SATHYA SAI SPEAKS [Volume I (Ch.29, 30, 31)]

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SATHYA SAI SPEAKS [Volume I (Ch.29, 30, 31)]

29. SATHYA SAI GEETHA (I)

IN the Sathya Sai Geetha, which Thirumalachar read and explained just now, he

has given My name to the 'Sathya' that he has experienced. Persons who have

seen Me are many, but those who have understood My significance are few; so

too, those who have 'seen' the Geetha, that is to say, read it and learned it

by rote, are legion; but those who have grasped the sense are few. Geetha must

be "Tyagi" (which is the reverse form of Geetha), that is to say, in Telugu,

"drunk" or imbibed! Then, you become a "Tyagi", full of Vairagya---free from

senseless attachment to the sensory world. Giving up raga---that is, things

that please and bind, that ensnare and enslave---that is what is meant by

Vairagya (dispassion).

Another thing about the Geetha is that it does not speak of Grihastha (the

householder) stage of Life. It deals with the fundamentals of living; not

living in this compartment or that, but living as such, and the deepest

problems of life. One householder to another repeated it and so it does not

prescribe the recluse's 'escape'. That is the lesson, both in that Geetha and

this.

Many read the Geetha but few benefit

Geetha means 'song'; Krishna sings at Brindavan with the Flute. He sings on the

battlefield too; in both places the call is for the Particular to merge with

the Infinite, the Universal. For Him, the Rudra Bhoomi (place of cremation) as

well as the Bhadhra Bhoomi (sanctified ground) are the same; they are equally

placed for imparting Upadesh (spiritual instruction) in the form in which the

Bhakta most

likes it, namely, Song. And imagine with what concentration Arjuna heard it? His

concentration was steady as that of the Gopis (Cowherd girls) who listened to

the Message of the Flute in Brindavan. He forgot the opposing armies, his own

hatreds and enthusiasm for war and he became immersed in the teaching he

secured. If you develop that ekaagratha (one pointedness) in the Kurukshetra of

your own particular 'battlefields', you can assuredly also listen to the

Geetha---the Bhagavad Geetha or the Sai Geetha or the Sathya Sai Geetha,

intended for you.

The Geetha was spoken to remove the ajnaana sammoha (the delusion caused by

ignorance), and it succeeded in removing it so far as Arjuna was concerned;

others like Sanjaya and Dritharashtra who also heard it did not benefit,

because they were still bound by their own particular brand of ajnaana.

Dritharashtra was all the while worried that the battle had not started yet and

that his sons' enemies had not been destroyed! So he was not benefited.

Therefore, many read the Geetha but few benefit. You must have Arjuna's

Vairagya and Arjuna's

Ekaagratha to derive profit from the Geetha. Nirmala hridhaya (pure heart) and

Nischala bhaava (firm disposition of mind) are essential.

Feeling of 'I' and 'mine' should go

The sammoha (confusion) of Arjuna was the feeling of’ I' and 'Mine.' All

of a sudden he began to feel that he was the killer, that he would be

responsible and that they were his teachers and elders and relations. This

Mamakaara (feeling of mine) has to go, the 'I' has to be crossed and all words,

deeds and thoughts have to be dedicated to the Lord. The baby weeps as soon as

it is born because the Jivi (individual being) has no desire to get entangled

in Prakriti (objective world) once again. It is unwilling to come into Maya

(veil of delusion). Science describes it as the process of breathing for the

first time and the clearing of the air passage; but why should it weep? The

process can be started some other way, say, snaking or shivering, is it not?

The weeping child must later leave this world laughing; the worth of life is to

be judged by the end. Prema is the seed; Bhakti is the seedling, the sapling.

Faith is the manure, Satsang (holy company) is the rain, Aathmaarpana (offering

of the Self) is the flower and Aikyam (merging together) the fruit. With that,

one must throw off this coil and become

free.

