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Lend your hand to the helpless Treat the animals and birds with love Be kind even to the wicked Show your compassion for the sick and disabled Forgive even those who harmed youdon't speak ill of them, in their absence welcome even the unworthy and respect them Love even those who criticise you Feed the hungry bear with the faults of all Forget about them Share your riches with others.SAI SWARANJALI 257

Don't scoff at the beliefs of others Do your duty as a pleasure not as a compulsion Keep away from those who can not tolerate your existence Never prone to anger and excitement Don't be prejudiced against the wealth and well-being of others Never betray the faith of others kept in you Stand by piety Keep away from falsehood Do everything with the firm belief that I am with you. Proceed towards God and attain devinity.258 SAI SWARANJALI

Embellish your personality with humanism go on cultivating each virtue Get gradually my grace Later pace towards divinity step by step Each step you tread removes the fear of your being a man. It provides you the energyto transform yourself into God.SAI SWARANJALI 259

Let me the bridge between God and devotee Listen, I tell you how you can become God Listen about God Converse with God Search for God Crave for ending your pursuit by God Visualise God Listen to his words Start following him, Meditate upon him understand his all pervasiveness and get deliverence through it You are God yourself Gradually you come to know that you are none but God.260 SAI SWARANJALI

Though mind is one thoughts are many Tongue is one but languages are many The pair of hands is one but deeds are many The pair of eyes is one but many are the dreams The pair of ears is one but the 'leelas' they hear are many one is the pair of feet still innumerable the ways are Though the heart is one The manifestations of love are manyGod, in everything and everyone is one.SAI SWARANJALI 261

You feel agony As you don't trustme you feel envy As you think of me partisan you feel misery As you take your troubles to heart, to be real you are full of hatred As you have not changed your attitude you depend on others as you have no belief of my coming to your resque you seem to be depressed as you doubt my ability to restore justice to you you have become violent As divinity in you is absent That is why you make your character unchaste Assimiate confidence in me so that you are able to move Earth and Heaven.262 SAI SWARANJALI

The heart which knows only love which is alien to hatewhich responds to the problem of others which welcomes everything which recites my name which sings my fame can see all my manifestations That heart can be my darling That heart will be mine.SAI SWARANJALI 263

When you realise your errors you are eligible to repent Try to learn lessons from your faults They will lead you to perfection But thinking of yourself to be perfect is nothing but imperfection.264 SAI SWARANJALI

Truth is immutable It will be the same for ever Courage is its nature It is alien to fear Truth is simple It is not complex Truth is conquest It never faces defeat A falsehod weaves a nest of lies It makes you a prisoner It deceives others It attributes to you many faces Then you forget your real face So keep untruth awayproceed in the company of truth undaunted.SAI SWARANJALI 265

How do you want to mould your life? Never mould it as others want it to be Then you come to know that hoping for nothing is life I have given you this earth only to give to others Hope pains Giving cures it Hope causes despair Giving causes solace Hoping is human Giving is divine overcome humanity come near me with divinity.266 SAI SWARANJALI

You want a motivation' to cleanse yourself to launch the workIt is God who motivates you Make God your inspirationyour thoughts, words, deeds. All must be God. Make him your mother, father your life partner your target.SAI SWARANJALI 267

If you can reach God saying, \"I love god\" It means that You have burned your hatred you have overcome envy and prejudice you have suppressed your ego you have received God in all facets You have kept under control your senses, mind and intellect you have received Joy and grief with equal spirit You have peace of mind sans worries Then you donot need anyone except God you have no bond except that of your duty Every call in you, in the form of love experiences 'Me' Finally, you become God.268 SAI SWARANJALI

Learn to live with God Be aligned with him all the way Form a firm bond only with him Lead your life as per his ordersperfect yourself as a complete man you too become God.SAI SWARANJALI 269

With a mind sans desires With a state of confidence With a thought free mind With a heart filled with love Come to visit me Receive my blessings Come, come into my ship Let me accompany you in this Journey of peace.270 SAI SWARANJALI

