Whatever acts we perform with the body, it leads to rebirth. Any action, good or bad, can be compared to seeds. In order to avoid sowing such seeds, we should do all actions without desire. All actions should be done, in and only for the pleasure of God. If you are cleaning your room, think that you are doing that for cleaning your heart, the shrine of God. When you help or harm others, realise that you are doing it to yourself. Then you will never let yourself harm anyone.

- BABA

Virtues are more important than physical beauty. Observing the good and bad in the world, one should develop discrimination to choose the former. One should strive hard to cultivate virtues. Right from an early age, one should inculcate good qualities and develop good character. Wherever one may go, it is character that is of utmost importance. It is virtues that lend greatness to any person. If everyone develops good character, the whole country will become good.


BABA

The five elements each have a characteristic that affects and attracts one of the five senses. The ether as sound fascinates the mind through the ear; air as touch draws the mind to itself through the skin; fire as form manipulates the mind in its favour through the eye; water as taste enslaves the mind through the tongue; and earth as smell intoxicates the mind through the nose. The senses interact with the external world and produce experiences which yield joy or grief. Falsely identifying himself with the senses, man suffers in the coils of attachment. He does not realize that he is neither the body nor the senses, that he is Brahman (Godhead) Himself.

- BABA

The first step to direct knowledge of God is spiritual practice; the first step in spiritual practice is service to the Guru performed in total faith and surrender. At the same time, the responsibility of the Guru is to instruct the disciple on the nature of God, to instruct continuously and in simple ways. When the disciple grasps this instruction, it becomes indirect knowledge. This indirect knowledge can be transformed into direct knowledge by constant recapitulation and by constantly turning it over in the mind.

BABA

Be always in the company of devotees of God. Through this Sathsang (good company), Viveka (discrimination) and Vairagya (detachment) will be inculcated in you. These qualities will strengthen the spirit and endow you with inner peace. If the mind is subdued, that alone is enough; it is not then necessary to conquer the external senses. If the mind has no attachment to the sense objects, the senses have nothing to cling on to and they become powerless; likes and dislikes are both starved out of existence. The bonds with the objective world are cut, though the senses may still be affected by it. For him who has been blessed by the awareness of the Atma, how can anything worldly bring grief or joy?

BABA

The sacred scriptures of Bharat loudly proclaim that the individual is the architect of his own fate. Whatever form the person craves for now while alive in this birth, that form he attains after death. Therefore, it is clear that Karma (consequences of one's actions) decides birth and wealth, the character and attitude, the level of intelligence. The joys and sorrows of this life are the earnings gathered during the previous life. The inference, therefore, is inevitable that the next life of the individual will be in consonance with the activities prompted by the level of Karma in this life.

- BABA

Life has to be an incessant process of repair and reconstruction, of discarding evil and developing goodness. Paddy grains have to be de-husked in order to become edible as rice. Cotton has to be converted as yarn to become wearable cloth. Gold nuggets have to be heated in the crucible to remove the impurities. Man too, must purify his impulses, emotions and desires and cultivate good thoughts, words and deeds so that he can progress spiritually.

- BABA

God is not involved in either reward or punishment. He only reflects, resounds and reacts. He is the eternal unaffected Witness. You decide your own fate. Do good, be good, you get good in return; be bad, do bad deeds, you receive bad results. Do not thank or blame God. He does not even will that creation, protection and destruction shall take place. They follow the same law, it is the innate law of the Maya-ridden (illusory) universe. Electric current, for example, can be used by us to power fans to get cool breeze, light bulbs for light, to magnify human speech, to make many copies of a printed sheet, etc. In all these cases, it creates, but if you grasp the bare wire which carries the current, you are killed. The current creates, it protects, it destroys; it all depends on how we utilize it.

BABA

You have it in your power to make your days on earth a bed of roses instead of a bed of thorns. Recognise the Sai resident in every heart and everything will be smooth and easy. Sai will be the fountain of love in your heart and in the hearts of all you come in contact with. Know that Sai is Omnipresent and that He is present in every living being. Adore everyone as you adore Sai.

- BABA

There is no living being without the spark of love; even a mad man loves something or somebody intensely. But, you must recognise this love as but a reflection of the Premaswarupa (embodiment of Love) that is your reality, of the God who is residing in your heart. Without that spring of Love that gushes forth from your heart, you will not be prompted to love at all. Recognise that spring, rely on it more and more, envelop the whole world with it, discarding all traces of selfishness. Do not seek anything in return for it from those to whom you extend it.

