Divine Words of wisdom by Sathya Sai Baba – With God
Divine Words of wisdom by Sathya Sai Baba - With God
1. God is very soft, even to melt the butter one needs to use fire: Beautiful Analogy
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God too is very soft; soft and sweet. But if one wants to experience God, one must expose oneself to fire of wisdom. It is only when the butter is exposed to heat that the soft butter melts. This was taken as an ideal by the Vanaprastha of yester years. One day the wife put three rocks together and put a vessel filled with rice and water to cook on the three rocks. She then lit the fire. The husband, who was incessantly immersed in the thought of Brahman, took this scenario as the one depicting the principle of Brahman. The three rocks were likened to the three gunas, qualities namely the ‘Sathwa’, ‘Rajas’ and ‘Tamo’. The vessel was likened to the body. The water in the vessel represented the water of ‘love’. The rice in the pot represented one’s desires. The fire, below the vessel is likened to the fire of ‘Wisdom’. Is the fire touching the rice directly? Why is the fire placed below? It is to cook the rice. But the fire does not reach the rice directly. The fire heats the vessel first. Then the water gets heated next. It is the hot water that heats the rice. Therefore, first and foremost the body must be exposed to the ‘heat’. The word ‘near’ is used in this context. Then next is love. The ‘water of love’ in the vessel receives the heat from the vessel. The rice of ‘desires’ gets cooked, once the water gets heated. Hence, first the body must be ‘near’, the mind is ‘dear’; when these two are together the desires disappear. The husband realised the teaching of Vedanta. How simple it is!!
2. Always contemplate on God: Practical examples
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Be in constant communion with God in all the three states: waking, dream, and deep sleep (jagrat, swapna, and sushupti). You may be wondering how it is possible to cook food, do household work, or discharge your duties as a householder if you think of God all the time. Students may wonder how they can study, remember the lessons, and pass the examinations if they think of God always. There should be no room for such a doubt. Consider all the work you do as God’s work. When you cook food, the quantity should be proportional to the volume of the vessel used for cooking; also, suitable heat should be provided for cooking. If you have a small vessel, you should put only half a kilogram of rice in it. Then the cooking will be proper. If you put two kilograms of rice in a small vessel, you will not be able to cook. Not only that, you should supply only as much heat as necessary while cooking food. If you put a small vessel on a big flame, the vessel will get charred. When the food is getting cooked, gradually reduce the flame. In the same manner, you should enquire what is temporary and what is permanent in every aspect of your life. Once you cross a river, you don’t need the raft any more. In the same way, when the food is cooked, you don’t need the flame any more. So far as you are hungry, you require food. When your hunger is satiated, you don’t require any more food. But this does not mean that you should waste or destroy something after fulfilling a need. Just like burning the raft after crossing the river, One forgets God after one’s desires are fulfilled. Such is the ingratitude of modern humanity. The raft that has helped you cross the river should be kept at a safe place so that others can make use of it. In this manner, you should always do good to others. What is the use of burning the raft after crossing the river? It serves no purpose. After experiencing the bliss of contemplation on God, remain constantly immersed in it. Whatever you do —reading, writing, walking, talking, etc.— do it with divine feelings. Do not indulge in unnecessary talking, which is useless, useless, useless! Instead why don’t you talk about God? Don’t give scope to any useless talk. It is correct to spend your time in studies. Use your leisure time to do good deeds. That is true awareness. What does awareness signify? Awareness is chit, which means knowledge.
3. All actions of the avatar lead you inward
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The whole world is the combination of the name and the form. Possessiveness and attachment are the features of the world. Krishna was in His original form at one time. Then and now people criticize the divine actions and the divine miracles of the Lord. Is there any scope for anyone to criticize Krishna who was aged six at that time? It is just the reflection of their inner emotions and feelings. The husband was sleeping inside. Wife too was inside. Krishna knocked the door and she was abashed. She waited for sometime before answering the knock. Now Krishna wasn’t the one to relent so he kept thumping the door. Through a small opening in the door, she started speaking with Krishna, “Why do you rush me to open the door, Krishna? Please wait for some time. My husband isn’t asleep yet, and may start to doubt me. Krishna, please wait till I open the door.” But yet Krishna went on thumping the door. This awoke the husband who opened the door and saw the little Krishna but he didn’t get angry on seeing him. He carried him inside. Seeing this, the wife’s joy knew no bounds! She thought that it was because of the singing of the glory of Krishna that her husband too came to love Krishna. Hence, although the actions of Krishna seem to be worldly they actually show us the inner path. It starts from outside and ultimately reaches the inner most self.
