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Dear Baba,
I miss You still...
Deep inside the forest is a door into another land,
Here is our life and home,
We are staying, here forever in the beauty of this place all alone,
We keep on hoping...
Maybe, there's a world where we don't have to run,
Maybe, there's a time we'll call our own,
Living free in harmony and majesty,
Take me home,
Take me home.
YouTube - Maybe - Thom Pace (theme from Grizzly Adams)
I miss You still...
Deep inside the forest is a door into another land,
Here is our life and home,
We are staying, here forever in the beauty of this place all alone,
We keep on hoping...
Maybe, there's a world where we don't have to run,
Maybe, there's a time we'll call our own,
Living free in harmony and majesty,
Take me home,
Take me home.
YouTube - Maybe - Thom Pace (theme from Grizzly Adams)
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Sai Inspires - June 12, 2011
People adore many deities like Rama, Krishna, Sai, but the Divine Principle in all of them is the same. The Atma (Soul) does not have a form or a name. Brahma Sathyam Jagan Mithya - Divinity alone is real; the world is unreal. God has no attributes. He does not punish or harm anybody. He is present in your heart in the form of pure and unsullied love. Therefore develop love more and more. That will protect you always. There is no greater protection than this; there is no weapon more powerful than love.
– Divine Discourse, May 30, 2006.
God is Love; Live in Love. – Baba
People adore many deities like Rama, Krishna, Sai, but the Divine Principle in all of them is the same. The Atma (Soul) does not have a form or a name. Brahma Sathyam Jagan Mithya - Divinity alone is real; the world is unreal. God has no attributes. He does not punish or harm anybody. He is present in your heart in the form of pure and unsullied love. Therefore develop love more and more. That will protect you always. There is no greater protection than this; there is no weapon more powerful than love.
– Divine Discourse, May 30, 2006.
God is Love; Live in Love. – Baba
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Sai Inspires - June 13, 2011
Every one of you will attain fullness in the end. You are at present at a particular stage as a result of the acts performed during your previous lives and the feelings you entertained in the past. The future is being built this very moment by the activities you are engaging in and the feelings that urge and shape them. A scholar might write elaborate commentaries on the Gita. But as a result of all that study, if in his character and conduct, he does not prove that the Gita has become a living part of him, all that punditry is but a burden he is carrying. So, never treat the learning you derive as so much fodder for the brain. It must be sublimated into Ananda (bliss). Envy, pompousness, egoism — all such evil traits have to be driven out.
- Sathya Sai Vahini, Chap 13: "The Avatar as a Guru".
Master the mind and be a mastermind. – Baba
Every one of you will attain fullness in the end. You are at present at a particular stage as a result of the acts performed during your previous lives and the feelings you entertained in the past. The future is being built this very moment by the activities you are engaging in and the feelings that urge and shape them. A scholar might write elaborate commentaries on the Gita. But as a result of all that study, if in his character and conduct, he does not prove that the Gita has become a living part of him, all that punditry is but a burden he is carrying. So, never treat the learning you derive as so much fodder for the brain. It must be sublimated into Ananda (bliss). Envy, pompousness, egoism — all such evil traits have to be driven out.
- Sathya Sai Vahini, Chap 13: "The Avatar as a Guru".
Master the mind and be a mastermind. – Baba
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Sai Inspires - June 14, 2011
If workers are ordered to dig the soil, their work is simply to go on digging. The gardener alone knows how much of the earth is to be put under which plant and how it must be arranged. So too, the order to you is “Constantly dwell on the Lord’s Name”! If you continue to do this, God Himself will direct where and how this has to be utilised.
- Dhyana Vahini, Chap 8: "One pointedness is essential
for meditation".
The Lord’s love for a devotee is as intense as a devotee’s love for the Lord. – Baba
If workers are ordered to dig the soil, their work is simply to go on digging. The gardener alone knows how much of the earth is to be put under which plant and how it must be arranged. So too, the order to you is “Constantly dwell on the Lord’s Name”! If you continue to do this, God Himself will direct where and how this has to be utilised.
- Dhyana Vahini, Chap 8: "One pointedness is essential
for meditation".
