Thought for the Day

The reality is cognisable everywhere; why, it is evident most in oneself, when you earnestly seek it. You can experience it, even while performing selflessly your duty to yourself and others. I shall indicate to you today, four directives for sanctifying your lives and purifying your mind, so that you can contact the God within you. Tyaja durjana samsargam (give up the company of the wicked); Bhaja Sadhu Samagamam (welcome the chance to be among the good); Kuru punyam ahoratram (do good deeds both day and night); and Smara nithyam-anityatam (remember which is lasting and which is not). When one does not attempt to transform oneself thus, one is likely to blame God for one’s sorrows, instead of blaming one’s own unsteady faith! Such a person blames God because he or she announces oneself as a devotee too soon, and expects plentiful grace. Grace cannot be claimed by such; God must accept the devotee as His own.

Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba