Bhagawan Baba’s New Year Message

“God’s Grace is like the shower of rain and the sunlight. You have to do some Sadhana (spiritual practice) to acquire it – the Sadhana of keeping a pot upright to receive the rain, the Sadhana of opening the door of your heart, so that the Sun may illumine it. Like the music that is broadcast over the radio, it is all around you but you must switch on your receiver and tune the identical wave-length so that you can hear it and enjoy it. Pray for Grace; do at least this little Sadhana. Grace will set everything right. Its main consequence is Atma Sakshatkara (Self-realisation) but there are other incidental benefits too, like a happy contented life, and a cool courageous temper established in unruffled Shanti (peace).

The main benefit of a jewel is personal joy but when one has come to the last coin in the purse, one can sell it and start life again! That is an incidental advantage. The plantain tree has the bunch of fruits as its main gift but the leaves, the soft core of the trunk and the flower bud are subsidiary items that can also be put to profitable use. This is the nature of Grace. It fulfils a variety of wants.” – Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba