Sathya Sai Baba The World-Avatar Teaching and Revelations

Of the many billions of living beings, man alone has the privilege of being
entitled to investigate the truth of the universe and to merge in the
bliss of its realization. But, man is lost in the pursuit of wrong goals; he
is struggling in the fog of doubt and divisive loyalties. He is frittering energies
and time in activities that bind him still further in the tangles of
material wants. This type of activity flows from delusion and leads to
further delusion. Man must outgrow this tendency, and turn towards to
the Divine law, that is to say, moral activity, idealistic activity, activity
that sublimates lower instincts and impulses and transforms every
deed into an act of dedication. When this attitude is confirmed and consolidated,
all activity becomes Divine activity. Man merges in the universal
and loses the inhibiting individuality. That is the activity which
the Atman carves for and delights in. 4.7.74, (23-103)
The immortal beings, who have assigned for themselves, this role, this
venture of celebrating a “lifetime on earth”, have as it were, borrowed
a heart from God, the Supreme giver, in a clean condition. When finally
you give it back, see that they are as clean and pure as when he gave
them. That is the code of conduct; or else, he will not accept them!
10.7.74, (23-111)
A devotee once lamented, saying: "O God! You have forgotten me!"
This is never possible; it is the devotee who forgets that he is the child
of God, that God is his never-failing friend and guide. God is all-knowledge,
all-power, all-mercy. Faith in God has to be constant, firm in the
face of every challenge by fate or fortune. 23.10.74, (23-155)
You must have heard that common people in India believe that when
the thunder is threatening overhead, the simultaneous recitation of Arjuna's
nine names keep a bolt from failing on them. This is proof of the
power that not only the names of God but also those of his devoted adherents
ever pure and ever in contact with the Absolute, have over the
elements. That is the reason why worship of the presence is offered
even to great devotees like Thyagaraja and Kabir. They have no identity
of their own, having become one with the limitless through the worship
of the limited. 6.2.79, (24-240)
There are only two roads before man, the road to God and the road to
mammon. Few are those who choose the first and reach the goal that
lies within, where the Atman shines in supreme glory. The multitudes
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