Past Sai Messages for the Day
Friday, September 15, 2023
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 time in vain pursuits. How can such people redeem their lives? To sanctify the body, one must make proper use of time.
Thursday, September 14, 2023
Love is God. God is love. Live in love. Only then can you realize the principle of oneness and attain fulfilment in life… Develop the feeling of oneness that I and you are one. Never think that I and you are different. That is the sign of true devotion.
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
Don’t bother about the past. Concentrate on the present. From now on, all of you should tread a sublime path. Don’t give room for jealousy, hatred, or ill-feeling. Follow the role “Help ever, Hurt never.”
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
Just as the iron ball cast in fire becomes one with it, your mind should become one with God. Water cannot be separated from milk, likewise, your mind should get merged with God. You should not think that you are separate from God. One who realizes this principle of unity is a true human being.
Monday, September 11, 2023
In the world today we see disorder, violence, and conflict. The world is like a sick person afflicted with many ailments. What is the cure for these ills? Humanity must shed its selfishness, greed, and other bad qualities and rise above its animal nature. People must cultivate charity (unselfishness) to achieve purity. Through purity of heart, humanity will achieve unity, which will lead to divinity. The mansion of human life should be built on these four bases.
Sunday, September 10, 2023
God can do anything. God can go anywhere and can change anything. Do not give room for doubts. One who doubts divinity will certainly be doomed. Develop unwavering faith and follow the divine command. True dharma lies in following the divine command. When you follow God, you will be blessed with all goodness and auspiciousness.
Saturday, September 9, 2023
What is the purpose of human life? Is it only to eat, sleep and indulge in pleasures like birds and beasts? No. Mankind is born to set an ideal to the rest of the world. One should work for one’s own emancipation, says the Gita. Humans should redeem their lives and also help fellow human beings to work for their redemption.
Friday, September 8, 2023
You should not think that you are separate from God. One who realizes this principle of unity is a true human being. Do not limit the worship of God to festival days alone. Every moment should be spent in the contemplation of God.
Thursday, September 7, 2023
There are many among you who are engaged in sadhana. What is the basic purpose of Sadhana? Each exercise of the sadhaka (spiritual aspirant) is a stream that moves on to the sea of grace. Believe that the love that prompts you to serve and sympathize is a spark of the love of God.
Wednesday, September 6, 2023
Krishna was the embodiment of love. Hence, love is the virtue He appreciates most. Love has to turn into concrete acts of compassion. Cultivate compassion and develop sympathetic understanding, until you reach the goal of merging in the embodiment of love, Krishna.
Tuesday, September 5, 2023
We must think of God every moment of our lives. It is in that spirit that everyone is enjoined to offer all actions as designed to please the divine.
Monday, September 4, 2023
The fruits of the tree of human life are sweet, but they are encased in the bitter skin of egoism and ignorance and have hard inedible seeds of desire, anger, pride, etc. One must exercise one's intelligence to peel off the outer skin of ignorance, throw off the seeds of vice and wickedness, and partake of the sweet kernel of life.
Sunday, September 3, 2023
Recognize the intimate relationship between the individual and God. The individual is a limb of society. Society is a limb of nature, and nature is a limb of God. God is the basis of the principle of unity. All organs should work in unity.
Saturday, September 2, 2023
I have come to light the lamp of love in your hearts, to see that it shines day by day with added luster. I have not come to speak on behalf of any particular faith or religion. I have not come on any mission of publicity for any sect, or creed or cause; nor have I come to collect followers for any doctrine. I have no plan to attract disciples or devotees into My fold or any fold. I have come to tell you of this universal unitary faith, this Atmic principle, this path of love, this dharma of love, this duty of love, this obligation to love.
Friday, September 1, 2023
Do not allow your mind to vacillate between good and bad, unity and multiplicity. Focus on all that is good and realize the principle of unity. That is the royal road that will lead you to the experience of truth.
Thursday, August 31, 2023
The mind has a vital role in one’s health or illness. That was why the sages declared, “The mind is the cause of men’s bondage or liberation.” When the mind is directed toward sacred things, everything in one’s life becomes sacred. In such a state, all that you think, see, or hear becomes pure and sacred.
