Which are the flowers with which the Divine wishes to be worshipped?
We worship the Divine with flowers, offer ritual adoration and pay obeisance. There is something sacred and superior than this! It is to offer the Divine a pure mind and good conduct.
By worshiping Him with ritual odoration and flowers, the spiritual aspirant remains stationary in their journey to the Divine; failing to rise to a higher position is unwise.
The worldly flowers always fade, lose fragrance and develop unpleasant odours. Instead of worshipping with worldly, impermanent flowers and receiving transient rewards from Him, worship Him with what is lasting to attain a much higher stage.
The first flower to offer Him is non-violence. The second is control of senses. The third is compassion to all living beings. The fourth is forbearance. The fifth is peace. The sixth is penance. The seventh is meditation. And the eighth is the flower of Truth.
– Divine Discourse, May 12, 1981.
The Divine is all mercy; adore Him as long as you have breath, so long as you are conscious.
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Life 28 (Apr 17 - Nov 17)
Re: Life 28 (Apr 17 - Aug 17)
by winston » Tue Oct 03, 2017 3:32 pm
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Re: Life 28 (Apr 17 - Aug 17)
by winston » Wed Oct 04, 2017 11:36 am
How can we find real joy and happiness?
The world around is full of sorrow and strife; you are trying to avoid them and derive a little joy and peace somehow, overlooking the grief and disappointment.
Your efforts are like digging a well in a sand heap. The deeper you dig, the faster it caves in, and then, you begin the whole process at a slightly different place!
When piles of sensual desires overwhelm you and drag you down to grief, you think of a way out! The only way to get everlasting joy is through devotion; that is the best among the paths dictated by intelligence.
That alone gives the the strength. The seed of devotion grows only in a well-prepared ground. The method of preparation is given in the Scriptures.
It clearly articulates the code of conduct, the method of living and the ideals to be followed. Adhere to the code of conduct.
Even if you have not been able to study the Scriptures, listen to the words of those who follow its teachings and have been overcome by the joy of that experience!
– Divine Discourse, Oct 10, 1964.
Sacred thoughts, virtuous qualities and noble-minded actions are basic foundations of good character.
Source: radiosai.org
The world around is full of sorrow and strife; you are trying to avoid them and derive a little joy and peace somehow, overlooking the grief and disappointment.
Your efforts are like digging a well in a sand heap. The deeper you dig, the faster it caves in, and then, you begin the whole process at a slightly different place!
When piles of sensual desires overwhelm you and drag you down to grief, you think of a way out! The only way to get everlasting joy is through devotion; that is the best among the paths dictated by intelligence.
That alone gives the the strength. The seed of devotion grows only in a well-prepared ground. The method of preparation is given in the Scriptures.
It clearly articulates the code of conduct, the method of living and the ideals to be followed. Adhere to the code of conduct.
Even if you have not been able to study the Scriptures, listen to the words of those who follow its teachings and have been overcome by the joy of that experience!
– Divine Discourse, Oct 10, 1964.
Sacred thoughts, virtuous qualities and noble-minded actions are basic foundations of good character.
Source: radiosai.org
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Re: Life 28 (Apr 17 - Aug 17)
by winston » Thu Oct 05, 2017 7:41 am
What type of flowers does the Divine like?
Are the flowers you offer in worship created by you? You bring flowers which were created by the Will of the Divine on some tree or garden and offer it back to the Creator Himself. What is the greatness in offering flowers created by the Divine and giving them back to Him?
Many people bathe in the Holy River, take the water from the Holy River into their palms and offer it back to the Holy River itself. Is there any merit in this?
Let me suggest a better alternative to offer to the Divine. From the tree of your life, select the fruits that you have carefully nurtured and grown, blossoming in the form of good qualities from within, and offer them to the Divine! There is some distinctiveness in that!
To promote these good qualities, you may have had to undergo several troubles. But remember, it is through troubles these good qualities have grown and your mind now naturally acquires divine concentration!
- Divine Discourse, May 12, 1981.
Removal of immorality is the only way to immortality.
Source: radiosai.org
Are the flowers you offer in worship created by you? You bring flowers which were created by the Will of the Divine on some tree or garden and offer it back to the Creator Himself. What is the greatness in offering flowers created by the Divine and giving them back to Him?
Many people bathe in the Holy River, take the water from the Holy River into their palms and offer it back to the Holy River itself. Is there any merit in this?
Let me suggest a better alternative to offer to the Divine. From the tree of your life, select the fruits that you have carefully nurtured and grown, blossoming in the form of good qualities from within, and offer them to the Divine! There is some distinctiveness in that!
To promote these good qualities, you may have had to undergo several troubles. But remember, it is through troubles these good qualities have grown and your mind now naturally acquires divine concentration!
- Divine Discourse, May 12, 1981.
Removal of immorality is the only way to immortality.
