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Date: Tuesday, February 01, 2011
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Everyone should firmly believe that they are
the Atma, Embodiment of Divine Self. They
must be aware that the Atma cannot be cut in
twain by the sword, that fire cannot burn
It, that water cannot wet It, and that the
wind cannot dry It. The Atma has no bounds.
Its centre is in the body, but its
circumference is unbounded. Death means the
Atma has shifted from one body to another.
This is the belief that you must firmly have
in mind. The Atma is not subject to material
or worldly limitations or laws. By its very
nature, it is free. It is unbounded. It is
purity. It is holiness. It is fullness.
BABA
[
Mensaje de la
Pizarra de Prashanti Nilayam - En Español
] Date: Monday, January 31, 2011
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
There is a close, mutual relationship between
the body, and the attitudes and feelings of the
mind. So, people’s inner feelings become evident
from their physical bodies. The posture and the
appearance of the body help us to discover
people's feelings. For example, with the sleeves
of the shirt rolled up, and the palms rounded
into fists, is it possible to exhibit love or
devotion? Seated on the ground with knees bent,
the eyes half-closed, and the hands held up over
the head with the palms joined together, is it
possible to show one’s anger or hatred or
cruelty? That is why the ancient Rishis (sages)
advised the spiritual aspirants to adopt
appropriate bodily pose during prayer and
meditation. They saw that through gentle body
postures it is possible to control the
waywardness of the mind.
BABA
[
Mensaje de la
Pizarra de Prashanti Nilayam - En Español
] Date: Sunday, January 30, 2011
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Wherever you may be, in whatever country, do not
give room for religious differences. Do not give up
your religion; adhere to your faith and tradition.
When differences between religions are given up,
love will develop in you. When love grows, you can
have a direct vision of God. Without love, mere
verbal prayers are of no avail. Realise that the
Love that is present in everyone is the same. It is
that common bond of Love of God that binds everyone.
BABA
[
Mensaje de la
Pizarra de Prashanti Nilayam - En Español
] Date: Saturday, January 29, 2011
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Creation involves the putting together of substances.
What is put together must come apart, in course of time
and get liberated. The individual is created and so one
day he has to perish. Now, some are born happy; they
enjoy healthy, happy lives, while some others are born
miserable. A few others are born with physical or mental
deformities. Who hurt them or injured them? God is not
the cause for these differences. When a particular task
is done again and again, it becomes a habit, a skill; is
it not? Therefore, the skill or habit that a new-born
exhibits must be due to constant repetition indulged
long, long ago. The suffering, misery, handicap or
health and happiness are the consequence of the acts
indulged in by the individual in previous lives. Hence,
eschew violence. All must live together in peace and
harmony, without causing or suffering injury.
BABA
[
Mensaje de la
Pizarra de Prashanti Nilayam - En Español
] Date: Friday, January 28, 2011
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
The very intention of repeating the Divine name and
undertaking meditation is to purify the mind and the
intellect. In order to achieve this, pure, serene (Sathwic)
meditation is best. Over time, when the mind and the
intellect become pure, they will shine with the splendour of
the realization of the Atma (Divine Self). One in whom this
understanding shines fully is called a Rishi (sage). It is
said, “Brahmavid Brahmaiva Bhavathi” - The knower of Atma
becomes the Atma itself. The goal of life, that which makes
life worthwhile, is the understanding of the Atma and
attaining oneness with it.
BABA
[
Mensaje de la
Pizarra de Prashanti Nilayam - En Español
] Date: Thursday, January 27, 2011
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
As each individual is a unique entity, so too each nation has a
unique individuality. Each person is different from others in
certain matters and is endowed with some special characteristics
which are his own. So too, each nation has certain special
features, not found in others. Each individual has to play a
role as part of the system. His own previous Karma or activity
has determined a special line or path for him. The history of
nations too is the same. Each has to play a role already laid
down by its destiny. Each nation has to deliver a special
message of its own to the world community.
BABA
[
Mensaje de la
Pizarra de Prashanti Nilayam - En Español
] Date: Wednesday, January 26, 2011
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Today, people mistakenly think that spirituality has no relation to
worldly life and vice versa. True divinity is a combination of
spirituality and social obligations. National unity and social
harmony are founded upon spirituality. It is the Divine that links
spirituality and social existence. The Creator and the Prakriti
(Creation) are inextricably associated with each other. Hence, God
should not be regarded as separate from Creation. See God in the
cosmos. For instance, take a tumbler made of silver. The one who
notices the silver in the tumbler, thinks only of the material base
and not the form of the tumbler. The one who sees it as a tumbler,
may not note that it is made of silver metal. Only the person who
can recognise both silver and tumbler can recognise that it is a
silver tumbler. Likewise, without God, there is no creation.
