Guest guest Posted January 30, 2010 Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 Divine guidance of Sai - 8 Can we attain peace by doing nothing, waiting and watching? Attaining peace does not mean inactivity, the mere inert life of eating and squatting. You should not spend your time in eating and sleeping, comforting yourself that the Lord will come to your help, when the need arises. You must arise and work. God helps those who help themselves. Do the work that has to be done sincerely and efficiently. Give up everything that is outside the service of the Lord. Follow the footsteps of great devotees. You can win through the Grace of the Lord the joy of peace, and the fullness and bliss of Immortality.. How can we find peace in this world filled with ups and downs? Brahman (The Supreme Consciousness) is a shore less, bottomless ocean. That ocean is the basis for the ever-shifting waves, the evidence and result of His power. The wave emerges from the sea, leaps forth from it, falls back into it and dissolves itself into it. Though the power of the sea is thus manifested in ups and downs, rise and fall, the sea is steady and fixed. But the world is concerned more with the temporary and the shifting and thinks that the waves are very important. All the senses, all the impulses rise up in overpowering strength like waves from the sea, roar in fury, and subside in the waters. They do not confer peace. The wise thing is to forget these waves and to direct attention towards the sea beneath which is without change. Only then you can attain peace and swim happily in the deep undisturbed waters. What are the attributes of peace? What should we do to achieve eternal peace? Santhi (peace) is a shore less ocean. It is the Light that illumines the world. Having it is having it all. It confers knowledge of both this world and next. Pure Love can emanate only from a heart immersed in Santhi. Santhi is not the conviction arrived at by means of logic. It is the Discipline of all disciplined lives. To attain Santhi, the mind must first be calmed and quietened. Only then the body can be healthy and the intellect sharp. Your mind is the battlefield where good and bad, right and wrong, contest for supremacy. Iron has to beaten flat by iron alone. So too, the inferior, lower mind has to be shaped better by the superior mind itself. You must endeavor to make your mind superior and stronger for the task of personal upliftment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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