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Divine Words of wisdom by Sathya Sai Baba – With Body 1. Limited food intake is good for the body Your browser does not support the audio element. 1983-10-08 Document Download Audio Social Share Facebook Twitter Youtube Instagram Description Man eats food in excess and thoughtlessly. “Na shreyo niyamam vina”, anything that is not bound by rules is harmful. Even for eating if there are no rules, not only does man fall sick but he may also be subjected to any number of troubles. Food is necessary in order to maintain the body, but this food too must be eaten in tune with the quantity required for the sustenance of the body. Upon exceeding the limit this body is subjected to numerous illnesses. 2. The Body is the Temple of God – Treat it Thus Your browser does not support the audio element. 1993-05-30 Document Download Audio Social Share Facebook Twitter Youtube Instagram Description Whether you believe it or not, I never did these sadhana at all. But, this body which is 67 years old never experienced any kind of fatigue or tiredness whatsoever. The reason being, all the powers are latent in this body. The yoga shakthi (yogic power) and everything are present inside. Body is just like an instrument. Because of this yogic power, if anything is cursed it becomes stand still. If we say that this feeling should not leave, it stops there itself. Not only for Me, it is possible for everyone. The reason is, God is in every one. In this body, that body and in all bodies, the Self is same. Specifically, you should not have differences based on the body. The Self present in everything is one and develop that spirit of oneness. This body is a temple of God. ‘Deho Devalaya Prokto Jeevo Deva Sanathana’ – that is why it is said that the body is like a temple of God. But you should make use of this temple in a sacred manner. You call it a temple but you use it like a choultry. You construct a house and keep doors. You have the doors for going in and out of the house and also for the use of your relations, friends, family members etc. But just because we have doors, do we allow donkeys, pigs and dogs which are roaming in the bazaar to enter the house? Similarly we have senses; what for do we have the senses? It is for our own self experience. Just because we have these doors called senses, we allow everything that roams in the bazaar to enter inside and thus the body becomes a choultry. We shouldn’t do that. They should not enter into me; those dogs are to be driven out. Permit only what is needed. Through such enquiry, human being can become sacred to any extent. It is because there is scope for such sacredness, man becomes God. ‘Oh, where is God and where is man?’, thinking so, you should never give room to disappointment. Man is God. Strengthen that kind of a true feeling. You can experience this within three days time. If you do not have that firm faith and give in to bumps and jumps, even after thirty generations you can never accomplish it. Yogic exercise is too small and very easy; it is not difficult; there is no expenditure; you need not exert much and it’s an easy path. I will tell you much more later. In this easiest path, you can get the bliss however much you want and attain good health also. 3. Body is an instrument in realizing God Your browser does not support the audio element. 1998-07-09 Document Download Audio Social Share Facebook Twitter Youtube Instagram Description The Scientists said, the place where the science ends spirituality begins. This is important. All the worldly activity belongs to science. The physical body is necessary. You have to maintain it, you cannot consider it permanent , eternal and dedicate your life. It is the body that helps you to realise the objective of life. With this body you can attain divinity. I am not the body. Body is an instrument given to realise God. This is my body, my intellect, my mind, my senses, Then who are you? No one is putting such questions. When I say this is my kerchief, I am separate from my kerchief. Similarly when you say my body, you are separate from the body. Then who are you? We don’t put a question of that sort to ourselves but we carried away by the scenario around. Body is an instrument that shows you the path and the truth. The body has got the divinity latent in it. All the material word is negative. You are the positive. And you have to consider everything positive and experience them. Don’t give scope for negativity. Negative gives you negative value. The main cause for restlessness in the world is because of this negativity. All this is matter, You are the Master. Master the mind, Be a Mastermind. You be a master that is true education, Bookish knowledge is not true education. It only tells you the ideal for this temporal world. 4. Use your body to do sacred acts Your browser does not support the audio element. 1998-07-09 Document Download Audio Social Share Facebook Twitter Youtube Instagram Description Money that is lost can be earned again. Lost friends may be got back again. Even the loss of a wife can be made up by remarriage. But, if the present body is lost, it cannot be got back again. Hence, the body is highly sacred. For what purpose should this sacred body be protected? The body has to be protected because verily it is the primary means of achieving dharma. Human birth is a rare privilege. It is highly sacred and sublime. Having been born as human beings, if men do not realize the preciousness of human life, what is
