Sai Baba Gita - Peace can only be found within Yourself

October 6, 2004

Peace can only be found within Yourself

Peace is not an object which is available in the market place. It is not a thing

which can be bought and won, along with a kingdom. It is not a gift which can be

given to you by your relatives. Peace is inherent in your own nature; it is

within you. Only when you search for it within yourself will you be able to

find it. Therefore, get rid of your outward vision and develop inward vision.

Outward vision is appropriate to an animal, not a human being. A true human

being has inward vision. "Therefore," Krishna commanded Arjuna, "sanctify your

life by developing this unique potential of the human beings to turn their

minds inwards."

The story has been told of how early in the career of the sage Narada, he was

continuously having one type of worry after another. Now, Narada had learned

quite a few things. He was a master of all 64 types of learning and had

practiced all 64 human skills; and yet he felt no inner peace. He began

thinking to himself, 'What is the reason for all this worry, this lack of peace

that I am feeling? I have mastered all types of learning, I understand all

fields of human knowledge; still, I have not been able to remove my sorrow.' He

went to a great sage and asked him to explain the reason for his worries and

lack of peace.

The first thing the sage asked Narada was, "What are your qualifications?"

Narada replied, "I have learned and mastered every type of education; there is

no field of human knowledge which I have not learned." The sage then said,

"Well, that is very good. Then you must have learned the knowledge of the

self?" Narada replied, "No, except for self-knowledge I have had every kind of

education." The sage told Narada, "You can get peace of mind only with the

knowledge of the atma. Only when you have learned that supreme knowledge by

which you will know everything else, can you be called educated. Otherwise, you

remain ignorant, no matter how many fields you have mastered. What is the use of

learning so many things without understanding the one thing which is truly

essential?" Here is a small example.

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

http://www.atmapress.com - ISBN: 0963844903Online Edition:

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