Past Sai Messages for the Day
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.
Wednesday, June 1, 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.
Tuesday, May 31, 2022
Your enemies are not outside. Your bad thoughts are your worst enemies and thoughts based on Truth are your best friends. But today, people do not befriend the thoughts based on Truth, which are essentially divine. You have to make friendship with sath, the eternal truth. Sath means Being, the ever-existent God. The worldly friends and enemies change with the passage of time, but sath is the true and eternal friend. This friend is always with you, in you, around you, above you, below you and protects you just as the eyelid protects the eye.
Monday, May 30, 2022
It has to be said that the mere reading of a book or journal will not grant discrimination (viveka). That which is seen, heard, or read must be put into practice in actual life.
Sunday, May 29, 2022
By conscious effort, habits can be changed and character refined. People always have within them, within their reach, the capacity to challenge their evil propensities and to change their evil habits. By selfless service, renunciation, devotion, prayer, and reasoning, the old habits that bind people to earth can be discarded and new habits that take them along the divine path can be instilled into their lives.
Saturday, May 28, 2022
One’s present is but the result of one’s past and the habits formed during that long period. But whatever the nature of the character that one has come by, it can certainly be modified by changing the accustomed process of thought and imagination.
Friday, May 27, 2022
People must first of all get rid of self-interest and self-centeredness. They must develop love, forbearance, and compassion. They must try to live harmoniously.
Thursday, May 26, 2022
Whatever you do, do it not for pleasing others, but for pleasing the Indweller in your heart, for your inner satisfaction. This means acting according to the dictates of your conscience. Every such act will please the Divine.
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
The Lord is a Mountain of Love (Prema). Any number of ants carrying away particles of sweetness cannot exhaust His Plenty. He is an Ocean of Mercy without a limiting shore.
Tuesday, May 24, 2022
I want that you should follow every word of what I say with reverent attention, for your joy is My food. You can get joy (anandam) only by following the advice I give you, and this is why I am particular that you should listen carefully and take to heart all that I say.