Satya Sai Baba

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For the bird in mid-ocean, flying over the deep, blue waters, the only

resting place is the mast of a ship sailing in those waters. In the

same way, the Lord is the only refuge for the man who is tossed about

in the stormy seas of this world. However far the bird may fly, it

knows where it can find rest; that knowledge gives it confidence. The

Name of the Lord is like that mast; remember it always, associate it

with the Form and have that Form fixed in the mind's eye. It is a lamp

shedding light in the recesses of your heart. Have the Name on the

tongue and it will drive away the inner darkness as well as the outer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

When people do not place faith in the Self but pursue the senses only, the

danger signal is up...The world is building itself up on the sandy foundation of

the sensory world...Like the monkey which could not pull its hand from out of

the narrow-necked pot, because it first held in its grasp a handful of doughnuts

which the pot contained, people too are suffering today, since they are

unwilling to release their hold on the handful of pleasurable things they have

grasped from the world. They are led into the wrong belief that the accumulation

of material possessions will endow them with joy and calm. But Divine Love

(Prema) alone can give that everlasting joy. Prema alone will remove anger, envy

and hatred... You must realise the Omnipresence of God, and the Oneness of

Humanity. You must learn tolerance and patience, charity and service.