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

[Guest guest]

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 satsang and socializing. We have need for good company, but

we must not allow our association to become mundane banter. Newcomers

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 toknow 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 weaknesses 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 Yoi 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 newcomer. When we are caught in the gripes of

worldly desires, 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 Godly. 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 spiritually minded will bring

the doubter around " Baba

 

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

Good Part 06