THOUGHT FOR THE DAY FEBRUARY 2011

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17th February 2011

Do not develop opposition or differences amongst yourselves. Controversies give rise to many troubles. Even if somebody makes you angry, do not fight with him or her. Understand that, by fighting with others, you actually harm yourself. Control your thoughts. Along with education, acquire Educare. It will give you everything you need - health, happiness, peace and prosperity. Everything will become good, if you make your heart pure. From today onwards, yearn and take to the right path. You must strive for unity in all matters.
     
- BABA

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19th February 2011
The wave-like movement of proceeding and receding, of merging and emerging has been happening since time immemorial; it will happen till Time ends; it is eternal in its feature—this is the belief of Bharathiyas. A human being is not just this gross body; in it, there is a subtle component called mind; inside it, as its prompter and spring, there is an even more subtle principle called the Jivatma (individualized soul). This Jivatma has neither beginning nor end; it has no birth, it knows no death. This is the basis of the Bharathiya faith.

    
- BABA

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21st February 2011
You should all strive for unity. There is no unity in the youth today. First and foremost, the youth should come forward to help each other. You must consider all as your brothers and sisters. All are children of God. Therefore, you must live in unity without giving room to any differences. The end of education is character. If your character is good, then you can achieve anything in life. You may think you have won gold medals, acquired high degrees and achieved name and fame. But if you lack character, these degrees are merely pieces of paper. It is most essential to safeguard your character. Only a person of good character is a truly learned one.

    
- BABA

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As a spiritual aspirant (Sadhaka), you must first learn the secret of the ‘inward vision’, and take your attention away from the exterior. You have heard so far little about the inner world, but divine life is nothing but this method of ‘inward living’. Just as the baby, after learning to watch and understand, tries to toddle hither and thither at home, so also the spiritual aspirant learns to toddle in the inner world and understand it. A healthy baby in the cradle waves its arms and legs in glee, watching the lamp on the wall and lisps in joy; the Sadhaka also healthy in body, mind and soul, lying in the cradle of life, watches the Inner world and claps his hands ceaselessly in great glee at that inner joy.

    
- BABA

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23rd February 2011
Unless a belief is held unshaken throughout night and day, it cannot be used to achieve victory. When a person asserts that he is low and mean and that he knows but little, he becomes low and mean and his knowledge shrinks. We become what we believe we are. We are the children of Almighty God, endowed with supreme power, glory and wisdom. We are children of Immortality. We must understand this fundamental truth and hold fast to it always. When we dwell on this thought, how can we ever be low and ignorant? Bharathiya culture enjoins on everyone to believe that the real nature of man is supreme and that everyone should ever be conscious of this truth.

    
- BABA

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Every thought, word, deed has to proceed from the full consciousness of knowledge. Direct your intelligence not to wander about but to dwell constantly in the inner world. This is the inward quest, and meditation (Dhyana) is the most important instrument needed for this. The spiritual aspirant must enter the inner quest through the gate of introspection. That gate will accord welcome into the highest and holiest status possible in life to every aspirant who is endowed with humility and devotion.

    
- BABA

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Teach your children this life-preserving, glorious and expansive truth from the early days of their lives. The sanctifying vision that we must imbibe is that the Atma is full and free. It is a wonderful discovery, a thrilling thought! The Atma by its very nature is full; fullness need not be attained or accomplished and added to it. If fullness is added to it, it can also be subtracted by the passage of time; what is built up must necessarily disintegrate. If man is impure by nature, even though he may succeed in achieving purity for a short while, he has to wallow later in impurity, for the purity that comes in the middle will be easily swept away by circumstances. So all Bharathiya spiritual thinkers declared that purity is our very nature and that fullness is our genuine reality, and that we are never really ‘wanting’.

    
- BABA

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Dhyani, the person who undertakes meditation, considers the realization of Atmic bliss as important, but the promotion of the welfare of the world is also an equally important aim. For carrying out that aim, he must bring certain physical, verbal, and mental proclivities under control. These are known as the tenfold sin: the three physical, the four verbal, and the three mental. The physical tendencies are: injury to life, adulterous desire, and theft. The verbal sins are: false alarms, cruel speech, jealous talk, and lies. The mental attitudes are: greed, envy, and denial of God.

    
- BABA

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At the end of life, one should bring to the consciousness the great ideals one has attained in life, the lofty thoughts and feelings one has entertained. This was the directive of the sages of Bharat. They did not demand that one should bring to memory the faults and errors one committed during the life. These are inevitable and universal. But the sages declare that one should be aware always of one’s Reality and one should be engaged ever in contemplating its grandeur and glory. That, they said, is the greatest step to progress.

    
- BABA

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28th February 2011
Religion means ‘experience’ and nothing less. It is indeed pitiable that we very often forget this important fact. This secret must be imprinted on the heart of every one; only then can there be safety and security. One must also understand that all things cannot be attained merely by self-effort; Divine Will is the basis of everything. Religious principles have to be practiced and their validity experienced. Listening to their exposition is of no use; learning a set of arguments and conclusions and repeating them parrot-like is not enough. If they appeal to your intellect and are approved by it as correct, that will not help you at all; it must transform you.

    
- BABA