The tree of life is a tree of delusion (maya), with all its branches, leaves and flowers of maya. You can realise it as such when you do all acts as dedicated offerings for God. See Him as the sap through every cell as the Sun warms and builds every part. See Him in all, worship Him through all, for He is all. Engage in activity, but fill the activity with devotion: it is the devotion that sanctifies. A piece of paper is almost trash; but if a certificate is written on it, you value it and treasure it; it becomes a passport for promotion in life. It is the bhava (feeling behind) that matters, not the bahya (the external); the feeling, not the activity that is performed. At Tirupati or at Bhadrachalam you find only a stone shaped as an idol; as a stone, it is of little value. But, when feeling permeates it, when devotion transmutes it, the stone becomes the Supreme Treasure of the human mind. Man does not know this secret of transmuting every act of his into sacred worship and so, he suffers from disappointment and grief.
Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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