Why do we fail to see the Divine in and around us, and fall from our pure state?
Today, though in outward appearance people are human, in inner impulse they are sub-human and demonic; the one who has no charity or sacrifice (dana) is called a Danava (demon).
Divine (Deva) and demon (Danava) are both present in the human make-up and now the devil rules the roost! Therefore people have lost their glow, power and splendour!
Every one of you must strive and win it again by spiritual practices (Sadhana). So make yourselves pure by incessant striving.
Remain convinced that the world can give you only fleeting joy; grief is but the obverse of joy.
Strive now, from this very moment and develop full and everlasting happiness. Be true to yourself.
Be bold and focused on your goal; be sincere in your practices from today, for time is rushing like a swift torrent.
- Divine Discourse, Dec 28, 1960
Just as there is tasty juice in fruit, butter in milk, fragrance in flower and fire in wood, there is Divinity everywhere in the vast universe.
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Life 23 (Jul 14 - Jan 15)
Re: Life 23 (Jul 14 - Feb 15)
by winston » Wed Jan 28, 2015 6:28 am
It's all about "how much you made when you were right" & "how little you lost when you were wrong"
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Re: Life 23 (Jul 14 - Feb 15)
by winston » Thu Jan 29, 2015 5:58 am
We all have heard many spiritual discourses, but how can we draw complete benefit from it?
There are three methods of learning namely sravana (listening), manana (constant contemplation) and nididhyasana (to assimilate).
Truly, what you have listened to cannot be easily grasped and assimilated just by listening. You have to do some manana or think it over again and again and then absorb what you have listened to. This is nididhyasana.
If you do all three then only can you enjoy the fruits of what you have listened to.
Will your hunger be relieved merely by looking at what has been cooked? Even if you just eat what has been cooked, will you be able to derive the necessary strength from the nourishment? Only if you digest the food that you have eaten, can you get the nourishment.
As cooking, eating and then digesting are three essential processes to get the ultimate result, so also, sravana, manana, and nididhyasana must follow one another in that order, only then can you acquire some aspects of the Atma Vidya.
- Summer Showers 1974, Ch 22.
Right Conduct and Spiritual Wisdom (Dharma and Jnana) are two special eyes given to you to discover your divinity.
Source: radiosai.org
There are three methods of learning namely sravana (listening), manana (constant contemplation) and nididhyasana (to assimilate).
Truly, what you have listened to cannot be easily grasped and assimilated just by listening. You have to do some manana or think it over again and again and then absorb what you have listened to. This is nididhyasana.
If you do all three then only can you enjoy the fruits of what you have listened to.
Will your hunger be relieved merely by looking at what has been cooked? Even if you just eat what has been cooked, will you be able to derive the necessary strength from the nourishment? Only if you digest the food that you have eaten, can you get the nourishment.
As cooking, eating and then digesting are three essential processes to get the ultimate result, so also, sravana, manana, and nididhyasana must follow one another in that order, only then can you acquire some aspects of the Atma Vidya.
- Summer Showers 1974, Ch 22.
Right Conduct and Spiritual Wisdom (Dharma and Jnana) are two special eyes given to you to discover your divinity.
Source: radiosai.org
It's all about "how much you made when you were right" & "how little you lost when you were wrong"
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Re: Life 23 (Jul 14 - Feb 15)
by winston » Fri Jan 30, 2015 7:13 am
Is it possible to ever live by truth?
The scriptures advise everyone to adopt ‘inoffensive speech, which is truthful, pleasant and beneficial.’
During the practice of the Sadhana of truth, at times, it may become necessary to reveal an unpleasant truth. At those moments, you must soften and sweeten its impact by consciously charging it with love, sympathy, and understanding. Help ever hurt never - that is the maxim.
Revere truth as your very breath. Your promises are sacred bonds. Never break the vow of truth. The only obstruction to practicing truth anyone will face, is selfishness. Give up selfishness, adhere to truth and selfless love, let your heart be attuned to truth and the mind saturated with love.
The triple purity - speech free from the pollution of falsehood, mind free from the taint of passionate desire or hatred, and the body free from the poison of violence - must be taken up by everyone as ideals and lived in accordance with.
- Divine Discourse, Dec 5, 1985.
You may not always oblige, but you can always speak obligingly
Source: radiosai.org
The scriptures advise everyone to adopt ‘inoffensive speech, which is truthful, pleasant and beneficial.’
During the practice of the Sadhana of truth, at times, it may become necessary to reveal an unpleasant truth. At those moments, you must soften and sweeten its impact by consciously charging it with love, sympathy, and understanding. Help ever hurt never - that is the maxim.
Revere truth as your very breath. Your promises are sacred bonds. Never break the vow of truth. The only obstruction to practicing truth anyone will face, is selfishness. Give up selfishness, adhere to truth and selfless love, let your heart be attuned to truth and the mind saturated with love.
The triple purity - speech free from the pollution of falsehood, mind free from the taint of passionate desire or hatred, and the body free from the poison of violence - must be taken up by everyone as ideals and lived in accordance with.
- Divine Discourse, Dec 5, 1985.
You may not always oblige, but you can always speak obligingly
Source: radiosai.org
It's all about "how much you made when you were right" & "how little you lost when you were wrong"
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Re: Life 23 (Jul 14 - Feb 15)
by winston » Sat Jan 31, 2015 11:33 am
Why is it important to raise ourselves to higher states of understanding?
If you stand at the same level as the ocean and look at it, it will appear as a vast sheet of water. On the other hand, if you look at the same ocean from a height, it will appear like a lake.
Similarly, since the rishis (sages) were on a higher level in spiritual knowledge and away from the world, they could recognise this vast world as a very small and insignificant entity. When at a lower level, one thinks that the world is big, important and manifold.
The diversity and the differences will be seen more clearly. But when one evolves to a higher state, everything will look smooth, small and even.
When we have a narrow vision, our country, our people, our languages will all appear as full of problems and differences. If you can go to a high place and look at the world, it will appear in one unified aspect and all the people and all languages will appear as one.
- Summer Showers 1974, Ch 22.
Be good, be serviceable, be useful, be kind
Source: radiosai.org
If you stand at the same level as the ocean and look at it, it will appear as a vast sheet of water. On the other hand, if you look at the same ocean from a height, it will appear like a lake.
Similarly, since the rishis (sages) were on a higher level in spiritual knowledge and away from the world, they could recognise this vast world as a very small and insignificant entity. When at a lower level, one thinks that the world is big, important and manifold.
The diversity and the differences will be seen more clearly. But when one evolves to a higher state, everything will look smooth, small and even.
When we have a narrow vision, our country, our people, our languages will all appear as full of problems and differences. If you can go to a high place and look at the world, it will appear in one unified aspect and all the people and all languages will appear as one.
- Summer Showers 1974, Ch 22.
Be good, be serviceable, be useful, be kind
Source: radiosai.org
It's all about "how much you made when you were right" & "how little you lost when you were wrong"
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