On the happy occasion of New Year’s Day, what can we resolve to make every momet truly special?

 The eyes should see only what is good. The hands should be engaged in good actions. The ears should hear no evil and listen only to what is good. Talk no evil. Talk only what is good. Think no evil. Think what is good. Do no evil. Do what is good. This is the way to God. The eyes should see only sacred objects. The whole world will be transformed when your vision becomes holy. This is New Year Day according to the Gregorian calendar. We have other New Year days according to the practice in different parts of the country. There is no need to bother about the year as such. Devote every moment to actions that will please God. Develop love for God, which will confer every blessing on you. On this New Year Day I wish you all every happiness and prosperity. The ancients used to bless those who come to them with long life of 100 years and good health. They wished the people long life so that they may lead worthy lives. Lead a long life, happy life, peaceful life, loving life and divine life. Redeem your lives by practicing Divine Love.

Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba

When you develop love, it will gradually get transformed into wisdom.

 Spiritual learning impels one to pour one’s narrow ego into the sacrificial fire and foster in its place universal love, which is the foundational base for the superstructure of spiritual victory. Love that knows no limits, purifies and sanctifies the mind. Let thoughts centre around God, let the feelings and emotions be holy, let activities be the expression of selfless service. Let the mind, heart, and hand be thus saturated in good. Spiritual education must take up this task of sublimation. It must first instil the secret of service. Service rendered to another must confer full joy in all ways. Spiritual education must emphasise that in the name of service, no harm, pain, or grief should be inflicted on another. While rendering service, the attitude of it being done for one’s own satisfaction should not tarnish it. Service must be rendered as an essential part of the process of living itself. This is the real core of spiritual education.

Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba

Why is love the most powerful weapon in the Universe?

 It is most vital for everyone to recognise and practice the Love Principle. At all times love has existed among the good and the bad, in the forest or in a palace, in attachment or in separation, in one's conduct as well as in one's speech, in the mind as well as in action. It is all-pervasive. The most powerful weapon to destroy the forces of evil rampant in the world today is love. Unfortunately, men are not pursuing the right path to acquire sacred love. Love is the seed of love. It is also the branches, the flowers and the fruit. To enjoy the fruit of love, one must practise Love. Instead of seeking to know the true nature of love, man is engaged in the pursuit of wealth and power. No doubt wealth and power are necessary, but only within limits. The vast ocean, when it swells beyond its bounds, is censured for its misbehaviour. The human body and mind will be healthy only when food is consumed within limits. Excessive eating causes various disorders. Everything in the world is governed by the bounds set for it. However, love has no limits.

Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba