To secure the grace of the Divine, it is not necessary to seek knowledge, wealth, power or position. Purity of mind alone is enough. Every cell of one's body will be filled with the Divine when God is worshipped with pure and single-minded devotion. To the self-sacrificing devotee, the Divine will be Omnipresent. The Lord is ever ready to answer the prayers of the devotees. But what passes for ‘devotion’ nowadays is only ‘deep ocean’ (submergence in the ocean of worldly life). People talk about the Divine, but are interested only in ‘deep wine’. They talk of compassion, but are concerned only with ‘fashion’. They mouth the word ‘cooperation’, but indulge only in ‘operation’. Devotion has been reduced to a pompous show. True knowledge can come only when one is confronted with an extreme moral crisis. This was the situation Arjuna faced when he was placed between two opposing armies. Parikshith faced a similar crisis when he learnt that he had only one week to live. It is at times of such crisis that one thinks of God and seeks divine help!
Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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