Monday, September 3, 2007

Sai Inspires - 3rd September 2007




When dirty water gets mixed with milk, the milk has to be boiled to make it pure. Likewise man has to undertake various types of Sadhana to purge his heart of impurities. Exercises such as meditation, chanting, etc. can only provide mental satisfaction. It is only when the heart is melted in the heat of Divine love that one can succeed in getting rid of bad qualities and make the heart shine in its pristine effulgence. Just as the sun's rays can burn a heap of cotton if the rays are concentrated by passing through a lens, the rays of the intellect will destroy one's bad qualities only when they are passed through the lens of Divine love.



Ketika air yang kotor tercampur dengan susu, maka susu tersebut perlu dimasak agar dapat membuatnya murni kembali. Demikian pula, manusia harus melaksanakan berbagai bentuk sadhana agar dapat menyingkirkan ketidak-murnian di dalam hatinya. Latihan-latihan spiritual seperti meditasi, chanting (pengkidungan Veda/mantra/paritta/sutra), dan lain-lain, hanya akan memberikan kepuasan mental. Kualitas-kualitas yang negatif hanya bisa disingkirkan apabila hatimu telah dipanaskan oleh cinta-kasih Ilahi, sehingga dengan demikian, hatimu akan bersinar terang-benderang. Seperti layaknya cahaya mentari yang bisa membakar tumpukan kapas melalui berkas cahayanya yang dikonsentrasikan melalui kaca pembesar; demikian pula, cahaya intellect yang dikonsentrasikan melalui lensa cinta-kasih Ilahi, mampu membakar kualitas negatif yang engkau miliki.



- Divine Discourse, October 24, 1992.

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