Sai Baba Gita - Association with the Divinity makes you Divine

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Association with the Divinity makes you Divine

Once upon a time, Lord Vishnu sent a message to Lord Shiva. He sent the message

through Garuda, the eagle which is Vishnu's vehicle. Garuda came to Shiva,

flapping its wings. When the snake, which was adorning Shiva, caught a little

feel of the wind which was being produced by the flapping of Garuda's wings, it

started hissing. Although an eagle is the deadly enemy of snakes and a snake

would normally slink away when an eagle comes near, now, this snake began

hissing at Garuda. It had the courage to do this because of the great strength

it got by virtue of the position it occupied around the neck of the Lord. When

this snake fearlessly continued hissing, Garuda said, "O snake, you are there

around the neck of Lord Shiva; therefore I must excuse you. But just come aside

a little, come away from there for a moment." The instant the snake leaves its

position, it becomes a meal for the eagle. As long as it remains in its

position it gains great strength because of its nearness to

divinity.

Truly, the only I-ness that is acceptable is when you link your I with the Lord,

and when you say, 'I am one with the Lord.' If instead you give up your nearness

and dearness to the Lord and ego takes hold of you, then you become very mean

and weak and vulnerable. Even if it is just a small thing, a valueless thing,

once it takes shelter in the Lord its value will be greatly increased. An

ordinary stone may be lying in the street, but when a sculptor comes and shapes

it into a sacred form, it is revered and worshipped in the temple. You can

reflect on the extraordinary value you will gain once you associate yourself

with the divinity and become one with it.

There is no possibility whatsoever of any kind of smallness finding a place in

divinity. In the Rama story we have the occasion when Sita, Rama's wife, had

been kidnapped by the demon king, Ravana, and kept captive in his palace. At

that time, Ravana was suffering great mental anguish. Even though ten months

had elapsed since she had been abducted, Sita would not yield to him. She would

not even utter a word to Ravana. Whatever threats he made against her, she

remained totally indifferent to him. This fact was noted by Ravana's wife, who

went to her husband and tried to correct him. She said, "Ravana, you have

infinite powers. You have done a great deal of penance. You are an

extraordinary devotee of Lord Shiva. You have acquired extraordinary powers to

disguise yourself. You went disguised as a mendicant to abduct Sita. You have

the power to go in any disguise whatsoever and appear in any form. Since you

can take on whatever form you want, why haven't you gone to her in the form

of Rama? Then Sita would have immediately accepted you? Why haven't you done

this?" Ravana told his wife, "If I were to disguise myself as Rama and take on

his sacred form, I would not have been able to retain such lustful desires!"

When you become one with divinity, all your little mean thoughts and ideas will

vanish. They can no longer come and disturb your tranquillity. "Therefore,"

Krishna told Arjuna, "When you are fighting the battle, fight; but while

fighting think of me. That is the proper way of discharging your duty. In that

way you will be upholding the high ideals of protecting righteousness and you

will be setting a good example for others. You will also gain a great deal of

renown. If you offer everything to the divinity, you will be successful in

every endeavor. To do this you must gain control of the senses. Slowly but

surely you must exercise control over your sense organs until they come under

your complete control. Then you will be able to realize your full potential as

a human being. Then, also, you will have developed equal-mindedness, and you

will be called a truly wise man.

"Now you are still living with so many attachments; when you are so bound up,

how can you develop equanimity? You are keeping inner peace far away from you.

All these relationships and associations that you are cultivating are

constantly changing. They are impermanent and cannot possibly help you in the

end. Recognize the truth which is permanent. Attach yourself to the divinity.

It is ever with you. It will never leave you."

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

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