Sathya Sai Baba The World-Avatar Teaching and Revelations

scribed as my speaking through them or acting through them! Take it
from me, I am not given to such absurdities! I do not use others as my
media; I have no need to. I do not swing from side to side and prattle!
Why, even those who torture their bodies and suffer the pains of asceticism
for years, until ant-hills overwhelm them and they become as
stiff as tree-stumps, find it difficult to realise the Lord. How then can
these idlers, who eat their fill and wander about as slaves of their senses,
earn that status so cheap? Their gestures, words and actions are
hollow and vain; those who burn incense before them and revere them
are turning away from me and running after falsehood.
For, how can the full ever dally with the paltry and wear the raiment of
the trifling? When God has come assuming form, take it from me, He
will not fill inferior vessels or embellish tawdry stuff or enter impure
bodies. So, do not extol these falsities and ruin those unfortunates.
Deal with them severely and they will be cured. Those who have seen
the brilliance of the diamond will not be misled by glass trinkets. The
Lord is like the diamond, call it by any name. But a trinket cannot be
turned into a diamond, however loud the praise and however adamant
the claim. 4.3.62, (16-153/155)
Do not listen to destructive criticism and cynicism, which are the poisons
eating into the vitals of spiritual life today. Bear witness to the
truth of your own experience; do not be false to yourself, or to me. My
name is Sathya Sai; it means: “He who reclines on truth.” 4.3.62, (16-
158)
Study well the disciplinary rules laid down for all who wish to be in
Prashanti Nilayam. These rules are for your own good. Wherever you
are, you can make the place a Prasanthi Nilayam. Become parts of my
history. Do not go far from me. You have acquired nearness through
the accumulated good fortune of many births. If you cut this contact
and get away, a time will come when you will weep outside the gates
clamouring for entry. Be free from silly delusions and doubts, be free
from tawdry desires - and I shall take you into me. 7.3.62, (16-171/172)
That is why I very often tell you not to identify even me with this particular
physical form. But you do not understand. You call me by one
name only and believe I have one form only. Remember, there is no
name I do not bear, there is no form which is not mine. 24.11.62, (16-
264/265)
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