Sai Baba Gita - The Immortal Self - Beyond the Ephemeral Individual

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The Immortal Self - Beyond the Ephemeral Individual

Together these 24 principles comprise the individual being. The wisdom teachings

deal with these various principles. Their purpose is to help you realize the one

transcendent principle which is beyond all these. That is the atma. It is the

immortal self, the one reality that underlies all these bodily principles, but

which is in no way affected by them. It is true and unchanging, whereas these

24 are just manifestations of ignorance, constantly undergoing change. Together

these 24 principles constitute the illusion which makes you appear as a separate

being. If you go on spending your life depending only on these changing

qualities, how will you ever be able to attain the eternal bliss which is your

true nature, and which is not in any way influenced by these transitory things?

The joys that you experience through your sense organs, that seem so delightful

in the moment, are likely to give you sorrow later on. Such joys come and go;

they are not permanent. Krishna strongly emphasized that you should not believe

in these sense organs and be led astray by them. However educated you may be,

whatever office you may hold, whatever position you may have, unless you gain

control over your senses you will not be able to gain peace of mind. Inner

peace can be obtained only by controlling the sense organs. Perhaps you think

that controlling the sense organs is too difficult for you to undertake, but in

the Gita, Krishna taught a number of different ways which can help you succeed

in mastering them.

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

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