Source: radiosai.org
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Re: Life 28 (Apr 17 - Aug 17)
by winston » Fri Oct 06, 2017 7:38 am
Why do some people offer coconuts in worship – what is its significance?
In temples or homes, you may have seen people breaking coconuts to offer to the Divine.
If you try to break the nut just as it fell from the tree, will it break? No! The fibrous outer cover must be removed to first expose the shell. The fibre protects the shell and lets it grow, preventing blows from the environment.
Liberation results from breaking the mind filled with vagaries and wishes. But how can you break it when the fibrous armour of sensual desires encompasses it? So, carefully and persistently, remove them and dedicate your mind to the Divine! Smash it open in His presence. At that very moment, you are set free!
The toughest fibre is anger; it is indeed the stickiest dirt! When you get angry, you forget everything and quickly descend to the lowest depth. You lose all discrimination during the agitation. Be Aware!
Cultivate virtues assiduously. Virtue is your life-breath, character is the backbone.
– Divine Discourse, Oct 10, 1964.
When your heart is filled with good thoughts and feelings, all that comes out of senses - your speech, your vision, your action - will all be pure.
Source: radiosai.org
In temples or homes, you may have seen people breaking coconuts to offer to the Divine.
If you try to break the nut just as it fell from the tree, will it break? No! The fibrous outer cover must be removed to first expose the shell. The fibre protects the shell and lets it grow, preventing blows from the environment.
Liberation results from breaking the mind filled with vagaries and wishes. But how can you break it when the fibrous armour of sensual desires encompasses it? So, carefully and persistently, remove them and dedicate your mind to the Divine! Smash it open in His presence. At that very moment, you are set free!
The toughest fibre is anger; it is indeed the stickiest dirt! When you get angry, you forget everything and quickly descend to the lowest depth. You lose all discrimination during the agitation. Be Aware!
Cultivate virtues assiduously. Virtue is your life-breath, character is the backbone.
– Divine Discourse, Oct 10, 1964.
When your heart is filled with good thoughts and feelings, all that comes out of senses - your speech, your vision, your action - will all be pure.
Source: radiosai.org
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Re: Life 28 (Apr 17 - Aug 17)
by winston » Sat Oct 07, 2017 10:03 am
What are the first two beautiful flowers the Divine loves to receive from us every day?
Offer the flower of Non-Violence to the Divine. We regard Non-Violence to mean not to cause harm and hurt to other living beings. The true meaning of ‘Non-Violence’ is to not cause hurt and harm through thoughts, words or deeds.
The control of your sense organs is another flower that must be offered to the Divine. Our senses run without any control. If running horses are not controlled, they pose a danger.
The Divine has created each organ of the human body for a specific purpose. It is only when we use these sensory organs along the right path for which they have been created will we be entitled to His grace.
Our inner strength will decrease rapidly with agitation or unnecessary sorrow; body also suffers illness due to mental agitations and distractions. One ages very quickly through excitement and sorrow.
The reason for your not preserving this sacred instrument in sound condition is lack of control over these sensory organs. Hence the second flower of sensory control should be used for worshipping the Divine.
– Divine Discourse, May 12, 1981.
Your heart is like a big tank, senses are like taps. Fill your heart with the water of Love. Only then you can experience Love through all your senses.
Source: radiosai.org
Offer the flower of Non-Violence to the Divine. We regard Non-Violence to mean not to cause harm and hurt to other living beings. The true meaning of ‘Non-Violence’ is to not cause hurt and harm through thoughts, words or deeds.
The control of your sense organs is another flower that must be offered to the Divine. Our senses run without any control. If running horses are not controlled, they pose a danger.
The Divine has created each organ of the human body for a specific purpose. It is only when we use these sensory organs along the right path for which they have been created will we be entitled to His grace.
Our inner strength will decrease rapidly with agitation or unnecessary sorrow; body also suffers illness due to mental agitations and distractions. One ages very quickly through excitement and sorrow.
The reason for your not preserving this sacred instrument in sound condition is lack of control over these sensory organs. Hence the second flower of sensory control should be used for worshipping the Divine.
– Divine Discourse, May 12, 1981.
Your heart is like a big tank, senses are like taps. Fill your heart with the water of Love. Only then you can experience Love through all your senses.
Source: radiosai.org
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Re: Life 28 (Apr 17 - Aug 17)
by winston » Sun Oct 08, 2017 7:45 am
Often we seek praise and compliments. What kind of applause should we strive for?
A fatal weakness that most people fall for is ‘dambha’ (conceit, egoism or pride), the desire to be talked about, to be praised!
People take delight in tom-tomming their achievements and capabilities. They desire that their names and deeds are published in daily newspapers in big bold letters for all to see.