BABA

Today, man aspires to attain Mukthi (liberation). What is Mukthi? It is not the attainment of a heavenly abode. Mukthi means freedom from suffering. One needs to have Mukthi at three levels - body, mind and soul. For example, when one is hungry, one eats food and the hunger is satiated. This is a kind of Mukthi. Suppose, one is suffering from a disease, one gets cured by taking medicine. This is also a kind of Mukthi. All this is related to the body. At the mental level, Mukthi means controlling the vagaries of the mind. But, true liberation lies in understanding the principle of the Atma which neither comes nor goes. This is termed as 'Nirvana'.

- BABA

Today people study the Vedas and other scriptures as a ritual; they do not put into practice any of their injunctions. Of what avail is it to merely know how the Vedas and Upanishads have described the Divine, when this knowledge is not reflected in one's life? Such a person is like a blind man who hears about the existence of the world but cannot see it. The scriptures are meant to provide guidance for practical living and not merely to be learnt by rote.

- BABA

заборав

заборавив да зборувам просто и едноставно
заборавив да зборувам прозно
зборувам во стихови, таинствено, загонетно
не знам како да го поедноставам сложеното во мене
губам смисла за реалното
и така изгубен често заборавам да му се вратам
ме снемува
чудно
сеуште не сум го заборавили името и полот
но ...
којзнае
често заборавам да јадам, да се искапам
да платам сметки или ...
заборавам дека треба нешто да сработам
заборавам да погледнам назад
и се судирам со оние
заостанатите
заборавам и на оние пред мене
брзите, способните, вештите
и тие забораваат на мене
затоа често ми се случува да ме нагазат
заборавам да им се извинам
што сум спор и неасолен
и тие забораваат
го заборавам и она што некогаш мислев дека сум го знаел
и можел
за малку ќе заборавев и од кај потекнувам
заборавот одлушнува од мене делови
и како санти мраз ги бапка од глатката површина на океанот
привемените бранови предизвикуваат во мене сеќавања
а потоа
сантите се топат
брановите се смируваат
и во океанот се прелева сето мое помнење
за деловите што сум ги заборавил
навистна заборавам
а се повеќе верувам
заборавам денови, дати, лица, времиња, простори
понекогаш како deja vu ми се јавуваат во сонот
и во реалноста
онаа истата во којашто одамна сум заборавил дека сум изгубен
ги заборавив родителите, роднините, пријателите, душманите
многу заборавам, навистина, многу
претерано
а сепак
госпо ме навраќа
постојано
на сето она што сум го заборавил
за малку ќе заборавев и да љубам
господе прости ми
скоро да заборавив
а знаев, верувајте ми
знаев
сега повторно се потсетувам
не знам дали сум заборавил да ...., хахаха
можеби
но сигурно сеуште не сум заборавил едно
да верглам напразно
сега ми текна
се сетив
и затоа ќе прекинам

dodeka na boga denovite bescelno mu gi kradam
i srcevo svoe so bludni misli si go polnam
ne znam dali nesto vredno na idninata mozam da i' dadam
i kako pred greskite od minatoto da se zasolnam

samo gospod znae zosto na tebe mislam postojano
i zosto tvoeto ime usnive mi gi poi so blazina
se prasuvam dali ne sum nekoe telo strano
vo tvojata elegntno ispletena nevidliva pajazina

vo srcevo sum go pocuvstvuval stravot na zajacite
vo temnnata sum go cul na lavot svoj rikot
i sum se druzel so mrtovcite - so zrtvite na pajacite
i seuste ne mi e jasno VOSTO E TRIKOT

bogovite sekojdnevno me raspnuvaat na krst
a vampirite so slast ja cicaat mojata krv sveza
i dodeka jas se obiduvam da zavzemam stav cvrst
angelite me bodrat, a gjavolite me isfrlaat od ramnoteza

sekojdnevno, o gospode boze, nesvesno gresam
a ne baram mnogu, parce leb, ronka sirenje i goltka voda
i angelska nasmevka vo koja tagata ce si ja utesam
tro ljubov i razbiranje i malku tvorecka sloboda

