2001: Human Birth is to experience Atmic Bliss

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.

2001:    Human Birth is to experience Atmic Bliss

Man is getting carried away by Prabhava (worldly influences), himself forgetting his Swabhava (innate nature) and is ruining himself. One can describe Prabhava as Prarabdha (consequences of past actions) and Swabhava as the innate human qualities of truth, righteousness, peace and love. Man’s true nature is to attain the four goals of life, namely, dharma, artha, kama and moksha (righteousness, wealth, desire and liberation). Today man has no desire for spiritual teachings. There are no divine feelings in his mind. In such a situation, how can he remain unaffected by Prabhava? He has to transform Prabhava into Swabhava.

There should be transformation at three levels: individual, social and spiritual. This is what ‘SAI’ is bringing about. The three letters in SAI stand for Spiritual, Association, and Individual change, respectively. SAI also denotes Service, Adoration and Illumination corresponding to work, worship and wisdom. You have to understand the inner meaning of every letter of this word SAI to sanctify your lives.

GOD is all-pervasive and is the indweller of all beings. Likewise, the five elements, which are nothing but divine manifestations are also all pervasive and allpowerful. The whole world is pervaded by the five elements, bound by the five elements and it functions because of the five elements. It cannot function even if one of the elements is absent. Therefore, for every man, the five elements are like his five life principles.

By chanting the Vedic verses, which are sacred, one gets immense bliss. That is why even Buddha, who did not believe in the Vedas in the beginning, developed interest in them. People were under the impresssion that Buddha opposed the Vedas. Later Sankaracharya tried to erase this misconception, saying that Buddha was never against the Vedas. He said that people themselves were going against the Vedas out of ignorance. Buddha conquered desire, which is not possible for everyone. One need not do any great Sadhana to conquer desire. You will not be troubled by desire once you understand the inner meaning of life.

Whenever bad qualities like anger and jealousy crop up in you, do not be carried away by them. Control them. Keep telling yourself, “Anger is a bad quality. It will lead to bad actions and ultimately put me to ruin.” When you are angry, sit quietly in one place and drink cold water. Chant the Divine Name. Then your anger will gradually subside. If your anger persists, go to a place of solitude and walk briskly for half a mile. There are many easy paths to control one’s anger. But the youth today are not making any effort to control their anger. When they get angry, they take it as an opportunity to hurl abuses at others. It is the worst sin. Through prayer and contemplation on God, you should try to control the evil qualities in you.

Divine love is Nirgunam, Niranjanam, Sanathana Niketanam, Nitya, Shuddha, Buddha, Mukta, Nirmala Swarupinam (attributeless, pure, final abode, eternal, unsullied, enlightened, free and embodiment of sacredness). Such divine love is all-pervasive.

Hyperlinks: http://www.sssbpt.info/ssspeaks/volume34/sss34-12.pdf  http://www.sssbpt.info/ssspeaks/volume34/sss34-13.pdf  http://www.sssbpt.info/ssspeaks/volume34/sss34-14.pdf   

Points to Ponder:

    How to overcome anger and other bad qualities?