108 Quotations on Faith in God [52]

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108 Quotations on Faith in God

>From Sri Sathya Sai Baba's Divine Discourses

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All troubles arise because, obsessed with the mind, man forgets the Aathma.

When your life is illumined by the effulgence of the Aathma, the mind will be

put in the shade. When you ignore the body and the mind, you will understand

your true nature--the Aathmik Principle in you. When you have realised this

basic truth, you can carry on all your daily activities and do your duties in a

spirit of dedication.

Today there is no peace anywhere in the world. What is the reason? People

have forgotten Aathma-thathva (the reality of the Spirit). They have lost faith

in the Spirit and have developed attachment to worldly things. People look at

the phenomenal world. But they do not see it as a manifestation of the Divine.

Herein lies their foolishness.

All that is perceived by the eyes is divine. The perceiver is also divine.

Spirituality points out the Divinity that is present in both the seer and the

seen. When this basic spiritual oneness is realised, the division between man

and nature disappears.

– Sri Sathya Sai Baba

Sri Sathya Sai Baba's Divine Discourse on 23.11.1997 Sathya Sai Speaks,

Volume XXX, Chapter 32: Recognise your Divine Identity, Section: Understand the

spiritual basis of "I" principle. Online:

http://sathyasai.org/search/volume30/sss30-32.pdf