4. God's love alone is selfless: With analogies
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When one enquires about what is it that is selfless in this world, one finds that God alone is selfless. Father, mother, wife, children have some amount of selfishness but it is God alone who has no trace of selfishness. When one analyses the deeds of God, they may appear to be selfish. The Lord protected Prahlada and killed Hiranyakasipa; He protected Vibhishana and killed Ravana; He punished Kamsa- considering these entire acts, it may appear that these acts have a selfish motive. God is not the cause either for protection or for punishment. This is the misunderstanding of human beings. The good and the bad are the result of one’s nature. One’s goodness protects one and it is one’s own bad nature that punishes. Devudanaga veru deshamanduna ledu, devudanaga galadu dehamande, Papamanaga veru paradeshamanduna ledu, taanu cheyu panulatagiliyundu!! God is not there in any external place, He is there in one’s own self! Sin is not there in any other place, It lies in one’s own actions!! Therefore the punishment or protection is not done by god. God is merely a witness to these acts but not the cause. Due to the lack of preaching of this truth in the world, the common man is misguided.
5. You are God; Search within
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Many say that they search for God. Where to search for God who is everywhere? Why to search for Him? Do you search for yourself? If you do, you are considered to be a mad fellow. God is with you, beside you, before you and behind you and He is all around. You yourself are God. You say ‘I am so and so’ based on your physical body. But that is not correct. The great sages mentioned in the scriptures that the most important question before mankind is “WHO AM I”. There are various things in this world that are to be known. Ignoring all such , what is the meaning in saying’ know who you are’! If someone comes to us we ask them ‘who are you’ where from do you come?’ Are you asking yourself this question? No. If you question yourself then you will know easily who others are. Therefore Self- realization is important. Self- confidence, Self-satisfaction and Self-sacrifice are the supporting steps for Self-realization. Self- confidence is the foundation, self- satisfaction is wall and self-sacrifice is the roof. The self-realization is life itself. No wall can be constructed without a good foundation and without a wall no roof can be laid. We cannot live without a roof over us. Self-confidence, the foundation should be very strong. Develop a strong faith. Then you will be very happy. Once you attain this happiness you will sacrifice everything. There is no difference of mine and yours in happiness. If you go to that stage you can sacrifice everything. ‘na karmanaa, naprajayaa, dhanena, Tyagenaike Amrutatvamanushuhu’ is the Vedic dictum. Sacrifice gets you every happiness.
6. God always knows what is best for you
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“Oh mind! Do not ask. Do not ask. As you go on asking it keeps getting delayed. If you don’t ask it will be done faster Didn’t Sri Rama fulfill the desire of Sabari (an old aged devotee) without being asked? Even without being asked did Rama not go to Jatayu and liberate him from this life! Did Sabari ask? Did Jatayu desire? If our heart calls Him with pure Love He Himself comes running to us. We need not explicitly ask. This is the proof for God’s Love. This is the value of God’s Love. By forgetting this nature of God and following the worldly materialistic way we do not get peace. Asking and praying for are of worldly nature. These are called Pravritti dharmas (attached to the worldly things) in philosophical terms. True sacred love is Nivritti dharma (disassociated from worldly path) When we take to Nivritti dharma pravritti dharma would disappear. No one knows the amount of treasure in God’s treasury. If you pray for a piece of glass, He may give you a diamond. What does He want to give, how can you know? You ask for a very small thing. He wished to give a greater one. So we should leave it to Him. Then He will give what He wishes to give. You do not know what is good for you or what is necessary for you. God knows what is best for you. He will give. It is His wish when and how He gives you. So surrender yourself to Him and have a firm belief and faith in Him. Treat whatever comes in life as His will. Then He Himself gives what you deserve. Because human beings do not have that faith, they are losing many wishes of God. Faith is very important.
