Butter in Milk (inspirational)

[Guest guest]

Sai Ram All,

A wonderful story....... especially for the children, highlighting the

importance of Guru in spiritual life. With love & light,Madhvi

PARABLE OF BUTTER HIDDEN IN MILKThe young daughter had gone to her village home

for the first time from her city-dwelling. At night before retiring to bed, her

mother opened a pot in which there was good cow's milk and poured a little

buttermilk. The girl asked her mother: "Mother, that was butter milk; and why

have you mixed it with milk? The milk may get spoiled!"

"Child!", answered the mother, "that is the way to prepare the milk in order

that we might get butter out of it."

"But where is butter in it, mother?"

"It is in every drop of the milk, dear; but you can't see it now. I will show you in the morning."

In the morning the daughter saw that what was liquid the night before had become

solid overnight. Mother put a churning rod into it and started churning the curd

vigorously.

Butter began to float on the surface of the curd. Then she gathered it all up

and presented it to the astonishment of the daughter. The mother explained:

"The addition of the buttermilk curdles the milk. Milk is transformed into

curd. Then you have to churn it. By this process the butter which was

all-pervasively hidden in the milk is obtained. At first you were not able to

see it; it was hidden. From where has it come now? Only from the milk.

Therefore, you understand now that it was there all the time. It awaited the

process of churning to reveal itself to your great joy." The daughter, too,

followed the same process and got the butter, for herself.

Similarly, a worldly man approaches a Mahatma and asks him: "O Sadhu, why have

you renounced the world, and poured this new element of 'Vairagya' and 'Tyaga'

into your life? Why don't you let the life take its natural course?"

The Sadhu replies: "Brother, I do so in order to realise God?", "Where is God?",

"He is all-pervading." The worldly man does not see and is not convinced. The

Sadhu then explains how the inner personality, which is fickle and outflowing

should be made solid and firm.

Then the churning rod of one-pointed concentration and meditation should be

taken hold of, and this solid 'Antahkarana' should be very well churned. Then

God is realised. He is all-pervading, in every atom of creation. But He is not

visible to the naked eye nor is He realisable by a man except through this

process called 'Sadhana'.

Just as a mother was necessary for her daughter to learn that butter exists in

milk and that churning will bring it out, even so a Guru is necessary for a man

to know that God is, that He is all-pervading, and that He is attained through

Sadhana.

If the aspirant follows the Guru's instructions, he too, can realise God.

- Author Anonymous Duty is God, Work is Worship

[Guest guest]

Thank you so much Sis Madhviji. This has come at the

right time,

a week before Guru poornima.We can use this for Balvikas classes, and as message.

I will print it out just like I have done so your earlier messages.

I even used your poem to Sai Ma, on eshwaramma Day. Just tuned it according to the tune of

"A temple in my heart"......and the little girls from Balvikas sang it with so much

enthusiasm.They loved that poem.

I owe a lot to you dear sis.

May our lord shower his choicest blessings on you.......may you ever have the ability to help

all .

Thank you from the bottom of my heart.May swami keep you in happiness and peace always.

 

JAI SAI RAM,

Girija.

[Guest guest]

Sairam dear Girija,

 

Thank you so much for your loving words and kindness. But trust me it is only

Swami who is the doer....we are merely His puppets !

 

I am so pleased that you are finding these 'inspirations' useful for your

Balvikas lessons. I was specially touched to know that the girls sang the SAI

MAA poem to the melody of 'Temple in my Heart'.....wow....they must have

sounded so beautiful......and I am sure our Beloved Mother too must thoroughly

enjoyed their performance ....bless!!

 

May Swami continue to shower His love and grace on you abundantly...and may you

continue to inspire and lead our children with excellence...as ultimately they

are the future leaders of this Sacred Mission.

 

Remain Blessed and in peace Always!

 

With love & light,

 

Madhvi

 

 

In a message dated 12/07/2005 16:59:12 GMT Standard Time, gijjumenon writes:

AUM SAI RAM,

Thank you so much Sis Madhviji. This has come at the

right time,

a week before Guru poornima.We can use this for Balvikas classes, and as message......

[Guest guest]

Sairam Girija,

I too would like to add to your message to Madhviji if I may.

I and in fact all at my Center are very grateful for her wonderful Inspirations

and Articles which we use with our SSE / EHV Children as well as the Youth

groups.

And on Eashwaramma day, our youth sang the EASHWARAMMA Quawalli live and our

children and acted to that sitting in a proper 'Quawalli Group style' . It went

down so well!

May our Bhagawan shower His choicest blessings on Madhviji and keep her in

happiness and peace so that she may continue to keep up with her valued

contribution.

Bless you too Girija and all the members of our super group. Be happy always.

With Sai Prema,

sis Vina