Transcript 'HIS WORK' - Dharmakshetra

The Divine Guidance
Seva refines and perfects a human being and unfolds the
faculties of his mind and intellect. Seva, which provides
opportunities to express one’s human qualities,
ultimately leads one to the experience of the Divine.
Seva is the highest form of Sadhana to cross the ocean of
samsara and is superior to pilgrimage or penance or study
of scriptures. The world does not need your seva and it
does not come to an end without it. You have to render
seva for your own emancipation.
If you say that you are serving the society, then
the feeling arises that you are separate from the
society leading to the attendant problems of ego
that you are benefiting the society with your
services.
Therefore, it is absolutely essential to understand
that you are not separate from the society, and that
whatever you do to the society, you are doing it to
yourselves. You are doing seva only for
“Atmatripti” or the satisfaction of the self.
Life with SAI SEVA – Endless Hope !
Life without SAI SEVA – Hopeless End !
Practise in all your activities the five Ds – Dedication, Devotion,
Discipline, Discrimination and Determination – which constitute
the five pranas, the five live forces, of seva to mankind.
What needs to be dedicated in doing any work is the “ego”;
since it comes in the way of the proper use of one’s intellect
There are eight types of pride – the ashta madas – which nourish and sustain
the ego. They are related to one’s education, caste, religion, wealth, power and
position, physical beauty, youth and scholarship.
True devotion is propitiation of the all – pervasive Divinity through seva. Devotion
does not mean merely worship, chanting and meditation, Devotion should lead to
effacement of the ego.
Discipline should be an integral part of your lives.
It is impossible to do any work without adherence
to discipline. The entire nature is bound by
discipline
In your spiritual practices and in the organization,
rules and regulations should be observed uniformly
with discipline in all the States. Your disciplined
behaviour should attract people to our organization
Your discrimination between good and bad, or right and wrong, or beneficial and
harmful, should be based on your conscience and not an your mind. Conscience
comes from consciousness which is all pervasive.
When your discrimination is based on your conscience, it will provide you right
answers when you are in doubt. All work is done through the body-senses –mindintellect complex, which is known as the “conscious”.
It is essential to make the “conscience” direct the ‘conscious’ in the performance
of all the activities.
Discrimination based on your conscience will grant you self-confidence, which in
turn leads you to self-satisfaction. But if one has to cultivate self-sacrifice,
determination is a must. Only self – sacrifice can take you to the goal of self –
realization.
The five D’s are interrelated and complementary to one another; their practice can
transform the human to the Divine.
Unity and harmonious effort are the basic requirements of seva. Every Sevak should
have :
i) determination to achieve the objective,
ii) unconditional love and
iii) freedom from the ego.
Spirituality should be the basis of all your activities. You have to note that it is
spirituality and not religion. Spirituality is the common core of all religions. When
you practise spirituality, you derive Divine strength. Love for God is the foundation
of spirituality.
You should consider Sai Organisation as your own. The work of the organization
should become as important as your personal work. The opportunity to serve in this
organization has been secured by you by merit earned in several lives. It is your
birthright to serve through this organization and become ideals for others in the
society,
There should be mutual respect among the members of the organization.
The office-bearers should not consider themselves
superior to others. In fact, all are active workers.
Everyone must work according to one’s ability,
expertise and suitability.
You must continue to love the organization,
whether you remain an office – bearer or not. Do
not aspire to become a leader, but become a true
servant. Only service will confer on you the
authority to lead.
Lakhs of devotees come to Prasanthi Nilayam but they feel that they are separate
from the organization
All the office – bearers and members of the organizations should strive to make it
possible for all the devotes to join the organization and participate in its activities.
Our organization is a worldwide family . Everyone has the right to partake of the
bliss that is being showered by God. Welcome everyone into the fold of the
organization .
It is not necessary to do service on a large scale; what is more important is the
purity of thought and heart in all that we do. Service should be undertaken keeping
in mind the circumstances and availability of resources.
Peace is not a gift from God; it depends on your thoughts and action. When your
heart is filled with love for all ,you enjoy peace. Therefore, love all and serve all.
The individual transformation is the key to the transformation of the world. If man
becomes good and ideal, the world will become happy and prosperous. Mere
economic and social change without spiritual transformation will not bring
happiness to society.
Therefore, the Sai organization should
have spiritual transformation as its
ultimate goal and it should strive for
changing the hearts of the people.
Sacrifice is absolutely essential to bring about
the change of heart. Such sacrifice will confer
on you happiness and bliss. What should be
sacrificed are not property, belongings
and money, but desire, anger and greed; because
desire destroys devotion, anger destroys wisdom
and greed destroys one’s work .
What is needed is not prachar (propaganda ), but achar (practice) of values. Only
when we do what we say, will there be the desired impact on the society.
Devotion to God should be firmly established inside before one tries to propagate it
outside.
The world is watching the activities of the organization very keenly. Hence, it is
absolutely essential for the members of the organization to behave properly both in
their public and private lives.
There should be clear and proper communication among all the wings and all the
members of the organization from the top to the bottom. There should be
continual mutual consultations for improving the quality of service.
Service is the summum bonum of the organizations. You can experience Divine
Bliss through selfless and loving service.
The service that you render through the organization will secure for you the love of
the Divine which will confer on you three benefits – fearlessness, selflessness and
pure love for one and all.
Sai does not need any service from you. His mission will go on whether you do
any service or not. I will not gain anything by your service or I will not lose
anything if you do not do any service. The loss and gain are only for you.
What you gain by your participation in the mission is Divine Grace, joy and
delight. Do not lose the great opportunity that has come your way. Sanctify your
lives through your dedicated service
Pranaams at the Divine
Lotus Feet of our Lord
JAI SAIRAM