Past Sai Messages for the Day
Saturday, July 17, 2021
The power of love alone confers true strength. All other powers are of no avail. Hence the only strength we should seek from God is the strength of love. With that strength all the powers can be acquired.
Friday, July 16, 2021
Have firm faith in the reality of God's existence. You have to show your gratitude to God for the benefits showered on you. Consider, for instance, how the Divine has filled the atmosphere with life-giving oxygen to enable you to live. Who is it that is providing this air, this water and this illumination? You must show your gratitude with humility and sincerity to whoever has done you any good.
Thursday, July 15, 2021
Your studies, your conduct, your actions, all that you see, hear and think, all these should be regarded as offerings to the Divine. This is the true meaning of surrender / taking refuge in the Divine (Sharanagathi). All that is seen, heard or experienced should be considered as intimations of the Divine.
Wednesday, July 14, 2021
Love is eternal. You are the embodiment of Love. You are the embodiment of Peace. You are the embodiment of Truth. You are the embodiment of God. It is only when this supreme truth is realized, and our life is based on it, that our Love can make our life meaningful and enable us to comprehend the world.
Tuesday, July 13, 2021
You are not one person but three. The one, you think you are, the one others think you are and the one you really are. You think of yourself as your body and its sense cravings, others think of you as a personality. You are truly infinite spirit Divine. You should constantly remind yourself, "I am God" "I am God." "I am God." The day you see yourself as God, you become God.
Monday, July 12, 2021
Perform all your actions with purity of heart. Actions performed without a pure heart are futile. Even if a little work is done with a pure heart, it becomes fruitful.
Sunday, July 11, 2021
The bliss that can be derived from surrendering to God cannot be got through any other means. Regard whatever happens to you as something intended for your good.
Saturday, July 10, 2021
Live in love. Love is life. Without loving or being loved, no being can exist on the earth. Love sustains. Love strengthens. Love is the urge behind all adventure, all sacrifice, all success.
Friday, July 9, 2021
Everything is based on love and love alone. The human being is born in love, is sustained in love and ultimately merges in love. Love is the basis of human life.
Thursday, July 8, 2021
Spend the years of life, the wherewithal you earn or possess, in the service of others who are in distress. Love grows on such service. Service is the sincerest form of adoration of God.
Wednesday, July 7, 2021
Fill your heart with love and chant the divine name. Only then can you attain divinity. Perform all your activities with love. Love should originate from the source (i.e., the heart) and not by force.
Tuesday, July 6, 2021
In everything you do, speak and act truthfully, using all the strength and talent with which you are endowed. At first, you might fail in this and encounter difficulties and sufferings. But, ultimately, you are bound to succeed and achieve victory and bliss. Only truth conquers, not untruth. By your behavior, through your way of life, you can realize the truth; you can realize God.
Monday, July 5, 2021
If you develop firm faith in God and surrender to His Will, He Will not fail you. This is the concept of submission to the Will of the Divine.
Sunday, July 4, 2021
God is Omnipresent. He is the Inner Motivator of every particle in the Universe. See Him in all, serve Him in all. Revere Him in all. Pray, "Let the whole world prosper, let all mankind be happy."
Saturday, July 3, 2021
Real meditation is forgetting oneself totally. It is forgetting the feeling of identification with the body completely. One has to totally give up attachment to the senses. Then only the mind will be steady.
Friday, July 2, 2021
Supposing you sit for meditation, closing your eyes. However, the mind goes on wandering everywhere. You try to bring it back to the starting point. It is all a practice. It is only when the wavering mind is stilled that meditation is possible. This process of making the mind steady is called concentration.
Thursday, July 1, 2021
Meditation means offering the flower of love to the Divine. In the rose plant of our body, there is the rose of pure and sacred Love emitting the fragrance of good qualities. Below the rose, however, there are thorns in the form of sensual desires. The purpose of meditation is to separate the rose of selfless love from the senses and offer it to the Lord.
Wednesday, June 30, 2021
You need not rely on another for success in meditation and repetition of the name and await contact with some sage in order to get from him a mantra for recitation. Pray to the God within, and you will receive guidance.
Tuesday, June 29, 2021
Love is God. Live in Love. Realization of the power of Love is the true aim of meditation. That Love is utterly selfless and is dedicated to the Divine.
Monday, June 28, 2021
Turn your mind towards God; dedicate yourselves to God; then you will find life one continuous stream of bliss. Have a fan in your hand and sweep it towards you; then, you feel comforted. So also, use the mind as the instrument, and turn it vigorously towards God; then, it can give you the bliss of liberation.
Sunday, June 27, 2021
Reduce worldly concerns and devote some time to meditation every morning and evening. This will help to purify the mind and set you on the road to Divinity. Like the river losing itself in the ocean, the mind must merge in the Divine. Then there will be no mind at all. That blissful state can be realized only through the path of Love.
Saturday, June 26, 2021
The transformation must begin from this very moment. Analyze your words, deeds, and thoughts and get rid of the evil ones that harm you and others; then, cultivate instead the fortitude, firm peace, speaking only the truth, etc.
Friday, June 25, 2021
If you want permanent peace, you should rise to the level of the Divine by telling yourself, “I am a human being, I should reach the level of the Divine. From animality, I have risen to the state of humanness. From humanness, I should reach the state of divinity.” Always look up; low aim is a crime.
Thursday, June 24, 2021
When you undertake activities that purify your mind, peace will become your property. All spiritual practices are meant to purify your mind. You will have peace only when your mind is pure.
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Peace is already present in your heart. You will experience it when you remove the soil of attachment and hatred that is covering it.
Tuesday, June 22, 2021
In whatever work you do at home, whether sweeping the floor or making food, convert it into a form of spiritual exercise. Infuse every action with love of the Divine and dedicate it to God.
Monday, June 21, 2021
Fill your heart with any divine name. Then there will be no scope for other thoughts to enter it. Your heart is like a single chair. Once you enshrine divine love in it, no evil thought can enter it.
Sunday, June 20, 2021
Even a bad person, by association with the good, gets reformed. But a good man, by falling into bad company, becomes bad. If you add one liter of milk to ten liters of water, the milk becomes so diluted that it is valueless. But one liter of water added to ten liters of milk acquires additional value.
Saturday, June 19, 2021
To reach the Divine within, one has to qualify himself to pass through four gates of self-control, enquiry, contentment, and the company of the good (Shama, Vicharana, Thripthi, and Satsangam).
Friday, June 18, 2021
You have forgotten your real nature, which is love, and so you exude misery, hate and jealousy. Never be morose or melancholic. Let all see you exuberant with love and light and joy. Do not entertain passion or prejudice, anger or anxiety. Take the spiritual practice (sadhana) of the Name (namasmarana), and the path will be smooth.