{"id":8450,"date":"2017-04-23T12:40:52","date_gmt":"2017-04-23T12:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/guruvani.us\/?p=8450"},"modified":"2017-04-23T12:41:29","modified_gmt":"2017-04-23T12:41:29","slug":"make-him-the-mainstay-of-your-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guruvani.us\/index.php\/2017\/04\/23\/make-him-the-mainstay-of-your-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Make Him the Mainstay of Your Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8456\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/guruvani.us\/index.php\/2017\/04\/23\/make-him-the-mainstay-of-your-life\/guruji-11\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/guruvani.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/guruji.jpg?fit=1314%2C738&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1314,738\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"guruji\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/guruvani.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/guruji.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/guruvani.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/guruji.jpg?fit=640%2C359&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8456\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/guruvani.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/guruji.jpg?resize=640%2C359\" alt=\"guruji\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/guruvani.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/guruji.jpg?w=1314&amp;ssl=1 1314w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/guruvani.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/guruji.jpg?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/guruvani.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/guruji.jpg?resize=768%2C431&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/guruvani.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/guruji.jpg?resize=1024%2C575&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"fontplugin_fontid_408_centabel\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Human beings, a very few of them, reach the \u201cBeyond State of God\u201d, in the path of spiritual evolution spread over hundreds of lives. Some such souls, known as &#8216;Shivatmas&#8217; remain in the God state or the &#8216;Parambramha&#8217; state, with all the attributes of God i.e. unlimited power, unlimited knowledge and unlimited love. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span class=\"fontplugin_fontid_408_centabel\" style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><em>[icon name=&#8221;quote-left&#8221; class=&#8221;&#8221; unprefixed_class=&#8221;&#8221;] It is this attribute of unlimited love or kindness that forces some of them to comedown to earth in human form and ameliorate the misery of life\u2010forms on earth. Such a soul is known as a \u2018Sadguru\u2019. \u00a0[icon name=&#8221;quote-right&#8221; class=&#8221;&#8221; unprefixed_class=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"fontplugin_fontid_408_centabel\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\">The soul of Sadguru is &#8216;eternal&#8217;, all pervading and always in the state of &#8216;Parabramha&#8217; or Almighty. All Sadgurus are the same spirit and are within each other as much as they are within God or in a state of God. Their personalities may seem to be different but their egos are one \u2013 the ego of the &#8216;Oversoul&#8217; or God. Being in God state whatever they say becomes the command of God for that time as also for all times to come.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong><span class=\"fontplugin_fontid_408_centabel\" style=\"font-size: 18px;\">[icon name=&#8221;quote-left&#8221; class=&#8221;&#8221; unprefixed_class=&#8221;&#8221;] When the Sadguru leaves His body, the same &#8220;Divine love&#8221; operates through another body, ready for the &#8216;purpose&#8217;.\u00a0[icon name=&#8221;quote-right&#8221; class=&#8221;&#8221; unprefixed_class=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><div class=\"scbb-content-box scbb-rounded-corners scbb-content-box-yellow\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span class=\"fontplugin_fontid_408_centabel\" style=\"font-size: 16px\">Always remember that:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span class=\"fontplugin_fontid_408_centabel\" style=\"font-size: 16px\">[icon name=&#8221;star&#8221; class=&#8221;&#8221; unprefixed_class=&#8221;&#8221;] Sri Sai, as the Param Sadguru is God, is in God and will always remain as God. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span class=\"fontplugin_fontid_408_centabel\" style=\"font-size: 16px\">[icon name=&#8221;star&#8221; class=&#8221;&#8221; unprefixed_class=&#8221;&#8221;] He had embodied Himself by the love aspect of God for the suffering lot, and that His kindness is unfathomable. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span class=\"fontplugin_fontid_408_centabel\" style=\"font-size: 16px\">[icon name=&#8221;star&#8221; class=&#8221;&#8221; unprefixed_class=&#8221;&#8221;] His job is to carry out the functions of God \u2010 creation, sustenance and destruction, and to lead souls in their spiritual journey towards Divinity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span class=\"fontplugin_fontid_408_centabel\" style=\"font-size: 16px\">[icon name=&#8221;star&#8221; class=&#8221;&#8221; unprefixed_class=&#8221;&#8221;] He is looking after His devotees and children as much today as He used to when He was at Shirdi. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span class=\"fontplugin_fontid_408_centabel\" style=\"font-size: 16px\">[icon name=&#8221;star&#8221; class=&#8221;&#8221; unprefixed_class=&#8221;&#8221;] His devotees may go on taking birth life after life, but Sri Sai will be there always to help and guide them towards happiness and spiritual evolution.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"fontplugin_fontid_408_centabel\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\">We must, therefore, make Him our mainstay of life and pray to Him with our heart and soul.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"fasc-button fasc-size-large fasc-type-popout fasc-rounded-medium\" style=\"background-color: #0b9616; color: #ffffff;\" data-fasc-style=\"background-color:#0b9616;color:#ffffff;\">Jai Shri Sai !<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Source: MAHA SAMADHI DIWAS MESSAGE \u20101998 by Dr. C B Satpathy<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text-justify\">&nbsp; Human beings, a very few of them, reach the &ldquo;Beyond State of God&rdquo;, in the path of spiritual evolution spread over hundreds of lives. 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