Purity

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Purity

 

Purity is achieved by freedom from desire, and desire should be

distinguished from necessity. When one is hungry, one should eat,

when one is thirsty one should drink, when one is fatigued, one

should sleep. These absolute necessities cannot be called desires

because without these necessities one cannot even survive.

 

Desire is a destructive form of longing which innervates the whole

system, longing for things which are not necessary for the

maintenance of the body. Every kind of luxury should be considered

as desire. One has to judge for oneself whether this particular

thing is absolutely necessary, or one can be comfortable even

without that. Each one is one's own judge. If one can comfortably

live happily without certain things, asking for those things once

again is called desire. It will disturb the mind.

 

There are levels of desire, of a lower category and a higher

category, etc. You may feel like having a cup of tea, it is a minor

desire, have it. You may like to go for a walk - go, go for a walk.

Any object that brings about tumult in the emotion, that is an

object of desire by which you either want it intensely or hate it

intensely. Intense wanting and intense hating will affect the

emotions. The test of good health is freedom from emotion, correct

understanding without any kind of ebullition, burning desire of any

kind. This is briefly the definition of desire.

 

There are two kinds of desires, anabolic and catabolic. Anabolic

desires are constructive, helpful and necessary for maintaining

health and peace of mind. Catabolic desires are destructive in their

nature. They throw the energy out. Any procedure by which we can

conserve our energy is anabolic. Any process by which we deplete our

energy and then become weak, that is catabolic. One must be able to

very carefully distinguish between one and the other. Understanding

is the judge, it is called Viveka-Shakti, capacity to distinguish

between what is absolutely essential for living a normal life and

what is irrelevant. This is a preliminary definition to the

question " What is purity? " .

 

So purity is not like an apple that falls from a tree, it has shades

of definition. You will not find any such clear description of this

subject in any book, each one has to use one's common sense.

 

Baba Said

 

" You need not go far or anywhere in search of Me. Barring your name

and form, there exists in you, as well as in all beings, a sense of

being or consciousness of existence. That is Myself (knowing this,

you see Me inside yourself, as well as in all beings). If you

practice this, you will realize all pervasiveness and this attain

oneness with Me "

 

Baba is every where just feel him and keep on saying ‘Om Sai Ram’ to whom so

ever you meet.

 

OM SAI SRI SAI JAI JAI SAI!!! Let us pray at the lotus feet of Bhagwan Baba who

is the incarnation of all gods and protector of all, to show mercy on us, and

increase our devotion towards him

 

Jai Sai Ram

Swamy Mahadevan

Bow to Shri Sai-Peace be to all

Baba Bless you ever!!!