Om Namo Sainathaya
How Lord Sainath Guides us!
DEAR CHILDREN
As the world enters another holiday season against the backdrop of a global pandemic, vacationing in distant lands may not be in the cards.
We usually seek places that are relaxing, enjoyable, and beautiful. Yet going on an outer vacation is often stressful. We have to earn money for the trip; book tickets; undergo the rigors of travel, find the right accommodations and food service. Often, we return from a vacation more exhausted than we had left.
However, there is still hope for a different kind of vacation that will leave us refreshed, rejuvenated, and happy. A vacation that will fill us with relaxation of our body, mind, and spirit, and put us into a state of tremendous love, joy and bliss. What would such a vacation look like?
What if we could experience a vacation that did not cost anything and in which we could instantly travel to and experience unimaginable vistas more beautiful than anything ever seen in this world? What if we could tap into a restful peace that washed away our troubles and stayed with us even when we returned from the journey? What if we could take this trip anytime we wanted, as many times as we wished, by just closing our eyes?
This journey is not imaginary. Many enlightened beings and spiritual masters have taken this inner vacation.
It is a vacation where we stay at home and spend our time with Lord Sainath. He is an ocean of joy, happiness, love, and bliss. To vacation with the Divine would be to swim in this ocean of happiness. Lord Sainath is available to all of us. It is simply a question of where we focus our attention. If we are continually distracted by the activities of the outer world, we will remain oblivious to the everlasting love and bliss of Supreme within us. Our true self, the soul, rejoices in closeness to Lord Sainath, and we can experience this through meditation.
People have been practicing meditation for centuries. Meditation has been proven to benefit both our bodies and minds. During the day our mind is filled with thoughts. When we sit for meditation and focus our attention, we begin to quieten the mind. We become at peace with ourselves and are not bothered by the problems around us. By meditating regularly, we develop sustained concentration. This increase in concentration coupled with reduced stress and tension, renewed energy, and improved relationships, helps us achieve success in our worldly activities. We become more efficient and productive and are better equipped to deal with life’s challenges.
Meditation is the art of inverting our attention from the world outside to that within. Sightseeing in the physical world may attract our senses with interesting and beautiful sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and feelings. Yet inner sightseeing dazzles us. The inner voyage thrills our soul with bliss, love and joy that far surpass any sensory delights experienced in this physical world. It empowers our soul, and we rise into dimensions of higher consciousness. The empowered soul a tremendous source of wisdom, love, and power. This is a purely spiritual experience.
So, this holiday season, rather than focus on the attractions of the outer world, why not take some time to meditate and focus on the joys of the inner world?
“If you recite ‘Sai, Sai,’ always, I will take you beyond the seven seas. If you believe in these words, you will be certainly benefited”. – (Chap 13, Ovi 11-13)
Yours SAI BABAly
THE SAI AURA TEAM
“You may ask where I am now and how I can meet you now. But I am within your heart, and we can meet without any effort”. – Shri Sai Baba (Chap 44, Ovi 162)
“Would you have the All? Then renounce all you have for the love of Him who is our All-in-All!”. – Shri Narasimha Swamiji
“What allures the sense is ugliness: what fascinates the soul is Beauty”. – Shri Radakrishna Swamiji
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