The Geetha advises Karma sanyaasa (renunciation of action), that is to say,

Karma without attachment to the fruit thereof. There are karmas, which have to

be done as duties, related to the status in Samsara (worldly life), and if

these are done in the proper spirit, they will not bind at all. Do all karma as

actors in a play, keeping your identity separate

and not attaching yourself too much to your role. Remember that the whole thing

is just a play and the Lord has assigned to you a part; act well your part,

there all your duty ends. He has designed the play and He enjoys it.

Take refuge in the innermost recesses of the heart

Atma is the ocean, Prakriti (Nature) is just a wave of that vast ageless,

boundless ocean and the Jivi is just a drop of that wave. You cannot give up

the wave or the sea. You can only merge the name and form of the drop. Once you

enter the depths of the sea, it is all calm, it is all peace; agitation, noise,

confusion---all are only on the outer layers. So also in the innermost recesses

of the heart, there is a reservoir of Shanthi where you must take refuge. There

are three types of people: The

Thaamasik who are like iron balls, impervious to any softening influence; the

Raajasik who are like cotton, absorbent but not changing their own nature; and

the Saathwik, who melt as butter melts at the joy or grief of others or at the

mention of the Leelas (divine plays) of the Lord. They dive deep into the

source and spring of sympathy. Anger, envy, greed and intolerance are all so

many holes in the pot; the waters of Shanthi, soukhya and santhosha (peace,

contentment, happiness) leak through the holes and the pot becomes empty. The

pot has to be repaired and all leaks stopped so that it may be useful. It is

when you are in a desperate situation that you call upon the Lord, forgetting

your pride and your egoism. The Pandavas were so full of misery in a worldly

sense that they always had an attitude of prayer. If I had given you all the

comforts and opportunities, you would not have come to Puttaparthi. Trouble is

the bait with which the fish is hauled out of the water. Kunti asked that

Krishna should continue giving her and her sons all kinds of misery so that He

may grant them His Grace continuously.

Offer your egoism at the Lord's feet

Thirumalaachar called this attitude Athmaarpana (offering of the Self), but the

Atma is He Himself; and so, what do you mean by offering Him to Himself? What

you would offer at His Feet is your egoism, your aham-kaara! Offer all the

pride, all the separateness, all the delusion, all the attachment that the

egoism has proliferated into! That is the worship you have to do. Bring to Me

all the evil in you, and leaving it here take from Me what I have, viz., Prema;

learn Sarva sama bhaavana---the capacity to see all as 'moved and motivated by

the One Paramatma (Supreme Reality or Self)'.

Examine every day what you do and with what motive; then you can yourself

pronounce judgment on your progress. Select only pure motives, pure deeds. You

forgot that you are the Atma and now you remember that you are the Atma] That

is all the progress you have to achieve; it all looks so easy, but it is one of

the hardest of assignments. The ear is so near to the eye; but it can never see

it direct!

There was a clown in a palace who always asked questions and was therefore held

to be a big nuisance. The King had to put up a board. "No questions" just to

escape him] But when the King was on his death bed, he called him near and

whispered, "I am going." The clown asked him hurriedly, "Shall I order the

royal chariot? The elephant with the howdah? The royal horse full caparisoned?

The palanquin? How far are you going? Which is the exact place? How long will

you camp there?" The clown was very wise. He knew the questions, though he did

not know the answers, nor did the King know. But you can pass examinations only

if you know the answers!

The Geetha helps to control agitations of the mind

The Geetha prompts you to seek the answers and directs you to experience them.

It helps you to control the chiththa (thoughts) and the agitations of the mind;

it destroys delusion; it develops true knowledge; it makes you glimpse the

splendor of the Lord and confirms your faith. You say one moment, "Baba does

everything, I am but the instrument" and the next moment the same tongue talks,

"I did this; I did that. Swami did not do this for me." If you never slip into

wrong, you can be ever certain of His Grace. All hearts are His Property, it is

all His Domain. But just as the Zamindar sits only on a clean spot though the

entire area may be his, the Lord will install Himself only if the heart is

cleansed. The Lord has said that,

"madh bakthaah yathra gaayanthe thathra thishthaami, Narada"---"Where my

devotees sing of Me, there I install Myself, Narada." I must tell you that you

are luckier than men of previous generations. The accumulated merit of many

previous births must have granted you this luck. You have got Me and it is your

duty now to develop this relationship that you have achieved by sheer good

fortune.

In four or five years time, you will see Yogis and Maharshis and Munis (ascetics

and sages) crowding here and you may not have such chances of asking Me

questions and getting the answers, of approaching Me and directly speaking to

Me. So do not be like frogs around the lotus; be like the bees. Plantains and

mangoes are kept, while yet green, in straw or dried grass or in a closed room

so that the heat may make them ripe and tasty. The meditation on God gives you

too the right temperature to ripen

yourselves and become sweet and tasty.

Seven things to be fostered for world welfare

There are seven things that have to be fostered for the welfare of the world:

the cow, the Brahman-ward or spiritual aspirant or the Brahmana, the Vedas,

chastity, truth, nonattachment and Dharma (righteousness). All these are now

fast declining and I have come to restore them to their pristine purity and

strength. Do not think that this Sathya Sai Geetha was composed by some Bhakta

(devotee) and that he reads it and explains it here. As he said, I am the

inspirer and it is for your benefit that he has summarized My Teachings in this

way. It is said "Ekam Sathyam, vimalam, achalam"---"the One Truth is pure and

unshakable." Thirumalaachar has collected it in his vessel and he is giving it

to you.

Of course, no one can unravel the Mystery of the Lord. Even Visvamitra who came

to Dasaratha asking for the two boys, extolling them as Divine Incarnations,

later forgot that fact and he dared teach them Mantras (sacred formulas), as if

they were just ordinary disciples! He was even proud that the Lord who

transformed Ahalya and released her from the curse was his disciple. Pride is

one of the worst sins in the spiritual field. If you feel conceited that you

are a Bhakta of Hari, He will "Hari" (destroy, in Telugu) you remember.

Saranagathi (absolute surrender) should be like the attitude of Lakshmana. Rama

said, "Take Sita and leave her in the forest." Implicit obedience! There is no

why! That is Lakshmana. That is Saranagathi; the rest are deserving only of

Sharagathi (the arrow of Rama). That is the genuine Geetha, this lesson of

Saranagathi. Increase faith, walk in the path of a Dharma, get rid of Vyaamoha

and

14.5pt">Ajnaana (delusion and ignorance), cleanse the chiththa vrithhi

(agitations of the mind), and know that He is the Atma and that you too are the

Atma.

Prashanthi Nilayam, 27- 9-1960

Have a timetable for spiritual sustenance, just as you have now for physical

sustenance. A breakfast of pious repetition of Lord's name (Japa) and

meditation (Dhyana), a lunch hour of ritual worship of the Lord (Pooja), 'tea

and snacks' of reading scriptures or sacred books (pravachana) in the

afternoon and a light dinner of devotional music (Bhajan) in the early hours of

the night. If you follow this regimen, you can sleep soundly and wake up

refreshed. - Sri Sathya Sai

30. SATHYA SAI GEETHA (II)

IF you take Krishna to be a Gopala (cowherd), a man of the world like others,

then for you he will be just a cowherd! You too climb only up to that stage.

You have to take it in the yogic sense that "Go" in Gopala means 'Jivi" (living

being) and therefore, Gopala means "He who protects, guides, feeds and fosters

the Jivis"; that is to say, "He who is the protector and preserver of beings."

You will have noticed that Uddhava, who looked upon Krishna as

his Guru, benefited more than Arjuna who looked upon Him as a sakha' (a friend).

If you have faith that He is God, He will be God to you; if you dismiss Him as

mere man, He takes on that role and becomes useless for you. Search for Him

with the heart, not with the eye for externals. The superpower has to be sought

in the super-state itself, not in the lower states. Then, if you have the eyes

that are fit to see and the wisdom to understand, you will find Him.

Various people have various methods of worship as well as objects of worship.

Vishnu, Sambhu, Sharada, Allah are all different degrees of human understanding

of the One Unsolved Mystery, the Fathomless Infinite and Absolute. You should

not seek variety, seek unity. Do not enter into quarrels about higher and

lower; when the same person is honored by different titles, why should you

quarrel over the superiority or inferiority of the title. They all fall short

of His Total Glow.

Karma is needed to realise the Truth

Your attempt should be to attain and become the Nithyam and Sathyam (Eternal and

Truth). Sathyam is that which is the same in the past, present and future; the

same in the waking, dreaming and deep sleep stages: and which is unaffected by

Thamoguna, Rajoguna and Sathwaguna (qualities of sloth, passion and serenity).

Again, the Name is greater than even the

Named, for the Named may disappear, but the Name will continue and will evoke the Form of the Named.

There is no need to exhaust yourself in the search for the Lord; He is there

like butter in milk, like the chicken in the egg, immanent in every atom of

creation. He does not come from somewhere or go somewhere else. He is there,

here, everywhere. From the anu (atom) to the ghana (great), from the microcosm

to the macrocosm, He is everything.

To realise this grand Truth, Sadhana or karma is needed. That is Karma yoga,

karma performed with this end: 'karmasu kousalam,' "the karma done in an

intelligent manner." A millionaire may have various vehicles: cars, coaches,

etc., in plenty; but for his health's sake the doctor advises him to walk a few

miles every morning. Otherwise he will fall ill, the doctor says. So also, for

removal of Ajnaana

(the disease of ignorance), one has to do karma, Dharma-directed karma (virtuous

action). The oil in the lamp is the fat derived from the actions of previous

'lives'. The stronger the flame, the brighter the light and sooner the oil is

used up. Do vigorous karma and exhaust the effects of the past and be free from

the weight hanging round your neck. There is more joy in the doing of karma than

in the fruit it may give; the pilgrimage is often more pleasurable than the

actual experience of the temple to which the pilgrim went.

Make spiritual effort as natural as breathing

It was mentioned in the Geetha that you should not care for the fruit of your

action; but I say now that you may value the result of your actions to a

limited extent. That advice was given according to the conditions prevalent

then and the delusion Arjuna suffered. Since it will increase your Ananda

(Bliss) and give greater strength to your Sadhana, I say now that so far as

Sadhana is concerned, you can do it with a keen eye on the Ananda that you will

ultimately derive.

It was mentioned now by the Principal of the Markandeya Sanskrit College that I

was born like Janaka, as the result of some Karmasesha! I have no sesha

(balance) of karma to work out! I am unaffected by Karma, as already mentioned

in the Geetha. The Maha Shakti (Supreme Power) puts on the cloak of Maya Shakti

(deluding power) in order to fulfill the purpose of contacting and protecting

mankind. I have no desire and so, no binding karma. It is only you have the

desire, aim and wish that drag you along various paths. For Me, your Ananda is

My Food, your elation is the swing on which I sit, your activity is My

Playground.

There are three kinds of Karma: the Sahajakarma (natural action) like breathing

which has to be done; the Vikarma (action done with intent) like the

combination of wick and oil in the burning lamp; and the Akarma (action done

without intention to gain the fruit of consequences), where there is neither

oil nor wick and so no burning at all. Praanaayaama

14.0pt">(breath control) and Yoga (Divine communion) must become as natural as

breathing and so automatic; that is the summum bonum of spiritual discipline,

the state of Sahaja-Saadhana.

"I make people mad about God"

Learn from childhood the recitation of the Name and prayer and the practice of

silence. Let children contemplate the beauties and the magnificence of God's

handiwork and be filled with mystery and awe. Do not count and calculate what

the Puttaparthi Sai Baba gives. I do not give in order to attract you to Me; I

give only to fill you with Ananda. Showering Ananda, that is My task. I do not

want you to extol Me; I shall be satisfied if you rely on Me. The mysterious

indescribable Super-power has come within reach. It will never

engage Itself in any task without fruit.

