Sathya Sai Baba The World-Avatar Teaching and Revelations

you have to understand. You must be ready to offer to God whatever
he asks of you. What is it that God asks from you? First of all, he says:
"Give up your desires". You must give them up immediately. He calls
upon you not to immerse yourself in worldly pleasures. Cultivate love
for all. That will redeem your life. That is the sacred path you have to
follow. (...)
You think that liberation is something which you attain after death. But,
in fact, liberation can be attained here and now. Liberation means no
attachment.
People are not ready to give up attachment to wife or husband, children,
property etc. You have a duty to protect your family. But you must
not be immersed in concerns about them.
What is dharma? Not the obligations relating to the various stages in
life or the various vocations. Dharma means harmony in thought, word
and deed. People equate charity with dharma. That is not correct.
Dharma calls for sacrificing your bad thoughts, feelings and actions.
(...)
I am ready to give you all happiness. Are you prepared to receive what
I wish to offer? Banish all worries. They are temporary like passing
clouds. Do not allow any one - whether it is the father, the mother or
the preceptor - to come between you and your duty to God. (...)
Surrender yourselves to God and dedicate yourselves to the service
of mankind. You have my blessings. Foster love and serve society.
(29.3.98)
In order to experience bliss, you need to develop love. Love is like a
rose and lust is like a thorn. Cut the rose without touching the thorn and
offer it to God. You should offer yourself to God. That is surrender.
Love within you should be merged with the Divine love. There lies the
bliss. (28.9.98)
The present population of the world is 550 crores. But the principle of
"I" is one and the same in everyone. Each one refers to himself or herself
as "I". How can one know these 550 crores people? Once you recognise
the principle of "I", you would have recognized all. Here you find
many bulbs glowing, the same current flows through all of them. Similarly,
the principle of "I" is the same in all. Instead of questioning, "who
are you?", question yourself, "who am l?" Know yourself first, then you
will know ail. What is the cause of conflicts and restlessness in this
world? Lack of recognition of principle of oneness is mainly responsi-
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