Sai Baba Gita - Keeping the Senses within their Normal Limits

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Sai Baba GitaJanuary 9, 2004

Keeping the Senses within their Normal Limits

The normal body temperature is 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit; if it goes up even one

degree there will be a disease in progress. Only when it is within the

appropriate level does it indicate a healthy body. In the same way, your blood

pressure is normal when it is 120 over 80. If the blood pressure goes up to 150

over 90 it indicates an abnormal condition in the body, which may be indicative

of an illness. Similarly, the heart beat should be around 75; if it increases

an ailment will be in progress.

The same is also true for your senses. There is a range of light that is

appropriate to healthy functioning of the eyes. If the light is too bright the

eyes cannot see and will be harmed. This is true, as well, in the case of the

ears; there is a proper range of sound. If the level of sound exceeds that

range, such as may happen close to an airplane, a train or a loudspeaker, the

hearing will become impaired. Like this, all the senses are limited to a normal

range of operation.

We see that life functions a lot like a limited company in the business world.

If you want to carry on unlimited business with this limited company then you

will be subject to a great deal of distress. Therefore, you have to impose

restrictions on your behavior, and spend your life acting always within certain

prescribed limits. This can also be called discipline. Discipline is

particularly necessary for the spiritual progress of an individual. Without

discipline a person is likely to become nothing but an animal. But discipline,

too, has to be exercised within limits. There is even a need to regulate your

discipline if you are to enjoy life. You see that for everything there is a

limit and a boundary. If you stay within these limits you will not be troubled

by life.

The Gita has taught that desire and anger are the primary obstacles to

liberation, so it is vitally important that they be curbed. You need to take

proper notice of these two dreadful enemies of man and develop complete control

over them. These enemies are not external to you; they are your inner enemies.

If you are defeated by your inner enemies, how can you ever hope to conquer

your external ones? Once you keep desire and anger under firm check you will be

able to defeat your outer enemies quite easily. The Gita has shown that the way

to conquer desire and anger is by saturating your life with renunciation,

sacrifice and love.

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