Sathya Sai Speaks 1967 · Roots into the deep

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Roots into the deep
July 1967, Guru Purnima, Prasanthi Nilayam
Professor Kasturi's English.
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GOD is ; God is in every being; so, the fruit of every life is full of the sweetness of that . Like the bitter skin of the fruit which is sweet which casts the cover of ignorance over the precious juice within, so too the bitter skin of envy, egoism, hate, malice, greed, lust and pomp does not allow the sweetness to be patent to all. Every being is entitled to partake of that , irrespective of nationality, colour, creed or status in society. When God and God's are activating every atom, who dare say, 'Stand out' to any one? - All this is God, is . The lights that lit to reveal this great reality have become dim; no one is pouring oil into the lamp; all are interested in pursuing false ideals and fleeting pleasures. taught in the , in the , and and in the 18 ; he taught the knowledge of "knowledge, knower and the known" in the . He emphasised that harming others is the seed of sin and serving others the seed of merit. That is the lesson of , pure and simple. The person who has delved into his depths and discovered his inner reality is the embodiment of .
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Realise troubles and miscries are God's gifts is the (essence of nectar) which fills the . When man realises the inefficiency of the senses, the mind and the intellect, to grapple with the Reality and know the inner core of his truth, then, he discovers he is the which is , , and . Or, He realises that there is God who is the basis of all this superstructure, who has designed and contrived all this and he surrenders his ego to Him. "Let Your will prevail," he proclaims and resigns himself fully to His plan. That moment is a supreme moment of joy, . Troubles, miseries, handicaps, grief and pains that were hitherto causes of distress suddenly take on a new and magnificent r01e: they are "His handwork, His gifts, His Grace." They are no longer unwelcome; they are as welcome as the successes, the pleasures, the happiness are. Both are His Will. When you go to a new place, you seek out a friend and hand over to him all the money you have for safe keeping; but, if you start suspecting him later, you will have no peace. Have faith in him; you are free; you have no worry. So too, give all your desire-driven activities to God; have faith in Him and be unconcerned for ever. , (giving up all your desire-driven activities through various codes and regulations) (give everything to Me and have full faith in Me). If the match-stick is soaked in water, how can it ignite when struck? If the mind is soaked in (worldly desires), how can it be ignited into spiritual endeavour? The with which you are endowed must be directed towards God; then only can it expand, grow, deepen, fertilise all your actions, benefit all those around you. If it is confined to the world, it will be sucked up soon, by the sands of envy greed and malice. Without that expansive which is Divine, man is worse that a (animal), he is a (demon). The or cow yields milk, when its dead calf is stuffed and taken near its udder. That is the measure of its (parental love)!
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Human life today is like a wheel without hub The light of is absent in the heart; and, so, bats and nocturnal birds infest it and foul it. The bats are the evil qualities of hate and malice and greed. The epic which collected and composed teach quite emphatically and clearly the evanescence of wealth, authority, power, physical prowess and all that is considered desirable by man on earth. What did and lack? Still, they fell and were eaten by dogs and jackals on the battlefield on which they had staked their all. It is to develop this and use it for liberation that the four ideals have been placed before man - ideals which he is to strive for consistently, each one being sublimated and subordinated to the next - ,
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, , - or material happiness to be won by (virtuous living), (Liberation) to be held as the only desirable or goal. Now, these ideals are being repeated ad nauseum but no attempt is made to act. That is why human life everywhere has degenerated into a farce, a tragedy. It is like a wheel without a hub, milk without butter, ineffective, waste.
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too is of three kinds, depending on the (quality) that predominates in the individual. Thamasik confines itself to "me" and "mine," it does not flow beyond that little circle. The Rajasik flows only towards those in power, or have wealth, or to those who will: give it a spectacular effect. Sathwik , on the other hand, always flows towards the good, the pure, the detached, towards awe and wonder, towards God. was tending his parents when God appeared before him as . He was revering them as the God in them. So, he asked to wait a little, He threw a brick towards Him to serve as a footstool on which He could stand, until he was ready to worship Him. If you do not revere the parents, how can you draw from your heart enough reverence to worship the Father who dwells in Heaven?
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A cleansed mind alone can recognise God is the spring that feeds the roots of all the virtues. You must have seen paddy fields where the crop is drying, though the ground is wet and there is a thin sheet of water still under the plants. You must have seen also big trees, standing upon hard dry ground, but, decked with a rich crown of green foliage. Have you paused to find out the reason for this contrast? The roots of the paddy plants do not go deep; the roots of the trees go down unto the very springs of underground water which are perennial.
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So too when each of your acts, the words that you utter, the thoughts that shape your desires and emotions - when all these draw sustenance from the roots that go deep into the inner springs of Love, then you will be happy and fresh, you can give shelter and shade to many a weary mortal. and (pious repetition of Lord's Name and penance) and and (ritual worship and vow-keeping austerities) - all train and subdue the senses. They cleanse the mind so that God can be reflected therein. Just as the sugar that your eyes can see and your hands can put into water becomes so dissolved in it that neither eye nor hand can cognise it again, the senses and intelligence cannot cognise that immanent God; (cleansing of mind) alone can recognise God, just as the tongue alone can recognise the sugar that has dissolved in the water.
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had the highest form of devotion The had .that (purity of thought), though inferior minds full of gross desires have fouled the clear springs of their with their ignorant comments. too thought that the illiterate milkmaids could not have the highest form of devotion; but, when he offered to teach them, he found them so immersed in God-consciousness that they had no thought other than those of , no words unrelated to His Glory, no act unconnected with His . They had surrendered their all to the Lord who ruled them from within themselves. It has become a fashion for the educated to ask, "Where is God?" "What is His task?" and not wait for answers. They can well believe that there must be some one who launches and regulates the highly complicated rockets that move around the earth and other artificial things in space; but, they cannot believe that there must be some intelligence behind all this manifold galaxy of stars and planets revolving for aeons and along millions of light years of space. Believe in that Supreme and engage yourselves in the practice of living. You will then find that you can manage to detach yourselves from the world, though you are in it. You will be like the lotus which grows in water but which floats on it and does not allow it to wet it, like the tongue which is unaffected by grease though it may eat and oily articles. The (the mind-stuff) should not be contaminated by contact with the sensory objects, that is the means of .