The Lord’s love for a devotee is as intense as a devotee’s love for the Lord. – Baba
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Warning Against Interference
In The Great Divorce C. S. Lewis writes of a woman who cannot stand to not be running other people's lives. "Give me someone to 'do' something with," is her constant demand. She cannot exist on her own, but must live through others. A great many people do this, not least those addicted to "spectator sports" as well as adulation of heroes and "stars" in many areas of life--usually all useless and mostly destructive in the long run. Terrible suffering is produced by the insistence of governments and families that their members must be ordered about and changed in various ways "for their own good." I would like to offer you some advice: Whenever anyone says to you: "I only want you to be happy...," RUN. For they really only want to be happy themselves by controlling and reshaping you to their ideas. Few things are more vicious.
My mother used to laugh and say: "There is not a thing in the world my father does not think he can't improve on." Actually, he was right, for my grandfather was a great creative genius who could accomplish just about anything in the external world--especially in improving gadgets and machines. Still, the addiction to tinkering with the people and things around us can be a grave defect, as Lao Tzu now explains.
Sure failure
"There are those who will conquer the world and make of it (what they conceive or desire). I see that they will not succeed" (Tao Teh King 29:1). Wu: "Does anyone want to take the world and do what he wants with it? I do not see how he can succeed."
Swami Vivekananda has expounded this far better than I ever could. Ego is at the root of the problem of "world changers," and he explained their folly in this way in his book Karma Yoga.
"There was a poor man who wanted some money; and somehow he had heard that if he could get hold of a ghost, he might command him to bring money or anything else he liked; so he was very anxious to get hold of a ghost. He went about searching for a man who would give him a ghost, and at last he found a sage with great powers, and besought his help. The sage asked him what he would do with a ghost. 'I want a ghost to work for me; teach me how to get hold of one, sir; I desire it very much,' replied the man. But the sage said, 'Don't disturb yourself, go home.' The next day the man went again to the sage and began to weep and pray, 'Give me a ghost; I must have a ghost, sir, to help me.' At last the sage was disgusted, and said, 'Take this charm, repeat this magic word, and a ghost will come, and whatever you say to him he will do. But beware; they are terrible beings, and must be kept continually busy. If you fail to give him work, he will take your life.' The man replied, 'That is easy; I can give him work for all his life.' Then he went to a forest, and after long repetition of the magic word, a huge ghost appeared before him, and said, 'I am a ghost. I have been conquered by your magic; but you must keep me constantly employed. The moment you fail to give me work I will kill you.' The man said, 'Build me a palace,' and the ghost said, 'It is done; the palace is built.' 'Bring me money,' said the man. 'Here is your money,' said the ghost. 'Cut this forest down, and build a city in its place.' 'That is done,' said the ghost, 'anything more?' Now the man began to be frightened and thought he could give him nothing more to do; he did everything in a trice. The ghost said, 'Give me something to do or I will eat you up.' The poor man could find no further occupation for him, and was frightened. So he ran and ran and at last reached the sage, and said, 'Oh, sir, protect my life!' The sage asked him what the matter was, and the man replied, 'I have nothing to give the ghost to do. Everything I tell him to do he does in a moment, and he threatens to eat me up if I do not give him work.' Just then the ghost arrived, saying, 'I'll eat you up,' and he would have swallowed the man. The man began to shake, and begged the sage to save his life. The sage said, 'I will find you a way out. Look at that dog with a curly tail. Draw your sword quickly and cut the tail off and give it to the ghost to straighten out.' The man cut off the dog's tail and gave it to the ghost, saying, 'Straighten that out for me.' The ghost took it and slowly and carefully straightened it out, but as soon as he let it go, it instantly curled up again. Once more he laboriously straightened it out, only to find it again curled up as soon as he attempted to let go of it. Again he patiently straightened it out, but as soon as he let it go, it curled up again. So he went on for days and days, until he was exhausted and said, 'I was never in such trouble before in my life. I am an old veteran ghost, but never before was I in such trouble.' 'I will make a compromise with you;' he said to the man, 'you let me off and I will let you keep all I have given you and will promise not to harm you.' The man was much pleased, and accepted the offer gladly.
