People may say that pilgrimages are a waste of time and money, but let Me tell you that it is the best way to spend time and money, provided one has real devotion.

You go from place to place, like postal parcels, collecting impressions on the outer wrapper, not on the core of your being. A blind man going places is not worried whether it is night or day. So too, you do not differentiate between one place and another. You behave equally unconcerned, equally senses-centred, in all types of places. You do not allow the holiness of the place to act on your mind. As a result of pilgrimages, your habits must change for the better, your outlook must widen, and your inward look must become deeper and become more-steady. You must realise the Omnipresence of God, and Oneness of Humanity. You must learn tolerance and patience, charity and service. After the pilgrimage is over, sitting in your own home, you must ruminate over your experiences and determine to seek the higher, richer and more real experience of God-realisation. I bless you that you may form that determination, and striving step by step, achieve that Goal.

Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba