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Message For The Day…which one is First…Tree or Seed !!!!

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You know only the present that is happening before your eyes; you do not realise that the present is related to the past and is preparing the course of the future. Each birth wipes out the memory of the one already experienced. The tree came from the seed and the seed from the tree and so on. You may not know which came first, tree or seed, but you can easily put an end to the cycle by frying the seed. You do not realise that the end of this cycle of birth and death lies in your own hands. The scriptures and holy books serve this very purpose. These are not meant to mislead you. That is not the desire of the sages who wrote down these annals and their own experiences. It is to tell mankind the truth about oneself.

source:::::excerpts from the divine discourse of Swami Satya Sai….

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Message for The Day….Live In God…For HIM and With HIM ….

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One must develop deep detachment. There is no use renouncing some food or drink, to which you have become bound, when you hear a discourse, or when some religious text is expounded within hearing. Detach yourself from all that keeps you away from God. Spend more time on meditation or namasmarana, for peace and joy are not to be found in external nature; they are treasures lying hidden in the inner realms of each and everyone. Once they are located, one can never again be sad or agitated. With every inhalation, utter the Name of the Lord. With every exhalation, utter the Name of the Lord. Use this splendid and precious chance in your life to the fullest. Live in God, for Him and with Him.

SOURCE::::: eecerpts from divine discourse of Swami Satya Sai….

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Message For the Day…Be A Dedicated Servant of God….

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Three fishes lived in a pond. One told the other two that the water was drying up and they should leave before it was too late. The first fish decided to leave the pond immediately, the second said it could save itself when the contingency arose and the third fish ignored it. In due course, the second and third fish were caught by a fisherman. The second fish managed to break through the net and escape, the third one resigned its fate to destiny. God of Death, Yama is the fisherman; unless early notice is taken of the process of drying to which the tank of one’s lifespan is subject, one gets caught. Migrate into the sea of Grace, which will not dry; or learn the art of breaking through the net of death. Discard sloth and slumber, denounce fanaticism and make yourself a dedicated servant of the Lord. Then all strength, joy and Grace will be showered on you.

 

source::::::: Excerpts from the Divine Discourse of Swami Satya Sai..

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Message For the Day…Think Before Act….

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source::: Excerpts from Swami SATYA SAI”s Divine Discourse
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Be steady, make a firm resolution. Do not commit one fault or take a false step and then repent. Be very intentional, faithful to your resolve, every single day. Before you act, deliberate and make a decision. That is better than taking a weak step and regretting and losing the way. In the Mahabharatha, Arjuna had the foresight to pause and think about the consequences of the war even before the battle began. So he asked Lord Krishna to advise and guide him. Hence, take every step in spiritual practice, or in your day to day affairs, only after deep deliberation and satisfying yourself that it will be for your good and well-being. Reason out, discriminate; do not rush to conclusions or be led away by mere hearsay.

Message For the Day…. In Silence You Will See God ….

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You can feel the presence of God, in the depth of silence. In the excitement, clutter and confusion of the marketplace, you cannot hear His gentle footsteps. He resounds with clarity, when all is filled with silence. Hence I insist on silence, practice of soft speech and minimum sound. Talk little, talk in whispers, sweet and true. When you want to place a heavy thing on the ground, place it with care, do not drop it and create noise around you. Bend a little, keep it softly and gently on the floor with care. Similarly examine each and every act of yours and see to it that you execute it softly and silently. Transact all dealings with minimum speech and eliminate noise. Do not shout to persons standing far, go near them or beckon them to approach you. Loud noise is a sacrilege on the sky, just as there are sacrilegious uses of earth and water.

source::::: Divine discourse of Swami Satya SAI..

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Message For the Day…Mother Earth is Watching You !!!!

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Have you heard the story of the rabbit that borrowed from Mother Earth four paisa (pence)? The rabbit thought to itself, “If I run away as far as I can, from the place I received the loan, I will be free from the obligation”. So one day, the rabbit ran as fast as its legs could carry it. After a while, it sat down in great relief thinking, “Now no one will ask me to repay.” The rabbit was shocked, for at that very moment, it heard from the ground beneath, “Mother Earth is right under your feet! You cannot escape from me, however fast you run!” So too, you cannot run away from Divinity. Wherever you may go seeking refuge, the Lord demands good conduct, good habits, good thoughts and good company! Make use of this opportunity, accept this noble advice, select good company and strive sincerely to reach your goal!

source:::: Excerpts from Divine Discourse of Swami Satya Sai….

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Message For the Day… Be Kind and Be Pure ….

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Just as the body is the house you live in, the universe is the body of God. An ant biting the little finger of your foot draws your entire attention to the spot in a split second, and you react to the pain and make an effort to remove the tiny enemy immediately. So too, you must feel the pain, the misery of the people, in the society around you. Pause for a moment to calculate what good you have done to the society that is helping you live your life comfortably. Do not fritter away your talents in profitless channels. You should not be a burden on others, or an enemy to your own self. Expand your sympathies to serve others, who stand in need, to the extent of your skill and resources. Be kind to all your kith and kin.

source:::: Bhagawan Satya Sai..in one of His Divine Messages

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Not Just an Entrepreneur!!!!….Meet Mr.K.V.Ramani …..