Don’t fall for this clamour! This actually makes one ludicrous and pitiable. Do not strive to get attention in the newspapers. Instead, you must strive to earn status in the realm of the Divine; earn fame in the company of the good and holy, progress in humility, and in reverence of elders and parents.
If you are forever stuck in the primary class repeating the alphabets, when will you understand the teaching of the scholars from the scriptures?
Spiritual subject is beyond the reach of your senses and you must garner strength to listen and cherish them dearly in your minds.
– Divine Discourse, Oct 10, 1964.
The spiritual path is the path of detachment, of sense control, of rigorous mind training.
Source: radiosai.org
A fatal weakness that most people fall for is ‘dambha’ (conceit, egoism or pride), the desire to be talked about, to be praised!
People take delight in tom-tomming their achievements and capabilities. They desire that their names and deeds are published in daily newspapers in big bold letters for all to see.
Don’t fall for this clamour! This actually makes one ludicrous and pitiable. Do not strive to get attention in the newspapers. Instead, you must strive to earn status in the realm of the Divine; earn fame in the company of the good and holy, progress in humility, and in reverence of elders and parents.
If you are forever stuck in the primary class repeating the alphabets, when will you understand the teaching of the scholars from the scriptures?
Spiritual subject is beyond the reach of your senses and you must garner strength to listen and cherish them dearly in your minds.
– Divine Discourse, Oct 10, 1964.
The spiritual path is the path of detachment, of sense control, of rigorous mind training.
Source: radiosai.org
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Re: Life 28 (Apr 17 - Aug 17)
by winston » Mon Oct 09, 2017 11:44 am
We often plan and set goals and even attempt to evaluate our progress. What is the real destination? How do we know if we are truly progressing?
Broadening your heart and making it bigger and bigger, you should make it as big as the Divine Himself.
A balloon, in its initial stage, is tiny. If you go on blowing air into it, it becomes bigger and bigger and later explodes.
Though beginning with the ideas of 'I' and 'mine', if you ultimately move on to the place that, "all are mine and all are one”, gradually you will become broader in your vision, and then you burst and merge into the Divine who is omnipresent.
You should recognise the truth that your life should consist of making the journey from the position of 'I' to the position of 'We'. If all the time you simply stay in the place of 'I', you will remain where you are.
This creation is like the bridge which connects man with the Divine. 'I' is one hill. 'Divine' is another hill. The bridge between the two is the aspect of creation.
If you break and destroy the bridge, you can never reach the destination. I am hoping that you plunge into society and do service, and thereby use the bridge to reach the Divine.
– Divine Discourse, May 12, 1981.
You are all caskets of Divine Love; share it with everyone! Express Divine love in kind words and acts of service done with compassion.
Source: radiosai.org
Broadening your heart and making it bigger and bigger, you should make it as big as the Divine Himself.
A balloon, in its initial stage, is tiny. If you go on blowing air into it, it becomes bigger and bigger and later explodes.
Though beginning with the ideas of 'I' and 'mine', if you ultimately move on to the place that, "all are mine and all are one”, gradually you will become broader in your vision, and then you burst and merge into the Divine who is omnipresent.
You should recognise the truth that your life should consist of making the journey from the position of 'I' to the position of 'We'. If all the time you simply stay in the place of 'I', you will remain where you are.
This creation is like the bridge which connects man with the Divine. 'I' is one hill. 'Divine' is another hill. The bridge between the two is the aspect of creation.
If you break and destroy the bridge, you can never reach the destination. I am hoping that you plunge into society and do service, and thereby use the bridge to reach the Divine.
– Divine Discourse, May 12, 1981.
You are all caskets of Divine Love; share it with everyone! Express Divine love in kind words and acts of service done with compassion.
Source: radiosai.org
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Re: Life 28 (Apr 17 - Aug 17)
by winston » Mon Oct 09, 2017 11:44 am
We often plan and set goals and even attempt to evaluate our progress. What is the real destination? How do we know if we are truly progressing?
Broadening your heart and making it bigger and bigger, you should make it as big as the Divine Himself.
A balloon, in its initial stage, is tiny. If you go on blowing air into it, it becomes bigger and bigger and later explodes.
Though beginning with the ideas of 'I' and 'mine', if you ultimately move on to the place that, "all are mine and all are one”, gradually you will become broader in your vision, and then you burst and merge into the Divine who is omnipresent.
You should recognise the truth that your life should consist of making the journey from the position of 'I' to the position of 'We'. If all the time you simply stay in the place of 'I', you will remain where you are.
This creation is like the bridge which connects man with the Divine. 'I' is one hill. 'Divine' is another hill. The bridge between the two is the aspect of creation.
If you break and destroy the bridge, you can never reach the destination. I am hoping that you plunge into society and do service, and thereby use the bridge to reach the Divine.
– Divine Discourse, May 12, 1981.
You are all caskets of Divine Love; share it with everyone! Express Divine love in kind words and acts of service done with compassion.
