Source: Pioneertown: A Movie Set That Became A Real Town
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Ice circles in Syracuse, New York
You need slow-moving currents, moving in circular eddies, to form ice circles, and you need just the right air and water temperature. So they’re rare!
Source: Ice circles in Syracuse, New York
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Message for the Day…
When a person gets rid of ignorance, one can experience this infinite Light, this spiritual flame, declared the ancient sages. Where did they experience this Divinity? Not in the external world. The sages regarded the human body as a shrine in which the Divine is the Indweller. Exploring the five life breaths and the five sheaths of the human body, they experienced the Light of the Spirit in their hearts within. They realised that those who love God can find Him nearer to themselves than anything in the world. To those who have no yearning for God, He is farther than the farthest object in the planet! Remember, every individual is a spark of the Divine. You are not just a fragment of the Nature or simply a combination of the five basic elements (earth, water, fire, air, ether). You are indeed verily a part (amsa) of the immortal Omni-Self.
Source: Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam – February 23, 2017
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Gaza rainbow
What a lovely scene. Maysoon Abu Hmead captured this image in Gaza, Palestine last week.
Source: Gaza rainbow
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Message for the Day…
One may desire for something good, which is due to an inner prompting (Iccha Shakti). But one cannot fulfill that desire unless one proceeds according to a plan which can guarantee success. The desire has to be developed into a deed. This requires Kriya shakti or the power of action. Above all, realisation depends on Jnana shakti, or the force and clarity of Wisdom, the self-confidence that flows from the mastery of the situation. This is a gift of grace from God – the God installed in the heart. God is Omnipresent. The Gita asserts that His hands and feet are everywhere; so are His eyes, head and face. No one can deny God or ignore Him. When a person denies God, he is denying himself. You must foster faith in God and know that He exists in all. That faith will plant in you humility, courage and reverence. Whatever one plans and executes must be sublimated as an offering to God.
Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam – February 22, 2017
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Message for the Day…
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.
Source: Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam – February 21, 2017 .http://media.radiosai.org/
Sarajevo Tunnel: The Tunnel of Hope…
Tristan da Cunha – The Most Remote Island in the World
Message for the Day…”
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
Message for the Day…
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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. |
