In one of His deeply beautiful satsangs, Hazir Swaroop Sai Sadhram Saheb explained that a blessing given from the depth of the heart and with the sincerity of the mind carries the same purity in its effect and such a blessing surely comes true.
Once, a farmer had sown jowar (sorghum). When Shahanshah Satguru Swami Sai Satramdas Saheb visited his village, the farmer went to seek His blessings. By mistake, instead of mentioning his jowar crop, he requested that Satguru shower grace so that his wheat crop may flourish. Although he had sown jowar, he mistakenly said “wheat,” and Shahanshah Satguru lovingly blessed him, saying that his wheat crop would be exceedingly good.
Afterward, the farmer realized his mistake. But some time later, he was astonished, for his jowar crop had transformed into wheat, and the harvest was extraordinarily abundant.
Hazir Swaroop Sai Sadhram Saheb said that when there is purity in the heart, cleanliness in words, and truthfulness in actions, then the speech of such a person holds the power to turn the impossible into possible.
In the same way, children should be nurtured.
Children are pure at heart. We must give them such education that they never walk upon the wrong path in the future. Children nourished with good education, refined culture, and noble values always progress in life.
It is especially important that until our children reach the age of eleven, we fill them with good values, culture, and sound education.
Up to the age of eleven, a child is like unbaked clay , their shape can still be molded. After eleven, you will notice that a child’s attraction begins to shift toward friends and outside influences. They develop curiosity about the world beyond the home, a world very different from their own household. They try to understand it and to distinguish between right and wrong within it.
If a child’s roots are strong , grounded in good values, culture, and education, they will never go astray in the outside world, because they will possess the understanding of right and wrong.
But this is possible only when parents themselves practice these very values, culture, and principles. Children become what they see in their mother and father.
Saijan said that it is essential for us to pay attention to our homes. Our behavior, our speech, our conduct, our way of living within the home must be proper and dignified. As we are, so will our children be.
In our homes, we carefully arrange many kinds of sets — tea sets, dinner sets, and beautifully arranged house settings , yet our lives remain upset. It is necessary for us to set our lives in order. And for that, we must instill good values, refined culture, and proper education in ourselves and in our children.
Until the age of eleven, we can lovingly kiss our children, embrace them, explain things to them, and even correct them firmly when needed. But after eleven, the child enters a new world, a world of friends, different personalities, and varied influences, and then the child begins making decisions under those influences.
Therefore, instead of complaining or regretting in the future, it is better to build a good future from today itself. Improve your own life and the life of your children, and give them your proper time now.
