Golden words of Bhagavan Sathya Sai Baba - 18.

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18. Divine is our nature

 

Your nature is divine. What happened along life's way was that delusion covered

it up with dust. When your dirty laundry goes to the washer man, he doesn't make

your clothes white. They are actually white to begin with; only dirt has hidden

the whiteness. All he does is to bring out the brightness of the clothes. To do

this, he needs two pure items - soap and water. He cannot manage without either

of these. Similarly, in the case of the mind and the dirt covering its purity,

there are two cleansing items needed - the soap of Principle and the water of

Practice.

 

You must realize that Bhajans (devotional singing), Namasmarana (chanting God's

name) and Pooja (ritualistic worship) are not for pleasing or propitiating God,

but for our own spiritual progress. Frequently people flatter the rich and the

powerful - especially when they are in their employment or are beholden to them

for some precious help - in order to induce them to shower gifts on them. But

God does not shower grace on people because they sing His praises. Nor does He

come down upon them because they do not deify Him. Contemplating on the Divine

attributes enables us to dwell on elevating ideals and brings us nearer to the

Divinity that is our nature.