Past Sai Messages for the Day
Friday, July 1, 2022
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, travail, misery and pain.
Thursday, June 30, 2022
Keep the Name of the Lord always radiant on your tongue and mind. That will keep the antics of the mind under control.
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Fill your heart with any divine name. Then there will be no scope for other thoughts to enter it. Your heart is like a single chair. Once you enshrine divine love in it, no evil thought can enter it.
Tuesday, June 28, 2022
If you develop firm faith in God and surrender to His Will, He Will not fail you. This is the concept of submission to the Will of the Divine.
Monday, June 27, 2022
God is Omnipresent. He is the Inner Motivator of every particle in the Universe. See Him in all, serve Him in all. Revere Him in all. Pray, "Let the whole world prosper, let all mankind be happy."
Sunday, June 26, 2022
Real meditation is forgetting oneself totally. It is forgetting the feeling of identification with the body completely. One has to totally give up attachment to the senses. Then only the mind will be steady.
Saturday, June 25, 2022
Peace is already present in your heart. You will experience it when you remove the soil of attachment and hatred that is covering it.
Friday, June 24, 2022
Everyone has to make their exit someday. That moment should not be a moment of anguish, one should depart gracefully, with a smile and a bow. In order 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.
Thursday, June 23, 2022
You need not rely on another for success in meditation and repetition of the name and await contact with some sage in order to get from him a mantra for recitation. Pray to the God within, and you will receive guidance.
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
You do all kinds of worship, penance and sacrifices, but what is the use of all this? They cannot protect and sustain you if you are bereft of the divine quality of love. It will be just a waste of time and energy. What you have to nourish and develop is love. If you have love, you can conquer anything. Except love, there is nothing that can nourish and sustain you.
Tuesday, June 21, 2022
Spiritual practice (Sadhana) is the cultivation of Divine Love (Prema). Be full of love, taste the exhilaration that love can confer. Man is love embodied: he thirsts for love and he finds real joy in giving and receiving selfless love.
Monday, June 20, 2022
When black charcoal comes in contact with fire, it also becomes red like fire. Holy company (Satsang) means proximity with God. You can find fulfillment in life by developing proximity with God and through performing service.
Sunday, June 19, 2022
You must see no evil but see only good. You must hear no evil, but hear only good. You must speak no evil, but speak only good. You must do no evil, but do only good. This is real spiritual practice (sadhana).
Saturday, June 18, 2022
When you undertake activities that purify your mind, peace will become your property. All spiritual practices are meant to purify your mind. You will have peace only when your mind is pure.
Friday, June 17, 2022
Everything is the reflection of the inner being. Your innate nature is always pure. You pollute it because you follow the worldly path and fill your heart with worldly feelings. The heart is always pure, steady and selfless. It gets polluted mainly due to unsacred vision, unsacred listening, and unsacred speech. You can maintain its purity only when you use the five senses in a responsible and sacred manner.
Thursday, June 16, 2022
To derive self-satisfaction from your actions, you have to cultivate faith. When there is satisfaction, there is readiness for sacrifice. Through sacrifice, the Divine is realized. Your faith should be unwavering like that of the Pandavas in Sri Krishna.
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
Whatever is done from sunrise to sunset must be consecrated, as if it is the worship of the Lord. Just as care is taken to pluck only fresh flowers and to keep them clean and unfaded, so too, ceaseless effort should be made to do deeds that are pure and unsullied.
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
In whatever work you do at home, whether sweeping the floor or making food, convert it into a form of spiritual exercise. Infuse every action with love of the Divine and dedicate it to God.
Monday, June 13, 2022
Share with others the knowledge and skills you have earned, the ideas and ideals you have benefited and the joy you have won by discipline and dedication. Sharing will not diminish them or devalue them. On the other hand, they will shine better and put on added splendor.
Sunday, June 12, 2022
The Divine is the very embodiment of dharma and it is only by means of dharma that He can be worshipped. And Dharma is a garland of the flowers of holy deeds, holy words, holy thoughts. Earn the reputation of being good, serviceable and efficient in doing good.
Saturday, June 11, 2022
There is only one thing that is permanent and you have to pray for that. But whom are you praying for? You are praying for yourself, not for God. In fact, you are praying to yourself because God is in you. Because of your identification with the body, you think you are a devotee and God is separate from you. There is no difference between the devotee and God. Whatever you see, it is God, wherever you go, God is there, whatever you do, it is for God.
Friday, June 10, 2022
Today man is caught in worldly affairs and is ignoring spirituality. If you have spiritual vision, you will know that it is the same God who is present everywhere. Everything from earth to sky is nothing but God. Even this flower, this tumbler, this microphone and the tablecloth that you see here are all aspects of divinity. Divinity pervades each and everything in this universe.
Thursday, June 9, 2022
There is nothing in this world that is permanent. There is only one entity (God) that is permanent about whom it is said, with hands, feet, eyes, head, mouth and ears pervading everything, He permeates the entire universe. There is only One that is present always.
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
A block of chocolate has sweetness, weight, and shape. The three cannot be separated, one from the other. Each little part of it has sweetness, weight, and shape. We don’t find shape in one part, weight in another, and sweetness in a third. And when it is placed on the tongue, taste is recognized, weight is lessened, and shape is modified, all at the same time. So too, the individual soul (Jiva), the Atma, and the Supreme Lord (Parameswara) are not separate. They are one and the same.
Tuesday, June 7, 2022
In fact, you see God in the form of people all around you. Your vision becomes sanctified only when you develop the feeling that all are the embodiments of God. Everything in this creation is sacred. All that you see is only the manifestation of God.
Monday, June 6, 2022
All are one, all are essentially divine. Give up multiplicity to attain unity. The Vedanta declares that the Atmic principle is the underlying unity in diversity. Bulbs are many but the same current flows in all of them. Likewise, the Atmic principle exists in all. Man’s inability to understand this principle of unity is the cause of his ignorance. True humanness lies in understanding unity in multiplicity. You have to develop sacred vision in order to develop unity.
Sunday, June 5, 2022
Sacred vision is the first step toward liberation. Consider all that you see as divine. 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. Sacred vision makes you realize the presence of divinity in all.
Saturday, June 4, 2022
All of you are Embodiments of Divinity. Your forms are divine. You and God are one. You are not different from God. Experience this unity. Ekam Sath (truth is one). Unity is truth. Unity is divinity.
Friday, June 3, 2022
There are no differences whatsoever. The Atma that is present in you is present in everybody. It is attributeless. In order to realize this Atmic principle, you should fill your heart with love. The heart is like a vessel. Fill it with the qualities of truth, love and sacrifice. Then you don’t need to ask for peace. It will automatically manifest from within. In fact, love, truth, etc., are within you. You should manifest them from within. You cannot acquire them from outside.
Thursday, June 2, 2022
When one understands the truth that the same divine principle is present in all, there will be no room for differences and troubles. Therefore, always focus on the Divinity of humanity. All our difficulties arise when we multiply our differences, forgetting our Divinity. Therefore, we should firmly install the divine principle in our heart, which is the same in everyone.