Thought for the Day

We have not only the Maha Shivaratri once a year, we have a Shivaratrievery month dedicated to the worship of Shiva. And why is this ratri(night) so important? The night is dominated by the Moon. The Moon has 16 kalas (fractions of divine glory), and each day or rather night, during the dark fortnight, one fraction is reduced, until the entire Moon is annihilated on the New-Moon night. From then on, each night, a fraction is added, until the Moon is a full circle on the Full-Moon night. The Moon is the presiding deity of the mind; the mind waxes and wanes just like the Moon. Chandrama manaso jatha - Out of the mind of the Purusha(Supreme Being), the Moon was born. It must be remembered that the chief aim of all sadhana is to eliminate the mind and become anAmanaska. Then only can maya (illusion) be rent asunder and the reality revealed. 

Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba