Passage 12

Stars are many, but sky …

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We must attain divinity of this kind.

Stars are many, but sky is one Bodies are many, but life is one Beings are many, but breath is one Cows are many, but milk is one Jewels are many, but Gold is one Nations are many, but Earth is one Religions are many, but truth is one

With oneness of that kind we must attain divinity. Only then will we gain the Śānti that befits humanness. However many sādhanas the man of today does, however many thousands of remembrances he makes, he has no Śānti. What is the reason? Obstacles of many kinds come to it, worldly, physical, in matters of dharma, spiritual. Because of these obstacles alone, we cannot attain this oneness. We must remove these obstacles one by one. We must pay no heed to all these. Keep your goal as your aim.

Bhakti for Sai alone removes all worries

Being born is one worry, living on the earth a worry, family life a worry, death a worry, all of childhood a worry, old age a worry, to live is a worry, to come to ruin a worry, every action a worry, hardship a worry, joy itself a worry, a strange worry; the world a worry, the whole of Prakṛti a worry, joy itself a worry, a strange worry; Bhakti for Sai, which takes away every worry: take it up even now, O people, to your heart's content! What more than this shall I make known, O members of this assembly, counted among the good and the virtuous!