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K.V. Ramani, the co founder of nasscom, that represents and sets the tone for public policy for the Indian software industry is also a successful entrepreneur who founded Chennai-based Future Software and co-founded Hughes Software in Delhi. This man is just not an entrepreneur who runs behind money but he is also a well known philanthropist. His philanthropic activities can inspire many entrepreneurs to follow this path; reports rediff.com.

 

Ramani was recently in news for one such activity where he built and donated Sai Ashram for Rs 110 crore and handed it over to Sri Saibaba Sansthan. This Ashram will formally be inaugurated by President Pranab Mukherjee on November 16. Apart from this, Ramani also extends his services by donating 80 percent of his total earnings to the Shirdi Sai Trust.

 

Being a devotee of Shiridi Sai Baba 
Ramani became a diehard devotee of Shiridi Sai Baba 35 years ago, when he was 27 year old. He was never a spiritual person and nor was he a devotee of Sai Baba.
Once one of his dearest family memberfell sick and it was a disease that doctors could not diagnose and cure. He and his family were shattered, that was when they were asked to worship Shiridi Sai Baba and Ramani was asked to visit the temple in Mylapore. He decided to visit the temple every Thursday since then but he did not have to wait as the miracle happened the same night when the sick person started showing signs of recovery. The next day when the doctors arrived to check the status of that person they were surprised as he was completely cured.
Donating income and being spiritual
“I was not spiritual then; a young unmarried man of 27. Now, I am 62. There was no rationale working then. When my prayers were answered, I decided to fulfill the promise. For me, it was like visiting a temple after writing an exam well,” says Ramani.
He completely accepts the fact that he has turned spiritual and only after being a devotee of Shiridi Sai that he was able to differentiate between religion and spirituality. He always wanted to visit the Shiridi temple but was not able to do so though he planned many trips with Dewang Mehta (of Nasscom) but could not make it happens not when you planned but when Baba wants. After starting the Sai Ashram project he has been regularly visiting the temple to be blessed and to be rejuvenated.
Taking the philanthropic path
Ramani started his philanthropic venture in his house in Chennai in 1996 where he set aside a certain sum of money for building Sai temples, to help the poor in education, food and healthcare and also for Sai Prachaar. He also says that he does not accept or take money as donation and completely does it from his own money.
He says, “Baba, you gave me too much money, I don’t need this much”. After selling two of his companies in 2004, which benefited the company, employees and himself, he decided to keep just 20 percent of it and to give away the 80 percent of it to Sai Baba.
As spoken to rediff he says, “I gave Rs 110 crore now. If you add what I have given all these years, it is much more than that.What we are spending every year is from the interest I get from the corpus I have invested. This Rs 110 crore comes from the interest of the corpus of the last 5-6 years.”
Reason to donate 110 crores
Ramani did not have any plans to build anything rather than just using the funds for some good purpose. When he spoke to the PRO of Shirdi Sansthan, he realized that the major problem that the ashram faced was accommodation.
Elderly people sat on the roads and women fed their babies in the open as they could not get a roof under their head. After taking a closer look at the statistics he found out that 30-40,000 devotees came to Shirdi every day. During weekends, it was a lakh and during festival times, it was 3-4 lakhs and the accommodation available with the Sansthan was less than 10,000. It was after hearing and seeing all this he decided to take up the project.
He also clearly says that it would be completely owned, maintained and managed by the Sansthan, and nobody has rights over it after handing over the keys.
“What I do for the Shirdi Sai Trust is not materialistic; it is spiritual”. He also says, “The entrepreneur in me creates institutions which can provide employment, which can create and showcase technological products to the world. We didn’t build a services company; we built a technology product company. We focused primarily on the telecom sector and had branches in the UK, Germany, in the US, Japan, Korea and China.”
source:::::silicon india net…
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Message For The Day….One”s True Worth !!!

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When students score low marks parents feel great grief. Similarly, when we fall low in morals and spiritual virtues, our motherland bemoans her fate ten times more sadly. We have to assuage the grief of the physical mother and promote the peace and prosperity of our motherland. The motherland is not a mere lump of earth. When we desire her progress, we have to promote the progress of the people who dwell therein. The skills needed for resuscitating and reforming are found in youth. The reforming process involves the removal, in daily living, of bad conduct and bad habits, and the practice of good conduct and good deeds. You must express your humility, fortitude, equanimity, and gratitude for kindness received, in various acts in your daily life, every day.

One’s true worth can be measured by the efforts they take to reform themselves

source::::: Divine discourse of SAI….

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Message For the Day….See the God Within You…..

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It is true that milk contains butter; sesame seeds contain oil; cane yields sugar. But by merely holding milk in the hand, you cannot get butter; filling the lamp with sesame seeds you cannot light the wick, shaking the cane will not result in a shower of sugar. By placing sweets on a plate in front of you and reciting 108 times “sweets, sweets..” can your tongue relish it? Similarly you study many holy books, and chant mantras and hymns. Of course, the time spent in these activities is thereby rendered holy. But, these are not helping you to transform the work you are engaged in into an offering acceptable to God. Are you putting into practice at least one percent of what you read or recite? Mere reading and singing will not free you from the cycle of birth and death. God has to be planted firmly in the mind, the omnipresent God has to be enshrined in the heart; God has to flow with the blood in the veins. God has to be visualised through the inner eye.

source::::: Satya Sai discourse

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