I bring tears and I wipe tears, some one has sung. Yes, I bring tears of joy

into your eyes and I wipe the tears of grief. I am said to make people mad and

also to cure madness. Yes, I make them mad about God and about the 'Sadhana

needed for that. I cure the madness, which makes people run frantically after

fleeting pleasures and fall into fits of joy and grief.

Some persons have said in their ignorance that I am divine sometimes and that I

become human after that! They say I alternate between Dhaivathwam and

Maanavathwam (Divinity and human). Do not believe this. I am always of one

thwam (reality) only. The Lord will never undergo a fundamental change; only

the external form may change, the essence will be the same. There will not be

any decline in

value, like becoming human for some time, etc. The Lord will be characterised by

unbounded Prema (Love) and unsullied sweetness.

There are two duties to be done by man; the one along the Dharmamaarga (path of

righteousness) for this world and the one along the Brahmamaarga (path of

Supreme Reality) for eternal liberation. The Dharmamaarga is the left hand, and

so it can be left. Why, it will leave of itself after the fruit becomes ripe.

That is why it is called 'left'! Leave it and do not grieve over it. But hold

on to the right, the Brahmamaarga; for it is 'right' that you

should do so.

Never hate others or wish evil to them

Finally, you must know how to use the chance that you have got in this life to

come in contact with the Lord. The lamp sheds illumination but it can be used

for various purposes, good and bad; the Ganga is holy but its waters are used

for good as well as bad purposes. How you use this chance depends upon your

destiny and luck and the amount of Grace that you are able to win. Develop

faith; strengthen devotion; and everything will follow. Rama was the

representative of Sathyam, Krishna of Prema, and Buddha of

Dharma. Now it is, of all the four, Sathya, Dharma, Shanthi and Prema. Sathya is

the Dharma, Prema gives Shanthi. I command you: never hate others, or wish evil

to them or talk ill of them. Then only can you attain the Shantha Swarupam

(natural form of peace).

The Lord alone is aware of the Plan, for His is the Plan! You see only a part of

the play on the stage and so it is all very confused. When the entire stow is

unfolded, then you will appreciate His Plan, not until then; for that, you have

to get behind the screen of Maya (deluding power) and contact the Director

Himself. While you are an actor on the stage reciting your role, you cannot

grasp the inner meaning of the entire play, which has the 'world' as the stage

and 'ages' as the duration.

If by acting your role well you develop Love towards fellow actors that is more

important than getting devotion for God. If you acquire Shanthi (Peace), that

is a more valuable success than acquiring Jnaana (spiritual wisdom). For Bhakti

is the seed of Prema and Jnaana is the seed of Shanthi. At least, Bhaktas

(devotees) should behave as if they are all of one family. Take hold of the

chance so luckily available for mutual co-operation in worship and Sadhana.

"All the powers I have are for you"

You are My treasure, even if you deny Me. I am your treasure, even if you say

No. I shall be affectionate to you and attach Myself to you; I shall take all

the trouble to keep My property safe in My custody! That is to say, in the

custody of the Lord, by whichever name you may be calling upon Him. All the

powers I have are for you: I am just the store, keeping them ready to be given

to you, whenever you ask for them. I shall give Prema even if you do not ask,

for it is your right to share in it.

Some complain that I did not give them this or that, but that is because their

vision is limited to the immediate future or the present; whereas I know what

is in store and so I have to safeguard them from greater grief. They even blame

Me and heap abuses but I will not give them up. I am not influenced by anybody,

remember. There is no one who can change My course or affect My conduct to the

slightest extent. I am the Master over all.

But let Me tell you this. I speak harsh words and 'punish' some persons because

I have Prema towards them and I am eager to correct them and make them better

instruments. If they were not Mine, I would have given them up and not cared to

take any notice of their lapses. I have a right to chastise those who I feel are

Mine. I also know that they still value My Word and that they will feel sad at

My being displeased with them. It is due to your wayward mind that you are

easily wafted away from Me by some silly persons' irresponsible words.