znam, znam, bev lakom, samoziv i mnogu besen
znaes deka zakopav golem del od svoite ambicii lazni
i sega se obiduvam pred samiot sebesi da bidam cesen
i siot da im se posvetam na rabotite zivotno vazni

sakam gospode angelite od srce da go slusnat
glasot na stardalnikot kojsto sakase da bide prv
i vo nivnite angelski pregratki da me gusnat
a ljubovta nivana sum spremen da ja platam so krv

i dodeka umov niz prostorov i vremevo bescelno aka
jas sakam da zastanam bar ednas vo mirot na svojata dusa
i na svetot da mu ja prenesam tvojata poraka
pa, koj ima oci neka vidi, a koj ima usi neka slusa

ne sum spoznal mnogu gospode od tvojata vistina
ne pram onolku kolku sto od samiot sebe ocekuvam
so mnogu sveti i svetovni raboti seuste ne sum na cistina
zatoa cesto vo zivotov pogresni zaklucoci izvlekuvam

i pogresni postapki vo pogresno vreme sproveduvam
a potoa stradam, se cukam po celo i po tlo se cesam
i vo ovie svoi stihovi od srce pred tebe se ispoveduvam
a potoa samiot sebesi so lazni vetuvanja si se tesam

tesko e, boli, sekoja karmicka posledica, toa dobro go znam
saka napor odviknuvanjeto od zakoravente naviki stari
a seto toa, o gopsode boze, moram da go napravam sam
se' dodeka mirot tvoj so srcevo moe potpolno ne zagospodari

kopneam po mojata vnatresna cel i nejzinoto znacenje
po onaa tajna sustina sto postojano necujno me povikuva
znam deka do nea nema da stignam so ligaenje i placenje
i svesen sum deka lukavot seuste pobedonosno likuva

no jas sum lud i od svojata cel do smrt ne se otkazuvam
i pokraj site mani i slabosti jas na patot svoj prodolzuvam
peda po peda svojot od' po pekolot go istrazuvam
i seta svoja ljubov i mudrost svesno vo toa gi vlozuvam

znam deka ne sum stignal premnogu daleku na patot
pa sepak so drugite nesto vredno da spodelam imam
i ako od seto toa imaat tro car i sestrata i bratot
radsota nivna kako najgolema nagrada jas ce ja primam

vodi me gospode po patot od mrakot kon svetlinata
vodi me gospode kon srceto na onaa sto od srce me saka
i neka ljubovta i mudrosta tvoja mi ja ispolni idninata
i nemoj da me stedis od niedno stradanje ili od maka

daj mi go ona sto ti dobro znaes deka go zasluzuvam
daj mi gospode patokazi koisto ce mozam da gi sledam
i naucime kako srcevo so drugi srca da go zdruzuvam
a jas znam deka kolku ljubov davam tolku i vredam

The Vedas and Shastras, since they were won by penance and travail by sages and seers, who were interested in the welfare of humanity and the liberation of man, are the greatest repositories of Hitha (beneficence). They advise that man must regulate his 'outer-look' and develop the 'inner-look'; the inner reality is the foundation on which the outer reality is built. It is like the steering wheel inside the car which directs the outer wheels. Know that the basic reality is God. Become aware of it and stay in that awareness always. Whatever be the stress and the storm, do not waver from that faith.

- BABA

Life is a campaign against one's inner foes; it is a battle with obstacles, temptations, hardships and hesitations. These foes are within man and so, the battle has to be incessant and perpetual. Like the virus that thrives in the bloodstream, the vices of lust, greed, hate, malice, pride and envy sap the energy and faith of man and ruin him.

- BABA

Atma is the embodiment of bliss, peace and love, but, without knowing that all these exist in oneself, man seeks them from outside and exhausts himself in that disappointing pursuit. Birds that fly far from the mast of a ship on high seas have to return to that very mast, for they have no other place to fold their tired wings and rest. Devoid of this Jnana (spiritual wisdom), all efforts to seek spiritual bliss and peace will be futile.