However, most people see only the creation; very few recognise that
the creation is a projection of the Creator. It is essential that
every human being should realize that without God, there can be no
cosmos.
BABA
[
Mensaje de la
Pizarra de Prashanti Nilayam - En Español
] Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2011
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
If you crave for the fruit of your acts at every step, you are
overpowered by passion. If the fruit is not available, then, gradually,
laxity and disgust overpower the spiritual aspirant and the repetition
of the Name and meditation will slowly dry up. This is the restless,
passionate, Rajasic Path. For some, the Lord will come to memory only in
times of danger or acute suffering or when one is the victim of loss or
pain. At such times, such a person prays and vows to arrange ritualistic
worship (Puja), offer some particular food, or build a temple to the
Lord, etc. One will be calculating the quantity of food placed before
the Lord, the tribute offered at His feet, the number of prostrations
performed, and the number of times one went around the shrine and ask
for proportionate rewards! For those who adopt this attitude in
meditation, and follow the dull, Thamasic path, the mind and intellect
can never be pure.
BABA
[
Mensaje de la
Pizarra de Prashanti Nilayam - En Español
]
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
In the pure, serene (Sathwic) path of meditation, you will consider
repetition of the Holy Name and meditation as a duty and suffer any amount
of trouble for its sake; you will be fully convinced that this world is just
an illusion, so you will only do good under all conditions and at all times.
You will desire only the good of all and will always love all; you will
spend time uninterruptedly in the remembrance and meditation of the Lord.
You will not crave even the fruit of repeating the Name and doing
meditation; you will leave it all to the Lord.
BABA
[
Mensaje de la
Pizarra de Prashanti Nilayam - En Español
] Date: Sunday, January 23, 2011
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
When you achieve sense-control, mind-cleansing, concentration and
inner silence, what initially appeared as a logical necessity later
dawns upon the purified consciousness as a Positive Permanent
Impersonal Will (Prajnaanam Brahma). Through the unremitting
practice of Truth, Righteousness, and Fortitude, the Divinity
quiescent in the individual will be induced to manifest itself in
daily living, transforming every day into the joy of truly loving.
Know the Supreme Reality, breathe It. bathe in It. Live in It. Then
It becomes all of you and you become fully Divine.
BABA
[
Mensaje de la
Pizarra de Prashanti Nilayam - En Español
] Date: Saturday, January 22, 2011
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Repetition of God’s Name and meditation should never be judged on mere
external standards; they are to be judged by their inner effects. If one
sways between impatience and sloth, and if one always worries, “Why has
it not come yet? Why is it still far away?” then it all becomes simply
repeating the Name and meditation done with an eye on the fruit thereof.
The single fruit of repetition of Divine Names and meditation is the
conversion of the outward focus to the inwardly-focussed; seeing the
reality of Atmic bliss. For this transformation, one has to be always
active and hopeful, regardless of the time taken and the difficulties
encountered. One should not count the cost, the time, or the trouble.
One should await the descent of the Lord’s grace. This patient wait is
itself part of Tapas (the austerity of meditation). Sticking
unfalteringly to the vow is the austerity.
BABA
[
Mensaje de la
Pizarra de Prashanti Nilayam - En Español
]
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
How can those who are aware only of mere sensual pleasure know the Supreme
Truth? The craving for sensual pleasure veils the truth from the inner eye.
That craving manifests in multiple ways, creating more and more desires and
laying down more and more urges to action. These hide the truth from our eye
like a thick veil. The recognition of this veil is a big step in spiritual
progress. This is the Maya Principle (delusion) of Vedanta. From immemorial
times, though the Truth was self-evident, this curtain has hidden it from
people. Fortunate are those who have achieved great strength in spirit,
holding God as their father, mother, Guru, friend, and the beloved. They
adored God as dearer to them than anything or anyone, here or hereafter.
BABA
Date: Thursday, January 20, 2011
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
For you to liberate yourselves from the succession of deaths, the
only means is "Knowing Him." Do not imagine that you are sinners,
for you are heirs to eternal Ananda. You are ‘images’ of God. You
are by nature holy, complete. Is there a sin greater than calling
such as you, sinners? You are dishonouring yourselves, defaming
yourselves, when you acknowledge the appellation ‘sinners.’ Arise!
