BLISS BLOSSOM - HAVE FAITH IN SAI NAMA

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Baba said, "If you say "Sai, Sai", I shall take you over the seven seas" in Sri

Sai Satcharitra Chapter XIII.

Never lose faith in God. To lose faith in Him is the greatest sin. Have faith in

Divine Name. Remember; whatever the saints have said about the value of the Name

is true to the very letter. Make a trial by taking shelter under the Name.

True satisfaction cannot be derived through son, wife or wealth. Had it been

possible to derive satisfaction through these, it would have been surely

attained by now, in one or other of the numberless forms of life through which

we have passed. The source of true satisfaction is God alone, on attaining whom

the jiva is satisfied for all time to come.

Suffering is conducive to the unfoldment of true humanity in man. The life of a

man who is true to himself blossoms in misery alone. Gold shines best only when

it is put in the furnace

Always remain cheerful; never wear a sad countenance; be positive in your mind

that for you no such thing as grief or sorrow was ever born in this world. In

the All-blissful joy and merriment alone reign supreme; there is no room for

anxiety and care.

Remain absorbed in bliss, observing all about you the enchanting Form of the

Lord. He who sees Him everywhere is himself nothing but an embodiment of Bliss.

Peace lies within you. As soon as you are free from the evil influence of the

devil of Desire, you will see Peace face to face. Exorcise Desire by the

sovereign spell of Dispassion; then, behold all about the gentle form of Peace.

Happiness is precisely there where wealth is; but the nature of happiness varies

according to the nature of wealth one possesses. They who are rich in the wealth

of divine qualities enjoy the bliss of God; whereas those who possess the wealth

of satanic qualities enjoy satanic bliss; and the crawling worms of hell enjoy

infernal bliss.

Under no circumstance allow the mind to be tormented by sorrow. Remember always

that God never err, nor is any of the decrees of Heaven divorced from mercy.

Placing your faith in God fasten the cord of your life permanently to His sacred

feet. Then you will find that fearlessness has become your servant-maid.

Do not brood over what has passed; think only of what you have got to do now and

conceive a plan to spend the rest of your life in the service of God alone.

Blessed is he who spends every moment of his life in pursuits that are agreeable

to the dearest object of his heart; viz., God, no matter whether the pleasure of

the Lord lies in union with Him or in separation from Him, in his enjoying

heavenly bliss or rotting in hell, in his receiving honour or suffering

ignominy, nay, in his salvation or in condemning him to a life of eternal

bondage.

Courtesy: Sri Hanumanprasad Poddar in Wavelets of Bliss.

(Vasuki Mahal Shri Shirdi Sai Baba Trust, Coimbatore, India)