"This world is like a dog's curly tail, and people have been striving to straighten it out for hundreds of years; but when they let it go, it has curled up again. How could it be otherwise? One must first know how to work without attachment, then one will not be a fanatic. When we know that this world is like a dog's curly tail and will never get straightened, we shall not become fanatics. If there were no fanaticism in the world, it would make much more progress than it does now. It is a mistake to think that fanaticism can make for the progress of mankind. On the contrary, it is a retarding element creating hatred and anger, and causing people to fight each other, and making them unsympathetic. We think that whatever we do or possess is the best in the world, and what we do not do or possess is of no value. So, always remember the instance of the curly tail of the dog whenever you have a tendency to become a fanatic. You need not worry or make yourself sleepless about the world; it will go on without you. When you have avoided fanaticism, then alone will you work well. It is the level-headed man, the calm man, of good judgment and cool nerves, of great sympathy and love, who does good work and so does good to himself. The fanatic is foolish and has no sympathy; he can never straighten the world, nor himself become pure and perfect."
Taken from ATMA JYOTI NEWSLETTER
In The Great Divorce C. S. Lewis writes of a woman who cannot stand to not be running other people's lives. "Give me someone to 'do' something with," is her constant demand. She cannot exist on her own, but must live through others. A great many people do this, not least those addicted to "spectator sports" as well as adulation of heroes and "stars" in many areas of life--usually all useless and mostly destructive in the long run. Terrible suffering is produced by the insistence of governments and families that their members must be ordered about and changed in various ways "for their own good." I would like to offer you some advice: Whenever anyone says to you: "I only want you to be happy...," RUN. For they really only want to be happy themselves by controlling and reshaping you to their ideas. Few things are more vicious.
My mother used to laugh and say: "There is not a thing in the world my father does not think he can't improve on." Actually, he was right, for my grandfather was a great creative genius who could accomplish just about anything in the external world--especially in improving gadgets and machines. Still, the addiction to tinkering with the people and things around us can be a grave defect, as Lao Tzu now explains.
Sure failure
"There are those who will conquer the world and make of it (what they conceive or desire). I see that they will not succeed" (Tao Teh King 29:1). Wu: "Does anyone want to take the world and do what he wants with it? I do not see how he can succeed."
Swami Vivekananda has expounded this far better than I ever could. Ego is at the root of the problem of "world changers," and he explained their folly in this way in his book Karma Yoga.
"There was a poor man who wanted some money; and somehow he had heard that if he could get hold of a ghost, he might command him to bring money or anything else he liked; so he was very anxious to get hold of a ghost. He went about searching for a man who would give him a ghost, and at last he found a sage with great powers, and besought his help. The sage asked him what he would do with a ghost. 'I want a ghost to work for me; teach me how to get hold of one, sir; I desire it very much,' replied the man. But the sage said, 'Don't disturb yourself, go home.' The next day the man went again to the sage and began to weep and pray, 'Give me a ghost; I must have a ghost, sir, to help me.' At last the sage was disgusted, and said, 'Take this charm, repeat this magic word, and a ghost will come, and whatever you say to him he will do. But beware; they are terrible beings, and must be kept continually busy. If you fail to give him work, he will take your life.' The man replied, 'That is easy; I can give him work for all his life.' Then he went to a forest, and after long repetition of the magic word, a huge ghost appeared before him, and said, 'I am a ghost. I have been conquered by your magic; but you must keep me constantly employed. The moment you fail to give me work I will kill you.' The man said, 'Build me a palace,' and the ghost said, 'It is done; the palace is built.' 'Bring me money,' said the man. 'Here is your money,' said the ghost. 'Cut this forest down, and build a city in its place.' 'That is done,' said the ghost, 'anything more?' Now the man began to be frightened and thought he could give him nothing more to do; he did everything in a trice. The ghost said, 'Give me something to do or I will eat you up.' The poor man could find no further occupation for him, and was frightened. So he ran and ran and at last reached the sage, and said, 'Oh, sir, protect my life!' The sage asked him what the matter was, and the man replied, 'I have nothing to give the ghost to do. Everything I tell him to do he does in a moment, and he threatens to eat me up if I do not give him work.' Just then the ghost arrived, saying, 'I'll eat you up,' and he would have swallowed the man. The man began to shake, and begged the sage to save his life. The sage said, 'I will find you a way out. Look at that dog with a curly tail. Draw your sword quickly and cut the tail off and give it to the ghost to straighten out.' The man cut off the dog's tail and gave it to the ghost, saying, 'Straighten that out for me.' The ghost took it and slowly and carefully straightened it out, but as soon as he let it go, it instantly curled up again. Once more he laboriously straightened it out, only to find it again curled up as soon as he attempted to let go of it. Again he patiently straightened it out, but as soon as he let it go, it curled up again. So he went on for days and days, until he was exhausted and said, 'I was never in such trouble before in my life. I am an old veteran ghost, but never before was I in such trouble.' 'I will make a compromise with you;' he said to the man, 'you let me off and I will let you keep all I have given you and will promise not to harm you.' The man was much pleased, and accepted the offer gladly.
