Sai Baba Gita Reading for Today - Becoming One with the Lord

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Sai Baba Gita Reading for Today

November 20, 2003

 

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Becoming One with the Lord

 

So long as there remains a separate river distant from the ocean,

which is its source and its goal, then the river will retain a

separate name and have an individual identity. But once the river

merges into the ocean it gets the taste of the ocean, it gets the

form of the ocean, and it takes on the name of the ocean. If you

want to become one with the Lord, you have to acquire the feelings

of the Lord, you have to acquire the form of the Lord and you have

to acquire all the sacred characteristics of the Lord. Only then

will you be one with him.

 

You have to feel that all the attributes of the Lord must manifest

themselves in you. Affirm to yourself: "The broadmindedness of the

Lord is within me. All the selfless feelings of the Lord are within

me. The unbounded love of the Lord is within me." When you

faithfully live this conviction then you eventually attain the

realization that you and he are one. Then there is perfect unity.

 

You must continuously strive for this feeling of unity. You must

make every effort to gain it. Then you will reach that fulfillment

one day. This is the ultimate goal of human life. It is only when

you reach that place, the place from which you have originally come,

that true fulfillment will be yours.

 

Sri Sathya Sai Baba

 

Source:

http://www.atmapress.com/saibabagita/saigita052.html

 

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