Thus Spake The Lord

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Thus Spake The Lord

 

 

 

On the land that belongs to you, you can grow the food you need or you can sit idle and allow it to lie fallow. You are the cause of your ruin or uplift. The tools are in your hands; you can learn the skills; you can break the shackles and escape, but if you grovel in slavery and bondage, who can save you? Do not blame Fate or siro-likhitam (writing on the head), for your condition. The writing has been done by yourself. You fail or pass, and you are detained or promoted, on the basis of your performance in the previous class, is it not? So also, the status in the present life is decided on the basis of the activities in previous life.

 

When the Headmaster gives a character certificate on the basis of which you apply for a job, he frames the sentences with reference to your conduct in the past when you were in previous classes. You are responsible for the nature of the certificate. If your conduct was good, you get a good certificate and a good job; if it had been bad, you get a bad one and a poor job. It is you who write; it is you who wipe the writing on the head, or "destiny".

 

 

 

Reference: Sathya Sai Speaks; Vol. II, P. 136-137.