1967: Sweetness Invisible
Teachings to treasure, teachings that transform.
In this auspicious year 2015 commemorating the 90th birthday of Bhagwan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, we offer a compilation of key messages from the over 140 discourses in the month of July, including Guru Poornima Days between the years 1958 and 2009.
1967: Sweetness Invisible
All Avathaars teach, as the first step in
the long road of Saadhana, the giving
up of attachment.
In the Threthaayuga, the Yoga-Vaasistha
taught the same rule. In the Dwaparayuga, Krishna
taught Arjuna to give up Vishaya-Vaasana (attachment
to the objective world). At the present time, Mahaashakthi (Super
Power), Maayaashakthi (Power of Illusion) and Yogashakthi
(Power of Vision with God) have come, all together, in one Human
Form; your endeavour should be to draw near and earn Grace therefrom.
Nowhere is youth trained to earn Shaanthi (equanimity,
peace); everywhere, the aim is a
comfortable life, not a life of peace and undisturbed joy.
Comfort is a passing phase; it is a
relative stage, between two discomforts. The search for
comfort, for riches, for fame, for power
over others---these will make a man so egoistic that he is a
danger to himself and others. The
only safe path is to seek Aanandha within
oneself, not in or through others. There is great joy
awaiting the person who radiates compassion, truth and
patience, humility, reverence and piety.
MAN alone has the chance to liberate himself from the wheel of
birth and death, through the
most pleasant means, that of serving God. But, as a result of
ignorance or what is worse,
perversity, he lets the opportunity slip from his hands, and
suffers grief and pain, fear and
anxiety, ad infiniturn. By
escaping from the clutches of the fascination exercised by material
objects and physical pleasures, man can succeed in his efforts
to liberate himself.
Prema is the Amritharasa
(essence of nectar) which fills the Upanishadhs.
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 Aathma
which is Sathya, Dharma,
Shaanthi and Prema. 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.
Artha, Kaama, Moksha---Artha or material
happiness to be won by Dharma (virtuous living),
Moksha (Liberation) to be held as the only
desirable Kaama or goal.
Prema too is of three kinds, depending on
the guna (quality) that predominates in the
individual.
Thaamasik Prema confines itself to
"me" and "mine," it does not flow beyond that little
circle.
The Raajasik Prema flows
only towards those in power, or have wealth, or to those who will:
give it a spectacular effect. Saathwik Prema, on the
other hand, always flows towards the good,
the pure, the detached, towards awe and wonder, towards God.
Points to Ponder:
·
What is the first step in
spirituality?
·
What are the three types of
prema?
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