Sai Baba Gita Reading for Today - Meditation and Devotion are One and the Same

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Sai Baba Gita Reading for TodayDecember 10, 2003- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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Meditation and Devotion are One and the Same

Another way of thinking of this highest form of devotion is as the uninterrupted

meditation on God alone. In the popular understanding of the word, meditation

refers to concentrating on an object, and through that object reaching a higher

state of consciousness. But this is not the correct approach to meditation. True

meditation is meditation on God, and only on God. Therefore, meditation and

devotion are really the same; both are the process of concentrating on God to

the exclusion of everything else, thinking only of him. Without such meditation

or devotion it is impossible to realize the constant presence of God everywhere,

in everything, and thereby, gain true spiritual knowledge.

You long to enjoy the fruit, but you will not be able to get it without first

having the flower. First comes the blossom, then comes the fruit. Devotion is

like the flower. Without first developing the flower of unshakable love for God

and allowing it to blossom forth, it will be impossible for you to acquire the

fruit of spiritual wisdom. This flower of love may express itself in different

ways as the following example shows.

Source:http://www.atmapress.com/saibabagita/saigita072.html- - - - - - - - - - -

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GitaCompiled and edited by Al Drucker - Published by Atma

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