Thought for the Day

Jesus knew that God wills all. So even when He suffered agony on the cross, He bore no ill-will towards anyone and exhorted those with Him to treat all as instruments of God’s will. It is very difficult to develop unwavering faith and practice this in daily living! The mind, as Arjuna complained, hops from belief to doubt, causing turmoil and confusion. However you can conquer it with self-effort! The black bee can bore a hole in the hardest wood. But while it is sipping nectar from the lotus-flower and dusk intervenes, the open petals close in on the bee, imprisoning it, with no hope of escape! The black bee does not know how to deal with softness! So too, your mind plays its tricks and jumps everywhere; when placed on the lotus feet of the Lord, it becomes inactive and harmless. Cultivate detachment and subdue the vagaries of the mind, and manifest the Divinity latent within you.

Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba