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Friday, June 5, 2020

Keep the name of the Lord always radiant on your tongue and mind, it will keep the antics of the mind under control.

Every being craves happiness; none long for misery. But everyone is set upon obtaining the things believed to give them joy. Those who know where one can get happiness are very few in number. Happiness is of three kinds. One type is of the nature of poison in the beginning but turns into nectar later. This is pure (sathwic) happiness, which is secured through the awareness of the Atma. That is to say, the sadhana of equanimity, control of inner and outer senses, etc., which has to be gone through, appears hard and unpleasant, and involves struggle and effort. When one succeeds in overwhelming the mind, one achieves the awareness of the Atma. This success can result only when one undergoes many ordeals and denials. The bliss that one earns afterward is the highest kind of happiness. As the fruition of all spiritual discipline, one is established in the perfect equanimity of unruffled consciousness (nirvikalpa-samadhi) and the bliss that one is filled with is indescribable. It is ambrosial, equal to the nectar of immortality.

Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba

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