Many of you misunderstand upavasa to mean 'fasting' and I know, you overdo it. You fast on Monday to please Shiva, on Tuesday to please Lakshmi, on Wednesday to propitiate some other God, on Thursday in My name, on Friday for Gowri and Saturday, for fear of Shani and on Sunday, to get the favour of the Sun. Now, this fasting will not bring you nearer to the Grace of God. Upavasa means that all your thoughts and deeds and words on those holy days must be about God, that you should spend the day 'near' Him, 'in' Him, 'for' Him. It means that eating, sleeping and other bodily avocations must take a secondary role, and meditation must take the main role. If your body wastes away as a result of fasts, God will be blamed; so, you are only drawing the calumny of people on the God you adore. They will come to you and say, ‘What! Before you started this Sai Baba worship you were looking much better; now, you become so thin and frail; you can scarcely move!’ And they continue talking against Me in the same strain. Do not overdo anything; be moderate and wise.
Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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