THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
When Jesus was born three wise men followed a star to reach his place of birth. Seeing the new-born babe they bowed to the divine child in their hearts. One sage told Mary: "He loves God." The second sage said: "God loves him." The third man said: "He is God." What is the inner significance of these three pronouncements about Jesus? The first statement implies that Jesus is a messenger of God. A messenger may love his master, but the master may not so easily love his messenger. The second statement implies that he is the son of God, for a father loves his son most dearly. The third statement proclaims the unity of the Father and Son. It means that as the Son of God he is entitled to ascend to his Father's place.
-BABA

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
We should do our might to enhance the reputation of our country, its culture, and language. But, let not that pride lead you to dislike other languages and cultures. The languages by which thoughts are expressed may be varied, but the thoughts, emotions and feelings are the same. The language of the heart is the same, but when it comes to the tongue, it may take various forms.
-BABA

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Education has to cultivate humility and discipline; but today it is yielding a harvest of pride and envy. ‘Vidya’ means: ‘vid’ (Light) and ‘ya’ (that which gives). So education has to shed light and illumine the darkness in the mind and the intellect. It does not indicate mere bookish knowledge. It has to clarify the kinship of man with man and his intimate relationship with nature. It must harmonize one's earlier experiences with one's present ones, and guide one to profitable and beneficial experiences in the future. It must validate the knowledge gained from these books by these experiences and in the process make man grow, until he becomes Divine.
-BABA

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
A time honoured proverb says "Na Sukhaath Labhyathe Sukham" - Real and lasting happiness cannot be won through physical pleasures. Lasting happiness can come only by the discipline of the mind and faith in the Lord which cannot be diminished by good or bad fortune. Man has to use the power of discrimination given to him to fight the evil forces within him and to foster the Divine elements in him by his own effort, by listening to the voice of his conscience. Man has to use the freedom to discriminate between right and wrong, good and evil.
-BABA

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
The Atma is unaffected by any subject or object. Even if the senses, mind, intelligence are inactive, that will not affect the Atma. They have nothing to do with the Atma, which you really are. To know the Atma as such an entity, unaffected and unattached is the secret of Jnana (wisdom). Man is fundamentally happy and healthy. His nature is joy. So when he is happy and healthy, no one is surprised or worried. But, grief and sorrow are strange to his make-up. They are the result of a delusion that has overwhelmed his nature. So people get worried and set about finding out how he got so deluded.
-BABA

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
You must practice moderation in food, sleep and exercise. Good food taken in moderate quantities at regular intervals; that is the prescription. Sathwic food promotes self-control and intelligence more than Rajasic and Tamasic. Sleep too, must be regulated and moderated; it is as important as work and food. The food must be clean and pure and derived through pure means, and the strength derived from it must be directed towards holy ends.
-BABA

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Life is a mosaic of pleasure and pain - grief is an interval between two moments of joy. Peace is the interlude between two wars. You have no rose without a thorn; the diligent picker will avoid the pricks and gather the flowers. There is no bee without the sting; cleverness consists in gathering the honey nevertheless. Troubles and travails will haunt you. But you must not allow them to deflect you from the path of duty and dedication. The world today is afflicted with anxiety, fear, depression, hatred, greed and suspicion. The only way the world can be set right is for man to realise his high destiny; for every man yearns for two boons - attainment of joy and escape from sorrow.
-BABA

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Life sustained by food is short; life sustained by the Atma is eternal. Do not lay claim to long life; but to Divine life. Do not pine for more years on earth, but for more virtues in the heart. The Buddha knew and made known to the world, the Truth. Everything is grief. Everything is empty. Everything is ephemeral and polluted. So the wise man has to do the duties assigned to him with discrimination, diligence and detachment. Play the role but keep your identity unaffected.
-BABA

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Man will never gain happiness by giving a free rein to his senses. Man allows the mind - mere bundle of thoughts and desires - to guide his actions, instead of the intellect, which can discriminate, probe and analyse. While the mind will follow blindly every whim and fancy, the intellect helps man to identify one's duty and responsibility. Two things are essential for happy life: Dhaanya and Dhyana- Dhaanya or grains for sustenance of the body and Dhyana or contemplation of the Lord and merging in His glory.
-BABA

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
You are all endowed with Viveka (discrimination), you have a conscience whispering Dharma (righteousness) into your ear; so you are to select and choose yourself. Polish your mind and the sublime grandeur of the Lord will be reflected in your heart. Just as you feed the body and care for its upkeep and maintenance, the Chitta (consciousness), the Buddhi (intellect) have also to be fed with good nourishing food. If you don't, then they will be hungry and run after all kinds of foul food. Give them proper nourishment and they will function well, which is to illumine the Atma and help you realize that the Atma is in all.
-BABA

