THOUGHT FOR THE DAY as written at Prasanthi Nilayam Today
It is true that milk contains butter; sesame seeds contain oil; cane
yields sugar. But by merely holding milk in the hand, you cannot get butter;
filling the lamp with sesame seeds you cannot light the wick, shaking the cane
will not result in a shower of sugar. By placing sweets on a plate in front of
you and reciting 108 times "sweets, sweets.." can your tongue relish it?
Similarly you study many holy books, and chant mantras and hymns. Of course,
the time spent in these activities is thereby rendered holy. But, these are not
helping you to transform the work you are engaged in into an offering
acceptable to God. Are you putting into practice at least one percent of what
you read or recite? Mere reading and singing will not free you from the cycle
of birth and death. God has to be planted firmly in the mind, the omnipresent
God has to be enshrined in the heart; God has to flow with the blood in the
veins. God has to be visualised through the inner eye.
BABA
