Thus spake Sai - 6.

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Thus spake Sai - 6

 

All, that one sees in the entire universe is a manifestation of Brahman

(Godhead). Some people ask: " How can we petty human beings be equal to

the all encompassing Brahman? " This is not correct. You are that

omnipotent, all-pervading Brahman. Due to your worldly attitude, you are

not recognising the Reality. You are separating yourself from the

Divine. All that you see is Brahman. To search for God as something

different from you is a mistake. But this truth is not easily recognised

by man. When you look at the ocean, its endless series of waves and the

frothing foam on the waves, they all appear separate from each other.

But the truth is they are all one. The water in the waves and in the

foam comes from the same ocean and has the same qualities as the ocean.

 

Vedanta (Vedic philosophy) declares: " Brahman is Sathya (Truth); the

Cosmos is Mithya (illusory) " . Your primary concern must be to understand

whether you are real or unreal or what in you is real and what is

unreal. It is only when you have recognised the truth of your own being

that you can recognise the world as illusory and your own self as the

only reality. The realized person asserts: " I am Brahman " . Wherefrom has

this statement emanated? What does it mean? It is a spontaneous

expression and not the result of a thought or feeling. The " I " is

boundless Infinite. When the finite individual merges in the infinite

" I " , the " I " alone remains.

 

Self-realization should be the goal of human existence. It has to be

reached through three stages: Self-confidence, self-satisfaction and

self-sacrifice. Man should regard himself as the master of the body, the

senses and the mind. He has to use the intellect to experience his

oneness with the divine, the cosmic all-pervading consciousness. The

flame of Prajnana (constant integrated awareness) which is in everyone

is covered by the ash of worldly desires. When the ash is blown off, the

fire of Brahman (Absolute Divinity) reveals itself in all its glory.