Living in the Presence of God (Vol I/Pt I - 83)

April 15, 2010

CHAPTER 83 In the path of devotion, lies the thorns of impatience, the doubts of being truly saved, and the immediate expectations of fruitful results. Know that when you have chosen the path of devotion, as the devotee, you, My dears, will witness complete darkness, at least once, and only then will you be able to recognize the light that shines within. Be prepared, for several tests will lie ahead - the stream of your tears must flow, O sweet, to clean and purify the layers of impurities with which you have temporarily masked the face of God. You will experience, at first, God as being deaf, dumb and blind to your prayers, for He will only mimic the being that you have become. When you have called yourself a devotee, you have made the Lord your first and only priority, and you must realize that to attain true devotion, you will have to climb several steps of sacrifice. With God being your only love, all other kinds of love, passions, desires, likes and dislikes must be forgone. Yes! God must begin to live within you, not only for a part time duration, but must be ever present, at all times, thinking, speaking, and acting through the body that He now owns.

A true devotee will accept all the ways of the Lord with his head bent with humility, complete faith, and surrender and will not question his own safety at any time, for the one that makes the ultimate sacrifice - the sacrifice of his life to Me, such a one, I will never forsake. The one that has made Me his own family - that fortunate one will grow in the shadow of My love, will be nourished by the nectar of My purity and will breathe, until the end, only the air of truth. The one that has, with sincere gratitude, thanked Me, for shedding his blood with the painful thorns of the lessons he learned, such a child, I will, myself, one day, carry and will dress his wounds with the promise of liberation.

The one who remains empty without Me and whose joy only I can fill, such a one, will surely receive My hand as his gift to hold on to for the rest of his life in this world. The one that tirelessly speaks of Me, and the one who hungers and starves when he has not heard of Me, will, one day, be attuned to only the voice of the God within. Know that I am the courage that beats in the heart of the devoted one. Realize that it is Me that shines in the eyes as faith, it is Me that smiles in the confidence of truth, it is Me that attacks the fortress of your weaknesses, and it is Me that defends the efforts and determination from consequent failings. Each tear that will wash My feet

will be repaid with the jewels of knowledge that will only make the tears sweeter and less saltier. Remember that whatever you give Me, will

never go in vain, will never be ignored or unaccepted and will never be

forgotten. A devotee must not respond to the threats of fear, for he must know that if he shows the signs of defeat, he will be the victim of

the wolf that strays in the jungles of the human mind. The one that offers to Me his heart will continue to live with My heart. The one that has laid his life for letting My name live - will live, forever, to become the name and to become the "Sai" in all!- Divine Messages received and recorded by Mrs Seema M Dewan(Copyright

reserved by the Author) SAI DIVINE INSPIRATIONShttp://www.facebook.com/saidivineinspirationshttp://saidivineinspirations.blogspot.com/AHAM BRAHMASMI "I am

not this body, I am not this mind, I am Atma."