| Date: Saturday, February 22, 2014 | | THOUGHT FOR THE DAY | Test is a taste of God. Unless you are tested, your determination will not become strong. Students often write three or four tests in a year. Why? Exams are not to trouble them, but to validate and strengthen their understanding of the subject. When they pass in flying colours, they are either promoted to higher classes or gain admission to very good Universities. God also does the same. Hence, welcome tests, not as a punishment, but as a protection. However hard they may be, you must clear it. Then you will definitely attain a higher state. God already knows who you are, but He may test you in order to set an ideal for others. What you see is one and what God sees is another. God tests you so all your sins and shortcomings are washed away. Just as gold is tested and attested for its purity, God's tests are always for strengthening your courage, patience, determination and devotion. (Divine Discourse, "My Dear Students", Vol 2, Ch 4, April 22, 2000.) | | | | Date: Friday, February 21, 2014 | | YESTERDAY'S THOUGHT | Lord Krishna's friend Uddhava, was adept in the Path of Knowledge. He approached Krishna so that he can teach it to the cowherds. Krishna smiled and said, "Devotion and purity are fundamental to Gopikas – they are in Me, I am always enshrined in their hearts, you may not understand it!" Uddhava wasn't convinced, so Lord Krishna sent him to Gokul. Uddhava said to them, "Let me teach you the path of wisdom to realize the Divine". The Gopikas admonished Uddhava, "We don't want to waste time on Yogas and Scriptures. Krishna is everything to us, give us one simple means." Confused, Uddhava, now asked the Gopikas, "How would you become one with Krishna?" The innocent Gopikas responded, "If Krishna were a flower, I would be a bee whirling around Him. If Krishna were the mountain, I will become a river. If He is the deep ocean, I will be a small stream, joining Him". Uddhava then understood that Gopikas always tuned themselves to adore the Lord, anywhere and everywhere. (Divine Discourse, 'My Dear Students', Vol 2, Ch 3.) | | | Join Us on Facebook Just a reminder, if you are on Facebook then you should join our Sai Ram Facebook-page. We are nearing the 140,000 mark and unlike a lot of pages that are created and you join and then nothing beneficial ever happens, we actually send out daily Sai Baba updates and give exclusive content/images on most of our postings. |
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