Sai Baba Gita - Kindness is the Hallmark of a true Human Being

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Sai Baba GitaJune 22, 2004

Kindness is the Hallmark of a true Human Being

There are a number of weaknesses that have invaded human beings. As a result,

they lose their innate kindness and become cruel. They behave more like wild

animals dwelling in the jungle. But clearly this is not the true nature of a

human being. It is the very opposite of humanness. The very word human or

humane is used to denote kindness. Of all the different flowers of devotion,

God accepts the flower of human kindness with the greatest love. Offering

ordinary flowers and worshipping God with the ordinary thoughts and intentions

that accompany them, will not evoke the love of God. That will not please him,

nor will he accept such offerings.

What offerings will God accept? What does he appreciate? He will accept the

flowers of human kindness, the flowers of love, the flowers of compassion

blooming in your heart. How should you express this feeling of kindness? It is

not enough for you to just do some good. You must transform your heart. There

must be a leap of faith. You must develop a deep-seated belief in God's

omnipresence. You have to live the conviction that the same God exists in every

heart. Then you will be able to recognize other's pain and sorrow as your own

pain and sorrow. Here is a small story.

In a village there lived a couple who had a young daughter. It was just a small

family of three. It was not a well-to-do family; in fact, it was a very poor

family. But poor as they were, these parents decided to provide a proper

education for their child. There was no school in the village in which they

lived, so they had to send their child to a neighboring village. She had to

traverse a forest every day to go to the village where the school was. City

people might be afraid of walking through a forest, but villagers do not mind;

it is part of their daily life. So this little girl spent her time going to the

school in the neighboring village, learning her lessons there, and then coming

back home in the evening.

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