Sai Baba Gita Reading for Today - See God in Everything

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Sai Baba Gita Reading for Today

November 8, 2003

 

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See God in Everything

 

In the chapter on devotion in the Gita, the noble characteristics

that endear a devotee to God are described. It is emphasized there

that once the six inner enemies of man are brought under control,

these characteristics will naturally blossom forth in the

individual. Can this ever be done easily? Yes. These six enemies can

be readily conquered once you recognize the truth that the one God

resides in all of the five elements everywhere, and that it is he

who activates all beings. Before you recognize this and experience

it, you will not realize true satisfaction in anything you undertake.

 

If you keep some salt in your mouth then even if you try to swallow

some sweet juice, you will still get the taste of salt. First you

have to get rid of the salt and wash your mouth well, then you will

be able to taste the sweetness. When the salt is gone you can enjoy

the full unpolluted sweetness of the juice you have taken in.

Similarly, it is only when you are able to conquer the ego by

removing all the bad traits which have become an integral part of

you, that you will be able to enjoy the sweetness of compassion, the

sweetness of sacrifice, the sweetness of charity, the sweetness of

sympathy and the sweetness of divine love.

 

To begin with, try to understand what true devotion really means.

Devotion means an all-absorbing love for God. When you develop

devotion and turn all your love towards God, everything that is

necessary will be added unto you. You will develop the capacity to

sacrifice yourself. You will expand in love. Love is the very life

breath of a human being. Without love you cannot live. Love is a

very sacred quality. As was referred to earlier, a great sage in

ancient times told his wife, "All the love that you have is really

for the sake of your higher self. Love is not for the sake of others

but only for the higher self." But all too frequently, through

delusion, this sacred love for the atma, the one self, is diverted

towards the body. Everywhere in the world we find this disease of

identification with the body.

 

Sri Sathya Sai Baba

 

Source:

http://www.atmapress.com/saibabagita/saigita040.html

 

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