Peace can be won only the hard way

I sometimes act as if I keep you at a distance; that is done to reform you

quicker. When a stretch of road is being repaired, I go by another detour and I

do not use that bit of road for some time. The purpose is to let the repair

works proceed more quickly so that I may use that road again.

I have come to set the world right and so I have to collect all those who are

ill and treat them in My "Hospital" and restore them to sanity, strength and

wisdom and send them back to their stations in life. I must intensify your

Bhakti, reinforce your faith and rebuild the foundations of your moral nature,

so that you can counter temptations with greater confidence. I have come across

people who recite a prayer and believe that they are bringing the world nearer

to Peace with every occasion on which they pray. But peace can be won only the

hard way, by eliminating violence and greed from the hearts of

individuals.

There are cases when the villager in Puttaparthi on getting fever tries all

kinds of quackery till it becomes too serious; and then he runs madly for

doctors and drugs to Bukkapatnam and Anantapur and Chikkaballpur and

Vellore---until he is forced to sell his land to pay off the loan! If only he

had taken resort first to a qualified doctor all this could have been avoided.

So too, do not run after Gurus who are themselves suffering from faulty vision

and householder's troubles: do not beg from people who are themselves beggars.

Avoid all pride and competition between one another in the spiritual life. Let

each one march at his own pace; only the direction and the road have to be

God-wards.

Prashanthi Nilayam, 29-9-1960

The sages of ancient times divided karma into vikarma (that is intentionally

done) and akarma (that is done without any intention to gain the consequence).

Follow the latter and you will save yourselves front suffering. All other

activities like the earning of wealth, of reputation, of fame and publicity

result in suffering. - Sri Sathya Sai

 

31. SATHYA SAI GEETHA (III)

VIDHURA once asked Krishna, "How did you take part in the killing of lakhs of

soldiers in the Kurukshetra battle? You could have avoided all that massacre

and saved yourselves a lot of bother by simply changing the mental attitudes of

the chief participants on the Kauravas side, Duryodhana, Dhussasana, Shakuni and

Karna." Krishna answered: "My dear man, I have given every one a sum of

qualities and powers. I have also awarded each a certain amount of freedom to

utilize them as they feel best. It is by functioning in this manner that each

one can learn better. By toddling a few steps the child's step becomes more

certain and firm. Experience is the best, though the hardest, school. However

much you may say that fire burns, unless you actually burn your fingers, you

will not believe or know what a burn

is."

Prema that thrills and fills the mind with joy and hope. Pothana, Nandhanaar,

Jayadeva, Gouranga, Tukaram, Meera, Purandharadhaasa, Thyagaraja and others

were thrilled so much at the very thought of the Lord, because they had the

Prema in such a pure and overpowering form.

Some people may laugh at all this Bhajans and call it mere show and exhibition

and recommend instead quiet meditation in the silent recess of the shrine room.

But coming out in company and doing Bhajan like this helps in removing egoism;

one is neither afraid of jeering nor ashamed to call out the Name of the Lord.

The devotion of others inspires one; the company of men with kindred sentiments

helps to foster the tiny seedling from being scorched by the heat of derision. A

person will sweep the floor of his room with a broom when nobody is looking on;

but to do the same act, considered infra

dig, when people are looking on, requires some mastery over the ego.

Do acts, which are full of Prema towards all

Prema is filial piety when directed towards the parents, companionship when it

flows towards friends, love when it is felt towards the partner, respect when

it moves one towards elders and affection when you are drawn towards children.

Bhakti affects your acts in three forms: you do some acts consciously in order

to demonstrate your love or give vent to the Prema that animates you; you do

acts as dedicated offerings to enhance the glory of the Lord, in a spirit of

worshipful humility, as if you are laying at His feet all that you are and all

that you are capable of, and you do acts which are

full of Prema towards all as part of your mere existence, automatically, without

any tinge of self or whiff of violence upsetting the perfume of the act. The

dedicated act leads on to all activity being dedication; the Anantha makes you

feel that your effort has been worthwhile. That is the end, the aim, and the

inspiration. How do you give Me Ananda? By taking to heart what I say and

putting it into daily practice. Deciding to move high but attracted by the low,

you betray yourself. Improve your character and conduct; when your feelings

become cleansed and your impulses pure, then you can see My Form in its

Reality. I shall tell you the thing in a nutshell: Make the intelligence

that has to understand Me free from crookedness; let it become straight and sharp.