7. Difficulties would make us grow in life: With explanations from various avatars life
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Life is sacred, invaluable and is worth living. Man must perform actions in order to develop such firm faith and conviction. Practising, what one believes in, develops one’s faith. Man’s life is a conglomeration of the pairs of opposites like: adversity and pleasure, poverty and wealth, praise and calumny, profit and loss. Through good one can triumph over bad. Adversities strengthen one’s patience. Many great persons endured many hardships for the prosperity of the country. Without effort there can be no gain. Without troubles there can be no pleasure. Hence in order to experience true pleasure one is subjected to troubles. There are many instances in the sacred history of Bharat, the Ramayana and Mahabharat which illustrate this point. Lord Rama, in order to rule over his people, in order to tread the path of truth and uphold righteousness, had to face many difficulties. But at no point did Rama feel it was a difficulty. He thought that the troubles were the royal path to joy and pleasure. He considered troubles as the sacred fire ritual, “Yagna”, for the welfare of people. He deemed the troubles as the suitable Sadhana to express the divinity in man. In Mahabharata too, the Pandavas faced many troubles and hardships but came out victorious in the end. In Bible, He offered himself to be crucified so as to bring succour to people around and serve the society around Him. Rama and Krishna, born into good race, had to suffer and fight the evil. On the other hand Prahlada, born into evil surroundings, came out triumphant over evil. Even the sacred souls having the noblest of intentions and being an ideal to others had to undergo sufferings.
8. Everything is God in this creation
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One may say that God has no form but He has a name. ‘God’ itself is a name! ‘Rama’, Krishna’ or ‘Govinda’ are not the only names that God can have; when one says ‘Lord’ that itself is a name. One may say that God is nameless and formless but one cannot find anything that is nameless and formless in this world! When even an atom has a name and a form, then how can gigantic things exist without name and form? Therefore, every object has a name and a form and a power therein. Hence, Bharatiyas worship every stone and every tree; even a poisonous snake and also ‘Garuda’ the eagle. Everything in this world deserves to be worshipped. That is the reason why many pay their respects to the earth on which they stand. Mother earth is present everywhere. There is no place where earth is not present.
9. Jeevatma and Paramatma are one and the same
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Where can one find compassion? Compassion is in one’s heart. A heart filled with compassion can be called a heart in true sense. Dehamane jeeviyandu hrudayamane devudunde! Rendu koodi atalaadi okarinokaru veedu chunde, Aatalaadinche sootradhari okadu kaladu! Ee rendu koodi aatalaadi okarinokaru cheripoye!! In the entity called ‘body’, there resides God in the form of ‘heart’! Having played together for some time, they go separate ways, There is a director for this puppet show!! Playing together, ultimately they merge in one another!! Ultimately the two merge in each other. The principles of ‘jeevatma’, soul and ‘paramatma’ super soul, are not different. This is also put as “Jeevude devudu; Devude jeevudu”, the individual is God and God is the individual. One is the object and the other is its reflection; one is action and the other is the reaction; one is sound and the other is the resound. So everything is action – reaction, sound- resound. The jeevatma and the paramatma exist with this principle .
10. Our focus must be on God constantly like Nandi (the bull)
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Human life must be properly moulded into divinity by nurturing good qualities. How can this be done? There is Nandi, the bull in front of Lord Shiva. Nandi is an animal. Where and whom does it look? It steadily looks at God; it does not look at the nature. It concentrates it focus entirely on God. Hence people worship Nandi too. How did it deserve such adoration and worship? It is because its vision is fixed on the Lord. Therefore it gets worshipped even though it is an animal. Hence, one must have good, sacred vision, which is “Sudarshanamu”, good vision. To have the sanctified and good vision one must contemplate on God, chant His name and concentrate on Him.
