Sai Baba Gita Reading for Today - Divine Consciousness

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Sai Baba Gita Reading for Today

 

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Divine Consciousness

 

To begin with, you must know who you really are. Are you the body?

If you are the body then why do you say, "This is my body"? Since

you call it, "my body", you must be something different from the

body. When you say, "my heart", then that means that you are

something different from your heart. Your heart is an object

possessed by you, its owner. You declare, "This is my brother, this

is my sister, this is my mind, my body, my intellect". The

unchanging element in all of these declarations is my. There is a

true I, which stands behind this little my and gives rise to it. It

is really the deepest consciousness in everyone and in everything.

It is the universal I, the divine consciousness. This divine

consciousness is all-pervading. It is within you, around you, below

you, above you, and beside you. Truly, it is you.

 

This divine consciousness can be found everywhere, in everything in

the world. But to realize it, the mind must be turned inwards. You

must become inner-directed and search out your own truth. You must

realize that you are not this, you are not that... you are not the

mind, you are not the body, you are not the intellect. Then who are

you? The answer comes, "I am I". This is the right path to follow

for self-realization. This can only develop when you follow the path

of love, the path of devotion. To search for God there is no other

way.

 

Everywhere you look, the formless has taken on forms. God is present

everywhere. But in order that you may comprehend him, he has taken

on a particular name and form. He is everywhere as the formless

divinity, but before you can get that realization, you have to

develop your love and devotion for the Lord with form. Therefore, in

the beginning, you enter the devotional path at the lowest rung, and

worship the Lord with a name and form. Then steadily, inch by inch,

you rise to a higher state. You withdraw your mind from the external

world and worship the formless, until finally you realize your own

reality as the formless divine principle. That is self-realization.

 

Sri Sathya Sai Baba

 

Source:

http://www.atmapress.com/saibabagita/saigita005.html

 

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Sai Baba Gita

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