108 Quotations on Faith in God [1]

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108 Quotations on Faith in God

>From Sri Sathya Sai Baba's Divine Discourses

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   The first quality every member of the Sathya Sai Seva Organisation should

have is firm faith in God. This faith must be based on the awareness that God

is Omnipresent. The Divine pervades everything in the Universe. This may not be

understood by everyone. Some may not agree that the Divine is Omnipresent. But

whether they accept this fact or not, the truth is, evidence of the presence of

God can be found wherever one turns.

     Is it possible for this boundless creation to be brought into existence by

man, if there had been no Divine Principle behind it? For instance, fire is

latent in the branches of a tree and in the tree itself. If the branches rub

against each other, they may generate a fire which could burn down the tree,

branches and all. Which is the power that filled the branches with the latent

fire and ensured at the same time that they did not destroy themselves by

releasing that fire? Is man responsible for this? Take, again, the example of

the process by which the food that we take is converted into blood. Is this the

invention of any man?

     It is the immanent, all-pervasive power of the Divine that reveals Itself

in numerous ways. We see flowers of all kinds. Men are able to make plastic

flowers of the same kind. But can any one fill the plastic flowers with the

native fragrance that is got from natural flowers? This is possible only by the

Divine. There is sweet water inside a tender coconut. Who poured the water

inside the coconut? Was it the work of any man? No. Only the Divine can do such

a thing.

     Examples such as these should serve to confirm your faith in the Divine. No

one can probe the mystery of the power of the Divine or grasp its infinite

magnitude. If members of the Sathya Sai Organisation have no faith in the

Divine, there is no purpose in their remaining in the organisation. Such

persons need not join the organisation or continue in it. It is with faith that

one should take up social service. Society is our primary concern. The Divine is

manifest in society.

– Sri Sathya Sai Baba

Sathya Sai Speaks, Volume XVII, Chapter 13, Make adoption meaningful to

villagers,Section: Power of the Divine reveals itself in numerous

wayshttp://www.sathyasai.org/search/volume17/sss17-13.pdf

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