Sai Baba Gita - Realize the Atma through your Direct Experience

May 20, 2004

Realize the Atma through your Direct Experience

As long as you think that your body is real and your divinity is not real, you

will not understand the principle of atma. And as long as you identify yourself

with your body and not with your essential truth, your real self, you will not

be able to gain the direct experience of your indwelling divinity. The atma has

been spoken of in many ways, but you can comprehend it only through your direct

experience.

Someone may describe the exquisite sweetness of mango nectar to you in elaborate

detail and with great enthusiasm; but unless you have tasted the nectar and

experienced it directly, you will not be able to appreciate its unique

sweetness. When the nectar is on your tongue and you delight in its taste, then

you understand what is meant by its sweetness. Similarly, unless you seek the

direct experience of the Lord, unless you engage in spiritual practices and

develop the noble qualities that are dear to the Lord, you will never be able

to savor the divine sweetness arising from the atma.

What is the way to immortality? It is the removal of immorality. Swami has often

spoken of this. Only when you remove the immorality within you, will you be able

to gain immortality. When you remove the weaknesses, such as jealousy, hatred,

anger, pride and all the other evils which have obscured your truth, then you

will be able to enjoy the strength of the unchanging presence of divinity

inside you. It is when you embody at least one or two of the 26 virtues which

have been mentioned in the Gita, when you understand their deeper meaning,

practice them and make them part of your daily life, then it will become

possible for you to realize the immortal nature of the atma. Of the many

virtuous qualities that a devotee can develop, forbearance is at the heart of

all of them.

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

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