You have tasted the salt, and are showing different facial expression. It is too difficult to taste salt as it is. Now, close your eyes.

Lot of tasty food is kept in front of you. Dhal, Mutter Paneer, Potatoes, Rice, Roti and many more. Your favorite food is also there, which you definitely would like to taste. Take a plate, serve some rice, dhal and potatoes.

As you start eating, you realize the Dhal doesn’t taste the way it should be. You are not able to eat. Ohh! there is no salt in it. Add little salt and you again start eating. The potatoes are too salty. Ohh! can’t eat that anymore!! Show a different facial expression!!

When we eat food, the salt gets its taste properly. If the salt is too much, we avoid the food. Salt should be used in a limited quantity.

“We are like the salt. As the salt has its limit for everything we also need to follow our limitation which is known as discipline. It is said “A dish without salt is worth to go only into the dustbin”  God has created taste buds and taste. Thank God for giving us salt as one of the tastes.

Whenever you see salt remember, Sai Admires Loving Thoughts.
S- Sai
A-Admires
L-Loving
T-Thoughts

Say to Swami in a whispering voice…. Dear Swami …Let me be a salt and be dear to you always. Now open your eyes, with a smile.

Activity: The following Questions can be discussed

1. In which dishes we use salt?

2. Is salt necessary? Why?

[Source : Silence to Sai-lens – A Handbook for Children, Parents and Teachers by Chithra Narayan & Gayeetree Ramchurn Samboo MSK – A Institute of Sathya Sai Education – Mauritius Publications]