Thus spake Sai - 13

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Thus spake Bhagawan Sathya Sai Baba - 13

 

God will respond to your prayers for succour only when you respond

sympathetically to the needs of others. Life should not be wasted in

selfish activities, blind to others' distress and deaf to others'

groans. Treat joy and grief equally - this according to Lord Krishna is

Samathwam (equanimity). Practise this equanimity - this is the way to

win His Grace. You may not be rewarded materially for your compassionate

acts but there is no greater reward than the joy that you derive by

alleviating other's sorrow.

 

Man forgets his true nature because of attachment and egoism. Man should

develop unwavering faith in God. Faith should be like your life-breath,

which goes on at all times without respite. Breathing goes on

irrespective of whatever work you may be doing and whatever be the state

of your mind. Likewise, in all situations and at all times, your faith

in God should never leave you. It should not change according to whether

your desires are fulfilled or not. Like your life breath, your faith

should remain steady, through joy and sorrow, loss and gain, pain and

pleasure. Treat whatever happens as good for you. Develop that sense of

fortitude.

 

Through Sathsang (holy company) you develop freedom from delusion, and

then you develop faith in truth and thus attain liberation itself. Just

as the tame elephants surround the wild tusker and rope him before

taming him, the spiritual minded will bring the doubter around. The

company of the good and the godly will slowly chasten and cleanse the

persons prone to straying away from the straight path towards

self-realization.