Sai Baba Gita - Every day observe a period of Silence

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Every day observe a period of Silence

At least for a few hours a day you should observe silence. Then the mind will

get some rest from words and thought waves. Repetition of the holy name and

concentration on the Lord can also be practiced to give some rest to the mind.

Repetition of the name and thinking of the Lord brings about both inner and

outer purity. Just as you bathe your body every day and transform it into a

clean outer vehicle, the mind, too, has to be given a regular purification bath

to renew its freshness and sacredness. Now you are concerned mostly with

physical cleanliness, but you must also engage in mental cleanliness, which is

equally essential to life. Good thoughts, good feelings and good actions go a

long way to bring about inner cleanliness.

Austerity truly means bringing about a physical, vocal and mental unity by

letting actions words and thoughts become one. This is the real austerity. A

great soul is one who has been able to enjoy the unity of all these three

attributes. If the thoughts, the words, and the actions are different, then a

person cannot be considered a great person.

Worldly experiences are governed by combinations of the three attributes. Of

these, inertia and chaos give rise to a slothful nature, action and reaction

give rise to an active, passionate nature, and rhythm or calm gives rise to a

pure, harmonious nature. Austerity refers to transforming the first of these

two, the slothful and passionate natures, into the pure, calm, harmonious

nature. This can be brought about by controlling sloth with the help of the

passionate nature and then by controlling passion with the help of the pure

calm nature. In this way you can enjoy the harmony of all three natures, being

joined together as one. Ultimately, when all your actions, words and deeds have

become totally unified, you will have overcome all worldly attributes and you

will be free even from the limitations of the pure calm nature.

For example, suppose you have stepped on a thorn. If you want to remove the

thorn from your foot there is no need to look for a special instrument. Another

thorn is sufficient to remove the first one. Then you can throw both thorns

away. In the same way, the two lower natures which have been giving you so much

trouble, can be removed with the help of the thorn of the calm pure nature.

Until you have removed these two lower qualities, you need the calm quality.

The calm quality may be described as a golden chain, the passionate quality as

a copper chain and the slothful quality as an iron one. All three chains bind

you in the same way. The value of the metal of the chain may be different, but

they all bind nevertheless.

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