In plain words
There are some reasons why others do not enter it. ‘Sir, in this organisation some disciplines and rules are very strict. That permission is needed, this permission is needed; we cannot sit waiting that long. We do our Swami's service freely in our own homes. Because of this we are unable to enter it,’ some people say. So in such a situation we must relax our rules too, to some extent. We must give devotees some freedom. This is not military discipline. This is spiritual discipline. We must bring about a close bond of kinship between Prema and Prema. All of you, too, are members of our organisation. We must give them that kind of freedom. You must not push anyone away, saying, ‘Go! You are not a member.’ All are our own. Ekovasi sarvabhūtāntarātma. Can one tell the God who dwells in all, ‘God, go away,’ in one, and ‘God, come,’ in another? So the people of the organisation are all here. Those near you, those who know Swā…: ‘You join, you join too’: each one must give such zeal and encouragement to everyone. Whoever comes to Puttaparthi and goes, you must take them all in, give them all this address, and give them every chance to join this. In a family there are wife, husband, son-in-law, daughters-in-law, all of them. Will the husband and wife, thinking, ‘We are the elders of our house,’ eat by themselves and not serve food to the children? Whoever is in that family, all of them must eat what has been cooked. Prasanthi Nilayam is not the property of one; it is the property of all. All belong to Swami. Swami belongs to all; fostering that feeling, we must make the fitting effort to bring everyone in. Only then will the organisations grow. The Sathya Sai organisations must spread out like the ocean, and not turn into mere little wells. That is, our broad feelings must come into it. Only when such a broad feeling comes will all cross over. All will do well. There will be the chance for us to take in the lofty feelings that are in everyone. But however long it may be, there is no use sitting and thinking, ‘Only this much, only this much.’ If we want it to grow broad, we must give this kind of chance to all. But there must be no force. You must not decide that they are bound to join. Whoever comes, welcome. We must welcome everyone.
When some service is being done here, people come saying, ‘We will do it too, sir.’ We must certainly let them in. We must teach them. Now we are going into the villages. We are sweeping the villages. The people of those villages come and say, ‘We will do it too.’ Give them work that suits them. If you keep giving them work too, they too will in time enter this and have every chance to grow.