Sathya Sai Baba The World-Avatar Teaching and Revelations

trudge along the wilderness to which it leads. There, the beast in man
asserts itself and suppresses the excellences with which he is endowed.
(...).
Otherwise, they become devotees who can only speak; they have no
honest faith in their own words. Since devotees stop halfway and start
extolling the guru and his teachings rather than experiencing their value
and validity, the Atman and the infinite bliss it can confer, remain
undiscovered by aspirants. 25.9.79, (25-2/3)
Man has to encounter sorrow from three sources while a here on
Earth. The scriptures mention these and warn men against them. (...)
The first group of sorrows afflicts man through physical and mental illnesses.
The second (...) group of sorrows is derived from living beings
like snakes, wild animals, worms, insects, etc. (...) The third group of
sorrows torture man through calamities like floods, drought and storm.
(...)
But, one can easily overcome this sorrow by developing feelings of
compassion towards all beings and thoughts which thrive on love and
spread love. Illness, both physical and mental, is a reaction in the body
caused by poisons in the mind. An uncontaminated mind alone can ensure
continuous health. (...)
Yoga is explained as the prevention of the agitations of the mind.
When the mind is withdrawn from contacting the outer world through
the sense-media, no anxiety or agitation can affect a person. The mind
has to be withdrawn from both praise and blame, for they make you
either proud or angry. Pride is deplorable and anger is disastrous. Be
always the same and watch with a balanced mind the ups and downs
of life. (...)
Attaining samadhi does not involve falling flat, shaking the limbs or losing
consciousness. It is not a dramatic trance. It is a characteristic of
the mind, an outlook one has developed, to observe all events and persons
without any attachment or aversion. 13.7.80, (25-31/33)
Everyone should realise that God is with him, beside him and around
him all the time. (...) It is said: "If you take ten steps towards the Lord,
he takes hundred steps towards you." But whither should you take
these ten steps? No one seems to think about that. If you take ten
steps towards evil, falsehood, injustice and wickedness, will I take
hundred steps in that direction? No. Your steps should be in the direction
of what is good. What is good? The steps should lead upwards
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