11. Desire for God, rest will come to you
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Faith is very important. Devotion and Faith are to be realized properly. Devotion is Love for God and faith is trust in God. We should have trust in His Love. In these days we do not have faith in our own love. How can we get Love of God? Your love is worldly. God’s Love is beyond this. It is pure and limitless. To attain such Love you should go on decreasing your worldly love. For students, prayers become abundant as examinations approach. These are for getting good results in the examinations. This amounts to begging. This is not correct. You are not a “Beggar”. You are to be “Bigger”. Devotees should realize this. If you desire only God without asking for other desires, He gives everything. As one cannot reach that stage, it is inevitable to ask for a few things in the initial stages. There is a saying that even mother does not give without being asked for. This is true in the case of physical mothers. It is natural to ask her and take from her. You enjoy what you take from her. But in the case of Divine Mother there is no question of asking but it is only enjoying and experiencing. Whatever is given you take. Do not have any discrimination whether it is good or bad. In your opinion it may look as bad but the result may be good. Doctor gives quinine mixture for a patient suffering from malaria. This tastes bitter. But its effect is good. It cures the decease. In the initial stages devotion and its practice may appear to be difficult. But we should not be afraid of it. We should not leave it off.
12. When you dont give space for God to enter, how do you expect him to reside in your heart: With an analogy
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Although people say that God resides in one’s heart, they seldom make effort to make their hearts inhabitable for God. Then how can God reside in the heart? People clean their houses properly prior to the arrival of invited guests. The house is kept clean and tidy in accordance with the status of the guest invited. When an officer is visiting a village or town, people go out of their way to make sure that all the arrangements are properly done in a befitting manner. When an ordinary person is visiting the house or an officer is visiting the village, people make many befitting arrangements to welcome the guest. When such is the case with ordinary guests, what arrangements and cleansing is necessary when God himself comes to reside in one’s heart?!! It amounts to mere innocence to invite God into a heart full of evil traits. This type of innocence is related to beasts and animals. It is not proper for man, who is endowed with wisdom to realise the divinity, to lead life in such negligence.
13. Divine power is all powerful
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It is very essential to have the support of powerful force that is beyond the purview of the materialistic products available in the world, for the sustenance of humanity. That’s why Vedas emphasized that the Divine power is all powerful than any of the material(s) strength. We should, therefore, put in sincere efforts to harness and benefit from such a Divine power.
14. How to tune yourself to God
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The entire world is full of electric power. There are unchanging electric waves at a certain level. The science students know this. This electricity is transformed into electric waves. It is said that long ago Lord Krishna gave darshan to many Gopikas in their houses at the same time. People call it a trick when it is said that a single person was present in multiple places at the same time. This amounts to total ignorance and the person calling it a trick is deemed a fool. When the Prime Minister’s speech is broadcast in Delhi, it can be heard all around the world in radios and can be seen in televisions. How can one believe when the same person appears on television in so many places and the voice is heard without any disturbances? When a mere machine can have such capacity, can’t a mantra have the same? The name and the form are all pervading. Even after the disappearance of the physical body, the sounds persist in the environment. Ghantasala was a great and melodious singer. He died fifteen years ago but still one can listen to his voice and songs in radio. How is this possible? The sound of his voice has embedded itself in the electric waves. Whether the scientists proclaim it or not the fact is that there is electricity all around. When one can believe the power of the machines like the radio, why does one hesitate to believe that Lord Krishna gave darshan to each Gopika in her place at the same time? When Swami was in Hyderabad, the devotees from Madras, Delhi and Bombay wrote to say that they saw Swami at their places in television. But when Swami was in Hyderabad, how could they see Him in their places in television? What is the reason behind this? This is the power of the machines. The power of mantra is greater than the power of ‘Yantra’, the machine. Similarly when one has the radio of the divine thoughts, Krishna in Mathura can be seen in Repalle or in Hasthinapura. One can listen to the news broadcast by Delhi radio station by properly tuning into that frequency. If one’s tuning is not proper instead of news one can only hear the nuisance of disturbances. Likewise proper tuning is the ‘concentration’; one’s ‘heart’ is the radio and the correct news is the manifestation of the divine, ‘sakshatkara’. When one says, “Swami, I sit but am unable to steady the mind and concentrate.” it means that one has not tuned in properly. When one properly tunes the thoughts in one’s heart, then one gets the correct news. But what is the use if, being in the holy shrine one can only concentrate on the slippers left outside? Hence one should fix one’s mind and intellect on the same thing. What is the meaning of study”? ‘Study’ is meant to ‘steady’. One must be steady without wavering. A wavering student fails the exams. Man’s law of nature is to be ‘steady’.
