1.Good and bad co-exist. It is not possible for anyone to separate them. When you cultivate virtues, the bad in you will become absolutely insignificant. There is no need to use any force to drive away negative qualities. When you forget bad, goodness will develop in you in full measure. Do not think that the New Year will give you some new results. Whatever good or bad you experience is the effect of your thoughts, words, and actions. When any bad thought comes into your mind, give it up immediately. If you conduct yourself in this manner, you will become a true devotee of God and achieve liberation. This is the message I would like to give you on this sacred day.
2.You must control your mind. Proper enquiry into the mind and purity of heart are very essential. Offer your mind to God. God will do everything for you. Discharge your duty earnestly with devotion to God. Cultivate the firm faith that God is everywhere. Do not doubt that God is here but not there. God is present wherever you search for Him. He permeates the entire universe. Most people are not able to recognize this truth. God is present in all beings, be it a small insect like an ant or a big animal like an elephant. He is present alike in a grain of sand and in a particle of sugar.
3.Very often, people act quite contrary to the dictates of their Dharma. People do not follow the path laid down by the scriptures. Truth is the holiest of all virtues. But many do not have an iota of truthfulness in them. People lose courage at the slightest upset and give up the adventure of life. They develop a kind of pseudo-renunciation. If only they would lead their life with the attitude of performing their duty, there would be no need for them to run away to caves and forests for escape. You can realize the Lord in the assignment of your duty, in your own Dharmic life, no matter what you do.
4.What is the significance of the statement: God is the Upadanakarana (the proximate cause of the Cosmos)? ‘Proximate cause’ means the cause that produced the effect. The ‘effect’ is the ‘cause’ in another form. It cannot be separate from the cause. Every effect that we notice is but the cause that has assumed a new form. The Cosmos is the effect, God is the cause — these statements only stress the fact that the Cosmos is but God in another form. It may be doubted whether all this multiplicity of things and beings is really God? Yes! That is the truth. All that the senses cognize, all that we are aware of, are God. There is nothing else but He. Our bodies, minds, intellects, consciousness—all are God's.
Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba
2.You must control your mind. Proper enquiry into the mind and purity of heart are very essential. Offer your mind to God. God will do everything for you. Discharge your duty earnestly with devotion to God. Cultivate the firm faith that God is everywhere. Do not doubt that God is here but not there. God is present wherever you search for Him. He permeates the entire universe. Most people are not able to recognize this truth. God is present in all beings, be it a small insect like an ant or a big animal like an elephant. He is present alike in a grain of sand and in a particle of sugar.
3.Very often, people act quite contrary to the dictates of their Dharma. People do not follow the path laid down by the scriptures. Truth is the holiest of all virtues. But many do not have an iota of truthfulness in them. People lose courage at the slightest upset and give up the adventure of life. They develop a kind of pseudo-renunciation. If only they would lead their life with the attitude of performing their duty, there would be no need for them to run away to caves and forests for escape. You can realize the Lord in the assignment of your duty, in your own Dharmic life, no matter what you do.
4.What is the significance of the statement: God is the Upadanakarana (the proximate cause of the Cosmos)? ‘Proximate cause’ means the cause that produced the effect. The ‘effect’ is the ‘cause’ in another form. It cannot be separate from the cause. Every effect that we notice is but the cause that has assumed a new form. The Cosmos is the effect, God is the cause — these statements only stress the fact that the Cosmos is but God in another form. It may be doubted whether all this multiplicity of things and beings is really God? Yes! That is the truth. All that the senses cognize, all that we are aware of, are God. There is nothing else but He. Our bodies, minds, intellects, consciousness—all are God's.
Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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