Thus Spake The Lord

May 26, 2008

Thus Spake The Lord

You have come, most of you, to get from Me tinsel and trash, petty little cures and promotions, joys and comforts; very few of you desire to get from Me the thing I have come to give, viz., Liberation itself; and even among these few, those who stick to the path of saadhana and succeed are a handful.

Many are drawn away by the outer signs of sainthood, the long gown, the beard, the rosaries, the matted hair; they keep track of many such who move about in this land and follow them into the wilderness. It is very difficult to demarcate clearly the manifestation of the Lord and so, I am announcing Myself and Myself describing My mission, the task, the characteristics, the qualities which mark out the Avathaar from the rest. Do not hunger for comfort or riches; hunger for Aanandha.

If you have faith and if you keep the name of Rama as constant companion, you are in Vaikuntha or Kailash or heaven, all the time. These are not distant regions that have to be reached by tortuous travel; they are springs of tranquillity that are in your own heart. You cannot have this chance of the nearness of the greatest of all sources of joy in any other place. Here it is so near, so easy to attain, so full of grace. If you fall back, you will seldom get the chance again. Ask and get what will save you, not what will bind you.

You ask from Me a thousand things of the world, but rarely do you ask for "Me". That is why I seldom address you as bhakthas (devotees); I usually address you as Divyaathma swaruupulara (embodiments of the Divine), for that is you real swaruupa, this Divyathwam (Divinity). Though you do not know it, it is a fact. Therefore, I can address you so with confidence. I can even call you Divya-divya swaruupulaara, but, as for bhakthi, since it is a quality that will make you desire the Lord and nothing else, I find you cannot lay claim to it.

Reference: Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol. III, Chapter 3.