For the wisdom of the ancient sages to dawn on every individual when they most need it, elders must set an example of discrimination (Viveka) and detachment (Vairagya). If they run after sensory pleasures with feverish excitement, how can the younger generation be blamed for their selfishness and greed? Elders must practice what they preach, show how divine life confers joy, mental poise, contentment and real happiness. They must spend some time every day in reciting the Lord’s name or in meditation, then the children too will imbibe that and acquire the means to attain peace for themselves. People say that there is nothing as sweet as the name of the Lord, but do not repeat it at all. The road is spoilt by neglect and wanton destruction, but they advise the children to walk along it. They will discover the hoax. As a matter of fact, the responsibility of any person who holds forth an ideal is great, for the person has to attempt to reach it oneself while advising others to adopt it.

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Education today highlights the accumulation of things. But giving up is equally needed. Renunciation is not a loss; it is highly profitable, as you acquire joy thereby. Renunciation means freedom, surrender to God and surrender to love. God is love. Love can be known only through expansion of love. When students leave schools and colleges and involve themselves in families, societies, communities and countries, they must set examples of simplicity, humility and mutual service. They must anchor their lives in Righteousness (Dharma) and wisdom (Jnana). So teachers and parents must imbibe it in themselves and instruct students. That will help them lead model lives and lead others to earn peace and calm. You must learn, more than anything else, discipline and patience. Life is an exercise in the sadhana of ‘give and take.’ Do not derive delight from ‘taking’ alone. ‘Give’ and you get the right to ‘take’.

Source: Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam – February 20, 2017

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One always seeks happiness by trying to satisfy desires. If a desire is fulfilled, one feels joy, and when it is not, one feels grief. But the trouble is, desire is a bonfire that burns with greater fury, asking for more fuel. One desire leads to ten, and one is exhausted trying to exhaust the demands of desire. One has to be turned back from this path of never ending desire to the path of inner content and joy. One grieves because one has developed attachment toward the unreal. One cultivates an unreasonable affection for wealth, but is prepared to sacrifice the riches in order to save the lives of one’s children, for attachment to children is stronger than to the wealth that has been earned! One stoops so low as to neglect the children when the choice is between survival and the children’s welfare! But the bliss that is got when one dwells on the Atma is unbounded and imperishable. That is the real joy.

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam – February 19, 2017

Walter Elliot captured this enormous sun halo over Grand Haven, Michigan on February 16, 2017.

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Ego is deep rooted in every person from their countless previous lives. It grows very fast in this life too, seeking sensual pleasure, possessions in plenty, applause and appreciation, authority over others, fame and fortune. It can be removed only by relentless enquiry into your true Reality. When you are awake, you experience a variety of relationships. You are interested in a multiplicity of people, possession and problems. You pass through joy and grief, praise and ridicule, insult and injury. When you are dreaming, the entire outer world fades away. When you are awake, you experience pleasure and pain; you plunge into fear and throw yourself in despair. When asleep, you are no longer alert or active. You are alone with the Divine Soul (Atma), which is your reality. The Atma is with you through all the three stages, even though you ignored it and perhaps denied it! This Atma is the truth, “That Thou Art”! (Tat-Twam-Asi).

Source: Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam – February 18, 2017

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Divinity is inherent and immanent in every living being and the process of reminding man of that fact began with the very dawn of human history. What has to be done to lead the Divine Life is just the removal of the fog that hides the Truth and makes one imagine one is something else — something inferior, evanescent, material, and momentary. All are holy, pure, and part of eternity. But these things shine in each in proportion to their spiritual practices, just as bulbs spread illumination according to the wattage. There is no body that is not sustained by the Absolute; there is no name that does not indicate the Universal. All objects are suffused by that Principle; all names are attributes of its Glory. Divine Life is based on the quality of calm serenity (satwa guna), which must be cultivated.

Source: Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam – February 17, 2017

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