108 Quotations on Faith in God [73]

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108 Quotations on Faith in God

>From Sri Sathya Sai Baba's Divine Discourses

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Students are inclined to regard freedom to act as they like as their primary

goal. But this is not real freedom. Unrestrained freedom is enjoyed by the

animals. But how should a man, an educated being, conduct himself? Swechcha

(freedom of will) consists of the two words Swa and Ichcha. Swa refers to the

Atma and Swechcha means acting according to the dictates of the Spirit and not

of the body. One must use one's discriminating power to decide whether a thing

is right or wrong and act according to the dictates of one's conscience. That

is true freedom of will. Only then can one have self-confidence.

Students must strive to acquire good qualities even more than academic

knowledge. To understand the nature of divinity, devotion is essential. Once

there is firm faith in God one can face with ease all the vicissitudes of life.

Every devotee has to have as his aides firm faith in God on one side and purity

of character on the other.

– Sri Sathya Sai Baba

Sri Sathya Sai Baba's Divine Discourse on 26.06.1989Sathya Sai Speaks,

Volume XXII, Chapter 18: Man and the Cosmos,Section: The real meaning of

freedom.Online:

http://www.sssct.org/Discourses/Speaks/Pages/volume22/sss22-18.pdf

 

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