Thought of the Week

georgie2012 — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:53:56 +0000

Why should we respect every religion?
We may each have different ideas on the nature and characteristics, the form and attributes of God. One person may believe that God has the qualities and form of humans. Another may believe in a God devoid of human form and signs but yet manifesting in embodiments. Another may believe in God as altogether formless. Every one of these can find in the Vedas declarations supporting their stands. For all have faith in God, that is to say, in a mysterious Sakthi (power) which is the source, support and sustenance of all, a Power which subsumes all.
-SSSB
Namaste,
Georgie Ayala

Thought of the Week

georgie2012 — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:47:02 +0000

Students should acquire human values, in addition to their scholastic, intellectual and other attainments. It is the decline in human values that accounts for the degradation of human beings in the country today.

Practise any one of the human values. Prema (love) is the basis for all the values. Action with love is right conduct. Speak with love and it becomes truth. Thinking with love results in peace. Understanding with love leads to non-violence. For everything love is primary. Where there is love there is no place for hatred.

-SSSB

Namaste,

Georgie Ayala

Thought of the Week

georgie2012 — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:25:23 +0000

Progress in devotion or meditation means the attainment of concentration. Never lose the sight of the Divine Form which you have pictured for yourself. Don’t allow the mind to wander on distractions. Be convinced that the distractions of sight and sound are designed to scatter your attention away from the Divine Form. Be on your guard, do not be deluded and never forget the auspicious form. Picture in yourself the Divine Lord, in whom is immersed all creation. What you will experience and when depends upon His Grace. Your mission is to practice one-pointed concentration on Him. It does not depend upon the length of time, or the number of births you have taken. Some may realize the goal even in a few days. It completely depends upon your dedication, devotion and relentless practice. The time cannot be calculated or reasoned out. It is all His Grace.

-SSSB

Namaste,

Georgie Ayala

Thought of the Week

georgie2012 — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:52:22 +0000

Be always in the company of devotees of God. Through this Sathsang (good company), Viveka (discrimination) and Vairagya (detachment) will be inculcated in you. These qualities will strengthen the spirit and endow you with inner peace. If the mind is subdued, that alone is enough; it is not then necessary to conquer the external senses. If the mind has no attachment to the sense objects, the senses have nothing to cling on to and they become powerless; likes and dislikes are both starved out of existence. The bonds with the objective world are cut, though the senses may still be affected by it. For him who has been blessed by the awareness of the Atma, how can anything worldly bring grief or joy?

-SSSB

Namaste,

Georgie Ayala

Thought of the Week

georgie2012 — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:37:22 +0000

Believe in yourself first. Then believe in the Omnipresent Lord. When you have faith in these two, neither the good nor the bad will affect you. When one is deluded by the mere external world and when one does not attain success in external desires, the faith in the Lord diminishes. So, give up such desires. Desire only for the spiritual relationship. Then you will not become the target of doubts and difficulties. The important thing for this is faith in the Lord. Without Faith, you start doubting everything - big and small.

-SSSB

Namaste,

Georgie Ayala

Thought of the Week

georgie2012 — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:19:51 +0000

Control your emotions. Develop Love. Do not entertain evil thoughts. Nothing can confer the experience of bliss that the proximity of God gives. Love all and all will love you. Share your love even with your pet animals and you can see how they reciprocate your love. Yad Bhavam, Tadh Bhavathi. (As you think, so you become). You are bound to experience the reflection, reaction and resound of your feelings, be they good or bad. If you see bad in others, it is a reflection of your own bad feelings. It is a mistake to blame others ignoring your own faults. Purify your feelings as a first step as quickly as you can.

Chant God’s Name and make your heart sacred.

- SSSB

Namaste,

Georgie Ayala

Thought of the Week

georgie2012 — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 15:21:20 +0000

If your foot slips, you earn a fracture; if your tongue slips, you fracture some one’s faith or joy. That fracture it can never be set right; that wound will fester forever. The softer you talk, the less you talk, the sweeter you talk, the better for you and the world.

- SSSB

Namaste,

Georgie Ayala

Thought of the Week

georgie2012 — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:22:32 +0000

Take an ordinary postal envelope. Upon it, in golden ink, write the address of a person in artistic calligraphy. Insert a beautiful worded letter full of amazing sentiments, and drop it into a postbox. What happens to it? It will not move even a yard away! Now take a simple post card, scribble unimpressive things with no special care, affix a stamp, an address and drop it into the box. What happens? The artistically ornamental envelope is inert, while the inartistic cheap document travels a thousand miles towards the person indicated. Therefore, whatever may be the uniqueness, importance or attractiveness, the service that you do can yield no fruit if it is done without a pure chiththa

(thought or intention).

SSSB

Namaste,

Georgie Ayala

Thought of the Week

georgie2012 — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:09:48 +0000

Turn inwards to acquire awareness of the Divine!

- SSSB

Namaste,

Georgie Ayala

Thought of the Week

georgie2012 — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:58:15 +0000

Iron turns into rust if it seeks the company of soil. It glows, softens and takes on useful shapes, if it enjoys the company of fire. Dust can fly if it chooses the wind as its friend. It has to end as slime in a pit, if it prefers water. It has neither wing nor foot, yet it can either fly or walk, rise or fall, according to the friend it selects. Knowing this truth, a great saint, Kabir once said. “Here are my prostrations to the good, Here are my prostrations to the bad.” When asked why he offered prostrations to the bad, he said, “My prostrations to the bad, so that they may leave me alone. I do the same before good, so that they might remain near me always.” You are shaped by the company you keep.

-SSSB

Namaste,

Georgie Ayala