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<http://www.ssso.net/pnews-2015/SSSVVProg-02.jpg> <http://www.ssso.net/pnews-2015/SSSVVProg-03.jpg> <http://www.ssso.net/pnews-2015/SSSVVProg-04.jpg> <http://www.ssso.net/pnews-2015/SSSVVProg-05.jpg> <http://www.ssso.net/pnews-2015/SSSVVProg-06.jpg> <http://www.ssso.net/pnews-2015/SSSVVProg-07.jpg> <http://www.ssso.net/pnews-2015/SSSVVProg-08.jpg> Celebrating 5 Years of Divine Inspiration "There is the essence of celebration all around. All our brothers and sisters are burning the midnight oil to shape up a performance that will be remembered for years to come. Entire Prashanti Nilayam wears a festive look. All Roads have started leading in just one direction - Puttaparthi. On this momentous and joyous ocassion It gives us great pleasure and utmost happiness in inviting all of you for the <https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/5thanniversarycelebrationsofsssvv?source=feed_text&story_id=956041431151662> #5thAnniversaryCelebrationsOfSSSVV. Programmes galore that include a massive rally involving over a 1000 children, an Exhibition and a cultural drama all to be staged in Swami's Divine Presence. Please do come to Prashanti Nilayam with your family and partake Swamis Divine Blessings. Heartfelt Prayers to Our Beloved Lord to shower His Divine Blessings on all of us." Jai Sai Ram <https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/90thbirthdaycelebrationsofswami?source=feed_text&story_id=956041431151662> <http://www.ssso.net/pnews-2015/SI281015.jpg> You have had the valuable opportunity to listen to Divine discourses and directions, they have been printed upon your hearts; many of your conversations is centered on Me or on My divine play (leelas) and glory (mahima). My advice to you is...: Apply this adoration in your life. Let your companions see how disciplined you are, how sincerely you obey your parents, and how deeply you revere your teachers. Be a light, radiating virtue and self-control wherever you live, just as commendably as you did when in My divine presence. Do not slide back into indiscipline, bad manners, irresponsibility and evil habits. Do not complain against food; eat with pleasure whatever you get. Do not protest against any errand that your parents may assign you. Run gladly and fulfil it. When they want you to nurse them, do it happily, intelligently, and feeling glad that you got the chance. Live anywhere but such that I can pour My Grace on you, more and more. - Divine Discourse, 22-Feb-1968. I am with you, in you, above you, behind you, guarding, guiding and protecting you. I know all your thoughts, words and deeds. -BABA. <http://www.ssso.net/pnews-2015/SI271015.jpg> Some might question, “Women who have swallowed all the compunctions of modesty are being honoured today! They strut about with heads erect, and the world honours them not a whit less. How is that so, if modesty is all important?” I hav...e no need to acquaint Myself with these activities of the present-day world. I do not concern Myself with them. They may receive honour and respect of a sort, but the respect is not authorized or deserved. When honour is offered to the undeserving, it is tantamount to insult; to accept it when offered is to demean the very gift. It is not honour but flattery that is cast on the immodest by the selfish and the greedy. A modest woman will never crave honour or praise. Her attention will always be on the limits that she should not transgress. Honour and praise come to her unasked and unnoticed. The honey in the flower or lotus does not crave for bees; so too is the relationship with a cultured woman who knows her limits and the respect she evokes and deserves. - Dharma Vahini, Ch 4. Be clear and content. Be moderate and wise. Be vigilant and steady. Be earnest and sweet.-BABA. <http://www.ssso.net/pnews-2015/SI261015.jpg> These days virtue is becoming rare at all levels - in the individual, family, society and community, and also in all fields of life - economic, political and even 'spiritual’. Life must be spent in accumulating and safeguarding virtue, not riches. Listen and ruminate over the stories of the great moral heroes of the past, so that their ideals may be imprinted on your hearts. There is also a decline in discipline, which is the soil on which virtue grows. Each one must be respected, whatever be their status, economic condition or spiritual development; else there will be no peace and happiness in life. This respect can be aroused only by the conviction that the same Real Self (Atma) that is in you is playing the role of the other person. See that Divinity (Atma) in others; feel that they too have hunger, thirst, yearning and desires as you have, develop sympathy and the anxiety to serve and be useful to everyone. - Divine Discourse 22 Feb 1968. Cultivate not riches, comforts and luxuries but divine virtues. -BABA <http://www.ssso.net/pnews-2015/SI251015.jpg> Modesty is essential for woman. Overstepping the limits of modesty is against her innate dharma; crossing its limits brings about many calamities, including destroying the very glory of womanhood. Without modesty, woman is devoid of beauty and culture. Absence of modesty makes the life of a woman, however rich in othe...r accomplishments, a vacuum. Modesty lifts her to the heights of sublime holiness. Modesty is a blend of these qualities - humility, purity of thought and manners, meekness, surrender to high ideals, sensitivity and sweetness of temper. It is the most invaluable of all jewels for women. Through her innate sense of propriety, a modest woman will ever keep within limits. She becomes automatically aware which behaviour is proper and which is not. Modesty is the true test of a woman’s grandeur. A modest woman will stick only to virtuous deeds and behavior, and will wield authority in the home and outside, in the community as well as in the world. - Dharma Vahini, Ch 4. Modesty is the most precious and priceless jewel for any woman. -BABA -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "saimsg" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