"This world is like a dog's curly tail, and people have been striving to straighten it out for hundreds of years; but when they let it go, it has curled up again. How could it be otherwise? One must first know how to work without attachment, then one will not be a fanatic. When we know that this world is like a dog's curly tail and will never get straightened, we shall not become fanatics. If there were no fanaticism in the world, it would make much more progress than it does now. It is a mistake to think that fanaticism can make for the progress of mankind. On the contrary, it is a retarding element creating hatred and anger, and causing people to fight each other, and making them unsympathetic. We think that whatever we do or possess is the best in the world, and what we do not do or possess is of no value. So, always remember the instance of the curly tail of the dog whenever you have a tendency to become a fanatic. You need not worry or make yourself sleepless about the world; it will go on without you. When you have avoided fanaticism, then alone will you work well. It is the level-headed man, the calm man, of good judgment and cool nerves, of great sympathy and love, who does good work and so does good to himself. The fanatic is foolish and has no sympathy; he can never straighten the world, nor himself become pure and perfect."
Taken from ATMA JYOTI NEWSLETTER
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Sai Inspires - June 15, 2011
The pupil must be eager to translate the teachings into daily activity and actual practices. They must fill their hearts with devotion and dedicate all their skills for the actualisation of the Guru’s counsel. Such a person alone deserves to be called a shishya (disciple). The seed may have life in it; but the soil must be ploughed and made fit to activate it. When both these conditions are satisfied, the harvest of spiritual success is assured for the true pupil.
- Dhyana Vahini, Chap 8: "One pointedness is essential
for meditation".
The end of education is character. – Baba
The pupil must be eager to translate the teachings into daily activity and actual practices. They must fill their hearts with devotion and dedicate all their skills for the actualisation of the Guru’s counsel. Such a person alone deserves to be called a shishya (disciple). The seed may have life in it; but the soil must be ploughed and made fit to activate it. When both these conditions are satisfied, the harvest of spiritual success is assured for the true pupil.
- Dhyana Vahini, Chap 8: "One pointedness is essential
for meditation".
The end of education is character. – Baba
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Sai Inspires - June 17, 2011
Those who have the inner urge to achieve the higher wisdom that confers liberation have to reflect upon and investigate the phenomenon of death. Death should arouse no fear. It should not be regarded as inauspicious. Neither should you run away from the problem imagining that death happens only to others, and that it will not happen to you, nor should you postpone reflections on death judging that they are inappropriate now and profitless. For inquiry into death is really inquiry into one’s own Reality. This truth has to be recognised.
- Sathya Sai Vahini, Chap 13: "The Avatar as Guru"
When one becomes aware that the Self is God, there can be no fear of death haunting th
Those who have the inner urge to achieve the higher wisdom that confers liberation have to reflect upon and investigate the phenomenon of death. Death should arouse no fear. It should not be regarded as inauspicious. Neither should you run away from the problem imagining that death happens only to others, and that it will not happen to you, nor should you postpone reflections on death judging that they are inappropriate now and profitless. For inquiry into death is really inquiry into one’s own Reality. This truth has to be recognised.
- Sathya Sai Vahini, Chap 13: "The Avatar as Guru"
When one becomes aware that the Self is God, there can be no fear of death haunting th
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Sai Inspires - June 18, 2011
Do not crave for the fruit the moment the sapling is planted! Do not pluck and chew the leaves and the twigs in the hope of inferring the taste of the fruit. If you do so, you cannot enjoy the sweetness of the fruit; besides, the plant itself will not survive. Similarly, your task is simply to cultivate the sapling called Nama (Name of God). While doing so, do not doubt and examine whether it has the glory ascribed to it. Without fail, that sapling will grow into a tree and give you the fruit you hope to eat. You can achieve it! Steadfastly believe that the Name is capable of yielding that fruit.
