It is
true that milk contains butter; sesame seeds contain oil;
cane yields sugar. But by merely holding milk in the hand,
you cannot get butter; filling the lamp with sesame seeds
you cannot light the wick, shaking the cane will not result
in a shower of sugar. By placing sweets on a plate in front
of you and reciting 108 times "sweets, sweets.."
can your tongue relish it? Similarly you study many holy
books, and chant mantras and hymns. Of course, the
time spent in these activities is thereby rendered holy.
But, these are not helping you to transform the work you
are engaged in into an offering acceptable to God. Are you
putting into practice at least one percent of what you read
or recite? Mere reading and singing will not free you from
the cycle of birth and death. God has to be planted firmly
in the mind, the omnipresent God has to be enshrined in the
heart; God has to flow with the blood in the veins. God has
to be visualised through the inner eye.
Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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