Sairajsai's 2009 New Year's Resolution

2009 New Year’s Resolution –

A. Spiritual – Spend More time with Sai (i.e., God Consciousness)

1. Think of Swami anytime, anywhere and everywhere.
2. Think of Swami at least 1 time during the hour.
3. Write Sai Ram at least 12 times in a day.
4. Listen to Radio Sai at least 1 hour/day.
5. Visit Baba in India for at least 1 week.
6. Attend Sai Center Meeting at least 1 time/week.
7. Attend Sai Retreat/Silent Retreat/Satsangh.
8. Listen to Sai Experiences.
9. Send positive/uplifting message via email.
10. Practice more Silence and Contemplate on Sai’ Unconditional Love.

B. Spiritual - Practice Swami’s Teachings

1. Fulfill my Personal and Professional Obligations with more Love.
2. Avoid Gossip at all times and Stop commenting on people.
3. Radiate Swami’s Love – Smile often, Look in the Eye, Listen more and talk less, and give Hugs (if appropriate).
4. Pray for others.
5. Avoid complaining and Maintain Attitude of Gratitude (say Thanks more often) (Always re-count Blessings).

B. Financial

1. Meet my expenses.
2. Live within my means.
3. Save some money for rainy day/old age.

C. Health

1. Walk at least ½ hour/day.
2. Eat small portions.

Soul-Energy-Atma. Journey from I to We to Thee

This is an E mail I wrote on July 4, 2005

Dear Sai Athma Ramesh:

By Baba's grace, we were fortunate have "Satsang" and share spiritual experiences, last evening. Many thanks for telling me about "KrishnaDas".

The following ideas come to me after we spoke.

1. We accept that we are "Athmas", I am prompted to refer it as "SAI ATHMA".

2. From Birth in this life, beginning with infant/toddler stage, we begin to dwell on "I" and "Mine" (body identification).

3. Teenage/Youth/marriage/adult stage, we move from "I" towards"We"/""US" stage, where we include our family/friends/cast/community/religious and professional affiliations etc. (i.e., we say "Our Family", "Our Community" etc., ).

4. Now comes harder part, where we have to move from "I" to "We" towards "Thee"(i.e., "DIVYA ATHMA SWAROOPA LALA" (Divine Embodiments of Love) - Reference to each one of us by our beloved "SWAMI" ) -(i.e. "Atma" stage-where we have to loose our body identification and begin to accept that we are not this Body, but "ATMA" and then to move to most difficult stage of seeing "SAI ATHMA" in every creation of Sai.

5. "Asa Thoma Sadgamaya prayer" (from untruth to truth, from darkenss to light and from death to immortality) helps us to understand this concept that "I am not this body, but atma" .

Thanks for Allowing for me to share these thoughts with you.

Thanking Sai for providing me with this insight,
SaiRajSai (7/4/05)