- BABA

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Ba c'upo, ti si bila umna,od k'j si ale?
Kako pogodi deka sum gorda ego budala
So gjaolo tikvi zaedno da ne ste brale
Ta tipo ti ja otkril mojta tajna mala

No so e to e,Amerika e otkriena
To be an American I am proud
Nivata poseana vece e ozniena
Just whisper it,don't be so loud

No toa e premnogu gorda teza
Da tvrdis deka dva i dva se cetiri
Bidejki dodeka
Dvajca puljat,dvajca si se mezat
A trojca da slusaat kako eden sviri

Im se voshituvam na umovite mladi
Koga sakaat na odredena tema da filozofiraat
A jas kako mal uzivav da sobiram zeladi
Prirodnite ubavini i denes me fasciniraat

No,aj povtorno na temata da se vratime
A so bese temata,gordost,karma,sarma,mojot narod???
Tesko deka od MEJ TAPOV nesto ce sfatime
Pogresno seme sekogas nosi pogresen plod ili rod?

A koga gresime ako sme svesni
Toa e isto kako da ne gresime
Toa e isto kako da kradime,a sme cesni
Ili nekogo siluvame,a potoa go tesime

Demek si prajme MEJ TAP,so drugi zborovi receno
So raboti za koisto treba da sme ozbilni
Vadime nesto od furnata,zesko,ama nedopeceno
I gordo se rasfrlame so argumenti silni

Koj e maz neka mi dokazi deka 4=2+2
Jas be zenska,jas gordiot ego ludak
Seacot na ludila,sonuvacot na site zla
Jas ce ti iznesam argument mnogu jak

Prvo,ako sakas teza da postvis jasna
Bidi konkretna:na koja nauka se odnesuva
Bidejki si postavuvas zamka opasna
I odma zabuna vo dokazuvanjeto si vnesuvas

Dva i dva se cetiri,no samo vo MATEMATIKATA
Vo zivotot dva i dva se vece nesto drugo
Toa odamna go dokazala i statistikata
A samo Gospo znaj kolku c'osinja ima krugo

I dodeka lilith ja gotvi svojata sarma
A jas na Happy tezata i ja pobivam
Gordosta i natamu mi tvori losa karma
I na krajot pa jas podebelio kraj go dobivam

A caro,nalet so bil debel i imal golemi usi
Tuku imal i golema gla,grda brada i busava kosa
A na kralicata ocigledno deka glata i' tus'i
Mora da e nekoja plavusa,pardon,rusokosa

A,da ne zaboram,tipo i naocari nosel
I se kapel vo rekata barem ednas dnevno
No,tipo bil bogat,a niti seel, niti pak kosel
A dejstvieto se slucuvalo vo nekoe vreme drevno

E aj sega najdete mu go na pesnava moja krajo
Ova e samo kratok presek od siot MEJ TAP
Ova jas go narekuvam pekol srede rajo
A koj veli deka Mocart sega i ovde ne sviri RAP???

There is a technique by which the immortal Spirit can be discovered. Though it may appear difficult, each step forward makes the next one easier, and a mind that is made ready by discipline is able to discover the Divine basis of man and creation in a flash. There is no short-cut to this consummation. One has to give up all the tendencies that one has accumulated so far and become light for the journey. Lust, greed, anger, malice, conceit, envy, hate – all these tendencies have to be shed. It is not enough to listen to My discourses and count the number you have listened to. The only thing that counts is practising at least one of My teachings.

- BABA

The company of the good and the godly will slowly and surely reform and cleanse persons prone to stray away from the straight path towards self-realisation. Care must be taken to see that you select and stick to proper company. The Sathsang (holy company) that you join must be purer, more venerable and wedded to higher ideals than yourself. It must be qualitatively higher and greater than that in which you are now.

- BABA

God alone is the source and basis of bliss. Truth is the basis of God. Righteousness is the basis of truth. Love is the basis of righteousness. Faith is the basis of love. But man today has no faith. A person without Vishwasa (faith) is verily without Shwasa (breath). A faithless man is virtually a living corpse. Our ancient sages and seers therefore emphasised the need for faith in God. But man today has become virtually blind having lost his faith.

