Message For the Day….” Do Not Try to Build a Structure of Desires and Attachments….”

The scriptures are as affectionate as a mother. They teach lessons like a mother would do for her children, in conformity with the level of intelligence and the needs of time and circumstance. A mother with two children gives the strong and healthy one every item of food for which it clamours, but she takes great care not to overfeed the unwell child and gives it only items that can restore it soon to health. Can we, on that account, accuse mother of being partial to one and prejudiced against the other in conferring love? Scriptures also teach you the secret and value of work (karma). All must be instructed on how to transform work into beneficial activity. Yet, work is not all. Human life lasts but a moment; it is a bubble on water. Upon this ephemeral bubble of life, do not build a structure of desires and attachments. Wisdom warns that it might collapse or crumble any moment.

Sathya Sai Baba

Jokes For the Day….!!!

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A woman is dancing happily down the railroad tracks, singing to herself “…21 …21 …21…”
After a little while, an Antartian walks up to her. She observes for a minute and then asks, “What are you doing?”
The woman does not answer and keeps singing “…21 …21 …21 …” So the Antartian jumps on the tracks and follows her dancing and starts singing “…21 …21 …21 …” A little later a train comes down the tracks. The woman jumps off, but the Antartian keeps dancing and singing to her self and gets hit by the train.
The woman gets back on the track and starts dancing and singing again, “…22 …22 …22 …”
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A man goes to the doctors and asks why he’s been feeling ill. The doctor examines him and replies “I’m sorry to tell you, you’ve got the disease known as Yellow 24.” “What’s that?” the man asks. “It means your internal organs have started turning yellow – you’ve got 24 hours to live”.
The man goes home and tells his wife the bad news. His wife says “Well, will you come to bingo with me tonight then? Otherwise you’ll never be able to.” The man agrees so he and his wife go to the bingo. He finds that he’s won the one-line and £10. He begins to think this isn’t such a bad day after all. Twenty minutes later, he’s won the full house and £150. He enters the lucky draw, worth £500, and wins that too. The bingo caller calls him up on stage.
He says “I don’t believe it, mate. You’ve won three competitions in a total of £660 in one night. You must be the luckiest man on the earth!”
The man says “Well, no, I’m not. I’ve got Yellow 24.”
The bingo caller looks down at the piece of paper he’s holding and starts clapping. “I don’t believe it; he’s won the raffle as well!”
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Natarajan

Message For the Day…” Sweep away all jealousy and anger …”

Where have your good old human qualities gone? Truth, tolerance, morality, discipline – when would you accept them? Arise, awake! Establish the Kingdom Divine (Rama-Rajya), resplendent with mansions of truth, right conduct, and peace. Remember and learn from the rule of divine personages, and their characteristics. Quench the burning flames of ignorance, peacelessness, injustice, and envy with the waters of love, forbearance, and truth. Love your fellow brethren. Develop the feeling of mutuality. Sweep away all jealousy and anger. All of you must realise your own faults and understand that there is no use in searching for faults in others. It is a mere waste of time; it also breeds quarrels. So give up that trait. If you miss this opportunity, when will you ever do it? Don’t yield to dejection, but put an end to all the unrighteousness activities of your past. Repent sincerely and tread the path of prayer to God and doing good deeds, and develop brotherly love. 

Sathya Sai Baba

 

Message for the Day…” Focus Your Efforts towards Acquisition of Spiritual Bless…”

Every living being starts on food and yearns slowly to reach the peak of spiritual bliss. Let all your efforts and undertakings be directed to the acquisition of spiritual bliss. The Taithiriya Upanishad clearly elucidates spiritual bliss as the urge for birth, growth, decay, and death. It calls out that all are born in spiritual bliss, will live for it, and will die in order to attain it. However how can Brahman be spiritual bliss (ananda)? Scriptures clarify, ‘Om ithyekaaksharam Brahman – Om, the one imperishable letter is Brahman.’ It is also said, Atma(Divine Self in individual) is Brahman (Divine). Therefore the three terms Atma, Brahman, and Omare all indistinguishably the same. The Scriptures(Brahma Sutras) reveal that the outer universe, which has Divine (Brahman) as the base and the inner universe are identical and cannot be differentiated.   

Sathya Sai Baba

 

Message For the Day…” It is HE who Holds the String of Your Life…”

When you face hardships and struggle in life, cling and hold on to the Lord. To instill courage in an infant, its mother persuades it to walk a few steps and turn, but she won’t allow it to fall. If it totters and is about to lose balance, she hurries behind and catches it! The Lord too has His eyes fixed on each individual (jivi). He has in His hand the string of the kite, which is humanity! Sometimes He may pull it, and at other times He may loosen the grip! Whatever He does, be confident and carefree, for it is He who holds the string of your life. That solid faith will fill you with the essence of love (prema-rasa). The string is the bond of love and grace and every individual (kite) is thus bound to the Lord. All you must do is to walk the path so that the bond of love and grace is strong.   

