Sai Inspires, 19.MAR.2019 Om Sri Sai Ram You can give Ananda (bliss) by your speech, only if you have attained the state of Ananda yourself. A lamp burning under a pot with five holes: that is the symbol of a person who has the flame of wisdom shining through the five senses. Cover the pot with a thick cloth and no light emerges. The cloth is the cover of anjana(ignorance), of tamas (slothfulness and dullness). Remove it; it shines feebly through the senses – that is the symbol of rajas(passion and activity). Remove the pot itself, that is to say, remove the identification with the body (the dehatma-buddhi), then the Atmajyoti (light of the Self) shines full and bright. The Divine light or Divine Bliss is ever there but, it was obstructed by the pot and the cloth. Ananda is your native character, your real stamp, your very reality. – Divine Discourse, Jul 29, 1964 Sathya Sai Baba http://bit.ly/2FTXeXk #sathyasai #saibhakta #sathyasaibaba #saibaba #saimaa