Sri Sathya Sai International Organization

Each and every moment should be spent in the contemplation of God. You may think, “If every moment is spent in the contemplation of God, then how is it possible to do our work?” Do not distinguish between your work and God’s work. Your work is God’s work, as God and you are one.

From today, give up selfishness (swartha), turn your mind towards the Supreme (parartha), lead a life of Truth (yadartha) and sanctify your lives. Place your faith in God and do your duty to the best of your ability. Saturate yourself with love and share it with all. If you earn the love of God even to the slightest extent, you will experience infinite joy.

People waste their time as they consider the body as permanent and ignore the indweller. Time is the most precious gift of God, but people do not realize the value of time. They waste three-fourths of their time in vain pursuits. How can such people redeem their lives? To sanctify the body, one must make proper use of time.

You can chant ‘Sai Rama’ or ‘Sai Krishna’, with love for Swami. You may pursue any type of education and acquire high academic degrees, yet you should not give up chanting the divine name. You should not forget the Divine name.

Just as the body is an organic whole and any ailment affecting any part of the body is felt as a pain by the whole organism, people should feel that anyone's suffering is their own. Any relief done to the other is a help done to oneself.

Love is everywhere and God is everywhere. Hence, love all. The more you love others, the more your reputation will go up in society. If you commit a mistake or indulge in an evil deed, others will try to imitate you. Hence, be good, do good and see good. This is the way to God.

Inhalation and exhalation are two related processes. Similar are happiness and sorrow, and merit and sin. God is beyond all these. One who is born will also die. But God has neither birth nor death.

You are all manifestations of the divine. Consider yourselves divine. There is nothing wrong in that. In terms of the body, you are a human being, but spiritually, you are divine. Lead your life with the awareness I am divine (Aham Brahmasmi ).

People should realize that God responds only to deep and genuine devotion. Verbal supplications will not suffice. The devotee must acquire the yearning that will melt the heart of God.

God has no dislike for anyone. He envies no one. He has no ill will toward anyone. Nor does He have favorites. The grace one gets is the result of one's own feelings. The divine is beyond feelings and attributes.

If one realizes that the body has been given for the pursuit of righteousness (dharma) and right actions, he will be able to realize the divine.

There should be no artificiality in your attachment to the Lord, no affectation, no pride, no egoism left to soil the freshness of the flower of devotion you offer to the Divine.

You have to renounce indiscriminate desires. Then only will your heart become pure like a piece of white cloth. God desires only such a pure and sacred heart. God does not desire anything from you. He has no desires at all!

Give up the idea that you are the doer and the beneficiary. You can do this by dedicating both the deed and its fruit to the Lord. Then, no sin can affect you, for you are not the doer and the deed must be holy. Like oil on the tongue, collyrium on the eye, the lotus leaf on water, the deed is with you but not by you. Whatever you do or hear or see, remain unaffected, devoid of deeds, innocent from listening or seeing.