2011-12-12

12-12-2011-THOUGHT FOR THE DAY AS WRITTEN AT PRASANTHI NILAYAM TODAY

 
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Date: Monday, December 12, 2011
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
 
The field of your heart must be cleared of bushes and thorns. It must be ploughed and furrowed, watered and dampened to depth. Then the seeds must be planted into the earth; not scattered on the surface. After planting the seeds, water the field, remove the weeds, keep away stray cattle, manure the plants, dust them with pesticides, and then you can reap the bounteous crop. Spiritual discipline (Sadhana) means and includes every one of these steps. If there is crooked vision, character, thought and feelings, how can devotion even sprout or bloom? If the lamp is not burning, it means that you have not lit it! Your spiritual progress is what is reflected back to you as Grace. Your decline is reflected back as its absence. Engage yourself in action that will direct your intellect and mind along divine and sublime channels, and win His bounteous grace through worthy action.
-BABA
 
 
 
Yesterday's Thought
 
 
Date: Sunday, December 11, 2011
 
Desire the fruits of action (Karma) and you will be born again and again, caught up in that desire; give up that craving and you are liberated from the flux. The main point is to stick to the goal consistently. Your goal should be Karma (action), not Karma phala (the fruits of the action). Be aware that the desire for the fruits of one's actions is an indication of Rajoguna (quality of passionate action, resulting in pain). If you choose to remain inactive, it is an indication of Thamoguna (quality of sloth and inaction leading to ignorance)! That is even worse than Rajoguna. This lesson was not for Arjuna alone; this advice is intended for every seeker and the whole of mankind.
-BABA
 
 
 
 
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