Sai Baba Gita Reading for Today - The Love of God

October 18, 2003

Sai Baba Gita Reading for Today

October 18, 2003

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The Love of God

God's love is unconditional. It is the same for all. But what must

you do to experience this extraordinary love of God? What path

should you follow ? If you sow some seeds without first weeding and

properly preparing the field, you cannot expect to get a good crop.

In the same way, in the field of the heart, unless all the bad

traits of selfishness are first removed, you will not get a good

crop. In the Gita it is taught that the principal weed that has to

be removed from the field of the heart is the attachment to and

identification with the body. Even now, you may imagine that you

love God; but merely having this thought will not produce any

worthwhile result for you. It is like sowing good seeds on barren,

unprepared soil. The most important thing for you to find out is if

you are dear to God. Even if you love God, if you haven't

transformed your life to become very dear to him and feel his

boundless, unvarying love, then your devotion will not have taken

you very far.

What, then, is the way to become dear to God? You will find the

answer to this question in the Gita, in the chapter on the path of

devotion. The chapter on devotion gives a number of human qualities

that are very pleasing to God. It speaks of being resolute and

making a firm commitment to practice only the spiritual teachings in

your daily life. It puts great emphasis on developing steadiness of

mind under all circumstances. And it enjoins you to be fully

contented and joyful at all times, under all conditions. What is the

inner meaning of this last directive?

Sri Sathya Sai Baba

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Sai Baba Gita

Compiled and edited by Al Drucker - Published by Atma Press

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