Liberation is samadhi or peace attained through the spiritual discipline of the cleansing of the inner person — the spiritual discipline of negating the impressions that one gets through seeing, hearing, reading, learning, doing, and getting things done. People suffering unbearable physical agony don’t take any interest in entertainment, do they? Similarly, a sincere seeker and devotee can have no interest in the world’s theatre of objective pleasure and petty passion. These inferior desires have first to be renounced and checked. They lie at the root of all misery. Stabilising oneself in detachment is itself the highest austerity (tapas), the most exacting vow. One has to be ever alert in that austerity and strive again and again. Like a child endeavouring to walk, you might toddle a few steps, falter, and fall, but like the child, you must lift yourself up with a smile and start again.
BAGAVAN SRI SRI SRI SATHYA SAI BABA
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