Consider this birth valuable Consider this life precious Recognise the value of God within Realise, death is only for body Death can do nothing to soulwhich traverses from one birth to another soul is the dynamism of life, the ultimate God Let Him fill it in you Fill yourself in Him.SAI SWARANJALI 271

I respond When my voice echoes in your mind I respond When your eyes shed tears of love I respond When your tongue recites only my name I respond When your hands serve sans self I respond When your feet pace towards me I respond When the vibrations of your heart call me 'Sai-Sai'. I come melt in your love Bless you for your love I hope, I seek your love only Your love takes you to me bac.k272 SAI SWARANJALI

Be gentle with grace flow like a flower-PetalShine with the awarness of the DivineSpread Pure fragrance of pure love. Offer such flower to my feet Decorate me with it I honour you with the same.SAI SWARANJALI 273

Regulate your life with love Life is the root of love It is the basis of life Love itself is birth Life is its birth-place Love is your good nature Life is its vehicle Love is power Life is light Love life Live to love274 SAI SWARANJALI

If you proceed one step towards me It is hundred steps toward the Lord. If you look into my eyes It is getting the vision of the universe If you keep your head at my feet the divinity in you grows And the human nature comes down. If you listen to my wordsIt is reading the scriptures of all religions Come, Visit me Understand me Keep faith in me Start reading with my chapter first I help you complete the rest.SAI SWARANJALI 275

If you hesitate the least I will be away from you. If you fear the least I will be away from you If you feel the least angry I will be away from you If you envy the least I will be away from you But if you endeavour a little I will reach you I will lead you Save you. I wait for your little effort I ignore your complaints I respond to your unhypocratic-love to reach me.276 SAI SWARANJALI

I am walking among you to make you prosperous I came to give you the knowledge of the self I came to reach your real natureto strike a parellel betweenyou and the others aroundTo recognise the likeness between you and me Through you only.SAI SWARANJALI 277

Pray for the supreme blessing of my always being with you. Then you never feel the pain of seperation You can avoid the unnecessary journey and the resultant toil to reach me you can escape from mental agony and pressure never confine me to a single place know, I am all pervasive omnipresnet Realise, There is no distance between you and me.278 SAI SWARANJALI

You remember me only some times Pray me now and then crave for my presence not always Seek blessings not frequently But I must tell you something I want to be always with you If you too seek the same we are united.SAI SWARANJALI 279

If I want you will be before me instantly If I want You will be moulded wonderfully If I want You will attain the Lord soon If you want it You should melt my heart with devotion, love and selflessness The moment you touch the strings of my heart I will settle in your heart.280 SAI SWARANJALI

Keep faith in self-analasis That is the only way to 'see'God 'will' manifests itselfby tolerance and silent suffering when you are very close to your conscience God will be close to you.SAI SWARANJALI 281

In you and in all There is God Who appears Who speaks Who leads Who teaches Who loves If your entire will is pure If your entire mind is peaceful If your entire heart is love filled God manisfests himself before your Do away with your sloth Shed your mental obstructions Forget your likes and dislikes Awaken the God in you It is time you shone in the light of your divine being.282 SAI SWARANJALI

Your quest for God makes you pursue him you can not find him with sincerety in scarcity with firm resolution in absencewith softness and purity no more The more you know of him The more your quest for him The moment you find him your quest is quenched you attain peace.SAI SWARANJALI 283

Let not be victimised to the wrath that rise within It destroys everything in you. Ego and self-consciousness are the other forms of anger Every work done in anger burns you only you can not withdraw, during angry moments Even repentence can not be of use The harm caused by anger is long-lived It hurts even those who love you It makes you tired It subjects you to mental unrest Don't lose control on yourself Regulte your life Forget your physical body, your senses, your mind. Remember only 'Sai'.284 SAI SWARANJALI

Conquer your mind Your thoughts will be under your control Conquer peaceego bows down to you conquer ego It will be your slaveThen God will be yours.SAI SWARANJALI 285

