If you have steady and resolute love, concentration becomes intense and unshakeable. Faith develops into love, and love results in concentration. Prayer begins to yield fruit under such conditions. Pray using the Name as a symbol of the Lord. Pray keeping all the waves of the mind stilled. Pray as the performance of a duty for your very real existence, as the only justification for your coming into the world as a human. ‘Mine’ and ‘yours’ — these attitudes are only for identification. They are not real; they are temporary. ‘His’ — that is the truth, the eternal. It is like the headmaster of a school being in temporary charge of the furniture of the school. He must hand over the items when he is transferred or retired. Treat all things with which you are endowed, just as the headmaster treats the furniture. Be always aware that the final checking-up is imminent. Wait for that moment with joy. Be ready for that event. Have your accounts up to date and the balance already calculated to be handed over. Treat all things entrusted to you with care and diligence.
Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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