Sai Baba Gita - Devotion, Wisdom and Detachment will keep you Pure

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Devotion, Wisdom and Detachment will keep you Pure

When ladies go out, they frequently take along a little mirror, a comb and a

handkerchief, to make sure that they will present a neat appearance. Why do

they take these three particular items? During the journey, it is quite likely

that their hair will get disturbed. To put their hair back in order they take

the comb. To see if their hair is properly in place, they take the mirror. And

to wipe their face they take the handkerchief. If they leave any one of these

behind, they will not be able to achieve perfection in their appearance. So, a

comb, a mirror and a handkerchief are necessary to help maintain facial

cleanliness and a neat appearance.

In the same way, if you want to correct the disturbed beauty of your heart, you

have to take certain aids for that too. Whether your hair is disturbed or not

is shown to you by the mirror. Whether your heart is disturbed or not is shown

to you by your devotion, which acts as the mirror. This mirror must be pure.

When the mirror is clean, you will be able to see if your heart and mind are

pure or if they have become covered by impurities. When you recognize that your

heart is disturbed, you have to correct it. And for this purpose you need a

comb, namely, the comb of wisdom. Wisdom clarifies the heart and returns it to

a state of order and beauty. Then, just as you have a cloth to clean the dirt

that has come on your face, you have to remove the dirt that has entered your

mind with the cloth of detachment. With the help of detachment you can wipe off

all the dirt that has accumulated in your mind.

Just as ladies take these three things, the mirror, the comb and the

handkerchief, along with them whenever they go out on a journey in the world,

so also, in your journey of life, you have to take devotion, wisdom and

detachment to keep your heart and mind pure.

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