Seeing Only Brahman In All

15 December 1963, Sathya Sai Bhajana Mandali, Malleswaram, Bengaluru

Professor Kasturi's English.

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Those who live in have made good arrangements for celebrating the Annual Festival of the community singing () that they have been conducting here. always gives bliss and peace. See that it is not used for increasing your egoism, or mutual recrimination, or envy or pride, as very often happens. Be humble, be calm, be tolerant. Cooperate with all and treat everyone with courtesy and kindness. Devotion is not a uniform to be worn on Thursday evenings, when you gather for , and to be laid aside when the is over. It must mean the promotion of an attitude of humility, of revering parents, teachers, elders, and others; it is a mental outlook, an attitude that is ever-present. It is the sustenance of the heart, just as food is sustenance for the body. Like the needle of the compass always pointing to the north, never deviating from that direction, returning to it, readily, gladly, quickly, whenever it is shaken off that line, so too the devotee must face the Lord ever, must be happy only when he is set toward Him.

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The spiritual three-river confluence leads to seeing in all Many people think of God only when grief overtakes them. Of course, it is good to do so; it is better than seeking the help of those who are also equally liable to grief. But it is infinitely better to think of God in grief and in joy, in peace and strife, in all weathers. The proof of the rain is in the wetness of the ground; the proof of devotion is in the peace that the devotee has, peace that protects them against the onslaughts of success as well as failure, fame, dishonour, gain, and loss. Devotion is the river , detachment is the river , and spiritual wisdom () is the river of this spiritual confluence of three rivers (). Spiritual wisdom is the through-train; you just board it, that is enough, and it takes you direct to the destination. Devotion is the through-carriage. Though it may be detached from one train and connected with another, if you get into it, you need not worry; as long as you stick to your place, it is bound to take you to the destination. (action) is the ordinary train. If you board it, you have to disembark, climb in and climb out at every junction, load your luggage and unload it, and do a good lot of work to reach your destination. Devotion alone is enough even to acquire spiritual wisdom. It ends in seeing only in all, and it destroys egoism. Wisdom also gives you these. once offered to teach the cowherd women () the principles of philosophy - as he called it. agreed. But the cowherd maidens said, “We do not care for your learning and your discourse. We see everywhere and in everything, so we have no hate or envy or malice. We have equanimity (), and we have no egoism. We believe this is enough for us.” found that what they claimed was correct, so he left discomfited.

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You are not traveling Godward Now, most of you are leading a double or treble life. Practising union with God () in the morning, enjoyment () the rest of the day, and suffering () at night. You seek bliss outside you and suffer from the ulcer of desire inside you. You utter one thing with the tongue and carry out the opposite with the hand. You claim to be seekers of spiritual wisdom, but you are attached to the delusion you have cultivated. You have a ticket for , but you are traveling in the train headed for ! With the body, which is your ticket, and world knowledge and attachment as your luggage, you are traveling not in the train that goes Godward but in the train leading to the objective world (). This is the pity! The roots must go deep, deep down to the level of underground water. The trees that grow on the dikes of canals are green with thick foliage. Your roots must also go deep into the Divinity that will keep you green whatever the dryness of the weather or heat of the sun.

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