Sathya Sai Baba The World-Avatar Teaching and Revelations

alleviate the pain that you find another is suffering from, you are unfit
to be called human. Be at least human, even if you do not aspire to become
Divine! Being human is at least better than the status of beasts,
for they do not remember the past, nor plan for the future. 4.10.67, (20-
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You rush forward to touch my foot or to prostrate before me, ignoring
the children, the aged and the sick, upon whom you fall when you
press forward towards me. Do not forget the Sai in those people when
you rush forward towards this Sai!
The merit of all the hardship you underwent to see and hear this Sai
is as good as cancelled when you inflict pain on the Sai who resides
in them. That plus and this minus add up to zero! In your frenzy to offer
homage, you should not forget others who have been waiting long for
the chance. You must provide facilities for their sight of God (darshan),
instead of leaping forward to be at vantage positions from which you
can fall at the foot.
The urge to revere and adore is natural; what should be checked is this
disregard for the yearning of others. Cultivate love, tolerance, respect
for the rights of others. 24.10.68, (20-342)
The Bible says that pious seekers seek God; but, said, Annie Besant,
God seeks the pious seeker! God is seeking for the pure heart that
longs to reach him. The world is reduced to a theatre by man, for, devotion
to God has become a histrionic performance. You find people
weeping in their heart of hearts, but, laughing their lives away. You find
people who laugh in their heart of hearts, but, to all observers, weeping
profusely over their fate. Worship is more for effect, a play acted with
the pit in view; there is no sincerity. 12.5.70, (21-229)
Each individual is born with the question: “Who am I?” (so’ham) on its
lips. “Who am I?” is the question which presses on every breast. And
the answer is given by every breath - “he am I” (so'ham), the inhalation
whispering “so” and the exhalation, “ham”! (...)
But, the question is brushed aside by sure thereby! Realise that your
breath is answering the question correctly and live in the consciousness
that you are a wave of the he, that is, the infinite consciousness,
that is God. You may say that you will riot believe in God unless you
have clear experience personally about him. Well, you believe that
your date of birth is a certain month in a particular year. You have tak-
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