Motivation is possible only by God's grace Let there be an aim behind your every work be motivated to reach your goal Motivation causes strong inclination on your part to fulfill the task assigned to you God is none other than perfect and flawless work It is he who motivates you to do it When God himself is your inspiration your work will be worship The endeavour towards the fulfillment of the duty assigned to you Devotion is nothing but the love you put into your work.286 SAI SWARANJALI

Your experiences about me should traverse from the past into the presentMoving there, they should go into future Age should advance not with time but with being nearer to God. You should grow beyond time, age and all barriers in your journey It is nothing but ignorance that demarcates your life.SAI SWARANJALI 287

Make me your mind Make me your heart keep away anxiety Remember me with peace of mind Then you are not overridden by thoughts your emotions do not affect you Let your duties and tasks be pleasant Make me the source of your life the oxygen of your breath Then the word 'you' loses its meening and 'I' reigns over there.288 SAI SWARANJALI

Come and sit at my feet You will get What you seek What you need there. My feet provide you everything that has been taken away from you by this world They give you peace and JoyTeach you the knowledge of the self come, sit at my feet Let me grant what you have lost with my grace and love you reborn in a new world The world is beautiful and joyful In it, you know you are myself and I am yourself.SAI SWARANJALI 289

Inspite of sever pain and acute agony And unbearable troubles Never be enamoured of your life you want to live long why? Question yourself which makes life so valuable Your body is the vehicle of your life Your life is your soul It is the part of God till this is aligned in the absolute your journey is incomplete so protect your body cleanse your conscience Expose the God within yourself Make your expedition complete.290 SAI SWARANJALI

Rebellion is easy endurance is difficult covering one's weakness is easy Revealing them is difficult Negating the Truth is easy Approving it is difficult wasting time is easy spending it with wisdom is difficult Finding fault with others is easy acknowledging thier merit is difficult Reading the scriputres is easy Practising them is difficult Complaining is easy Sacrificing is difficult Expecting is easy Offering is difficult Prayer is easy Submission is difficult It is human to chose an easy pathThe way to God is always good and correct But, it may be little laborious God sees only beauty God knows only Truth God enjoys only love I am the God speaking from every one of you Listen! Realise! Respond! be blessed!SAI SWARANJALI 291

The most powerful thing in the world is silence The best means of expression in all languages is silence It has no words It reveals everything Humility is its nature Its the indication of patience and endurance It is the symbol of high reverence It shows the approval of God's existence It reapes faith and submission It is the sword and submission It is the Sword drawn against anger It is the most powerful language of love It has no words Its deeds are constructive Speak soft Speak Sweet Speak only in need Spend your time in discharging your duty Spend your time with Him.292 SAI SWARANJALI

Suppress your mind Suppress your senses Suppress your desires In the cycle of life Supress yourselfExpreience the resultant pain The more the pain the nearer the JoyOnce everything is supressed in this cycle pain completely disappears 'you' never remian It is only God that remains Then joy follows you.SAI SWARANJALI 293

Let our dress be clean and well-knit Let our food be simple and soft Let our prayer not be showy and be devotional Let our deeds be soft and sweet Let our love be pure and selfless Let your call for me be gentle Let it come from the depths of your heart The gentler you are The fewer your woes The fewer the desires to be killed the slower the mind's pace unload your burdens Minimise collecting earthly things Learn giving away all you have Never receive anything that is lesser than my grace.294 SAI SWARANJALI

Know more about me I will make you laugh I will make you cry If you know meYou laugh and cry at the same time Yes, I have come to make you sane and make you realise the present sanity of yours is your real insanity.SAI SWARANJALI 295

My name searches for the soul My name removes the feeling of the body Let my name by your name Let my name be your first name My name replaces your body If God is before you Ego stands behind you As long as the body exists It bears its name The name of God exists as long as the soul within you exists Soul is immortal It is never destroyed.296 SAI SWARANJALI

