Past Sai Messages for the Day
Saturday, July 15, 2023
Let your vision be suffused with love. Vision filled with love is the hallmark of a true human being. All are one, be alike to everyone. You can understand unity in diversity only when you develop sacred vision. Samyak drishti (correct vision – seeing things as they really are) makes you realize the presence of divinity in all.
Friday, July 14, 2023
Become a flute in the hands of God, for then the Lord will come to you, pick you up, put you to His lips, and breathe through you. Out of the hollowness of your heart due to the utter absence of egoism that you have developed, God will create captivating music for all creation to enjoy.
Thursday, July 13, 2023
Everyone must make their exit someday. That moment should not be a moment of anguish; one should depart gracefully, with a smile and a bow. To do that, a lot of preparation is necessary. To depart, leaving all that has been accumulated during a long lifetime, is a hard task; so, prepare for it by discarding attachment to one thing after another from now on.
Wednesday, July 12, 2023
Devotion is the water to wash away this dirt of ages and the soap of repetition of God’s name, meditation, and communion (yoga) will help to remove it quicker and more effectively. The slow and the steady will surely win this race.
Tuesday, July 11, 2023
While proceeding along the road, you can watch your shadow falling on mud or dirt, hollow or mound, thorn, or sand, wet or dry patches of land. You are unaffected by the fate of your shadow, is it not? Nor is the shadow made dirty thereby. It does not worry in the least where it falls or what it wades through. We know that the shadow and its experiences are not eternal or true. Similarly, you must get convinced that “you” are but the shadow of the Absolute; you are essentially not this “you” but the absolute itself. That is the remedy for sorrow, misery, and pain.
Monday, July 10, 2023
People develop love for many things in this world. In fact, there is nothing in this world which one should desire for. Desires are the cause of all the suffering of people. As the saying goes, ‘Less luggage more comfort.’ When there is luggage, you cannot escape from trouble. Here luggage refers to worldly relationships and desires. Only when you get rid of worldly bondage can you be happy.
Sunday, July 9, 2023
One whose heart is filled with love will see the manifestation of divinity everywhere. It is a mistake to think that nature is different from God. People give various names to divinity based on their own experience. Jewels are many, but gold is one. Likewise, names and forms are different, but divinity is one.
Saturday, July 8, 2023
The world exists as long as the mind is present. Joy and sorrow are experienced through contact with the world. Hence, the world is associated with joy and sorrow. The mind is said to be the cause of both bondage and liberation.
Friday, July 7, 2023
Wherever you may be and whatever you do, regard yourselves as instruments of the divine and act on that basis. You need not wait for a whole year to observe Guru Poornima. Treat every moment of your life as being intended for dedication to the Lord. This is the way to experience the divine all the time in all places. This is true sakshatkara (vision of the divine).
Thursday, July 6, 2023
One thing which I want you to resolve to follow, from this Guru Poornima Day: "Do not seek to find fault in others, give up criticizing and hurting others (para dushana and para himsa); do not scandalize anyone and do not feel envy or malice. Be always sweet in temperament in speech. Fill your conversation with devotion and humility."
Wednesday, July 5, 2023
Your true guru is God alone. God transcends all gunas (attributes). God is beyond all forms. God is the only one who can dispel the darkness of ignorance and light the lamp of supreme wisdom (prajnanam).
Tuesday, July 4, 2023
The real guru is only one. The guru is the One, the God of gods, who is hailed as the father, mother, teacher, knowledge, wealth, and all else. The guru is the supreme whom you must seek by your sadhana (spiritual practice).
Monday, July 3, 2023
Today is Guru Poornima. Poornima refers to the full moon with all sixteen aspects being illumined by the Sun. In people, there are sixteen black spots: the six enemies (desire, anger, greed, attachment, pride, and envy), the two gunas (attributes), rajas and tamas, and the eight types of mada (pride) based on lineage and scholarship, wealth, youth, beauty, position, and penance. It is only when one gets rid of these sixteen evil traits that one will be able to realize oneness with the poornatva (divine). Who is the one who enables mankind to achieve this state of fullness or perfection? It is the guru. Guru refers to one who has transcended the gunas and has no form.
Sunday, July 2, 2023
The guru grants the highest joy. What exactly constitutes this joy? Is it physical well-being? Mental poise? Intellectual alertness? Sharpness of the senses? No. The rishis declare that words return crestfallen after attempting to describe that state. Even the mind with its fast-moving wings of imagination cannot reach that state. The highest joy has its source and spring in the Atma, the spark of cosmic splendor. One who is ever aware of the Atma in them and in all is therefore the divine teacher (sadguru).
