Satsang - Company of the Holy - Satsang Or Socializing Part 05

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Satsang - Company of the Holy - Satsang Or Socializing

Part 05

 

In the Sai baba Centers, it is important for us to

understand the effects of our actions on others. There

is an important difference between satsand and

socializing. We have need for good company, but we

must not allow our association to become mundane

banter. New comers should be warmly welcomed, but

members must avoid diluting the milk of satsang with

the water of worldly affairs. We must maintain a

spiritual focus in our discussion or we should be

silent.

 

It is also important for us to know when we are

providing good company for another, or the other is

having a negative influence on us. Much introspection

is required for us to be vigilant in the situation. We

must know our own strengths and weakness very well.

Even the highly evolved seeker is subject to the

negative influence of bad company.

 

" For the siddha (the accomplished seeker) too, one who

has reached success, satsang is valuable, for it is

like keeping a pot of water inside a tank of water:

there will not be any loss by evaporation. If the yogi

lives among worldly men, the chances of his yoga

evaporating into bhoga (bad habits) are very great "

Baba

 

Good company is important for the advanced aspirant,

but it is even more important for the new comer. When

we are vaught in the grips of worldly desire, we can

only be reformed by good company. Without strong

spiritual guidance and support we may not even realize

our plight.

 

" Join satsang, the company of the Goldly. Just as the

tame elephants surround the wild tusker and rope him

and bind him hand and foot and immobilize him before

taming him, the spirituality minded will bring the

doubter around. " Baba

 

 

Continued...Satsang - Company of the Holy - Resolve to Seek Only the Good Part

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