ARCHIVED--- TFD - 2010

[V2K]

The bird called Jeeva (individual soul) resides within a nine-holed pot called body. Seeing the antics of the mind, Death keeps laughing. It is a wonder how the bird came into the pot, and how it rises up and goes out of it. All the sages and human beings of all the continents are all undergoing the sentence of carrying about with them the burden of the body. Now, out of all these beings, who are the friends and who are the enemies? When egoism dies out, all are friends. There are then no enemies. This lesson must be remembered by all.
     
- BABA

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2nd April 2010

The four subtle elements of consciousness - Manas (the mind), Buddhi (the intellect), Chittha (will) and Ahamkara (the ego) - are all Maya (delusion). What is Maya? Maa (not) ya (exist). That which does not exist but appears to exist is Maya. Maya makes the unreal appear as real and the real as unreal. The other name for Maya is Ajnana (ignorance). Ajnana is that which hides the reality from you and makes you regard the non-existing as existing. It makes the false appear as true. As you move towards the light, your shadow falls behind you; when you move away from the light, you have to follow your own shadow. Go every moment one step nearer to the Lord and then Maya, the shadow, will fall behind you and will not delude you at all.
     
- BABA

[V2K]

You are experiencing joy and misery through the ear. Therefore, avoiding the cruel arrows of harsh words, one should use words that are sweet, pleasant and soft. With that softness, add the sweetness of truth. To make the words soft, if falsehood is added, it would only clear the way for some more misery. Hence, a spiritual aspirant should use very soft, sweet, true and pleasant words. The mind of such an aspirant is Mathura, their heart is Dwaraka and body is Kashi. Such persons can be recognized by their good qualities themselves.
 
-SAI BABA

[V2K]

The inevitable destiny of every living being is the attainment of perfection and fullness. Our present condition of incompleteness is the consequence of our activities during our previous lives. The thoughts, feelings, passions and acts of past lives have caused the present condition in life. Similarly, our future condition is being built on the basis of our present deeds and desires, thoughts and feelings. Seek help from the Divine to purify and sublimate your consciousness. Thus, your spiritual progress will be accelerated and you will attain perfection and fullness.
 
-SAI BABA

[V2K]

5th April 2010

All spiritual practices are of no avail, if the heart is not pure. Your cravings and attachments will not disappear even if you are immersed in many spiritual practices so long as the heart is full of the illusion of egoism. Remember that agitations of the mind cannot exist in the same heart filled with love. Can light and darkness ever co-exist at the same place, at the same time? Hence, you must remove the illusion of egoism from your heart. If you are desirous of getting rid of the feeling of "I" and "mine", you must worship the Lord. You must become an aspirant without likes and dislikes.
     
- BABA

[V2K]

6th April 2010

A great teacher is one who has the knowledge of the Self imprinted in his heart. The individual who can welcome this truth and is eager to know it alone deserves to be a pupil. The seed must have the life principle latent in it. The field must be ploughed and made fit for sowing. If both these conditions are fulfilled, the spiritual harvest will be bountiful.
     
- BABA

[V2K]

7th April 2010

You repeat the name of the Lord, sing Bhajans, and perform meditation to earn single-mindedness, is it not? Once this single mindedness has been earned, its inner significance will be revealed to you and effort will become unnecessary. Those eager to become aspirants, to attain salvation, should not yield to arguments and counter-arguments. You should not be enticed by the wiles of bad feelings! You should see your own faults and not repeat them. You should guard and protect the one-pointedness, with your eyes fixed on the goal, and dismiss as trash whatever difficulties, defeats and disturbances you may encounter on your path.
     
- BABA

[V2K]

8th April 2010

Living a regulated and disciplined life is very essential. Real education must train you to observe these limits and restrictions. You take great pains and suffer privations in order to master the knowledge of this world. Similarly, you follow with strict care the routine to develop your physique. Therefore, whatever be your objective, you must obey the appropriate code of discipline.
     
- BABA

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9th April 2010

Nature is resplendent with many colors. When you wear blue colored glasses you only see the color you have worn, isn't it? If the world appears to you as filled with differences, it is entirely due to your fault. If all appear as one, that too, is due to your love only. For both of these, the feeling in you is the cause. It is only because one has faults within oneself, one sees the world as faulty. The Lord always looks for goodness, not for faults and sins. He only sees the righteousness! Develop goodness and righteousness. Live and act in joy and love. These two are sufficient to attain salvation.
     
- BABA

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10th April 2010

In spirituality, the rules and regulations appear elementary at first. Later, they enable you to be aware of regions beyond the reach of the senses. Over time, you will realize the experience of the Truth of all truths and appreciate that the one Lord is immanent in all and pervades the entire cosmos. You will be filled with bliss when your mind is fixed in this faith and awareness. This is true Vidya (learning), the culmination of the best educational process.
     
- BABA

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11th April 2010

Real people are those, who are filled with love. Their hearts are springs of mercy. They are endowed with true speech and their minds are filled with peace. Just as gold and silver are hidden deep under the earth, and pearl and coral deep under the sea, peace and joy also lie hidden in the mind. Desirous of acquiring these hidden treasures, if you dive inward and direct your mental activities towards acquiring these treasures, you become filled with love and peace. You must fill yourself with this love and live in the light of unsullied, unselfish and pure love.
     
- BABA

[V2K]

You may have outstanding physical beauty. You may have the sparkle of robust youth. You may be from a high and noble lineage. You may be a famed scholar. However, if you lack the virtues that spiritual discipline can only ensure, you will be reckoned only as a beautiful flower, with no fragrance. You must live in accordance with the prescriptions from the Scriptures and perform actions with the attitude that is needed to preserve the status you have gained as the highest soul amongst animals and living beings.
 
-SAI BABA

[V2K]

The advice given by Vedic teachers to young departing children, after their schooling are exalted are, "'Revere your mother as God', 'May your father be God' and 'May your Teacher be your God'; 'Speak the Truth and Act Righteously, Do not adopt other ways'." Engage yourselves in such activities, that will promote your progress. By devoted service to parents, and consistent adherence to Truth, several great souls, including Rama and Harishchandra have made themselves immortal. By means of right conduct, common people exalted themselves to the position of World Teachers. Hence, every bit of this advice, given to pupils, is highly powerful and relevant.
     
- BABA

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15th April 2010

A 'manava' (human being) is soft, sweet and immortal, whereas 'danavas' (Demonic-natured persons) are merciless, lawless and have no sweetness in them. They may look like good people; however bereft of kindness and righteousness, how can they be called as human beings? Good human beings are those, who engage themselves in soft and sweet deeds of kindness, righteousness, and tread the path of love and truth. Their good nature is resplendent and reflects on their faces which beam with joy at all times.
     
- BABA

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14th April 2010

The mind of man is apt to doze off after some spurt of spiritual activity. This is the reason festival days have been marked out on the calendar - to awaken the mind of man from sloth or complaisance. They are like alarm bells, which go off at intervals during the year, warning men of the journey ahead and the goal beyond the horizon. 'Be warned, be warned', say the sages, 'Awake, arise, stop not till the goal is attained.'
     
- BABA