Sri Sathya Sai Baba Teachings - 1.

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Where is God?

 

As in the sesame seed oil exists,

As in milk ghee is present,

As fragrance resides in a flower,

As the juice exists in a fruit,

As fire is latent in a faggot,

So Is the Divine immanent in subtle form.

 

Oil is present throughout the sesame seed. Ghee is present in every drop

of milk. Fragrance is present in an invisible form in a flower. A fruit

is filled with sweet juice. In every piece of wood fire is latent. In

the same manner the Divine is immanent in the entire cosmos in a subtle

form.

 

God is present not in some country or somebody. Like vision in the eye

and hearing in the ear, God is present in the mind as Consciousness

(Chaitanya). The cosmos is the visible manifestation of the invisible

Supreme Self.

 

While the Divine is in such close proximity to him, man in his ignorance

goes seeking God everywhere. The Divine is effulgent in every man as

Sath-Chith-Ananda (Being-Awareness-Bliss), the Cosmic Consciousness.

 

Reflections of the sun shining in the sky can be seen in the oceans,

rivers, the lakes and in wells. Though the reflections are varied, the

sun is one alone. The Divine is present in man like the unseen thread

which holds a garland of gems together. The entire cosmos is permeated

by the Divine and is the visible manifestation of the Divine.

 

Nothing in the world, no object, no human being, no creature can be

found wherein God is not present. Though man appears in the world in

different forms, speaking different languages, his essential humanness

is common to one and all. There is only one race, which is the human

race. God is only one. He is Sath-Chith-Ananda.

 

Just as a seed sprouts and grows into a plant wherein a flower blossoms,

so does the Divine seed grow in the heart of man and blossoms as a

flower, Sath-Chith-Ananda. Just as it is natural for a seed to become a

fragrant flower, so is it natural for man to experience the bliss of the

Divine (Sath-Chith-Ananda).

 

There are many evidences to demonstrate the Divinity that is inherent in

man. But few men are ready to make the sacrifice that is required to

experience this Divinity.

 

The ancient sages regarded human life as full of fragrance to be

enjoyed. They considered life as full of nectarine sweetness. When man

is oblivious of this sweetness, he ceases to be human. Sacrifice

(Thyaga) is the sweetness in humanness (Manavathva). The scriptures

declare: Only through sacrifice can man realise the eternal Divine. But,

immersed in selfishness, man fails to recognize this truth.