Sai Baba Gita - Worldly Attachments are like Poison

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Sai Baba GitaJanuary 15, 2004

Worldly Attachments are like Poison

Every day, at every time, there will be changes occurring in all the objects of

creation. These changes are not artificial, they are not imaginary, they are

natural and inherent in the very nature of the objects. Once you recognize that

the world is basically a stage for the continuous natural occurrence of changes,

and that change is inherent in the very nature of the objects of the world, then

you will become free from suffering. Anyone who realizes that there is a lethal

toxin contained in the fangs of a poisonous snake will not casually go near it.

If you see an approaching scorpion with its poisonous tail held up, ready to

strike, would you not run away from it? Only a small, innocent child or a

totally ignorant person would go near it, get stung and die.

You make every effort to avoid a poisonous creature because you know its harmful

nature. In the same way, you would make every effort to avoid worldly

attachments if you knew their harmful nature. The Lord taught in the Gita, that

instead of undergoing all the sufferings that go with developing attachments and

then getting disillusioned when the inevitable changes begin to happen, it would

be far better from the very beginning to remain unattached towards the things

and objects of the world. But now you go on planning many things and attaching

yourself to many things in order to gain some short-term joys. You exhaust

yourself thinking and planning, "I should do this, I should do that" or "I

should do this instead of that" and get yourself involved in countless projects

and activities. But you will have to bear the consequences of all these actions

in the future.

The seeds you have sown by your actions will mature and you will reap the

harvest of those seeds. If the seed belongs to one variety, you cannot expect

to get back a different kind of result. Whatever acts you have indulged in, the

appropriate fruits thereof will be given to you in the form of an invisible

garland which is hung around your neck. When you are born from the womb of your

mother, no garland can be seen. Neither a garland of pearls nor one of precious

gemstones nor a necklace of gold will be visible around your neck.

Nevertheless, there surely is a garland there. That garland is composed of the

consequences of your past deeds which you have performed during your previous

births. That garland given to you by the Creator will adorn your neck, although

it will not be seen by the physical eyes.

The person who recognizes the truth, that for every action there will be a

resulting consequence, will take up only good activities and will spend his

life indulging only in actions that will earn him good results. This has been

taught by the Gita as a spiritual exercise of particular importance to

devotees. It leads eventually to developing indifference and detachment to the

things of the world, and it results in the acquisition of true wisdom. Here is

an example which illustrates this illusory nature of the world and the

detachment you should have to it.

http://www.atmapress.com/saibabagita/saigita108.html

Sai Baba Gita, Compiled and edited by Al Drucker - Published by Atma Press -

http://www.atmapress.com - ISBN: 0963844903Online Edition:

http://www.atmapress.com/saibabagita/index.html

 

 

 

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