All beings are like flowers that bloom and fade before the day is over; but, like this garland you offered Me when I came amidst you, they are strung on one eternal indestructible thread, the thread (Sutra) called the Divine (Brahman). Establish this non-dual attitude (Bhava-adwaitam) in your mind; it will render your service more enjoyable, more fruitful, more sweet and pleasant to the recipient. Without that attitude, paropakaram (doing good to others) becomes help doled out to lesser men and poorer folk, by superior persons. All such help will be suspected and resented; it is contaminated at the source as well as at the destination. Of course, one should not treat all equally, or have the same prescription for all. Serve each according to the specific need and capacity so that they benefit by the help. The Divine (Antaratma) is the same in all, but, you should not give a knife into the hands of a mad man, or a gold necklace to a child. The child will cast it away; the madman may gash someone's throat.
Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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