“..... I SHALL BE EVER ACTIVE AND VIGOROUS”

..... In short, Baba was compassionate to the afflicted and the poor and concerned about the welfare of His devotees. He offered them the nectar of wisdom in plenty, in Shirdi, all the time. Listen to it.

“Those who love Me most, they see Me always before them. Without Me their universe is desolate. They have only My stories on their lips.

They meditate on Me ceaselessly; they have My name on their tongue and chant it repeatedly; and they sing of My deeds, wherever they come or go.

When they are so merged in Me and forget all about their actions and omissions, and where there is reverence for service to be rendered to Me, I dwell there always.

He, who constantly remembers Me after completely surrendering to Me, I owe him a debt which I will repay by uplifting him.

I am in bondage to him who does not eat or drink anything without offering it to Me first and who constantly meditates upon Me. I act according to his wishes.

I constantly care for him who only longs for Me and for him no one is equal to Me. I act according to his wishes.

He who has turned away from mother, father, kinsmen, friends and relatives, wife and son alone is attached to My Feet.

During the rainy season, many rivers in flood meet the sea and forget that they are rivers. They become one with the ocean.

The form, as well as the name, has disappeared. The water has mixed with the sea. The river and the sea are enjoined. Duality is lost in unity.

On achieving such oneness, the mind forgets the name and the form. It will begin to see Me with its natural disposition; because there is no other place for it but with Me.

To expose to the people that I am not ‘parees’ (stone which can convert iron into gold) but just a stone, the pedagogues with their empty sayings have brought pieces of iron.

When the iron came into conflict with Me and turned into gold, it was proved that My being just a stone was a lie. It was a novel experience.

Discarding all pride, surrender to Me Who dwells in the heart. Ignorance will be destroyed immediately and there will be no need to listen to any instructions about knowledge.

Due to ignorance, body consciousness is born, which leads to sickness and sorrow. It is this which leads to the disregard of the code of conduct. That becomes the obstacle for self-realisation.

You may ask, where I am now and how I can meet you now. But, I am within your heart and we can meet without any effort.

You may ask, Who is in the heart and how ? What are His attributes ? And what is His identity by which he can be recognised ?

Then, be completely attentive. Listen to the clear description to Whom one should surrender, and Who is the dweller in the heart.

The creation is filled in plenty with objects of different names and forms, which no one has been able to count. They are all the forms of Maya.

In the same way, indeed, that throbbing of reality which goes beyond the three aspects viz. satva, rajas and tamas, is really the form of the One embedded in the heart.

That state of being without names and forms which remains as the essence of your own is really the indication of that One, embedded in the heart. Knowing this seek refuge in Him.

One has to appreciate that I alone am ‘He and Thou’. On extending this very idea of identity in the world of beings, there appears the weighty essence of one’s own self. There is no room for anything or anyone besides Myself.

With continuous practice, you will experience My all-pervasiveness. Then, you will become one with Me and experience that there is nothing beyond Me.

You will be one with the Supreme Spirit and your heart will be pure. Without even having the waters of the Gangas, you will have had a Ganga bath (that is, you will be purified).

The wise are ever wary of the bondage of the pride of the worldly achievements and do not let it affect them.

One who meditates upon his Real Self, unwaveringly and does not break his concentration for him, there is no necessity of both - getting into Samadhi or coming out of it.”

Baba has repeatedly said : “If any one speaks insultingly to another, then he has hurt Me only and pierced My heart.

He hurts Me immediately who speaks a volley of hard words to another; while I am immensely pleased for a long time if one bears an insult patiently”.

Sai is immanent in the whole creation and He likes nothing else than love.

– From

Shri Sai Satcharita

Translated into English by Zarine

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