Thursday Message - Human Pride vs. Divine Pride

Aum Sairam

May This Thursday [Baba's Day] Bring You Strength, Good luck, Success, Happiness And Joy.

Human pride feels that we can do everything. Divine pride, the pride that has surrendered itself to the will of Sri Sai Baba, knows that we can do everything only when we are inspired, guided and helped by Him.

Human pride wants the world to understand us, our love, our help and our sacrifice. Divine pride, which is the feeling of oneness with all in God, does not wish the world to understand our selfless activities. It feels that if Sri Sai Baba understands us and knows our motives, then there can be no greater reward.

Human pride drinks the hot water of life - sufferings, struggles and doubts - without a spoon. The result is that our tongue gets badly burnt. Our divine pride drinks the same hot water, infinitely more in quantity, but it uses a spoon to drink with, so we suffer not. This spoon is the spoon of liberation, freed from the shackles of ignorance.

Human pride is afraid of saying and ashamed of doing many things. Our divine pride is not afraid of saying and not ashamed of doing anything, for it knows that Sri Sai Baba is at once the Doer and the action. Who am I to be afraid of? What am I to be ashamed of?

When we say that Sri Sai Baba is mine and we can use Him at our sweet will, we harbor human pride. But when we say that we are Sri Sai Baba's, and our very existence is at His Behest and at His lotus feet, we cherish divine pride.

Allah Malik