1.Control the senses which run helter-skelter; then, the origins of your disease will be destroyed. Let the mind keep a watch over its gymnastics; dam up the mad flood of thoughts, plans and schemes; then there will be no room for worries and anxieties in the mind. To diminish the wandering of your thoughts, repeat the name of the Lord; that will subdue your sorrows and troubles. The dawn of spiritual wisdom (Jnana) is not possible without the effacement of the mind. A person attains wholeness only when he or she succeeds in this.
2.You should all strive for unity. First and foremost, young people should come forward to help each other. You must consider all as your brothers and sisters. All are children of God. Therefore, you must live in unity without giving room for any differences. The end of education is character. If your character is good, then you can achieve anything in life. You may think you have won gold medals, acquired high degrees and achieved name and fame. But if you lack character, these degrees are merely pieces of paper. Therefore, it is most essential to safeguard your character which alone will make you truly learned.
3.As a spiritual aspirant (sadhaka), you must first learn the secret of ‘inward vision’, and take your attention away from the exterior world. Divine life is nothing but this method of ‘inward living’. Just as the baby after learning to watch and understandtries to toddle hither and thither at home, so also the spiritual aspirant slowly learns to navigate and understand the inner world. A healthy baby in the cradle, watching the lamp on the wall, waves its arms and legs in glee, and lisps in joy. Likewise the spiritual aspirant, healt hy in body, mind and soul, lying in the cradle of life, watches the interior world and claps his/her hands ceaselessly in great delight on experiencing that inner joy.
4.Unless a belief is held unshaken throughout night and day, it cannot be used to achieve victory. When a person asserts that he/she is low in knowledge or talent, and knows but little, he/she becomes so; his knowledge eventually decreases. We become what we believe we are. We are the children of Almighty God, endowed with supreme power, glory and wisdom. We are children of immortality. We must understand this fundamental truth and hold fast to it always. When we dwell on this thought, how can we ever be low and ignorant? Bharathiya (Indian) culture teaches us to believe that the real nature of man is divine and that one should ever be conscious of this truth.
5.Every thought, word, and deed has to come from an enlightened consciousness. Do not let your mind wander; let it dwell constantly in the inner world. This is the inward quest, and meditation (dhyana) is the most important instrument needed for this. The spiritual aspirant must enter the inner quest through the gate of introspection. That gate will accord welcome into the highest and holiest awareness possible in life to every aspirant who is endowed with humility and devotion.
6.As early as possible teach your children this life-preserving, glorious and expansive truth: the sanctifying vision we must imbibe is that the Atma is full and free. It is a wonderful discovery, a thrilling thought! The Atma by its very nature is full; fullness need not be attained or accomplished and added to. If fullness is added to, it can also be subtracted from by the passage of time; what is built up must necessarily disintegrate. If we are impure by nature, even though we may succeed in achieving purity for a short while, later we will have to face our own impurity again, for the purity that comes in the middle will be easily swept away by circumstances. Therefore, all Bharathiya (ancient Indian) spiritual thinkers declared that purity is our very nature and that fullness is our genuine reality, and that we are never really ‘wanting’.
Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba
2.You should all strive for unity. First and foremost, young people should come forward to help each other. You must consider all as your brothers and sisters. All are children of God. Therefore, you must live in unity without giving room for any differences. The end of education is character. If your character is good, then you can achieve anything in life. You may think you have won gold medals, acquired high degrees and achieved name and fame. But if you lack character, these degrees are merely pieces of paper. Therefore, it is most essential to safeguard your character which alone will make you truly learned.
3.As a spiritual aspirant (sadhaka), you must first learn the secret of ‘inward vision’, and take your attention away from the exterior world. Divine life is nothing but this method of ‘inward living’. Just as the baby after learning to watch and understandtries to toddle hither and thither at home, so also the spiritual aspirant slowly learns to navigate and understand the inner world. A healthy baby in the cradle, watching the lamp on the wall, waves its arms and legs in glee, and lisps in joy. Likewise the spiritual aspirant, healt hy in body, mind and soul, lying in the cradle of life, watches the interior world and claps his/her hands ceaselessly in great delight on experiencing that inner joy.
4.Unless a belief is held unshaken throughout night and day, it cannot be used to achieve victory. When a person asserts that he/she is low in knowledge or talent, and knows but little, he/she becomes so; his knowledge eventually decreases. We become what we believe we are. We are the children of Almighty God, endowed with supreme power, glory and wisdom. We are children of immortality. We must understand this fundamental truth and hold fast to it always. When we dwell on this thought, how can we ever be low and ignorant? Bharathiya (Indian) culture teaches us to believe that the real nature of man is divine and that one should ever be conscious of this truth.
5.Every thought, word, and deed has to come from an enlightened consciousness. Do not let your mind wander; let it dwell constantly in the inner world. This is the inward quest, and meditation (dhyana) is the most important instrument needed for this. The spiritual aspirant must enter the inner quest through the gate of introspection. That gate will accord welcome into the highest and holiest awareness possible in life to every aspirant who is endowed with humility and devotion.
6.As early as possible teach your children this life-preserving, glorious and expansive truth: the sanctifying vision we must imbibe is that the Atma is full and free. It is a wonderful discovery, a thrilling thought! The Atma by its very nature is full; fullness need not be attained or accomplished and added to. If fullness is added to, it can also be subtracted from by the passage of time; what is built up must necessarily disintegrate. If we are impure by nature, even though we may succeed in achieving purity for a short while, later we will have to face our own impurity again, for the purity that comes in the middle will be easily swept away by circumstances. Therefore, all Bharathiya (ancient Indian) spiritual thinkers declared that purity is our very nature and that fullness is our genuine reality, and that we are never really ‘wanting’.
Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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