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
If a man wishes to be happy, the first exercise he must do is to remove from his mind every bad thought, feeling and habit. Grief and joy are obverse and reverse sides of the same experience. Joy is when grief ends; grief is when joy ends. What exactly is grief? It is merely a reaction to the loss of something gained or the failure to gain something desired. Therefore, the only way to escape grief and sorrow is to conquer desire for the illusory. The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes but in liking what one has to do. Whatever work you have to do, you should do it with pleasure and liking.
-BABA

дојдов

дојдов како немирен гром
од небесните височини
и удрив в коприви
се изџаркав
од лутината
со сопствените зборови
убивав
не дека ме разбраа
што им зборувам
мислеа дека сум вулгарен
хахаха
само така сакав да им изгледам ним
на слабите по дух
тие не знаат дека јас сум игра
и глумец
тие никогаш нема да ги разберат
моите улоги
одиграни
и
неодиграни
моите ликови се тајна
сама по себе
цврст сум
и неспокоен
корнам
и разнебитувам
мрак
осветлувам
со гром
во срцето
шива и христос
истовремено
непристоен сум
распучин ми е прабрат
не ме читајте
не сум за вас
не ви припаѓам вам
просечните
мојата мисла е двобој
разорен сум
разорувам
длабоко
нагонски
инстинктивно
бојам со црнила
за да ве освежам
вас мртовците
не ви се бендисува
а?
оштро
и ниско
болно
вам ионака зборот
ништо не ви значи
а јас
јас можам да бидам
и возвишен
и вулгарен
зашто можам
даено ми е
еднаш сакав да ви се приближам
далеку бев
далеку с-ум
не ги поимате
моите тетеравења
моите митарења
моите премрежија
јас сум луд
и моето лудило има ред
длабок
совршен
интелигентен
ве прочитав
и ве изброив
на прсти
и право да ви кажам
не ме бендиса
скорот
останавте
буквална
статистика
во зеницата на денот
не дека не ве сакам
ве сакам
и затоа ме боли
душава
бидејки зборот
ми е ѕверски
отровен
намерно
за да се одбиете
од него
и да се оддалечите од мене
немате аир
и ако ме разберете
нема да ме сфатите
ќе ме осудите
таква ви е
структурата
ментална
затоа ви го извадив ножот
од корици
и ви го забодев
в глава
в мозок
во умот
ве преполовив
надве
ви го пресеков
corpus calosum
сега сте
две
одвоени
хемисфери
СДСМ и ВМРО
племе
диво
месо
сфатив дека
не ве бива
и ве бива
за едно
кочоперење
вие сте сезнајни
а јас
јас сакам
да ви се курчам
затоа и ве залажав
паднавте
избегавте
од мојата вулгарност
беден е по дух
човеков
помисливте
во умовите свои
скудни
а јас
јас ги ништам
со погрдни зборови
скотовите
кои не ме признаваат
за жив
МАКЕДОНЕЦ
ги рокам
ама џабе
нивното лудило е
поголемо
од моето
а вашето?
грмнав тука
во вас
како гром
од небеста
божји
в коприви
и се изџаркав
од лутината
на моите
зборови
а сакав
сакав да побарам
милост
и
прошка
за вас
од мене
и од него
но...
и тоа не го разбравте
зашто сте пијани
опиени
од глупоста
и бедата
фатиле длабоки
корени
во вашите срца
и
само вие
можете да ги
откорнете
јас не ви помагам
знам
ама
не можам
не сте спремни
не сакате
не се сакате
самите себеси
и тоа е
вашето
најголемо
проклетство
дојдов
а сега
си одам
пријатно

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Sorrows and disasters are the clouds that flit across the sky; they cannot injure the blue depths of space of faith. Look upon joy and sorrow as teachers of hardihood and balance. Grief is a friendly reminder, a good taskmaster, even a better teacher than joy. Do not flinch in the face of grief. Welcome the test because thereafter you are awarded the certificate. It is to measure your progress that tests are imposed.
-BABA

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Those who seek to impart the values of Sathya (Truth), Dharma (Righteousness), Shanti (Peace), Prema (Love) and Ahimsa (Non-violence) to others, must try first to practise them themselves whole-heartedly. To imagine that values can be installed by teaching is a mistake. Such learning will have no permanent effect. Educationists must take note of this fact. If transformation is to be effected in students, the process must start from a very early age.
-BABA

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
So long as man lives a life devoted to objective pleasures and objective victories, he cannot escape sorrow, fear and anxiety. There is no object without fault or failing; there is no pleasure that is unmixed with pain; there is no act that is not tainted with egoism. So be pure and develop detachment, which will save you from grief. The sorrows of life cannot be ended through hatred and injustice; these will only breed more of the same species. The sorrows will yield only to nobler and higher thoughts and experiences germinating from the pure heart, where the Lord resides.
-BABA

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
We should do our might to enhance the reputation of our country, its culture, and language. But, let not that pride lead you to dislike other languages and cultures. The languages by which thoughts are expressed may be varied, but the thoughts, emotions and feelings are the same. The language of the heart is the same, but when it comes to the tongue, it may take various forms.
-BABA