Let every part of your life be a prayer for me Let your evey part be part of the prayer Let the prayer come out of your heart Arise out of the mind Submit from the soul Your words Your deeds Your thoughtsUse all to communicate with meyou will get the response of God God's glance guides youGod's smile removes your woes God's feet provides you all round protectionGods hands, being your cradle, carry you all along, the remaining way.SAI SWARANJALI 297

Though you lack in goodness Though your morality fades It is short-lived Believe me Take the diamond. falling on earth, collecting dust It may lose its splendour for the time-being But its real nature of shining is certain It is immutable Taking from the dust, cleaning it and enshining it It regains its splendour and sparkles You too are the same Though you swerve from your way for the time being your real nature is inherent in your inmost heart Then the guru is needed The Guru cleanses your impurities He keeps you off the dirty cloth of 'Maya' When light reflects upon the diamond It shines When the light of the guru flows on you Your real nature shines on the similar lines.298 SAI SWARANJALI

Sometimes I snatch your earthly riches Then you may feel I have punished you when the person you love leaves you for ever You may feel I am cruel But all these are my strategies to redirect your goalsto teach the vanity of your wealth to paralyse your emotions I want to divert you from your bad habits your only wealth is God your dear friend too.SAI SWARANJALI 299

Search for a mirror that reflects your face as my face my face as your face looking into my face putting your face into mine Real devotion gentle heart loving soul sacrificing body make you 'walking God' Gentleness is the beauty of God Divert yourself from you woes pace towards me step by step The reflection of yourself as myself and vice-versa is clearly seen in your every step.300 SAI SWARANJALI

Leave all your woes Leave all your frustrations Leave all your desires Leave all your bonds Leave all your insults Leave all your fears Leaving everything, come to meOverwhelm me with your humanism Get the peace within me My smile never leaves you your eyes always wait for me what is more, you will transform into me.SAI SWARANJALI 301

As you draw nearer to me You see my love for you, more and more As you draw nearer to me you get more energy As you draw nearer to me You get more peace By the time you reach me You want to be in my presence for ever The nearer you come The closer I will be Remove the veils that cover my existence in you Though we seem to be different We are all one-one being The bond of love keeps us all united To get that love Come to me, come closer to me.302 SAI SWARANJALI

Your struggle has just startedIf you invite me I will drive your chariot in this battle field Iam here to show you the way to defeat your enemies I tell you how you can control them forever If you want to control your enemies you should have a firm resolution not to yield to thier enticements If your intention is strong your enemies become weak soon your soul becomes powerful I will lead you to success Your enemies are your senses If you doubt me You will burn yourself in the fire of your desires that arise within you. If you avoid me only confusion remains, thoughout your life.SAI SWARANJALI 303

It is time that decides all Don't delay, complete the work in time If you delay in your payments I will delay in showering my grace to you. So learn to do things with curiousity worship your work Never be lazy Never be doubtful No hesitations, no dilemmas It is your firm resolution that is dear to me I will motivate the rest I stand before you to show the divinity in you. Recognise this fact Don't delay Time does not wait for you Labour for longevity It has no barriers It is beyond time.304 SAI SWARANJALI

Man should fulfill his duties With satisfaction, expecting no return Then only mind will be pious in which wisdom (finding the truth) andDetachment (not loving the falsehood) Sprout and ultimately lead to self-realisation unless the ego collapses unless Greed decays Unless mind discards desires Self-realisation does not materialise identifying the body with the self is a great illusion Getting attached to it is the cause of bondsLove and affection should be discarded to attain self-realisation.SAI SWARANJALI 305

We are subjected to many ups and downs in our daily life Pressure diverts our mind resulting in our lack of concentration on such occassions We should keep our mind peaceful concentrate on our diety The work done so is divine No work should be taken up in haste folly or ignorance is the root cause of many mishaps. Our results are based on our qualities Our means determine our results Those who take up their work planned, slow and well can get all kinds of wealth.306 SAI SWARANJALI