15 .Singing Pleases the Lord
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Embodiments of Love!! All the festivals of Bharathiyas are significant, have inner meaning an
“Ninu kanugonagalara, Krishna?!! Anuvukante athi sookshmaroopudavu, Ghanamukante athi ghananeeyudavu Iruvadinaalugu laksha jeevamulu Baayakunduvata Anuvurenuvu kashtambu modaluga Akhanda roopudvai veluyuduvata Ninu kanugonagalara, Krishna?!! Anthe kaadu, Ghanamagu dongalalo gaja dongavu, ninu kanugona galara?!! O Krishna!! Is it possible to know You?!! You are the smallest of the small and the biggest of the big!! You who will not forsake even one out of the twenty four lakh beings, You who are all the forms from the minutest to the greatest! You who shines forth in all and every being, O Krishna is it possible to know you?!! Not only that, O Krishna! You are the biggest thief among the thieves!! Is it possible to know You??!! All thieves steal the wealth and material possessions of people. But this bandit steals the heart!! Hence, one only feels joy in addressing the Lord as the stealer of hearts and not anger. But a person gets angry when others call him a thief. People sway in ecstasy when they sing songs with love on Lord addressing Him as the robber of one’s heart. So while robbing one’s heart too, Lord only gives ananda, bliss. The vitha chora, the robbers of material possessions only cause grief whereas the chitta chora brings joy and happiness. Worldly people are Vitha Chora, the stealers of money and possessions whereas the Lord is the Chitta Chora, the thief who steals one’s heart!!
d give bliss and joy. They are not for pomp and show. Every festival has a unique inner meaning, wonderful significance and provides an opportunity to experience bliss with the changing surroundings.
16. Recipients of God's grace are always happy
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One must strive to be happy always. Having been in the company of God, one must imbibe the divine qualities and experience the same. Where is happiness? Happiness is union with God! Becoming one with the Lord, bestows happiness to man. The faces of men, who do not think about the Lord, are ridden with artificial laughs like in cinemas and have castor oil faces!! The faces of men who are the recipients of the grace of the Lord shine forth with brilliance and an ever present smile. Their faces have a divine brilliance. That is the true sign of the divinity!! The divine look, the spark, has fallen on those faces, hence they shine.
17. One can achieve anything with Divine strength
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With divine strength man can accomplish anything. There is nothing which cannot be accomplished with divine strength.
18. You are verily God, realise it: With analogies
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People of North Karnataka refer to their body as ‘prakruthi’ as in “Prakruthi is not good.”Prakruthi, nature has the five life elements and those are also present in the body. The one that states the presence of the five elements and teaches about the good and the bad of the elements is called as “panchaanga”. It is a custom in India, both in villages and in cities, to listen to the “Panchaanga” on the day of Ugadi. Panchaanga means that which tells about the good and the bad of the five life elements.
19. Everything in this creation is a spark of the Divine
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In Bhagavad Gita it is stated that, “Mamaivamsho, jeevaloke, jeeva bhootas sanatanaha!” Every particle, every human being and every being is my manifestation. All creation is my manifestation. As every being is a spark of the divine, it implies that man too is the manifestation of the divine. Calling man as temporary and transient is not appropriate as he is the manifestation of the divine.