- Dhyana Vahini, Chap 8: "One Pointedness is Essential for Meditation"
Just as fire is needed till the rice is cooked,
so also spiritual practices are needed till you realise your innate divinity. – Baba
Do not crave for the fruit the moment the sapling is planted! Do not pluck and chew the leaves and the twigs in the hope of inferring the taste of the fruit. If you do so, you cannot enjoy the sweetness of the fruit; besides, the plant itself will not survive. Similarly, your task is simply to cultivate the sapling called Nama (Name of God). While doing so, do not doubt and examine whether it has the glory ascribed to it. Without fail, that sapling will grow into a tree and give you the fruit you hope to eat. You can achieve it! Steadfastly believe that the Name is capable of yielding that fruit.
- Dhyana Vahini, Chap 8: "One Pointedness is Essential for Meditation"
Just as fire is needed till the rice is cooked,
so also spiritual practices are needed till you realise your innate divinity. – Baba
The Hindu : News : Gold, Rs. 11.56 cr. found in chambers of Sai Baba
dear renu,
i came across this in hinduonline.
explanations have come, covering the entire spectrum. personally, i was not interested in sai baba, even though i know of him sort of intimately since early 1960s. i had a close relation in kozhikode, who used to wait for the daily viboothi coming from his picture every sandhi.
so much gold and so much money, ofcourse raises eyebrows. believers and others, i would presume.
should we worry about what it is all about. or jist leave it alone.
there are mysteries associated with any faith. this is just another one of those ?
had i not seen this newsitem, i would have continued to pass on this thread.
hope you dont mind.
thank you.
dear renu,
i came across this in hinduonline.
explanations have come, covering the entire spectrum. personally, i was not interested in sai baba, even though i know of him sort of intimately since early 1960s. i had a close relation in kozhikode, who used to wait for the daily viboothi coming from his picture every sandhi.
so much gold and so much money, ofcourse raises eyebrows. believers and others, i would presume.
should we worry about what it is all about. or jist leave it alone.
there are mysteries associated with any faith. this is just another one of those ?
had i not seen this newsitem, i would have continued to pass on this thread.
hope you dont mind.
thank you.
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Kunjs,
I have no problems with this but if other members in forum want to debate on this..i request members to do so in a separate thread as I maintain this thread as a dedication to Sathya Sai Baba.
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Dear Bhagawan,
Silence is Subtle Dedication of our Thoughts,Words and Deeds to God.
Dharma silences Adharma.
Love is a Silent feeling that reaches out even where the sun rays fail to fall.
A Smile is a Silent display of Happiness.
Eyes speaks volumes through the Language of Silence.
A Rose speaks Silently in the Language of Fragrance.
Every Great Soul that walked this earth spoke in the Language of Dharma which was only heard in Silence.
Sometimes I wonder...Do we really need a Voice?
Silence is Subtle Dedication of our Thoughts,Words and Deeds to God.
Dharma silences Adharma.
Love is a Silent feeling that reaches out even where the sun rays fail to fall.
A Smile is a Silent display of Happiness.
Eyes speaks volumes through the Language of Silence.
A Rose speaks Silently in the Language of Fragrance.
Every Great Soul that walked this earth spoke in the Language of Dharma which was only heard in Silence.
Sometimes I wonder...Do we really need a Voice?
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YouTube - sound of silence
Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence
In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence
And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dared
Disturb the sound of silence
"Fools", said I, "You do not know
Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you"
But my words, like silent raindrops fell
And echoed
In the wells of silence
And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said, "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls"
And whispered in the sounds of silence
Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence
In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence
And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dared
Disturb the sound of silence
"Fools", said I, "You do not know
Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you"
But my words, like silent raindrops fell
And echoed
In the wells of silence
And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said, "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls"
And whispered in the sounds of silence
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Dear Sangom,
I dont mind your post but its just a request.Can you please start a new thread to discuss this issue cos I treat this as a Temple of Baba from my heart.
I know you and I dont see eye to eye in lots of things but this is a request from the bottom of my heart.
I dont mind your post but its just a request.Can you please start a new thread to discuss this issue cos I treat this as a Temple of Baba from my heart.
I know you and I dont see eye to eye in lots of things but this is a request from the bottom of my heart.
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