Sai Messages No. 50.

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50. Self discipline of Man

 

Man has forgotten love and is hankering after worldly objects. Money

comes and goes but morality comes and grows. Does your wealth accompany

you when you leave this world? No! Only the results of your actions will

accompany you. Only the wealth of merit will protect you. Paropakaraya

Punyaya, Papaya Parapeedanam (one attains merit by serving others and

commits sin by hurting them). Do not accumulate sin. Instead, earn the

wealth of merit.

 

Self-discipline is the basic foundation for successful living. Through

that alone can man attain eternal peace. And without peace, there can be

no happiness. Shanti (peace) is of the very nature of Atma, it can

co-exist only with purity of heart. It is never associated with a greedy

heart full of desires.

 

All experiences of pleasure and pain have their origin in the thoughts

of man. A thought is like the seed of a tree, which in due course puts

forth branches, leaves, flowers and fruits. All that you see in a tree

has come from a small seed. Likewise, although man's thought is subtle,

it contains potentially the entire universe. The atom is the microcosm

of the Universe. One may have noticed the huge size of the banyan tree;

however its seed is very small. Intrinsically, the seed and the tree are

essentially one.