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Everything is constantly changing in the world. This ever-changing world is based upon the unchanging Divine. It is only when the Aadhaara (Divine basis) is understood can one derive bliss from the experience of what is based on it. In whatever action men do and whatever paths they pursue, they should be conscious of the Divine. The chief source of Ananda (bliss) is dedication to God; nothing else can give that genuine and lasting joy. Become conscious of your kinship with the Lord. That kinship is not a mere fancy or a faked theory. It has come down since ages, from the beginning of time itself. It will persist till the very end of time.
-BABA

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Delusion causes evil feelings to arise in your heart and mind. One may be evil-minded, yet with the blessings of elders and in the company of noble souls, one can easily get rid of evil tendencies and develop virtues. People undertake various spiritual practices to attain divinity. Thyaja Durjana Samsargam; Bhaja Sadhu Samagamam; Kuru Punyam Ahorathram; Smara Nityam Anityatham (Shun bad company; seek good company, perform righteous deeds always and discriminate between the permanent and the ephemeral).
-BABA

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Creation has to be viewed as a Cosmic Stage. God is the director and dramatis personae in this play. He assigns all the roles of the characters in the play. All creatures in the world are manifestations of the Divine. The good and evil in the world are expressions of the Divine consciousness. Man should not be misled by these expressions. Behind all the various actions of the actors, the Divine director is at work. It should be realised that though names and forms may vary, languages and nationalities may be different, the human race is one in its divine essence.
-BABA

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
You must become like the flute in the Lord's hands. Let the breath of the Lord pass through you, producing delightful music that melts the hearts of everyone. Surrender yourself to Him; become hollow, i.e., egoless; then He will Himself come and pick you up caressingly and apply you, the flute, to His lips and blow His sweet breath through you. Allow Him to play whatever song He likes.
-BABA

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Man has to understand that he is the cause of his own happiness or misery, and that all he seeks or loves are not for their sake, but for his own sake. Hence, he has to understand by deep inquiry his own true nature. Realising the ephemeral nature of all worldly objects, man should recognise that enduring happiness can be got only by developing love for God. I do not condemn worldly happiness. I feel glad when people are happy. But, please do not believe that this happiness is permanent.
-BABA

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
If we sow a thought today, we reap an act tomorrow. If we sow an act today, we reap a habit tomorrow. If we sow a habit today, we reap a character tomorrow. If we sow a character today, we reap a destiny tomorrow. You do not lose much if a finger is so damaged that it needs to be cut off. The body can still function and be a fit instrument. Even if you lose a limb, you can function and benefit with the help of your other faculties. But if you lose your character, then everything is lost. The crisis of character which is at the root of all the troubles everywhere, has come about as a result of the neglect of this aspect of education. Wisdom thrives when man is afraid of vice and sin and is attached to the Divine.
-BABA

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
There is in everyone a spark of Truth; no one can live without that spark. There is in everyone a flame of Love; life becomes a dark void without it. That spark, that flame is God, for He is the source of all Truth and all Love. Man seeks the Truth; he seeks to know the reality because his very nature is derived from God who is Truth. He seeks Love, to give it and share it, for his nature is God and God is Love.
-BABA

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
The secret of peace lies in service and love towards all beings. The best form of service is to promote the growth of sages and seekers who are the practitioners of the good life. Do not speak disparagingly of the servants of God; do not obstruct the charity of the generous; do not discourage the study of the scriptures even if you cannot promote any of them.
-BABA

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Gratitude is a supreme virtue. Ingratitude is a grievous sin. There is no means of atonement for the ungrateful person. A man without this supreme virtue of gratitude is worse than a cruel animal. Having received his wealth, education and skills from society, if he does not serve the cause of society, his wealth, education and skills are but a sheer waste. Man is a creature of society and owes everything to society. If you wish to safeguard your future, you have to be grateful to those who have helped you in your difficult times and enabled you to obtain your personal needs.
-BABA

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Moral and spiritual values have to be honoured as much as, if not more than, economic and material values. Life must be a harmonious blend of these values with emphasis on moral strength. The honour of a nation depends on the morality of that nation. A nation without morality will be doomed. Morality has to be grown in the heart by feeding it with love. Then only can we have justice, security, law and order. If love declines among the people, nations will weaken and mankind will perish.
-BABA

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
When man thinks, speaks and acts along virtuous lines, his conscience will be clean and he will have peace. Whoever subdues his egoism, conquers his selfish desires, destroys his bestial feelings and impulses and gives up the natural tendency to regard the body as self, is surely on the path of Dharma. He knows that the goal of Dharma is the merging of the wave in the sea; the merging of the self in the Higher self.
-BABA

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Creation has to be viewed as a Cosmic Stage. God is the director and dramatis personae in this play. He assigns all the roles of the characters in the play. All creatures in the world are manifestations of the Divine. The good and evil in the world are expressions of the Divine consciousness. Man should not be misled by these expressions. Behind all the various actions of the actors, the Divine director is at work. It should be realised that though names and forms may vary, languages and nationalities may be different, the human race is one in its divine essence.
-BABA