Develop the saadhana of self - effacement by SATHYA SAI

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prosperity and intelligence is taken away from them and eventually they die a

miserable death sunk in ignorance and delusion. The sadhaka (spiriual

aspirant) should be like a good farmer. The farmer removes the thorny bushes

and plants, ploughs, waters, sows, manures, fences, destroys pests and then

reaps the harvest and fills his granary. Similarly, the sadhaka (spiritual

aspirant) should be like a good farmer. He should remove wasteful and wicked

thoughts from his heart, plough the heart with good deeds, water it with love,

manure it with faith, plant the saplings of the Name of the Lord and fence the

field with discipline, destroy pests with shraddha (faith) and reap the harvest

of jnaana. Life should not be

frittered away in accumulating riches but should be spent in knowing about the

glory of God and realising him in the innermost being of oneself. Man has to

seek all means for discovering the meaning of life otherwise, he is lost and

wanders from birth to birth receiving knock after knock. Man is deluded into

taking the body, the objects and the sense-experienced world as real. This

delusion is deep-rooted and it has warped the outlook putting man on the wrong

track. One should understand that he is deluded by a false sense of values and

running after vanities leaving reality behind. One should struggle to gain

enough faith and strength to make himself recoil from this pursuit and gain the

glory of discovering his great

illusion. True wisdom is attained by not getting entangled in the worldly

relationships but only by always having desire for God. Inspire people to

better their lives so that they learn the path of inner peace and devotion. Use

your talents for glorification of God and for the uplifting of man. Offer your

talents at the lotus feet of God and let every act be a flower full of love and

sacrifice and free from creeping worms of envy and egoism. To visualise

multiplicity is ajnana (ignorance) and to visualise unity in multiplicity is

jnana (wisdom). Be an example for others to show that the godly path is the

best and the safest. Being in sathsangh (good company), thinking of God,

listening to discourses are only preliminaries which help to awaken interest in

'farming'. Do not spend all your time in fencing because your will be left with

little time for attending to the crop for which the fence is designed to

protect. The human body is not you. Contemplate on the thought that the body

simply houses the indwelling spark of divine which is 'You'. When the truth

unfolds, you will find your true identity and you will everyone in the same

light. Real Sadhana for attaining liberation is

worshiping and seeking refuge in changeless truth. C- SATHYA SAI Omsai

Srisai Jaijaisai Regards and Love Diana

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