Wednesday, August 30, 2023
Claiming to be devotees and going about as devotees, few are caring to find out what is true devotion. Singing and repeating God's name (bhajans and japas) and performance of sacrifices and rituals (yagas and yajnas) are not the real marks of devotion. They are merely exercises in washing out one's impurities. All the nine kinds of worship are also designed to achieve purity of mind and heart. But purity should find expression in action just as clothes that have been washed have to be worn. Without purity in action, the real nature of the Self cannot be recognized.
Tuesday, August 29, 2023
You must always be happy and blissful. Sweet smile should dance on your lips. You should not put up an unhappy face under any circumstances. You must always be smiling. When others see you, they should also feel happy. Thus, you should always lead a happy and blissful life with a sweet smile on your face. You should be happy and at the same time make others happy.
Monday, August 28, 2023
Each should use the power of discrimination given to them to fight the evil forces within. They must foster the divine elements within by their own efforts and by listening to the voice of their conscience. The freedom to choose has been given to all for this purpose. This freedom is to be used to discriminate between right and wrong, good and evil, and to foster divine qualities. This is the unique feature of the Kali (Iron) age. In this age, everyone has to fight against the demonic forces themselves and vanquish them. When this is accomplished, one's inherent divine nature will manifest itself of its own accord.
Sunday, August 27, 2023
Selfishness will not go if one identifies with the body and does not realize the divinity within. Diversity in creation is an obvious fact. No two human beings, not even twins, are identical. But diversity should not lead to differences and conflicts. We must learn to see the unity that underlies diversity. This unity is based on the divinity that is present in everything in the universe. The realization of this unity can come only through firm faith in God.
Saturday, August 26, 2023
The eyes see; but can the organ 'eye' see of itself? It cannot function without prompting of the divine spirit (Atma) within. The brain thinks; but can the cells perform the process all by themselves? No. They must be activated by the divine within. The 'one' is the basis, the cause, of the manifestation in the many. Through love (prema) alone can the inherent, the immanent One be recognized.
Friday, August 25, 2023
Truth is that which remains unchanged over time. You must live up to this truth. You must realize that the divine is present in everything. Only when you can recognize the omnipresence of the divine will you be able to experience the divine.
Thursday, August 24, 2023
God is omnipresent; God is the inner motivator (antaryami) of every particle in the universe. To declare that God is amenable only to your style of worship, that God will answer only to the name that you have learnt to use, is to insult God’s omniscience and glory. See God in all, serve God in all. Revere God in all. Pray, "Let the whole world prosper; let all mankind be happy."
Wednesday, August 23, 2023
When your body is healthy, charming, fully content, consider how happy you are! Now, know that the bodies of all beings are you - really speaking. And, when all those other bodies are happy, healthy, strong, and full, calculate how much bliss you can cherish in your heart! The vision of the cosmic form (virat) is given for those who surrender their ego and take refuge in the Lord.
Tuesday, August 22, 2023
Three disciplines are essential to become aware of divinity in all and in the Avatar. (1) No activity should be taken up with individual aggrandizement in view; (2) intellect and emotion must be directed to the revelation of the resident in the heart, Atma; and (3) every act should be done sincerely, with love, with no yearning for acquiring personal profit, fame, or benefit. Above all, listen to the voice of God within.
Monday, August 21, 2023
Even when divinity comes down as divine incarnation, (Avatar) one is unable to pierce the veil and revere the divine. Lord Krishna says that people are unable to recognize the divinity that is He, because they deem Him merely human. Only those who are aware of the current within, the Atma, can identify the source of power before them.
Sunday, August 20, 2023
In this world, which is impermanent and ever transforming, the immanent power of the Lord is the only permanent and fixed entity. In order to realize the eternal and the true, one should attach oneself to that source and sustenance.
Saturday, August 19, 2023
Man suffers from more and more bonds that get tighter and tighter. The best means to escape from this fate is to take refuge in the company of the good and godly, and journey along their beneficial path.
Friday, August 18, 2023
People should endeavor to cultivate qualities like tolerance, love, sympathy, righteousness, justice, and truth. People do not give any importance to this quest for truth. The search for truth is being directed toward worldly objects which are ephemeral and worthless. People should really dedicate themselves to the quest for the truth that is eternal.
Thursday, August 17, 2023
What should one do to secure redemption from the cycle of worldly existence? Chanting the Lord's name or performing sacrifices or doing other rituals will be of no avail without rendering service to fellow human beings. Service is the highest form of worship and the best penance. Selfless service (seva) is the most important form of reciting the Lord’s name.