TIME FLIES, DOESN'T IT?

[Guest guest]

We are all born with Divine Love embedded deep within us. It is to remind us of

that that Swami invariably commences His Divine Discourses with the words:

PREMASWAROOPALARA! Meaning, Embodiments of Love! In that case, why is there so

much violence, and so much killing? That is because the Divine Love within is

not allowed to express itself. In the case of a person to whom this applies, we

say that Love has dried up.

 

How exactly does this drying up take place? When does Love start absenting

itself? The answer is simple. Absence of Love starts with the development of

desires and attachment. When desires grip a person and when attachments begin to

dominate, selfishness takes hold. And when selfishness seizes a person, the

latent Divinity becomes dormant; Pure Love gets eclipsed as a result, and

disaster follows.

 

Let us take a quick look at the amount of ruthless violence present in todays

world. It is not just violence connected with crime on the streets or domestic

violence, etc. They are all terrible in their own way no doubt, and given the

magnitude, they do need serious attention. But even more worrisome is the

large-scale violence associated with war, and various regional conflicts. We all

thought genocide disappeared after World War II. It appears not. There was

genocide in the nineties, and looks like there is genocide right now!

 

If we analyse carefully, a lot of this genocide is promoted either consciously

or unconsciously by the small-arms industry. Most of us do not realise that the

small-arms industry is a billion dollars plus industry. Why on earth should

people make money by selling guns in HUGE numbers to gangsters, terrorists and

the like, especially when guns serve only to kill people? They do this because

of the enormous profits they are able to rake in. By the way, as far back as

1958, President Eisenhower, a much-decorated soldier of World War II,

prophetically warned that the world was in the danger of being swallowed up the

Military Industrial Complex. Sometimes it appears that this has indeed happened.

 

Getting back to genocide small arms and all that, we have the question: Is this

the way to make money, by being merchants of death? Is this why God gave us the

human form? What is the purpose of life? Is it to make money at all costs?

 

From 20 th October, 1940 , Swami has been telling us practically non-stop what

the real purpose of life is, how we must sanctify our lives, why spirituality is

vital for todays world, how we serve God best when we serve Society, and so on.

Selecting appropriate passages from Swamis numerous sayings, SAI INSPIRES seeks

to take a couple of minutes of your time as you start your day, so that at the

background, Swamis message would quietly reverberate and steer you along the

right path during the course of the day. Right path means seeing God in others.

It also means seeing God in Society and in Nature.

 

People think spirituality is something hairy fairy and has nothing to do with

daily life. On the contrary, spirituality simply means being full of love. It is

all about acting without selfishness, about trying to bring some joy into the

life of others with at least a nice smile, about being of assistance, about

being honest, etc. A couple of days ago, we received a mail as below:

 

I have a question that I hope you will answer. Please tell me how to balance

worldly life which is full of pleasure and pain, with godly life. I want this

not as a reply but as a practical solution to me and to everyone else.

 

We appreciate the question but in a sense that exactly is what we are trying to

do all the time, with suitable quotes of Swami and our occasional Sunday

Specials. Looks like we have not done enough and that there is much more we have

to do! And be assured we would do just that. Meanwhile, we thank you for helping

us to celebrate our first anniversary, and look forward to offering this service

with greater intensity and innovation in the future. We have benefited a lot;

and if in that process we have also brought you some joy, that is icing on the

cake.

 

Thanks again and please do keep writing to us. That is the best way of keeping

us on our toes!

 

Jai Sai Ram.