| Date: Monday, May 26, 2014 | | THOUGHT FOR THE DAY | The basic cause for the occurrence of feelings like hatred, jealousy and anger is that your human body is constituted by the five elements. As long as the body remains, it will be subject to these emotions. For instance, the experience derived through the senses and the mind occurs when you are awake. When you are sleeping, they are not present. During your sleep, even the mind is absent; you are unconscious even of your breath. In the dream state, you are not even aware of the life process. It is clear that experiences in the dream state are real in that state. There are no dreams in the waking state and there are no perceptions of the waking state in the dream state. In both situations the 'I' is the same, only the states are different. Hence reality or Truth is that 'I' (Divine Soul) which remains in all the states, and in past, present and future. -Sri Sathya Sai Baba | | Date: Sunday, May 25, 2014 | | YESTERDAY'S THOUGHT | Youngsters feel that they need more freedom, and they dislike sense control. They think that they should be able to go where they like and live as they please, without any restrictions. Birds and animals enjoy such freedom. There is no rule whatsoever for monkeys and dogs. They wander where they want and do what they please whenever they wish. What is the specialty of human beings? A human being is one who understands what 'Sveccha' truly means (generally translated as 'One's will'). Sva (Self) + Ichcha (Desires or thoughts) = Sveccha. Living with thoughts relating to the Divine Self (Atma) is Swecha. Following the demands of the body is not Swecha. After discriminating good and bad, and right and wrong, you must exercise control over the body, observe the thoughts entertained by the mind and follow that which gives satisfaction to your Divine Nature. That is true freedom. -Sri Sathya Sai Baba | 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 148,000 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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