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Sathya Sai Baba The World-Avatar Teaching and Revelations

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unrighteous will fall into disaster through the evil that he perpetrates.<br />

<strong>The</strong> one task includes all else.<br />

I shall fulfil that task, whatever the comments that others may make.<br />

Comment is a natural corollary. I do not pay any attention to it; nor<br />

should you. <strong>The</strong> higher the hill, the deeper the valley. Praise or blame<br />

will not affect me in the least. <strong>The</strong> unshakeable foundation on which<br />

my work is proceeding is bliss. I cannot be moved away from it by any<br />

one, at any time. (...)<br />

Dedicate your heart to God; God will be one with you, the heart of your<br />

heart. Do not exaggerate the creation <strong>and</strong> the manifestation of the linga;<br />

it is only the manifestation of an atom of my majesty. In me, who<br />

can create worlds, <strong>and</strong> fill the universe, there are things more worthy<br />

of adoration; universal love, the teaching of virtue, the revival of the<br />

Vedas, the fostering of the good, the benediction on spiritual aspirants.<br />

26.2.68, (20-122/123)<br />

Do not go about proclaiming that you are a sect distinct <strong>and</strong> separate<br />

from those who adore God in other forms <strong>and</strong> names. Doing so you<br />

limit the very God whom you extol. Do not proclaim in your enthusiasm:<br />

"We want only <strong>Sai</strong>; we are not concerned with the rest." You must convince<br />

yourselves that all forms are <strong>Sai</strong>'s; all names are <strong>Sai</strong>'s. <strong>The</strong>re is<br />

no “rest”; all are He.<br />

You must have noticed that I do not speak about <strong>Sai</strong> in my discourses,<br />

nor do I sing of <strong>Sai</strong> during the hymn with which I usually conclude my<br />

discourses. And you must have wondered why. Let me tell you the reason.<br />

I do not want the impression to gain ground that I desire this name<br />

<strong>and</strong> this form to be publicised. I have not come to initiate a new cult, I<br />

do not want people to be misled on this point. I affirm that this <strong>Sai</strong> form<br />

is the form of all the various names that man uses for the adoration of<br />

the Divine. So, I am teaching that no distinction should be made between<br />

the names Rama, Krishna, Ishwara, <strong>Sai</strong> - for they are all my names.<br />

When I know that I am the current that illumines all the various bulbs,<br />

I am indifferent to the bulbs, which you consider so important. When<br />

you pay attention to the bulbs, factions arise, sects are born. <strong>Sathya</strong><br />

<strong>Sai</strong> Service Organization members should not encourage discord <strong>and</strong><br />

distinctions; they must adore the One, appearing as many, the basic<br />

Divine, which illumines all the bulbs.<br />

I have not the slightest intention of utilising the Service Organization<br />

for propagating my name or canvasing homage for my name. No! I am<br />

content only when spiritual endeavours <strong>and</strong> disciplines to elevate <strong>and</strong><br />

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