God's happiness lies in the happiness of all. God does not need anything special for Himself. If you are truly happy, God will be happy. Whatever you do, let it be for the peace, welfare and happiness of all beings. God will surely bestow happiness upon you by correcting and forgiving your faults. You must live in unity and love. You have learnt that there are Panchapranas (Five Vital Airs) within every living being, i.e., Prana, Apana, Vyana, Udana and Samana.  In reality, the Panchapranas are nothing but Truth, Righteousness, Peace, Love and Non-Violence.

 Hcw   do the Sai Youth feel on receiving all these moving letters and accolades? “Well, this makes us happy but the greatest fact about this whole service activity is that each one of us felt the Divine Presence; it was as if Someone Higher was in charge, it wasn’t mere human effort.

"For instance, if the accident had happened even a hundred meters further down the route, certainly we would have had a lot of severe casualties. This is because after a few metres the rails climb high and the surrounding area becomes quite low.

 Even if someone through perversity or blind conceit has thus far not cultivated good qualities, they can at least make a try to secure them! If this is not done, the excellence of life cannot be tasted; it becomes a waste with no worth at all. The mind, by sheer force of negative impulses, gets lost in false values and is unable to develop along the right lines. Such a mind, turned away from good, might cause indescribable evil. All progress won by the sadhaka (spiritual aspirant) might get destroyed by such a mind in an unguarded instant because of a moment’s negligence!

 Doubts may arise in your minds when you hear the story of creation and the early history of man on earth. The processes of the Divine Will are mysterious wonders. They cannot be grasped by the faculties with which you measure earthly events. Often, they may strike you as devoid of any basis, but the Lord will never involve Himself in any deed without a proper cause. That Will need not be explicable. It is its own prompter. Everything everywhere is certainly due to His Will.

Forget the past, it’s dead and gone.  And that includes yesterday.  If we wallow in the sentiment that accompanies nostalgia for good times past, we miss living joyfully today.  The past has no value once any lessons have been learned.  And if you take a moment to notice, you may see that the origins of all feelings of sorrow or hurt lie in the past.  Every time you remember them you simply hurt yourself again.  Forget and move on.  Practice this every day, many times a day if necessary.  As you learn to ‘let go’ and weaken the habit of energising memories of the past, any emotional turmoil will subside and allow you to live much more in the moment.

Another almost iron clad guaranteed way of creating sorrow for our self is when we compare our self with others.  In such moments we forget our uniqueness and create the habit of putting our self down.  This loss of self-esteem and self-worth is still a loss, it’s just a little more subtle.  And sadness always follows loss.  Then the temptation is to want to become like someone else, which is impossible, thereby generating the emotion of frustration.  So it’s probably a good idea to give up the gossip columns and the mags filled with the lives of others.  At least until you restore your own star to the firmament of your own consciousness! 

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  5  Focus Your Energy

The ‘moody blues’ can also come because there is space for them to enter. It is highly likely we are inviting them by thinking too much, especially about the past. This is often a sign that we have too much time without any particular focus. This is the other side of the ‘too busy’ coin.  Don’t get busy but get focused on something with a ‘giving’ intention.  Focus time and energy in helping or serving others in some way, so there is less space for the negative thoughts to arise and trigger the moods.

Any dependency will show up in your desires.  Watch your desires.  Notice how you already have what you desire.  Where?  On the screen of your mind!  Notice that when your mental desire does not show up in physical reality that is when you ‘create’ a sense of loss.  Notice the sadness, however momentary, that you generate.  When you notice this pattern throughout your life you may begin to understand why there seems to be a prevailing sadness in the background of your every-day life, like a permanent mist across the mountains.  That is why, for some, the ‘moody blues’ seem to be there all the time.  There is only one solution.  Want not.  That in itself is not easy after a lifetime of learning and practicing  the opposite.

Resist the temptation to consume something to alleviate the emotional discomfort. As a form of escape many people seek some sensual stimulation like music or movies, or certain ‘substances’, while others overwork in order to avoid the subtle discomfort of their self-created unpleasant moods. Or they become needy of others for the drugs of approval and reassurance. If there is already a close relationship with someone i.e. a history of subtle dependency, we might seek relief in that relationship perhaps without realising it is our relationship with that person that is triggering the emotional waves in the first place.