Do not fritter away your energies playing the silly game of gaining and losing, gathering and scattering, winning temporary fame, fortune and felicity. Go, straight on the royal road that leads to self-realisation, and don't stray into the bylanes of counterfeit bliss. This does not mean that you have to give up kith and kin and foot it all alone. The community in which you find yourself is the arena where you can win the victory, the gymnasium where you develop the skill to win. The spiritual journey lies through compassion, sympathy, mutual help, and service, and these are fostered by society and are to be used for society. If you love another person, you will not covet lordship over him; you will not covet his property; you will have no envy when he prospers, and no joy when he suffers. Love is the strongest antidote for greed. This, therefore, is the fundamental spiritual discipline: give love and receive love.
Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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