20. Do everything with a Divine approach
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Where is ‘brahma’? Brahma is all pervasive; omnipresent. That is also called as ‘chaitanya’ or the life force which is found in every human being. Man must make an effort to recognise the life force, ‘chaitanyamu’ which is latent in every being. One must question oneself as to what, among the body, the mind, the senses and the intellect, is important in human life. When one concludes that all are important saying, ‘it is my body’ etc, then who is this ‘my’ to whom those belong? The body, the mind, the intellect etc are all but instruments. With respect to all these instruments one addresses them as ‘my body’, ‘my mind’, ‘my senses’; although the instruments differ, the ‘my’ is constant in all. This ‘my’ is the master who is the ‘Atma’. Therefore one needs to use the instruments to attain the self. Hence it is said that, one needs to enjoy the nature with a divine outlook. One must do every work with a divine approach. In order to teach the world such sacred truths, various pious people like sages, avatars have descended on earth.
21. God is merely a witness to every action
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One’s own good and bad deeds are the primal cause for joy and sorrow and for any happiness in this world. Recognising this fact, one must indulge oneself in good deeds, develop good thoughts and lead a good life. The effects of one’s actions are borne by oneself and not by others. One alone experiences the taste and belch of what one has eaten and not by others. If a person has eaten a mango, he alone gets the belch of mango and not others. Can a person after eating a mango get the belch which gives a taste of cucumber? No it is not possible. One is solely responsible for one’s joys and sorrows. Even God is not responsible for He is just an eternal witness. All the bad deeds and sins of man will vanish like dew in sunlight, when one repents the bad actions whole heartedly and surrenders to God.
22. You are God; Have faith in yourself
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Swami has told many times: Man is God. God does not exist separately. One’s inner voice teaches one continuously- “So……ham”, I am God. The inner voice teaches that one is God repeatedly. But one disregards it. Man follows others but does not believe one self. One who does not believe in himself how can he believe others?? Therefore one must develop first self confidence. Out of self confidence, one must develop self sacrifice. That will lead to self realisation. Therefore, one must first and foremost have faith and belief in oneself. God resides within oneself.
23. What do you mean by God: With beautiful Analogies
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What is God? God is matter + energy. Presence of both matter and the energy results in the divine power. The mike as well as the spoken word is essential. A small example to illustrate this: Eyes see. True it’s the eyes that see. But without the sunlight the eyes cannot see. Therefore the eyes recognise an object or a person based on the sunlight. Many think that the eyes are basis for vision, for without eyes what is the use of the light? What is the use of light without the eyes? There are many blind people in this world. The blind cannot see the sun’s brightness and brilliance. Is it not foolishness on part of the blind man to deny the existence of the sun just because the he cannot see it? A blind man may not see the sun but people with eyes have seen the sun. However great a scholar one may be, still one cannot see anything while asleep. The person may have great scholarship; in spite of it he is unable to see the world while asleep. Without any scholarship or wisdom even a foolish person is able to see the world while awake. Hence one does not require scholarship or wisdom to see the world. Therefore, the wisdom eye in one should open then alone can one distinguish between the good and the bad. Divinity is contained in all human beings and in all the limbs of the body and so it is said, “Rasovai saha!”
24. Who are these three crore deities: Significance behind it
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The ancients worshipped God by remembering Him, thinking and believing that He exists everywhere. God assumes the form of three crore beings. He adorns the form of celestial beings. Who are these three crore celestial beings? Do they exist? No, in those days the world had only three crores of beings. Prior to that it was said, “Sahasra seersha Purusha”, God has thousand heads. It means that in those days the world was populated with only a few thousand beings. Later the population rose up to three crores. Today the population is five hundred and eighty crores. Who are they? All the heads are the heads of the God. One must not consider man as mortal. Every birth is the advent of God. Why does man waste life which is essentially divine? Hence every individual and every being is divine. One should not think that God exists separately. “Ekam sat viprah bahuda vadanti”- there is only one God and it is ‘Atma’, ‘aham’. That ‘aham’ is reflected in every being. Therefore, every form and every individual is worthy of worship.
