Living in the Presence of God (Vol I/Pt I - 31)

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CHAPTER 31 A

devotee of Sai will know that his practice of religion is accepting the

faiths of all, respecting all forms of God, welcoming any footprints

that enter his life as God, and bowing with absolute humility before

each religion, their practices and their chosen priorities. The love

and teachings of Sai must not become the very source of argument; on

the contrary, it must give you the love, humbleness, and patience to be

able to listen and understand another's belief in God. This form of

"Sai" may appeal to you, but it is the same divinity that has taken the

forms of different Avatars, sages, rishis and learned spiritual

leaders, all at the same time, in different places or even in different

ages. So do not get attached to merely My form. My powers extend far

beyond the limitations of this body. Participate

in the merriment and joyous occasions in celebrating the birth of God

in every religion, every culture and in each part of the world. Each

religion may differ in their practices, in their form of God, in the

books they read, but all of them have the same message, the same goal

that God exists and lives amongst us, within us, that God is love, and

loving all is being God like and that each one of you, will, one day,

return to Him only.Do

not be proud to be a part of your own religion only, for it defeats the

purpose of being religious. Propagating only your own religion, being

critical of others' practices and beliefs, closing the mind and heart

to only one form of God, makes religion the study of God that is led by

gangsters and terrorists that say religious is relying just on us. No!

That is not the practice or teachings of any Avatar, saint or religious

leader. It is only the power of your ego that has used religion to

become your masks, to conceal your impure modes of life. The hunger for God must not stop in one community or culture. God must be found in all that you

live with and in all that you live for. Do not control by being

religious, but control yourselves to be religious. The effect of

practicing a religion must direct you and not confuse or deviate you by

being aggressive with knowledge that is yet not understood by you.

Religion must be a path that must open all the doorways that lead to

goodness, sweetness, simpleness, desirelessness and Godliness.

Concentrate on your chosen path, but let not the path itself become

God, the path must lead you to Me. You are all like a family, brothers

and sisters, that grow up together, and then disperse in your own

lives, to find your own forms of livelihood, yet support each other and

encourage each other in your lives to reach the top. Similarly, all are

brought up with the same concept of the existing God, yet each finds

his own way to Him. So you, too, must encourage and support all your

brothers and sisters in this world to continue their chosen paths and

climb the ladder from being human to becoming divine.- Divine Messages received and recorded by Mrs Seema M Dewan(Copyright reserved by the Author) 'Sai Divine Inspirations' is now on

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