Cast off the feeling that you are the body. Do not be deluded into
that idea. You are Atma. You are drops of Amrith (nectar) of
Immortality that know neither beginning nor end. All things material
are your bonded slaves, you are not their bonded slaves.
BABA
[
Mensaje de la
Pizarra de Prashanti Nilayam - En Español
] Date: Wednesday, January 19, 2011
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
The mind should not be wandering in all directions indiscriminately like
the fly. The fly dwells in the sweetmeat shop and runs after the rubbish
carts; the fly (mind) has to be taught to understand the sweetness of
the first place and the impurity of the second place, so that it may not
desert the sweetmeat shop and pursue the rubbish cart. When such
teaching is imparted to the mind, it is called meditation. On the other
hand, look at the bee! It has contact only with sweetness; it approaches
only flowers that possess nectar; it is not attracted to other places;
it does not proceed there at all. Similarly, you must give up all
inclinations towards sensory attraction.
BABA
[
Mensaje de la
Pizarra de Prashanti Nilayam - En Español
]
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
The main things to be considered are not at what expense one has prayed to
the Lord, or the number of years one has been engaged in it, or the rules
and regulations one has followed, or even the number of times one has prayed
over. The main considerations are: with what mind one has prayed, with what
degree of patience one has been awaiting the result, and with what
single-mindedness one has craved for Godly bliss regardless of worldly
happiness and delay, with no lassitude and with constant attention to
oneself, one’s meditation, and one’s tasks on hand. As far as possible, you
must direct the mind to all holy things which yield sweetness and the joy
associated with the Lord.
BABA
Date: Monday, January 17, 2011
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
So long as attachment persists to the material body and possessions,
worship of a material symbol is necessary. It is but a means. But many
decry idol-worship as a superstition. This is not correct. We will find
it impossible to love God or adore Him unless we meditate on some Form.
That is a necessary stage in the process of living. One has to accept it
as such. A tree’s value is estimated with reference to its fruits. To
experience the Divine Principle, idol worship is and has been a great
help to many.
BABA
[
Mensaje de la
Pizarra de Prashanti Nilayam - En Español
] Date: Sunday, January 16, 2011
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Spiritual aspirants (Sadhakas) all over the world will naturally be engaged
in repetition of the name (Japa) and meditation (Dhyana), but first, one has
to be clear about the purpose of repeating the name and doing meditation.
Without this knowledge, people believe them to be related to the objective
world, capable of satisfying worldly desires, and hope to demonstrate their
value by means of sensory gains! This is a grave error. Repetition of God’s
name and meditation are for acquiring one-pointed attention on the Lord.
BABA
Date: Saturday, January 15, 2011
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Service is an expression of gratitude to the society. It should not be done
in a spirit of condescension or to achieve some ulterior selfish objective.
It should proceed from an awareness of what you owe to society. You must
realise that you are bettering yourself by rendering service. Your name and
fame, all the comforts you enjoy, are derived from society. Sheer gratitude
demands that one should serve society which is the source of all benefits
enjoyed by man. What is required for service is not money and materials. A
loving heart is the first requisite. All service done without a love-filled
heart is as dry as dust. Fill your hearts with love. When you are immersed
in the spirit and filled with love, everything looks good and beautiful.
BABA
Date: Friday, January 14, 2011
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
I am really filled with joy when I see people who have
engaged in hardy toil and sacrificed their personal comforts
in order to make others happy. What the world needs is work
done in that spirit. Every one of you has divinity embedded
in you, as well as truth and sweetness. Only, you do not
know how to manifest that Divinity, how to realise that
Truth, how to taste that Sweetness. Courage is the tonic for
getting both physical as well as mental health and strength.
Give up doubt, hesitation and fear. Do not give any chance
for these feelings to strike root in your mind. By means of
the inner divine strength with which you are equipped, you
can achieve anything; you can even become Maadhava (God).
