Past Sai Messages for the Day
Sunday, August 7, 2022
There are two "I's" in everyone - the "I" that is associated with the mind and the "I" associated with the Atma. The consciousness of the Atma is the real "I." When this "I" is wrongly associated with the mind, it becomes the ego (ahamkara). When the "I" associated with the Atma experiences Atmic bliss, it realizes that the universal consciousness is one, though it may be called by different names.
Saturday, August 6, 2022
In this world, which is impermanent and ever-changing, the immanent power of the Lord is the only permanent and fixed entity. Therefore, to realize the eternal and the true, it is necessary to attach oneself to that source and sustenance.
Friday, August 5, 2022
Develop the unshakable conviction that the divine is present in everyone. Then there will be no room for developing differences of any kind. Conflict and disorder will have no place. Likes and dislikes will go.
Thursday, August 4, 2022
There is no need to search for the Atma when it is omnipresent. The Atma shines eternally. No other sadhana (spiritual practice) is required to recognize it. As long as one is not aware of one’s own true nature, one will be under the delusion that the Atma is somewhere else remote from oneself. Like the ashes hiding the fire in burning charcoal, the delusion regarding the body is covering the Atma. Once the delusion goes, one will experience true bliss and understand cosmic reality.
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
The body, the mind, and the senses are merely like the husk which encases the grain. When the husk is removed, the rice alone remains. As long as one is enveloped in this husk, one cannot escape birth and death. When the husk (in the form of the five sheaths) is cast off, one is freed from rebirth, just as rice without the husk cannot sprout.
Tuesday, August 2, 2022
The waves appearing in an ocean appear different from each other. But they consist of the same water. So likewise, though one appears in innumerable forms, all these are like waves appearing on the ocean of being-awareness-bliss (Sat-Chit-Ananda). Names and forms may be different, but the basis is the same.
Monday, August 1, 2022
While meditating, first imagine and feel that you are in the light, then, gradually, you can feel the light is in you, not outside you; and finally, you will realize the truth that you and the light are one and will ever be one.
Sunday, July 31, 2022
Those who seek the highest path and who revel in thoughts of God should strive to read only the life histories of saints and sages and books that help the contemplation of the Divine. Aimless reading of books all and sundry, whatever comes to hand, will make confusion only worse confounded. It gives no profit, it confers no peace.
Saturday, July 30, 2022
If the match-stick is soaked in water, how can it ignite when struck? If the mind is soaked in worldly desires, how can it be ignited into spiritual endeavour? If the Divine Love (Prema) with which you are endowed is confined to the world, it will be absorbed up soon, by the sands of envy greed and malice. The Divine Love (Prema) must be directed towards God, then only can it expand, grow, deepen, fertilize all your actions, benefit all those around you.
Friday, July 29, 2022
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 Gurupoornima. 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 at all places. This is true Sakshatkara (vison of the Divine).
Thursday, July 28, 2022
Live with prema (love), in prema, for prema. Then the Lord who is Divine Love personified (Premaswaruupa) will grant you all that you need in spite of your not asking for anything. He knows, He is the Mother who does not wait to hear the moan of the child to feed. His prema is so vast and deep, He anticipates every need and rushes with help you must have.
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
The spark of Love in you has to be cherished and fed so that it may reach God. Then, every being will be God, every act will be Divine, and every reaction you get from the outside world will be charged with Prema and sweetened with that nectar. You love the God in all beings and the God in all beings responds with love.
Tuesday, July 26, 2022
Serve all and love all. Firmly believe that the Divine is in everyone and constantly act on this belief. Only by continuous practice you can develop this sacred attitude. Fill yourself with self-confidence and courage. Make your life a complete offering to the Divine, who is the real source of all that you are and all that you have.
Monday, July 25, 2022
When man realizes that there is God who is the basis of all this superstructure, who has designed and contrived all this and he surrenders his ego to Him. "Let Your will prevail," he proclaims and resigns himself fully to His plan. That moment is a supreme moment of joy and Bliss.