Sathya Sai Baba

 

Message For the Day…” Infuse Every Moment of Life with Love…”

Twenty hammer strokes might not succeed in breaking a stone, but the twenty-first stroke might break it. Does this mean that the twenty blows were of no avail? No. The final success was a result of the cumulative effect of all the strokes. Your mind is constantly engaged in a struggle with the world, both internal and external. Needless to say, you may not succeed always. But by immersing yourself in good work and saturating your mind with the love of God, you will attain everlasting bliss. When your mind dwells on the Lord, you will be drawn only toward good deeds automatically. The object of all spiritual practices is to destroy the mind, and some day, just as the twenty-first blow broke the stone, one good deed will succeed in destroying your mind. So no good deed is a waste, every little act counts. Infuse every moment of life with love. Then evil tendencies dare not hamper your path.

Sathya Sai Baba

Message For the Day…” What is the Genuine Moment of Awakening…” ?

Life is eternally stalked by death. Yet people don’t tolerate the very mention of the word ‘death’. It is deemed inauspicious to hear that word. Anything maybe uncertain, death is certain. It is impossible to change that law. However insufferable it is, every living thing received a ticket to death at birth and every moment is proceeding nearer and nearer to it. The samsara (life) train you are journeying on is taking you to that destination, whether you sit quiet or lie down or read or meditate or sing in the journey. Recognise this truth and turn your mind over to good mental tendencies (samskaras). Everyone must examine themselves rigorously, spot defects, and endeavour to correct them. When people uncover and realise their own defects, it is like being reborn. People then start anew, from a new childhood. This is the genuine moment of awakening.

Sathya Sai Baba

Message For the Day…”Use Your Hands and Feet to Perform Good Deeds…”

When the rains pour on the mountain peaks and water hurries down the side, no river emerges. However, when the water flows in a single direction, first a brook, then a stream, a torrent, and finally a flooded river is formed, and the rains reach the sea. Water that runs in one direction reaches the sea; water that flows in four directions soaks in and is lost. Mental tendencies (samskaras) are like this. Of what use are they if they are all over the place? The holy stream of noble inborn desires must flow full and steady along the fields of holy thoughts and finally at the moment of death abide in the great ocean of bliss. Worthy indeed is the one who reaches such a goal! Hence from now on, use your hands and feet to perform good deeds selflessly and fix your mind on Him. Chant His name from within and practice your duty (swadharma) with utmost sincerity.   

Sathya Sai Baba

” A Mother is a Single Strongest Force in Nature and in Family…”

Happy Mother’s Day!

A mother is not just a word, it is, perhaps, the single strongest force in nature, and in family. There is always something special about the bond between a mother and child, the effortless love without condition, the interest they always show, the softness they get in their eyes sometimes as they look at their kids.Even in nature, few animals would survive without their mothers. As human we have so much to say in thanks to our mothers, these great quotes hardly do them justice.

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All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.
– Abraham Lincoln

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When your mother asks, ‘Do you want a piece of advice?’ it is a mere formality. It doesn’t matter if you answer yes or no. You’re going to get it anyway.
– Erma Bombeck

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When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.
– Sophia Loren

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It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.
– Erma Bombeck

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A mother’s arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.
– Victor Hugo

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My mother’s love has always been a sustaining force for our family, and one of my greatest joys is seeing her integrity, her compassion, her intelligence reflected in my daughters.
– Michelle Obama

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Yes, Mother. I can see you are flawed. You have not hidden it. That is your greatest gift to me.
– Alice Walker

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For me, nothing has ever taken precedence over being a mother and having a family and a home.
– Jessica Lange

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Children are the anchors of a mother’s life.
– Sophocles

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The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
– Honore de Balzac

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Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.
– Oprah Winfrey

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An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.
– Rudyard Kipling

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There is nothing in the world of art like the songs mother used to sing.
– Billy Sunday

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My mother gave lots of good advice and had a lot to say. As you get older, you realize everything she said was true.
– Lenny Kravitz

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My doctor told me I would never walk again. My mother told me I would. I believed my mother.
– Wilma Rudolph

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My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.
– Quentin Crisp

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Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
– Louisa May Alcott

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A mother is a mother still, The holiest thing alive.
– Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Be able to confide your innermost secrets to your mother and your innermost fears to your father.
– Marilyn vos Savant

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Proving I’m a good mother is the one achievement I’m most proud of. It’s brought out the best in me.
– Sheena Easton

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Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother’s love is not.
– James Joyce

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Because I am a mother, I am capable of being shocked: as I never was when I was not one.
– Margaret Atwood

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What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin.
– Henry Ward Beecher

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The babe at first feeds upon the mother’s bosom, but it is always on her heart.
– Henry Ward Beecher

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For when a child is born the mother also is born again.
– Gilbert Parker

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As a mother, you have that impulse to wish that no child should ever be hurt, or abused, or go hungry, or not have opportunities in life.
–  Annie Lennox

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Career is important, but nothing really supersedes my roles as a mother.
– Halle Berry

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Natarajan