BABA
[
Mensaje de la
Pizarra de Prashanti Nilayam - En Español
] Date: Thursday, January 13, 2011
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
The key objective of education is the culture of the mind and
the spirit. This is very much like agriculture, which provides
food and clothing for man. We require Dhaanya (grains) to
sustain the body; we require Dhyaana (meditation) to sustain the
spirit. In agriculture, you prepare the soil, plant seeds, feed
the plants with fertilisers, and reap the harvest. In
‘heart-culture’, we have to plough the Hrudaya-Kshetra (the
field of the heart), remove the weeds and wild growth, and plant
the seeds. The weeds are pernicious tendencies, attitudes and
habits; the fertilisers are devotion and dedication. Water to
help the plant grow is the quality of love. The seeds are the
Names of God, which are deposited within the purified heart. The
harvest which is the reward of all this spiritual discipline is
wisdom.
BABA
[
Mensaje de la
Pizarra de Prashanti Nilayam - En Español
] Date: Wednesday, January 12, 2011
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Everyone needs one-pointed concentration. To develop powers of
concentration, sports and games are very essential. They serve to
promote physical fitness and mental health. Games and sports are to
be practised mainly for keeping the body in good trim. Along with
keeping the body fit, it is equally essential to promote purity of
the mind and develop large-heartedness. True humanness blossoms only
when the body, the mind and the spirit are developed harmoniously.
The enthusiasm and effort which people display in sports should also
be manifested in the spheres of morality and spirituality. You must
endeavour to experience the divinity that permeates Bhaarath's
sacred culture. "Samastha Lokaah Sukhino Bhavanthu!" (May all the
people be happy) is the benedictory motto of Bhaarath.
BABA
[
Mensaje de la
Pizarra de Prashanti Nilayam - En Español
] Date: Tuesday, January 11, 2011
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
God is like fire and you are like coal. When coal comes in contact with
fire, coal becomes one with fire. Similarly, when you come in contact
with God you become one with Him. Embodiments of Love! All of you are
messengers of God. God alone is important. Zero gains value only when
the numeral one precedes it. Moon is zero, sun is zero, world is zero,
only God is the Hero. Everything comes to nought in the absence of this
Hero. Have total faith in the Hero, God. A hero becomes zero if he
forgets God. Never give scope for any doubt in God. Then you are bound
to be successful.
BABA
[
Mensaje de la
Pizarra de Prashanti Nilayam - En Español
] Date: Monday, January 10, 2011
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
You feel happy when you know that this physical body is yours, do you not?
Then when you know that two bodies are yours, should you not be twice happy?
In the same way, with the knowledge that you have an increasing number of
bodies, the experience of happiness goes on increasing. When the whole
universe is known to be one body, and universal consciousness becomes part
of the awareness, then the Ananda (bliss) will be complete. To get this
universal consciousness, the limited egocentric prison walls must be
destroyed. When the ego-self identifies itself with the Jeevi (individual
soul) or Atma, death will cease. When the ego-self identifies itself and
merges with the bliss of God, sorrow will cease. When it merges with Jnana
or the Higher Wisdom, error will cease.
BABA
Date: Sunday, January 09, 2011
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
The mind flies at a tangent all the time. Meditation (Dhyana) is the process
by which it is trained to acquire concentration. When its basic truth is
known, the mind will not be deluded by the evanescent, the untrue, and the
un-blissful. Instead, it will welcome the blossoming of joy, happiness, and
truth, and it will not be affected by sorrow and grief. Your life also
assumes a new splendour when you visualise and realise bliss in the
awareness of the Supreme Reality. The taste of the fruit is evident when you
see the whole of it is eaten with no portion left behind. So too, when the
taste of meditation is once discovered, you will discard all doubt and
discussion thereon and engage yourself fully in it. Therefore, begin
meditation, each one of you, from today - even from this moment!
BABA
Date: Saturday, January 08, 2011
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Fools who cannot grasp the Truth, who cannot recognise Divinity and the
power of God, who have no faith in God, live in the delusion that their
plans will save them and that they can triumph through their own
efforts! The fact is, not even the smallest success can be won without
God’s grace. Though this is true, we should not sit with folded hands,
believing that a thing will accomplish itself if and when God wills.
Human effort is essential, and everyone must make efforts. You must use
the strength and skill that you are endowed with, and resolve to proceed
with the work, laying the responsibility for success on God. For without
the grace of God, all effort will be rendered fruitless.
BABA
[
Mensaje de la
Pizarra de Prashanti Nilayam - En Español
]
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
When you attain fulfilment, your life will be saturated with unexcelled
Ananda (Divine bliss), and you will experience oneness of thought, emotion
and knowledge with all. You will be in ecstasy, immersed in the one and
only, the Eternal Divine Principle, for that alone can confer joy. This is
the genuine joy; there is no other. God is the embodiment of eternal,
undiminished joy. Those loyal to God, accept this axiom that “God is the
highest source of joy.”