Saturday, July 1, 2023
What does GOD signify? G stands for generation (or creation). O stands for organization (sustaining the creation). D stands for destruction (or dissolution). All these three aspects can be noticed when we examine any object. All three processes take place according to the will of the divine. The entire cosmos is encompassed by these three processes.
Friday, June 30, 2023
All beings are subject to moha or attachment, but one is capable of breaking away and attaining moksha or liberation. This capacity for the transition from moha to moksha is once again an expression of the divine force within. Although divine capability finds greater expression in human beings than in other beings, Divinity is actually latent in all things in the universe.
Thursday, June 29, 2023
Your heart is full of love. The yearning for God that emanates from your heart is love. Let truth and righteousness be reflected in your word and deed, respectively. The harmony of truth, righteousness, and love will lead to peace.
Wednesday, June 28, 2023
Love all beings – that is enough. Love with no expectation of return. Love for the sake of love. Love because your very nature is love. Love because that is the form of worship you know and like. When others are happy, be happy likewise. When others are in misery, try to alleviate their lot to the best of your ability. Practice love through selfless service (seva). By this means, you will realize unity and get rid of the ego.
Tuesday, June 27, 2023
There is love in every one of you. What is the form of love? What is the nature of love? When we analyze carefully, we will realize that love is not limited to human beings alone but is present in all living beings. Every being is endowed with the quality of supreme divine love. One must give up enmity and cultivate unity and purity in order to understand this truth.
Monday, June 26, 2023
Truth (sathya) and righteousness (dharma) together will confer peace. One who adheres to truth and righteousness will always remain peaceful. One need not search for peace outside. Where there is truth, there is peace. Where there is peace, there is non-violence.
Sunday, June 25, 2023
The first among the human values is truth. It is changeless and beyond time and space. There is nothing like American truth, Russian truth, Indian truth, or Pakistani truth. Truth is one and the same for all countries at all times. You are the embodiment of truth. Truth is God. So, make efforts to understand this truth.
Saturday, June 24, 2023
What does unity mean? It is not the combination of many; it is the realization of oneness. When you have mirrors all around you, you see your many forms. These are all your different forms. But this is not the truth. The one who asks the question and the one who gives the reply, both are one and the same. All are one. The same person appears in many forms. To consider these forms as different from each other is a mistake.
Friday, June 23, 2023
Once the individual realizes that God is all-pervasive, one will be free from suffering. To get rid of suffering, the individual must practice the principle of unity in society. Once one understands the principle of unity, one can attain the cosmic principle.
Thursday, June 22, 2023
Sun is only one. But we see its reflection wherever there is water, be it in rivers, tanks or in vessels. Pour water in a plate, and you can see the reflection of the Sun even in that water. Does it mean that the Sun is there in this water? No, it is only the reflection of the Sun.
In the same way, Atma is only one. The mind, the intellect, the subconscious mind, and the ego sense are like different vessels. Therefore, divinity is one.
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
Human life is based on equality, unity, fraternity, and nobility. They constitute the very foundation of the mansion of life. Life will be meaningless if even one of them is absent. Everyone must cultivate and safeguard these four virtues.
Tuesday, June 20, 2023
Do not forget that devotion is the most important requisite. Without divine grace, we cannot achieve anything. For anyone to think that one can achieve things by oneself is only to betray one’s egoistic arrogance. Therefore, try to develop faith in Self (Atma); then you can achieve anything.
Monday, June 19, 2023
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa used to perform several methods/modes of worship to Mother Kali throughout the day. One day, the Divine Mother appeared before him and asked, “Ramakrishna! You are getting madder day by day. You worshipped Me in a particular form. Why do you confine Me to this form and that form. In fact, all forms are Mine. Whomsoever you come across, consider them as the embodiments of divinity.”
Sunday, June 18, 2023
I have come to light the lamp of love in your hearts, to see that it shines day by day with added luster. I have not come to speak on behalf of any particular dharma (faith or religion), like the Hindu dharma. I have not come on any mission of publicity for any sect, or creed or cause; nor have I come to collect followers for any doctrine. I have no plan to attract disciples or devotees into My fold or any fold. I have come to tell you of this universal unitary faith, this Atmic principle, this path of love, this dharma of love, this duty of love, this obligation to love.
Saturday, June 17, 2023
People do not understand the true meaning of love. Their love is tainted with physical and worldly feelings. When you understand the principle of love and develop love to love relationship, all will become one. The Veda says that all heads, all eyes, all feet are His. Once you understand the principle of oneness that is present in all, you can live in tune with the true spirit of brotherhood.
Friday, June 16, 2023
All should remain united. Where there is unity, there shall be purity. Where there is purity, there is divinity. You all must lead your lives keeping in view these three aspects of unity, purity and divinity. You should not remain unconcerned with others’ difficulties and suffering. Treat their suffering as your own.