Sai Baba Gita - You are the Atma, You are God

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You are the Atma, You are God

Krishna told Arjuna, "Always remember that you are the indweller, not the body.

You are the one who wears the cloth; you are not the cloth itself. You are the

resident of the house; you are not the house. You are the witness, the knower

of the individual, you are not the individual. But now, Arjuna, you are

mistaking yourself to be this limited individual. Enjoyment of impermanent

things can only give you impermanent happiness. Eventually, all these momentary

pleasures and enjoyments will only turn into sorrow. Keep your mind steady and

discharge your duties, remembering the atma. Do not think or worry about birth

and death, or the joy and sorrow which accrue to you. Birth and death are

relevant only to the body. They do not refer to you. You are not the body. You

are the permanent entity which is free from birth and death. You have neither a

beginning nor an end. You were never born and you will never die. Nor will you

ever kill anyone. You are the atma. You are

all-pervasive. Verily, you are God. Your very self is God and God is your self."

After realizing that it is in the nature of fire to produce heat, would anyone

grieve over the fact that fire burns? Would anyone suffer from sorrow after

learning that ice cools? The very nature of fire is to burn and the very nature

of ice is to cool whatever it comes in contact with. In the same way, everything

which is born will some day die. This is natural. Whatever is free to come must

also be free to go. Therefore, you should not brood over things which are

natural, like birth and death, joy and sorrow. Recognize the inherent defects

and weaknesses of all things. One day or another, everything existing in the

world will have to undergo change. The same five elements which are to be found

everywhere in the world are also to be found in you and in everyone else.

Whatever things you desire, whatever things you are seeking, even if you pursue

your search for them into the farthest corners of the world, you will discover

that you are really just seeking the five elements. These five elements are all

you will ever find in any of the things of the world. But since they are already

part of you, what is the point of seeking them in the things outside? It is

natural for you to seek and aspire for something which you do not have. It is

unnatural for you to seek and aspire for something which you already have.

There is only one entity which transcends the five elements. That is the

divinity. That is what you should aspire for.

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