- BABA

Денови на искушение

кога ќе ме навјанат мисли одвратни и зли
кога ќе се испомешаат во мене пеколот и рајот
кога сите чувства ќе ми ги заробиш ти
кога уште на почетокот ќе сонувам за крајот

кога на клепките ќе ми се обесат мисли депресивни
кога самоубиството ќе го гледам ко единствен спас
кога болкава во срцево не ќе сака да ми стивни
кога на мртовците ќе почнам да им завидувам јас

кога од сон сладок ужасни мисли ќе ме будат
кога ќе зачука во мене срцето ко тапан
кога сите да ме смират ќе се трудат
кога од несеонца ќе бидам уморен скапан

кога од длабочините ќе ме зграпчат мисли блудни
кога ќе се обидат на дното да ме свлечат
кога сите секунди ќе ми станат часови судни
кога гол пред небото ќе посакаат да ме слечат

кога мислите подли ќе ми се нафрлат ко хиени
кога парче од срцето ќе се обидат да ми скинат
кога сите солзи од очиве мои ќе бидат излиени
кога ќе решат на правина мене да ме обвинат

кога лакомите мисли ко аждери ќе ме лапнат
кога и светлината ко црна дупка ќе ја третирам
кога врз срцево мое ко бесни ламји ќе стапнат
кога душава со љубов не ќе мом да ја смирам

кога завидливите мисли од зад ќош ќе се јават
кога моето и туѓото ќе им биде главана тема
кога над братската несреќа победа ќе слават
кога радосни ќе бидат кога некој нешто ќе нема

кога себичните мисли ронка леб од гладните ќе кријат
кога дури и ништото не ќе се волни да го дадат
кога крастите свои сами од себеси ќе си ги тријат
кога и она што го немам ќе посакаат да ми го украдат

кога мислите горди носот в небеси ќе го кренат
кога глупоста и бедата причини за фалба ќе ми бидат
кога градиве надуени сонцето ќе ми го засенат
кога ѕвездите од мене не ќе можат небото да го видат

кога ќе бидам распнат и со нив закован на крстот свој
кога не ќе знам шо ми е проблем, а шо ми е решение
кога од мене ќе потече отров, жолч, крв и гној
тогаш од Тебе О Господе Боже ќе побарам утешение

It is pure love that bestows liberation. You should endeavour to attain this holistic love. To attain liberation, people undertake all sorts of spiritual practices, but love is the undercurrent of all spiritual endeavours. Bhakti (devotion) is a spiritual practice based on love. Devotion is not merely singing Bhajans or performing sacred rituals. True devotion is a direct flow of selfless and unconditional love from your heart to God. In the spiritual practices that people undertake, there is some amount of selfishness. Offer your love to God devoid of the least trace of selfishness or desire. The annihilation of desire is verily liberation.

- BABA

Service to man is service of the Lord. That is the path of real Bhakti (devotion). For, what greater means can there be to please God than pleasing His children? The Purusha Sukta (a Vedic hymn) speaks of the Purusha or God as having a thousand heads, a thousand eyes and a thousand feet. That is to say, all are God. Though there are a thousand heads, there is no mention of a thousand hearts, there is only one heart. The same blood circulates through all the heads, eyes, feet and limbs. When you tend the limb, you tend the whole individual; when you serve man, you serve God.

- BABA

There is no discipline equal to service for smothering the ego and filling the heart with genuine joy. To condemn service as demeaning or inferior is to forgo these benefits. A wave of service, if it were to sweep over all lands, catching everyone in its enthusiasm, it would be able to wipe out the mounds of hatred, malice and greed that infest the world. Attune your hearts so that they will vibrate in sympathy with the woes of your fellowmen. Fill the world with love.

- BABA

The recognition of one's innate Divinity and the regulation of one's daily life in accordance with that Truth are the guiding stars for those who are caught in the currents and cross currents of strife and struggle. Without that Atma Jnana (spiritual awareness), life becomes a meaningless farce, a mockery. It is the acquisition of that awareness that makes life earnest, sweet and fruitful.

- BABA

Do all work as an offering to God; do not classify some as ‘my work’ and some as ‘His work’. All work is His; He alone exists, for all this manifold universe is but God seen through the mirror of Nature. Everything is for the attainment of the Supreme, and to be utilised for that purpose. Nothing is to be used as itself, for itself. For the followers of Sai, this is the proper way of life.

Baba

Do all work as an offering to God; do not classify some as ‘my work’ and some as ‘His work’. All work is His; He alone exists, for all this manifold universe is but God seen through the mirror of Nature. Everything is for the attainment of the Supreme, and to be utilised for that purpose. Nothing is to be used as itself, for itself. For the followers of Sai, this is the proper way of life.

Baba