BLISS BLOSSOM - REMOVE SACKLES TO OBTAIN LIBERATION

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Baba said, "He who casts aside his egoism and thanks Him and he, who

trust Him entirely will have his shackles removed and will obtain

liberation" in Sri Sai Satcharitra Ch.XXXIV.

 

Do not imagine yourself to be great because of your superior birth,

social status, learning, wealth and position. Remember; the same Lord

is pervading all. Superiority exists only in our worldly relations

and does not belong to the Atma.

 

In our worldly relations observance of indiscriminate equality is

impossible and harmful; therefore, observing inequality, where

necessary, in our worldly relations, maintain equality in your mental

outlook. Know all to be equal so far as the Atma is concerned.

Neither look down upon another as inferior, not let any sense of self-

importance enter your mind.

 

He is really great, who regards himself as humbler than the humblest

creature. Remember always this secret.

 

God is ever and every moment with you. Do not forget this fact. The

sense of His being always present with you will prove very helpful in

ridding you of all fear and sin. This is not a mere hypothesis; He is

really present with everyone of us.

 

Increase your faith in the existence of God; the day you are fully

assured of His existence you will be absolved of all sins and will

inevitably have your face turned towards God.

 

Always try to make yourself strong, healthy, powerful and pure. In

order to achieve this purpose, you will have to persuade yourself

that you are really so. And, in fact, you are so. You are not the

body; you are the spirit. And the spirit is always strong, healthy,

powerful and pure. It is only when one identifies oneself with the

body that weakness, disease, impotence and impurity creep in.

 

Identifying yourself with the body, never imagine that you are

strong, healthy, powerful and pure. Your doing so will simply go to

swell your vanity, because these qualities do not exist in the body.

 

Identifying of self with the body is itself a sin and is the greatest

form of impurity. Regard yourself either as the Atma, a pure and

integral part of God Himself, or as a servant of God, the Lord of the

heart. The Atma is intrinsically pure and strong, whereas a servant

of God also, through the contact and power of his Master, becomes as

pure and strong as the Master Himself.

 

Never try to circumscribe God. He is indefinable. He is both

possessed of Form and Formless, and is also beyond Form and

Formlessness both. In whatever aspect the devotee worships Him, he

will find in that very aspect. There lies his divinity.

 

Without wasting time in the attempt to understand intellectually the

nature of God and His creation, cling to anyone of the numerous paths

of discipline with reverence and devotion and begin to advance along

that path. As you proceed, the whole enigma will begin to unravel

itself to you. If instead of marching along any path you idly spend

your time in discussions, you will identify yourself with a

particular creed and waste your life in fruitless controversies and

disputations. Truth is not realized through arguments and theological

discussions, it is realized through service of one's preceptor and by

reverently treading the path prescribed by him.

 

(Courtesy: Wavelets of Bliss – by Sri. Hanumanprasad Poddar)

(Vasuki Mahal Shri Shirdi Sai Baba Trust, Coimbatore-641025, India)