Sathya Sai Baba The World-Avatar Teaching and Revelations

The Lord looks for sincerity, simplicity and steady joy in the contemplation
of his name and form. 19.8.64, (18-99)
But, I never care for praise or blame; I just discard both. I am ever intent
on the task for which I have come, the laying down the path of
truth, of righteousness and the spread of the knowledge and practice
of spiritual discipline.
The Prasanthi activities are just one of the instruments for this task: the
task of making the Iron Age, a Golden Age. Stage by stage as the task
unfolds, the sound of detractors will also cease; when fully fried, the
evil will make no further noise. 10.10.64, (18-123/124)
Some of you may imagine that it is a source of joy for the Lord to take
a human form. If you are in this state, you will not feel so. I am always
aware of the future, the past as well as the present of every one of you.
So, I am not moved so much by pity. Not that I am hardhearted, or that
I have no pity. If you bolt the doors fast, how can the rays of my grace
be available to you? "Swami," you cry, "I have no eyes; I am yearning
to see you. Won't your heart melt at my plight?" Of course, this pitiable
condition melts your hearts; will it not melt mine? But, since I know the
past, the background, my reaction is different. If only you knew, you
too will react differently. It is the consequence of evil, deliberately done
in previous births, and so, I have to allow the suffering to continue,
modified, often by some little compensation. I do not cause either joy
or grief; you are the designer of both the chains that bind you.
Remove the weight from your head by transferring all burdens to the
Lord; leave everything to his will, his law. Feed your mind with sweet
and wholesome food - company of the holy, speaking of God, thinking
of the Lord of the universe; then you are full of joy. I am of the nature
of bliss; come and take bliss from me and returning to your avocations,
dwell on that bliss and be full of peace. 26.11.64, (18-178/179)
The decline of righteousness is so acute a tragedy; the intensity of affection
that the Lord has for good men is so great that he himself
comes. The Lord is love itself. He comes in human form so that you
can talk to him, move with him, serve him, adore him, and achieve him,
so that you can recognise your kinship with him.
People who discard the precious wisdom of the past are doomed to
disaster. That is why, when people started decrying and disregarding
the Vedas and Shastras, they started to decline in morality and
strength, courage and confidence. 13.12.64, (18-202/203)
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