25. Only God is our true friend
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The less one talks the more one serves. Through service one can develop friendship. What is meant by friendship? Friendship is not merely greeting each other. It is a kind of preparedness to work unitedly under all situations and in all fields. This kind of friendship is not present anywhere in the world. Who is a good friend in this world? God is the only good friend in the world. Whether it is the father, the mother, the wife, the husband, the son- or anybody else- have a trace of selfishness and self interest in their love for others. It is only God who loves without any trace of selfishness or self interest. God does not expect anything in return. He does not receive anything from others. He only gives and gives and does not take. Therefore, to attain such divinity one must develop the right methods, right conduct and right qualities. “Where is God?” when one inquires so, there is a wide scope to understand one’s own self regarding the presence of divinity. A friend may state his place of stay as a particular room or a particular numbered house in such and such locality or in a hotel etc. But who is the one who stays in that hotel or room? It is only the body that stays in the given address. Is he the body? No! Therefore where does he stay? He lives in his own heart. This heart is called love. Hence every man lives in love; is sustained by love; carries out the daily activities as prompted by love. Man fulfills his life from dawn to dusk by spending his time in love. So where is the residence of man? It is in love. When man realises his true address, that is love, man through his right conduct, through good qualities will make an ideal human being.
26. God's grace never forsakes you
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So the recipient of God’s grace will never have any problems, he will never suffer. He will never make any mistakes. Because he has surrendered to God. He has considered God as his very life and hence God becomes one with him. So direct your mind towards God.
27. Never doubt Divine
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No one should have any doubts on God. If you have doubts, you cannot achieve anything. You should have total faith, total love, and you will be successful in your life.
28. You are God. Know it
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Right from birth we learn everything. Why do we learn? Today in the world neither a seeker nor an aspirant does anything for the sake of God. Meditation, penance, sacred rituals are all done for selfish motives!! One does these for oneselves. No one does for God. Those who do for God become God! “Brahmavid brahmaiva bhavathi! The knower of Brahman becomes Brahma!!” One says one meditates for an hour; for whose sake does one does it? It is for oneself. One says one is doing Japa, for whose sake does one does it? It is for oneself. One worships for one’s sake alone. It is very wrong to say that one is doing for God when one does all for selfish motives. When man feels that he is doing for himself, then he must consider himself as God. When one repeats to oneself, ‘I am not man, I am God’ again and again, that becomes true meditation!! One must consider oneself as divine. This is the teaching of Guru. One who considers oneself as God, is in reality, the God!! Do not consider oneself as human being. If one thinks that one is a man, it is but half truth. Thinking, “I am man, I am man” and “I am not animal, I am not animal” is only half truth. Thinking, ‘I am man, I am not an animal” is full truth!! Then man becomes God!! God manifests in human forms. So man should consider that he is God and is Divine.
29. God is beyond free fill
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Do not worry about the past. When time comes, it merges with the present. Wait for the time. Don’t waste time. Time waste is life waste. We form so many relationships and associations. They do not happen because of somebody’s advice. Only divinity makes it happen; none else can do it. People talk of free will. What does it mean? Who has the free will? No one has! If I want to do some job, people around will say it is your free will. There will, however, be some doubts whether the job will be done or not! Where such doubts do not crop up, then only it is free will, and it is divinity. Free will is divine power and nothing else. Therefore, no one else has free will. One may be president or any authority but they have no free will. They have to follow some regulations to do their job. It is only God who has no such regulations. HE can do anything. That is free will. That is true energy/power. It is the Divine Power!
30. God's love is true wealth
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If money is lost, you can get it back. If the health is lost, you can regain it. But when character is lost, everything is lost. Man today is unmindful of these words and struggles hard for money and happiness. What is this wealth? True wealth is the wealth of the divine. Divine love is the true wealth. The divine truth real wealth, the divine wealth is the true wealth. Yes, that is the true wealth, property. We have lost the true divine wealth and are working for transient worldly wealth. With strong determination, if you work hard, struggle for this truth, certainly the rest will follow. No one is prepared for this today, then how do you expect God to confer grace and protect you? It is not possible, it is impossible. So we should be ready to sacrifice at every point of time. We are ready for happiness but we don’t want misery. We are ready to eat, but we are not prepared to work. This is not the sign of devotion. The divine message must be propagated in public and society. The highest message is this love. Share this love with everybody, everywhere. There is no higher wealth than love. Love is God. We should not give up this principle of love at any point.