Sunday, July 24, 2022
Purity of the heart is more important than all rituals and penances. Develop a vision that will broaden your heart and enable you to help others and not hurt them. Dedicate all actions to God. Sacrifice (Thyaga) is real oneness with the Divine (Yoga). To enjoy things (Bhoga) without sharing with others is a disease (Roga). The Vedas have declared that immortality can be attained only through sacrifice and not by any other means.
Saturday, July 23, 2022
Everyone should have faith in the Divine. Faith is essential for anyone, whether, he is a theist or an atheist. People may judge things as good or bad according to their own predilections. But for God, all things are the same. In this world, nothing will appear bad if one views it from the Divine point of view. Seen from the worldly point of view, there will be differences between good and bad.
Friday, July 22, 2022
Love Ever, Hurt Never. Do not do anything that is contrary to the principle of love. Love is God. Live in Love. Consider love as God. Salute whomever you come across, even if he be your enemy. Love even your enemy. Whomsoever you salute, it will reach God, for God is in all. With these sacred feelings, do not have hatred towards anyone.
Thursday, July 21, 2022
Man develops love for many things in this world. In fact, there is nothing in this world which you should desire for. Desires are the cause of all the suffering of man. 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.
Wednesday, July 20, 2022
Lord Krishna made this divine declaration: the eternal Divine Spirit (Atma) in all beings is a part of My Being. (Mamaivamsho jivaloke Jivabhuta sanathana). Hence, do not feel that you are different from God. God resides in you. In fact, you are God.
Tuesday, July 19, 2022
Do not pollute your mind with worldly desires. You have attained this human birth as a result of meritorious deeds done in past lives. Do not misuse it. Human life is highly valuable. Keep up its value by practising human values.
Monday, July 18, 2022
The Principle of love in you is highly sacred. But because of delusion, you are polluting it, thereby diminishing your value. Gold in its pure form is brilliant and highly valuable, but when you add metals like silver, copper, brass, etc., to it, its shine as well as value diminishes. Likewise, man is like pure gold, but as he is associating himself with worldly desires, he has lost his value as well as effulgence. When you develop the human values of Truth (Sathya), righteousness (Dharma), Peace (Santhi), Love (Prema), and Non-Violence (ahimsa), you will attain an exalted position and people will respect you wherever you go.
Sunday, July 17, 2022
Try to be near God, as near as His own kin, do not calculate the number of hours you have spent in serving Him. Do not pine that He has not compensated you. Be ever in His service, that is to say, in doing good and being good.
Saturday, July 16, 2022
Divine Love (Prema) is the spring that feeds the roots of all the virtues. When each of your acts, the words that you utter, the thoughts that shape your desires and emotions - when all these draw sustenance from the roots that go deep into the inner springs of Love, then you will be happy and fresh, you can give shelter and shade to many a weary mortal.
Friday, July 15, 2022
Beyond all limitations of time and place, the guru is pure consciousness (chaithanya) (Is-ness); his consciousness is all pervasive. That is to say, God alone is the Sadguru.
Thursday, July 14, 2022
Once you have secured a Guru, leave everything to him, even the desire to achieve liberation. He knows you more than you yourself ever can. He will direct you as much as is good for you. Your duty is only to obey and to smother the tendency to drift away from Him.
Wednesday, July 13, 2022
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 at all places. This is true Sakshatkara (Divine Vision).
Tuesday, July 12, 2022
The Guru is the Teacher who removes the fundamental ignorance, which hides the knowledge of this truth from us. The Poornima or the Full Moon Day has been fixed for revering him, for, the effect of the knowledge is to put an end to scorching agony and to shed cool comfort instead, on the mind of man.
Monday, July 11, 2022
Your true guru is God alone. He transcends all gunas. He is beyond all forms. He is the only one who can dispel the darkness of ignorance and light the lamp of Supreme Wisdom (Prajnanam).
Sunday, July 10, 2022
The letter Gu signifies one who transcends all attributes. Ru signifies one who has no form. Only God can be regarded as one who is beyond attributes and forms. In another sense, the term guru means one who dispels ignorance.
Saturday, July 9, 2022
Man is consumed by time. God is the master of time. So, take refuge in God. Let God be your Guru, your path, your Lord. Adore Him, obey His commands, offer Him your grateful homage, hold Him fast in your memory. This is the easiest way to realize Him as your own reality. This is the one and only way.