purity of thought, word, and deed, you will experience eternal happiness.
Monday, November 27, 2023
Do bhajans (devotional singing) and have the name of the Lord always on your lips. Do not waste even a single moment. By chanting the name of Rama, Hanuman became all-powerful, the embodiment of peace and the exemplar of all noble qualities.
Sunday, November 26, 2023
There is one way of getting over the results of karma. If you earn the grace of the divine, even mountains of sin can be reduced to dust. Only the divine has the power to confer such grace. A spark of fire can bum down a mountain of cotton. How is the spark to be got into the mountain of human predicament? Only through love. Develop love.
Saturday, November 25, 2023
There is no need to attempt something big. Even a small bit of service done well is enough. Bear these three things in mind: First, our service organizations should keep aloof from the government. Second, plunging into society, render service. Third, avoid finding fault or talking ill of others. This is the real sadhana (spiritual practice).
Friday, November 24, 2023
Engage yourselves in social service, remembering and worshiping God and recognizing your inherent divinity. This is the way to sanctify your lives. Be aware of the divinity in you. There is no need to search for God anywhere outside you. The bodily vesture you are wearing should not produce the delusion that you are the body. Shed that delusion and you will realize the inherent divinity (Brahman) that you really are.
Thursday, November 23, 2023
The 23rd day of November, which you now honor as the day on which I was born, is only like any other day if you celebrate it in a routine, ritual fashion. Adore others, the adoration reaches Me. Neglect others, you neglect Me. Of what avail is it to worship the Lord and to suppress others, His counterpart? Love for God must be manifested as love for mankind, and love must express itself as service. Through love alone, love acquired through spiritual practice (sadhana), and shared with all as sadhana, can peace be attained, by the individual as well as by the nation. My Life is My Message and My Message is Love.
Wednesday, November 22, 2023
Once you take to the path of service, your problems will gradually decrease. Love all, serve all. Do not consider anybody as another person. Develop the feeling that they and you are one. The entire humanity is one. What you see in this world is only the reaction, reflection and resound of the reality that is one. Once you understand this truth, you will be peaceful. Only then will your mind be steady and one-pointed in the pursuit of your study and profession. Therefore, first and foremost, engage yourself in the service of society.
Tuesday, November 21, 2023
Today what you must do is to promote good thoughts. Action proceeds from thoughts. Spiritual practice (sadhana) is based on action. Character is the outcome of sadhana. Character determines what you are destined to get (prapti). Hence what you regard as your good fortune or misfortune is based, in the final analysis, on your thoughts. As are your thoughts, so are the fruits.
Monday, November 20, 2023
Today your foremost duty is to enthrone sacrifice. Only when sacrifice reigns, love will come into its own. All your latent potentialities will then manifest themselves. You will succeed in all your legitimate undertakings. When love becomes the ruling principle, sorrow and disappointment will disappear.
Sunday, November 19, 2023
Mothers in ancient days used to teach the children about right conduct, morality, and devotion. The first preceptor for a child is the mother. For this reason, Indian culture gave the first place to the mother among the four persons to be revered as divine: mother, father, guru, and guest.
Saturday, November 18, 2023
Individuals are integrally related to society like different organs in a body. Humanity is a limb of nature and nature is a limb of God. If this integral relationship is understood, where is the ground for hatred? None should consider themselves as insignificant or unimportant. Everyone, small or big, is a vital part of the whole and is essential for its proper functioning like all parts in a rocket.
Friday, November 17, 2023
Your life must be based on the principle of surrender to the divine. There are some who ask: ‘I have surrendered everything to God. Why then, am I subjected to so many trials and tribulations?’ One who has truly surrendered to God will not raise such questions. To say that ‘after I have surrendered, I am put to suffering’ itself shows that the surrender is not real, because where is the place for ‘I’ after surrendering everything? To the person who has completely surrendered, everything that he/she experiences (good or bad) is a gift from God.
Thursday, November 16, 2023
Serve all with love, ever remembering the Lord's name. Without the name of the Lord on your lips, the mind will be running hither and thither. The mind is the birthplace of unsteadiness. Hence engage yourselves in action, concentrating your thoughts on God.
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
You cannot avoid doing your duty whatever it may be. You must go on with it. But even while engaged in the performance of your duties, there can be nothing more rewarding than remembering and meditating on God.
Tuesday, November 14, 2023
Everything in the world is governed by the bounds set for it. However, love has no limits. ‘Anirvachanīyaṃ prema’ (Love is beyond the power of words), declares the sage Narada. The flow of love is the life-giving water for everyone. How is this love to be secured by one? Not by recitation or meditation or by studying the scriptures. God does not dwell in the Vedas or the scriptures. God dwells in the heart and should be sought there.
Monday, November 13, 2023
Leave all to Him and be at ease, it is the one with no faith that is tossed about on the sea, like a ship caught in a storm with neither rudder nor anchor. The devotee bears the ups and downs of life, keeping their mind in balance.
Sunday, November 12, 2023
Expansion is love. Expansion is the essence of love. Love is God. Live in love. That is the Deepavali (festival of lights) message I give you. When a lamp is lit from another, there are two where there was but one. The first one did not stop emitting light. You can light a million lamps from one, yet the first will not suffer a bit! Love too is like this. Share it with a million, it will still be as bright as when it was alone.
Saturday, November 11, 2023
Those who sing bhajans (devotional songs) get what can be called ‘double promotion,’ for they derive joy and distribute joy! Life today is filled with sorrow. It is beset with fear and despair. The only time you can forget these thoughts and strengthen yourself to meet the hard times is when you contact the source of all strength, God.