TFTD -July 22, 2010 - THOUGHT FOR THE DAY as written at Prasanthi Nilayam Today

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY as written at Prasanthi Nilayam Today   Date: Thursday, July 22, 2010 THOUGHT FOR THE DAY Withdrawal from sensory objects is an important virtue. It implies a state of mind that is above and beyond all dualities that agitate and affect common people, such as joy and grief. Withdrawal from sensory objects can be achieved while engaged in day to day living. Do not look at the world with a worldly eye. Then, even you can escape from the opposites of grief and joy, and attain balance and equal mindedness. You experience the One as many because of the mind playing its games. Practice seeing everything as a projection/extension of the Loving Lord. Then, you will be able to cross the horizon of dualities into the region of One. -BABA          Previous  Thought       Date: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 THOUGHT FOR THE DAY Your very nature is Prema (Love). You cannot survive even for a moment, when deprived of Love. It is the very breadth of your life. When the six vices, to which you were attached so long, disappear, Love becomes the only occupant of your heart. Love has to find an object, a loved one. It cannot remain alone. You will then direct it to the charming, sweet Lord, who is Purity Personified, who is the embodiment of service, sacrifice and selflessness and who has taken residence in the cleansed altar of your heart. Then, there will be no scope for any other attachment to grow. Step by step, this love for God becomes deeper, purer, more self-denying, until at last, there is no need for thoughts, and the individual is merged in the Universal. -BABA