Sai Baba Gita - By their Actions People will Reveal their Inner Natures

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By their Actions People will Reveal their Inner Natures

It is in the field of action or karma that you most patently reveal your

character and the type of human being you are. That is why so much importance

has been given to performing all your actions without attachment to the fruits.

Just as a mirror can show you the type of face you have, your actions will

reveal the type of inner feelings you have. When you have some dealings with

others, you can easily find out the type of people they are by examining their

actions.

People may appear to be very fair, to be serene and mild, and have a very

peaceful disposition; in other words, they appear to have a satvic nature. They

may also appear to be individuals ready to undergo great personal sacrifice. You

may believe that they are blessed with a sacred heart. But their actions may

prove them to be otherwise. Their actions may be totally devoid of love and

compassion and true caring and consciousness of others. Their actions may

reveal an animal nature or even a demonic nature. Through their actions their

hidden nature is revealed.

Other people, by the outer impressions they first make, may seem to be cruel.

You may feel that they are curt and abrupt and lacking in civility or gracious

manners. They may appear, in every way, to be very rajasic or even tamasic, the

lower animal-like qualities previously-discussed. But, if in their actions

people exhibit compassion and other great human qualities, then you must

conclude that they are truly satvic in nature. So, if you want to ascertain

whether a particular person is predominantly satvik, rajasic, or tamasic in

nature, whether his inner being is serene and selfless, or desire-ridden and

quick to react negatively, or slothful, vicious and mean, then you need only to

observe his actions. People's actions will unmistakably reveal their inner

nature.

The Gita has pointed out the type of actions that should be performed in daily

life. The Gita has not commanded you to renounce everything, take up sanyasa,

by which is meant that you detach yourself from all worldly possessions and

interests, and go to the forest. Rather, the Gita has shown that an important

duty and responsibility of every human being is to undertake useful activities

in the world. Furthermore, the Gita proclaims that the secret of human life is

to recognize and follow the path of dharma, which means engaging yourself in

selfless and sacred actions that promote the welfare of your fellow human

beings.

The Gita declares that human life lies in action; you would not even be able to

sustain the body if you abstained from all actions. Therefore, every ordinary

human being, as well as every spiritual aspirant, should enter into the field

of activities and work. But the actions which you perform must be sacred

actions; they must conform to the principle of dharma.

You have to convert your activities into karmas which are useful to others. You

have to perform actions which are ideal, and you have to practice such ideal

actions without any selfish motive. They must originate not from the compulsive

drive of desire, but from the peaceful quality in your heart, devoid of

self-interest and attachment to the fruits. Only then can your actions be

considered satvic in nature. Ordinary people will not be able to perform

actions completely without desire. You will have to orient your actions and

your desires towards the purpose of seeking and experiencing God. When that

sacred orientation becomes the basis of all your activities, then your karma

becomes yoga. That will lead you straight on the path to your goal of becoming

one with the divinity.

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

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