1.Doubts may arise in your minds when you hear the story of creation and the early history of man on earth. The processes of the Divine Will are mysterious wonders. They cannot be grasped by the faculties with which you measure earthly events. Often, they may strike you as devoid of any basis, but the Lord will never involve Himself in any deed without a proper cause. That Will need not be explicable. It is its own prompter. Everything everywhere is certainly due to His Will.
2.Even if someone through perversity or blind conceit has thus far not cultivated good qualities, they can at least make a try to secure them! If this is not done, the excellence of life cannot be tasted; it becomes a waste with no worth at all. The mind, by sheer force of negative impulses, gets lost in false values and is unable to develop along the right lines. Such a mind, turned away from good, might cause indescribable evil. All progress won by the sadhaka (spiritual aspirant) might get destroyed by such a mind in an unguarded instant because of a moment’s negligence! It is like a spark falling on a keg of gunpowder.
3.There is only One; He is described by the wise in a myriad ways. He is seen and experienced in various ways by different people, according to their angle of vision and the level of their intelligence and awareness. Different people describe the same thing in distinct ways. How can anyone declare that they should not do so? Or that what they describe is wrong? No one has the right to disparage or deny. Only those who strive to rise above the here and now, and become aware of the Transcendental Principle of Godhead deserve to be called true devotees. Those who revel in hurting others do not justify to be called devotees.
4.Some try to be devoid of gunas (qualities), but they achieve only living death. Their pale faces reveal only lack of zest and interest. This is the result of unreasoned haste in one’s spiritual discipline. Though one should ultimately transcend the gunas, there should be no hurry to reach the goal. Even though a person may have the ardour, it very often leads to dilemmas, which many solve by means of drastic measures! Hence, first, one must accumulate the wealth of character.
Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba
2.Even if someone through perversity or blind conceit has thus far not cultivated good qualities, they can at least make a try to secure them! If this is not done, the excellence of life cannot be tasted; it becomes a waste with no worth at all. The mind, by sheer force of negative impulses, gets lost in false values and is unable to develop along the right lines. Such a mind, turned away from good, might cause indescribable evil. All progress won by the sadhaka (spiritual aspirant) might get destroyed by such a mind in an unguarded instant because of a moment’s negligence! It is like a spark falling on a keg of gunpowder.
3.There is only One; He is described by the wise in a myriad ways. He is seen and experienced in various ways by different people, according to their angle of vision and the level of their intelligence and awareness. Different people describe the same thing in distinct ways. How can anyone declare that they should not do so? Or that what they describe is wrong? No one has the right to disparage or deny. Only those who strive to rise above the here and now, and become aware of the Transcendental Principle of Godhead deserve to be called true devotees. Those who revel in hurting others do not justify to be called devotees.
4.Some try to be devoid of gunas (qualities), but they achieve only living death. Their pale faces reveal only lack of zest and interest. This is the result of unreasoned haste in one’s spiritual discipline. Though one should ultimately transcend the gunas, there should be no hurry to reach the goal. Even though a person may have the ardour, it very often leads to dilemmas, which many solve by means of drastic measures! Hence, first, one must accumulate the wealth of character.
Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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