Thus Spake The Lord

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Thus Spake The Lord

 

 

 

There are no shortcuts in the spiritual field. As a matter of fact, bhakthi is even more difficult than jnaana. For, to get the attitude of "Thou" not "I", one has to surrender completely to the Higher Power, personified as the Lord. The ego has to be fully curbed. The faith, that "not even a blade of grass can shake in the wind without His being aware of it and thus having caused it," has to be implanted in the mind. Bhakthi is not a leisure time job. Erase sensual desire; clear the heart of all blemish; then, the Lord will be reflected therein as in a mirror.

 

Spiritual discipline is very necessary. It is not enough if you place charcoal over the cinders; you must fan vigorously, so that the charcoal too is changed into burning cinders. It is not enough if you are at Puttaparthi. You have to engage in saadhana to win My Sankalpa (resolution). You may ask why the burden of the consequences of acts done in previous births cannot be easily brushed away. No, they can be destroyed, as a heap of cotton is burned by a spark of fire. Jnaanaagni dagdha karmaanam---the spark of jnaana will destroy the effect of karma, in a trice. These consequences are like the cloud of dust that follows a bus, when it runs on a fair-weather road. When the bus reaches the gravel road or the metalled road, the dust is less, but it is still there. When at last it enters the tarred road there is no dust. The mud track is karma; the metalled road is upaasana; the tarred dust-free road is jnaana. By human skill and effort it is possible to reduce the burden of past karma.

 

 

 

Reference: Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol. V, Chapter 16.