1.The supreme secret is that you must live in the world where you are born, like the lotus leaf, which though born in water, floats upon it without being affected or wet by it. Of course, it is good to love and adore God with a view to gain some valuable fruit either here or hereafter. But since there is no fruit or object more valuable and worthwhile than God, the Vedas advise us to love God, with no touch of desire in our minds. Love, since you must love for love’s sake. Love God alone, with no other wish or demand, since whatever He can give is but less than He Himself.
2.Maya (illusion) obstructs vision of the Reality. Its nature is to hide the reality and make it appear as the unreal. Only when you remove it and destroy it can you have a vision of God. Through this way alone can you attain God. Maya makes you feel that the non-existent exists. It shows water in the mirage. It makes you see what is imagined and desired as Truth. Delusion cannot affect a man if he is able to give up desire, imagination and planning. If you get this faith firm in yourself, there can be no more desire for external pleasures. Enquire and investigate; you will know this truth. Without that enquiry, delusion will grow and intellect will be slowly subdued.
3.Every human being is a messenger of God. Everyone is born in this world by the Will of God. Your foremost duty is to make the stream of Divine Love flow to one and all. You are born not merely to live for yourself. Only by dedicating your life to the service of the society, will you ennoble yourself and achieve self-satisfaction. God has sent you to this world to practice and propagate this message. Of what avail is human birth if you remain like a lump of clay without serving the Society?
Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba
2.Maya (illusion) obstructs vision of the Reality. Its nature is to hide the reality and make it appear as the unreal. Only when you remove it and destroy it can you have a vision of God. Through this way alone can you attain God. Maya makes you feel that the non-existent exists. It shows water in the mirage. It makes you see what is imagined and desired as Truth. Delusion cannot affect a man if he is able to give up desire, imagination and planning. If you get this faith firm in yourself, there can be no more desire for external pleasures. Enquire and investigate; you will know this truth. Without that enquiry, delusion will grow and intellect will be slowly subdued.
3.Every human being is a messenger of God. Everyone is born in this world by the Will of God. Your foremost duty is to make the stream of Divine Love flow to one and all. You are born not merely to live for yourself. Only by dedicating your life to the service of the society, will you ennoble yourself and achieve self-satisfaction. God has sent you to this world to practice and propagate this message. Of what avail is human birth if you remain like a lump of clay without serving the Society?
Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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