Past Sai Messages for the Day
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
The proper study of humanity is the human being. A person is the center of things. And in the person, the mind has to be studied and controlled and regulated. One's thoughts originate in the mind, they express themselves through words and materialize through deeds. These three have to be properly coordinated by the intellect; or else, life becomes a tragedy. The mind has to be trained to develop a taste for the good and the godly; not for money and material gains. Money comes and goes; but morality comes and grows.
Monday, March 17, 2025
People have to sow the seeds of love in their hearts and harvest peace. They should share that peace with all. There is happiness only in the vast, the limitless, the huge; not in the little, the small, the limited. Love leads to expansion; hatred leads to contraction and death. This is the basic teaching of the scriptures of ancient wisdom (Sanathana dharma).
Sunday, March 16, 2025
Prema is the master key which can achieve all. That is why, I say, "Start the day with love; Spend the day with love, fill the day with love, end the day with love; this is the way to God." On this path, you will not be affected by anger, lust or greed.
Saturday, March 15, 2025
Feel your oneness with all, because the same divinity dwells in everyone. Do not hate anyone or any religion. Embark on self-enquiry to acquire self-knowledge. For the refinement of the heart, the first requisite is seeking the company of the good.
Friday, March 14, 2025
Whenever there is a decline in practice of righteousness (dharma) and an upheaval of unrighteousness, I incarnate myself as part of divine will (sankalpa) to protect dharma. I lay aside my formless essence and assume a name and a form suited to the purpose for which I have come. Whenever evil threatens to vanquish good, I must come and save it from decline.
Thursday, March 13, 2025
Today, people think that spirituality has no relation to mundane life and vice versa. This is a big mistake. True divinity is a combination of spirituality and social obligations. National unity and social harmony are founded upon spirituality. It is divinity that links spirituality and social existence.
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Eschewing ostentation and self-conceit, cultivate selfless love towards all. There must be a limit to one's self-interest. Selfishness carried to extremes leads to disaster. Excessive selfishness can cause loss of friendship and honor and ultimately result in utter ruin.
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Human beings, unlike animals, are endowed with a mind which confers the power to enquire into the how and why of things. Humans, therefore, should undertake an enquiry into what is permanent and what is temporary, what is truth and what is false, what is bad and what is good. Only when humans transcend animal tendencies can they become truly human. Then, divinity will manifest in due course. This divinity is inherent in mankind. It is not obtained from outside or from anyone. It has to manifest itself from within. Mankind's inherent quality is divinity. It has to be realized by self-effort.
Monday, March 10, 2025
A clear mirror reflects the rays of the sun. We can see the Sun’s image reflected by the calm surface of clear water. Likewise, the sacred vision of the supreme Self is revealed to an unperturbed and tranquil mind in which all thought waves have been calmed. A pure and holy heart will mirror the divine glory of the supreme Self.
Sunday, March 9, 2025
Divinity is manifest in every living being. The same atmic principle is present not only in human beings but in every living being in the universe. But one has to have a pure and selfless heart to realize this truth. To realize this truth, you must constantly contemplate on God.
Saturday, March 8, 2025
Spiritual bliss can be realized only by recognizing that the same spirit dwells in all beings. This realization can be achieved only by spiritual enquiry. Memorizing the verses of the Bhagavad Gita will not rid a man of his sorrow. The transformation must take place within.
Friday, March 7, 2025
The first requisite for achieving supreme bliss is a pure heart. The human heart, which should be white like milk in its purity, is today filled with bad thoughts and feelings. Spiritual practice begins with the purification of the heart and transforming it into an ocean of milk. When the heart is filled with pure (satvic) qualities, it becomes like a milky ocean.
Thursday, March 6, 2025
Purity is the true characteristic of a human being. This purity should be manifested in everything one does: in their thoughts, in what they see or say and in all that they do. It is only when you display such purity that you can become embodiments of the divine Atma.
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
You are God. God is not separate from you. It is a mistake to consider yourself separate from God. This difference is the result of your deluded vision. When you rectify this defect in your vision, you will realize "I am I".