Source: radiosai.org
Broadening your heart and making it bigger and bigger, you should make it as big as the Divine Himself.
A balloon, in its initial stage, is tiny. If you go on blowing air into it, it becomes bigger and bigger and later explodes.
Though beginning with the ideas of 'I' and 'mine', if you ultimately move on to the place that, "all are mine and all are one”, gradually you will become broader in your vision, and then you burst and merge into the Divine who is omnipresent.
You should recognise the truth that your life should consist of making the journey from the position of 'I' to the position of 'We'. If all the time you simply stay in the place of 'I', you will remain where you are.
This creation is like the bridge which connects man with the Divine. 'I' is one hill. 'Divine' is another hill. The bridge between the two is the aspect of creation.
If you break and destroy the bridge, you can never reach the destination. I am hoping that you plunge into society and do service, and thereby use the bridge to reach the Divine.
– Divine Discourse, May 12, 1981.
You are all caskets of Divine Love; share it with everyone! Express Divine love in kind words and acts of service done with compassion.
Source: radiosai.org
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Re: Life 28 (Apr 17 - Aug 17)
by winston » Tue Oct 10, 2017 10:50 am
What is a simple barometer to test our spiritual progress?
When you go to a temple, you see the idol, and very soon, your thoughts are with your footwear you left outside at the gate! This simple thought reveals the depth of concentration you have achieved.
Unless you take care of every single aspect, you cannot experience the benefits from your spiritual practices (sadhana)!
A water-filled-pot with one, a few or many holes is useless for carrying or storing water, isn’t it? Hence, you cannot achieve liberation by merely going to sacred places, or seeing, touching and conversing with great souls.
You must put in your full and complete effort to follow the instructions and their directions. Following the path of spiritual masters, you must feel an inseparable affinity with the Divine, as inseparable as the sea and the wave.
Remember, you are really of the same essence, the same taste, the same quality as the sea, though you have the name and form of the wave.
– Divine Discourse, Oct 10, 1964.
The Divine is all mercy; adore Him as long as you have breath, so long as you are conscious.
Source: radiosai.org
When you go to a temple, you see the idol, and very soon, your thoughts are with your footwear you left outside at the gate! This simple thought reveals the depth of concentration you have achieved.
Unless you take care of every single aspect, you cannot experience the benefits from your spiritual practices (sadhana)!
A water-filled-pot with one, a few or many holes is useless for carrying or storing water, isn’t it? Hence, you cannot achieve liberation by merely going to sacred places, or seeing, touching and conversing with great souls.
You must put in your full and complete effort to follow the instructions and their directions. Following the path of spiritual masters, you must feel an inseparable affinity with the Divine, as inseparable as the sea and the wave.
Remember, you are really of the same essence, the same taste, the same quality as the sea, though you have the name and form of the wave.
– Divine Discourse, Oct 10, 1964.
The Divine is all mercy; adore Him as long as you have breath, so long as you are conscious.
Source: radiosai.org
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Re: Life 28 (Apr 17 - Aug 17)
by winston » Wed Oct 11, 2017 2:37 pm
What are the offerings that please the Divine?
The flower of ‘compassion to all living beings’ is very dear to the Divine. From the seed of Divinity grows the tree of creation.
In this tree, the fruits are human beings who are Individual Souls. In each of these human fruits, Divinity is present as a seed.
In the Scriptures. it's said the the divinity is the seed in all living beings in the form of Atma, the soul.
Recognising the truth that the Divine is present in the form of Atma in all living beings, being compassionate to all is what the Divine expects from you everyday.
He loves the flower of forbearance very much. It is truly the highest quality of a human being. Often you develop narrow ideas, thinking of 'I', 'my family', and treat others as different from 'me'.
When you truly love, you develop patience and forbearance. Expand your love to encompass all living beings, that will fructify as forbearance.
– Divine Discourse, May 12, 1981.
The truly human qualities are calmness, forbearance and compassion.
Source: radiosai.org
The flower of ‘compassion to all living beings’ is very dear to the Divine. From the seed of Divinity grows the tree of creation.
In this tree, the fruits are human beings who are Individual Souls. In each of these human fruits, Divinity is present as a seed.
In the Scriptures. it's said the the divinity is the seed in all living beings in the form of Atma, the soul.
Recognising the truth that the Divine is present in the form of Atma in all living beings, being compassionate to all is what the Divine expects from you everyday.
He loves the flower of forbearance very much. It is truly the highest quality of a human being. Often you develop narrow ideas, thinking of 'I', 'my family', and treat others as different from 'me'.
When you truly love, you develop patience and forbearance. Expand your love to encompass all living beings, that will fructify as forbearance.
– Divine Discourse, May 12, 1981.
The truly human qualities are calmness, forbearance and compassion.
Source: radiosai.org
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