About the Book
The author of the book 'Life Is Love, Enjoy It' Mrs, Joy Thomas and her husband ventured in to India looking for a living Master in their quest for Knowledge about the purpose of life. Both, staunch Christians, were from working class families and were brought up by loving parents who valued duty, morality and service to others. When they first heard of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba in 1981, they felt that the ultimate grace that could be won in a life time was showered on them by a miracle. The pure divine sparks in their hearts attracted Bhagawan who showered His divine grace and love and guided them in their spiritual evolution. The words of Bhagawan Baba, "Life is a challenge, meet it; Life is love, enjoy it; Life is a dream, realise it; Life is a game, play it" created immense joy in the author and prompted her to write a series of four books with those divine phrases as titles, under the inspiration of Bhagawan. There are experiences in the book like the one in which the doctor attending to her hot swollen leg was overjoyed one morning on seeing sudden improvement and said,"It is dramatically better". It was Baba's grace. The leg, which did not respond to any medicine, was cured by her application of vibhuti over it from a packet that mysteriously plopped on the floor of her room on the previous night which the doctor was not aware. There are experiences through which lessons were learnt to enjoy life, to expand one's love towards all, to meet challenges in life. She firmly believed that life is love and we can enjoy it.
Introduction
When my husband, Raye, and I first heard the name of Sathya Sai Baba in 1981, we knew that, by some miracle, we had been given the maximum grace, which could be won in a lifetime. Our first visit to Him confirmed and strengthened this conviction. Now, thirteen years later, we look back on an unprecedented acceleration of our spiritual evolution, with undying gratitude to Him for His patience and love. He is always with each one, who chooses to call on Him, wherever they may be, and to be in His presence is to be conscious of divine grace here and now. Some have heard of Him, but have felt unworthy to approach. To those, I wish to say that Raye and I are very ordinary mortals. Our names do not appear in most of the prestigious categories, in which we humans place each other. We were both born into working class families in the southern part of the United States. Both of us had the blessing of being born to loving parents, who gave us a firm grounding in duty, morality, and service to others, but neither of us have ever, at any time, held any claim to wealth, aristocratic forefathers, fame, or unusual accomplishments. The fact that Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba has seen fit to receive us into His private interview room, to speak to us in darshan, and to accept and bless the books we have worked together to produce is certainly proof positive that He loves each of us only for the Divine spark within us. No one is classified by Him as unworthy. He has said, "Take one step towards Me and I will take one hundred towards you." That one step is all that is required.
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