Monthly Archive: March 2005

Idol Worship and God’s Omnipresence

One kind word pleases everybody Why, then, should you be miserly in soft speech? By pleasing words, all beings are happy Therefore, speak lovingly always Why be chary in the use of kind words?

“Get Up! Get Up!!”

On the morning of December 1, 1988, I sat watching in ecstasy, as Sathya Sai Baba made His rounds of the darshan [public audience] area, accepting a letter or two here, manifesting vibhuti [sacred

Vibhuti in the Wound

Sergeant D. S. Kadam, aged 34, was in the Ordinance Section of the Indian Army. On the 18th of October 1968, he sustained at very close range a gunshot injury on his left leg,

The Swing of the Pendulum

Baba often uses the analogy of the swing of the pendulum to describe the state of our mind. In the interview room, He says with deep sympathy, “Your mind is like the pendulum; it

How to Interact With Each Other

Question: Swami, You are unique in explaining both the components of our life, the spiritual and the physical. You alone can do it in this world. It is most necessary that we mix with

Meditation an Inner Enquiry

To get at the core of God at His greatest, one must first get into the core of himself at his least, for no one can know God who has not known himself. After