1.It is only when the mind is completely under control that we can grasp our real identity. Then all troubles and travails, doubts and dilemmas, come to an end. We can then overcome all sorrow, delusion and anxiety, and become established in the holy serenity of Shanti (peace). Spiritual life is not a matter of meaningless talk. It is an experience of pure Ananda (bliss).
2.Consider how you dream in your sleep – dreams do not arise from somewhere outside you nor do the varied images and activities disappear into some place outside you. They arise and disappear within you. While dreaming, you consider the events and persons as real, and you experience the feelings of grief, delight, fear, anxiety, and joy as realistically as in the waking stage. You do not dismiss them at the time as illusory. The Cosmos is the dream of God. It arises in Him and merges in Him. It is the product of His Mind. The cycles of birth and death are all fanciful weavings of maya, illusory agitations and unreal appearances. Those who have experienced this highest wisdom can attain oneness with the Divine, here and now.
3.Everyone aspires for happiness and wants to avoid sorrow. But in this world, truth and untruth, righteousness and unrighteousness, joy and sorrow pass and change with time. You should have faith in the Ultimate Principle out of which both good and evil arise. The true human being treats pain and pleasure equally. Trust the Divine and experience His love in your hearts. In this world, the gain from sorrow is more than out of happiness. The saints and sages of yore, who have become immortal in history, aspired for hardship rather than happiness. The joy that arises out of overcoming hardships is more lasting than that gained from happiness. Hence, we should not be averse to sorrow nor should we look for happiness alone.
4.The cessation of the modifications and agitations of the mind are the prerequisites for obtaining an audience with the Divine. His reception hall has eight gates through which one has to pass: control of the inner senses, control of the outer senses, right sitting posture, breath control, mind control, concentration, meditation, and super-consciousness.Meditation is the royal road to attain super-consciousness. After the mind has been brought under control by these eight disciplines, will power can easily be developed. The Lord, by mere willing, can accomplish anything immediately and easily. In man, will power is generally not so strong; when one achieves that power, one attains something equal to the power of the Lord. That is the meaning of merger (laya). Such merger is made possible through meditation (dhyana).
5.The Atma is also known as Brahman, so learning the Atma Vidya (Atmic knowledge) is to be considered the main objective by every student. Students who yearn to acquire this knowledge have to earn some primary qualifications. They are: Viveka (discrimination), Vairagya (renunciation), and the zeal to ensure that all evil propensities are uprooted within themselves. Only then do they deserve the status of being a student. Aspirants who possess a good character through these qualifications can confidently hope to attain the Atma without much difficulty.
6.“We have helped the helpless, so our path will be smooth and safe. We have uplifted the downtrodden, so we can avoid troubles on our path. We have busied ourselves in singing the Lord’s Glory in chorus (bhajan), so we are sure of Heaven”— these are the calculations of some people who engage themselves in ‘good acts’. When such people give up their bodies, their soul reaches Chandra Loka (region of the Mind) as a Deva (angel). Residence in that Loka (region) is the reward they have secured for their good deeds in the past. When the joy emanating from the good deeds is experienced and finished, the balance of the consequences accumulated has to be suffered, and so the soul comes back to earth as a human. Therefore, one has to engage in charitable acts and attain the highest good, cleansing one’s heart in the process. Once this happens one reaches Brahma Loka (the region of Brahma) from where there is no coming back.
Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba
2.Consider how you dream in your sleep – dreams do not arise from somewhere outside you nor do the varied images and activities disappear into some place outside you. They arise and disappear within you. While dreaming, you consider the events and persons as real, and you experience the feelings of grief, delight, fear, anxiety, and joy as realistically as in the waking stage. You do not dismiss them at the time as illusory. The Cosmos is the dream of God. It arises in Him and merges in Him. It is the product of His Mind. The cycles of birth and death are all fanciful weavings of maya, illusory agitations and unreal appearances. Those who have experienced this highest wisdom can attain oneness with the Divine, here and now.
3.Everyone aspires for happiness and wants to avoid sorrow. But in this world, truth and untruth, righteousness and unrighteousness, joy and sorrow pass and change with time. You should have faith in the Ultimate Principle out of which both good and evil arise. The true human being treats pain and pleasure equally. Trust the Divine and experience His love in your hearts. In this world, the gain from sorrow is more than out of happiness. The saints and sages of yore, who have become immortal in history, aspired for hardship rather than happiness. The joy that arises out of overcoming hardships is more lasting than that gained from happiness. Hence, we should not be averse to sorrow nor should we look for happiness alone.
4.The cessation of the modifications and agitations of the mind are the prerequisites for obtaining an audience with the Divine. His reception hall has eight gates through which one has to pass: control of the inner senses, control of the outer senses, right sitting posture, breath control, mind control, concentration, meditation, and super-consciousness.
5.The Atma is also known as Brahman, so learning the Atma Vidya (Atmic knowledge) is to be considered the main objective by every student. Students who yearn to acquire this knowledge have to earn some primary qualifications. They are: Viveka (discrimination), Vairagya (renunciation), and the zeal to ensure that all evil propensities are uprooted within themselves. Only then do they deserve the status of being a student. Aspirants who possess a good character through these qualifications can confidently hope to attain the Atma without much difficulty.
6.“We have helped the helpless, so our path will be smooth and safe. We have uplifted the downtrodden, so we can avoid troubles on our path. We have busied ourselves in singing the Lord’s Glory in chorus (bhajan), so we are sure of Heaven”— these are the calculations of some people who engage themselves in ‘good acts’. When such people give up their bodies, their soul reaches Chandra Loka (region of the Mind) as a Deva (angel). Residence in that Loka (region) is the reward they have secured for their good deeds in the past. When the joy emanating from the good deeds is experienced and finished, the balance of the consequences accumulated has to be suffered, and so the soul comes back to earth as a human. Therefore, one has to engage in charitable acts and attain the highest good, cleansing one’s heart in the process. Once this happens one reaches Brahma Loka (the region of Brahma) from where there is no coming back.
Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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