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Devotion aims at awakening consciousness of the divine in man. All activity aimed at turning the mind toward God is a form of devotion. To think of God for attaining worldly desires and physical comforts is not devotion. To envisage and experience the divine Being, Awareness, Bliss (Sat-Chit-Ananda) within oneself is the true mark of devotion.
Monday, March 3, 2025
What is spirituality? It is the resolute pursuit of cosmic consciousness. Spirituality aims at enabling people to manifest in all its fullness the divine consciousness (chaitanya) that is present within and outside them. It means getting rid of the animal nature in humans and developing divine tendencies.
Sunday, March 2, 2025
People today have lost faith. A person without faith is verily blind. If you do not have faith in others, at least have faith in yourself. Develop faith in yourself and faith in God. This is the secret of greatness. Only then will you be able to experience divinity.
Saturday, March 1, 2025
People consider religion a bundle of doctrines and rigorous do’s and don’ts prescribed for people. This is totally wrong. The sacred aim of religion is to remind humankind of their divine origin and help to lead them back to God.
Friday, February 28, 2025
Even more than devotion and spiritual wisdom, pure attitude is desirable. Those who have acquired it deserve to reach the goal first. This quality of joy at all times is the fruit of the good done in past births. The first task of a spiritual aspirant is the cultivation of enthusiasm. Through enthusiasm, spiritual bliss can be derived.
Thursday, February 27, 2025
Maha Shivaratri is a day when one tries to establish friendship between the mind and God. It makes one aware of the fact that the same divinity is all-pervasive, that it is to be found everywhere.
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
The lesson of Maha Shivaratri is that devotees should foster good and sacred thoughts. They should be filled with godly thoughts. They should seek to become one with the Divine by reflecting on their inherent divinity. If you constantly chant the name of God, God realization will come in due course.
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Every day during the dark half of the month, the moon, and symbolically its counterpart in the individual, the mind, wanes; and a fraction is diminished, its power declines. Finally, on the fourteenth night, there is just a tiny bit left, that is all. If a little extra effort is made that day by the spiritual aspirant, even that bit can be removed and mastery of the mind completed. The fourteenth night of the dark half is called Shivaratri.
Monday, February 24, 2025
A life without love is sterile and barren. Whatever one's difficulties or troubles, one should try to help others to the extent possible. Selfless, loving service to others, is the highest form of spiritual practice (sadhana). It represents true devotion (bhakti). Such bhakti is not affected by the reverse of fortune or changes in circumstances.
Sunday, February 23, 2025
Try to understand My doctrine of Love. I often address you as "embodiments of the Divine Self". You will be true embodiments of the Divine only when you develop divine love. The only being worthy of love in this world is God. All others are only objects of transient attachment.
Saturday, February 22, 2025
Just as you tend the body with food and drink at regular intervals, you must also tend to the needs of the inner (atmic) body by regular repetition of the name, meditation and the cultivation of virtues. Holy company, good attitude, and sacred thoughts are all essential for the growth and the health of the inner personality.
Friday, February 21, 2025
Surrender to God means the absence of duality and being of the same nature as God. But such a state is beyond man's will. Surrender is when doer, deed, and object are all God. It cannot be forced. It comes naturally to a heart filled with love for God.
Sri Sathya Sai Baba, Conversations with Sai (by Dr Hislop)
Thursday, February 20, 2025
Believe that all hearts are motivated by the one and only God, that all faiths glorify the one and only God, that all names in all languages and all forms people conceive, denote the one and only God. His adoration is best done by means of love. Cultivate that attitude of one-ness (Eka-bhava) between people of all creeds, all countries and all continents.
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
It is only when attachment increases that you suffer pain and grief. If you look upon nature and all created objects with the insight derived from the inner vision, then attachment will slide away.
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Even in persons of an unpleasant nature, be aware that the Lord is present in their heart. Remember this and treat the person from that viewpoint to the best of your ability. In time that person will respond, and his nature will change.
Sri Sathya Sai Baba, Conversations with Sai (by Dr Hislop)
Monday, February 17, 2025
The present system of education aims at making you bread winners and citizens, but it does not give you the secret of a happy life - namely, discrimination between the unreal and the real, which is the genuine training you need.