BABA
Date: Thursday, January 06, 2011
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Those who are immersed in selfishness, egotism, greed, vice,
violence and unrighteousness will suffer from evil urges in
their last days and destroy themselves. The virtuous attain
Kaivalya or Self-Realisation; the unrighteous achieve only
Naraka, hell. The eye of the onlooker sees the same
consummation: death. But the goal reached by either is distinct.
It is invisible to those around them. The goal is determined by
the thoughts that arise in the mind during one’s last moments.
Cessation of life is common. Darshan of God is something to be
won, and earned. That is unique. Hence the proverb, ‘Vinaasa
Kaale, vipareetha buddhi’: When disaster is immanent, the
intellect turns perverted! Only those who are about to be
destroyed will get and welcome evil intentions. Those who are to
be blessed with the vision of God will hold fast to the pure and
the elevating, in their last thoughts.
BABA Date: Wednesday, January 05, 2011
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
The true seeker's approach is not to waste time in discussions and
assertions of faith in dogmas. They will not delight in the sight of
empty oyster shells thrown upon the beach. They will seek to gain
the pearls that lie in the depths of the sea. They would gladly dive
into those depths and courageously seek for pearls. The Vedas show
the ideal to follow and tread the road which leads to Realisation.
Your goal should not be mere empty faith; it is the Sthithi (the
stage reached), the Siddhi (the wisdom won) that matters. The
life-aim of the seeker is to reach fulfilment, through constant
Sadhana (spiritual exercise). Mergence with the Divine is the
attainment
BABA
[
Mensaje de la
Pizarra de Prashanti Nilayam - En Español
] Date: Tuesday, January 04, 2011
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
You are all endowed with unlimited powers. Not a single person is
without them! To gain awareness of this power, you must join the company
of the holy, you must strive in spiritual practice (Sadhana), and you
must practise repetition of the Divine Name and meditation. Of what
avail is it, even though you have each item of provision in plenty in
your kitchen, when you do not know how to cook them into palatable food?
Similarly, when you have in yourself all the provisions needed for your
upkeep and progress, but if you discard them lightly and leave them
unused, how will you benefit? You must strive to see and understand the
Universal Power (Shakti), which is the basis of all the multifarious
manifestations of name and form in the world.
BABA
[
Mensaje de la
Pizarra de Prashanti Nilayam - En Español
] Date: Monday, January 03, 2011
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
You may think that all those who know their end is drawing near, will, like
King Parikshith, utilise their time in seeking to realise the vision of God.
However, such a yearning can arise in the mind only as a consequence of a
favourable balance of merit acquired in many lives; it will not arise all of
a sudden. Consider the vast difference between what Parikshith was engaged
in, when he knew that the allotted span of life is hastening to its finish,
and the undertakings the demon king Kamsa was engaged in, when he knew that
his end was in sight! These two attitudes are called Deva and Asura, divine
and demoniac. Only those who are equipped with divine virtues have the
eagerness to do good acts, and to have good thoughts, faith in God,
compassion towards all beings, truth, non-violence, love and contrition for
swerving from the straight path. To them alone, thoughts of God and urges to
do sanctifying deeds will emerge during their last days.
Date: Sunday, January 02, 2011
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Only an ardent devotee can understand and experience the bliss of oneness
with God. Sugar tastes bitter to a person suffering from malaria. The defect
lies in their tongue, not in the sugar. So is the case with a person
immersed in worldly desires. If you are immersed in it, you cannot
experience the sweetness of Divinity. Have the firm conviction “God is in
me, with me, around me, behind me.” When you think on these lines, you
become divine. Never entertain the thought that you are separate from God.
BABA
Date: Saturday, January 01, 2011
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Do not waste time speculating over what would happen in this New
Year. If your actions are good, your future is bound to be good. The
future of the nation depends on your actions. God is a witness. He
neither protects you nor punishes you. Each one is responsible for
his pleasure or pain. In this New Year, develop new and sacred
feelings and make everybody happy. Do not strive for money; strive
for love. Once you develop love, there will be no scope for evil
qualities like anger, jealousy, etc. If your thoughts and actions
are good, your future is bound to be good. Then the whole country,
nay, the whole world will prosper. Pray for the peace and prosperity
of the entire world. Peace can be attained only through practice of
human values.
BABA
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