Our relationship is Atmic, not secular

I have now fallen into your grasp, the very Treasure that you have been

searching for, because our relationship is Atmic, not secular or trained. In

all other places, your are fleeced; for the relationship is based on the purse.

In some places, it is based on caste or scholarship or some other incidental

trait; here, it is the attachment that the Narayana has for Nara, the Ocean for

the stream, the Universal for the Particular. Here, every one must become

unlimited, escaping from bonds that limit him. All can become He; no one is

outside the Love of the Lord. The

eighteen-year old boy is asked by the mother to go into the kitchen and place a

plate before himself, serve himself rice and curry and eat. The mother is not

callous or unkind; she knows the capacity of the boy and treats him as he ought

to be treated. Another son she accompanies to the kitchen and she sits by his

side and serves food to him. A third son she seats on her lap and feeds with

many a song in order to make the process pleasant for the child. Do not think

that the mother is partial; no, she is only making use of her knowledge of the

capacity of her children to make them progress. That is the nature of maternal

love.

There are some gurus who have so much love, even towards their sishyas. When

aspirants go to them asking for guidance, they praise them to the skies,

exaggerate their attainments and grant them titles (!), which are paraded by

the unfortunate victims. In this way, the disciples are burdened by additional

handicaps to spiritual advance. The Gurus want money for various purposes and

so they always have an eye on the purses of the disciples. They try to draw out

the money by the grant of titles or by public praise or by promise of public

recognition---all worldly baits which are derogatory to the principle of

non-attachment that they teach and stand for.

Some Guilts hunt for moneyed disciples

Let the Gurus condemn the accumulation of wealth and blame them for the misuse

they are making of it; let them be unsparing in their condemnation; that is the

sign of the Guru who knows his mission. On the other hand such Gurus ignore and

tolerate evil in the would-be donors, because they are afraid any condemnation

will dry up their source of income. Thus, they ruin the disciples by desisting

from giving them the drastic drug they need, urgently, for their spiritual

health. It has become a tragi-comedy this hunt for moneyed disciples who can be

fleeced. It has been developed by some Sanyasis (ascetics) into a fine art. The

time has come to expose and punish such Sadhus (noble souls) and that will be

one task in the Dharmasthaapana (establishment of righteousness) for which I

have come. The brokers that these Gurus have scattered over the country have

also to be broken.

Books, pamphlets, meetings, speeches, talks---all these are no good; every one

desirous to know Me has to be asked to approach Me and experience Me. In order

to get an idea of a mountain it is not enough if you show a stone and say, "The

Mountain is a million times the size of this." You will have to see an actual

mountain, at least from a distance. The "beyond" is very incomprehensible.

Science is like the letter C, always with a gap in the middle, with a gap that

is unfilled. Religion alone has filled that gap, for it knows the Reality that

persists in the three stages, in the three tenses and in the three worlds. So,

religion is the three O'sh a full circle, which may enlarge as you know more

and more of the glory of the Lord, but which is ever Full and complete. At the

end of it all, we are at the beginning again.

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The miracle is but the natural behavior of the miraculous. That is why I favour

you with the experience now and then, so that you may get a glimpse of the

Glow. I will be in this mortal human form for 59 years more and I shall

certainly achieve the purpose of this avatar; do not doubt it. I will take My

own time to carry out My Plan so far as you are concerned. I cannot hurry

because you are

hurrying.

I may sometimes wait until I can achieve ten things at one stroke; just as an

engine is not used to haul one coach, but waits until sufficient haulage in

proportion to its capacity is ready. But My Word will never fail; it must

happen, as I will.

Prashanthi Nilayam, 29-9-1960

TO BE CONTINUED...With Sai love from Sai brothers '

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