Sathya Sai Baba The World-Avatar Teaching and Revelations

pervades the many. The last stage is knowledge. The Vedas proclaim
that immortality, the stage when one is merged in the birthless, deathless,
universal entity, is feasible through renunciation and detachment
only, and not through rituals, progeny or wealth. When man renounces
selfish desires, his love expands unto the farthest regions of the universe
until he becomes aware of the cosmic love that feeds all the four
processes mentioned above. It is important that you know this underlying
urge in all as I do. (...)
Once the person is drawn near, the process of improvement starts. (...)
Such transformed persons will spontaneously engage themselves in
the task of promoting human welfare. They will be promoters of the
ideals of the brotherhood of man and the Fatherhood of God. (...)
The Divine can be grasped only through love, faith and spiritual discipline,
surcharged with universal love. Reason is too feeble an instrument
to measure it. Denial of the Divine cannot negate it. Logic cannot
reveal it. All the tirades now being made on the Divine are from atheists
who are opportunists. So your duty is to preserve your equanimity. Be
true to yourselves and do not waver. I am unaffected by praise or
blame. My love and compassion envelop all; my grace can be shared
by all. I am declaring this so that you may face all this with fortitude.
23.11.76, (24-76/78)
People today speak about God having forgotten man. This is not true.
God can never give up the devotee. It is the devotee who gives up
God. God can never forget the devotee. It is the devotee who forgets
God. God is never away from you. Only the devotee is away from God.
You think that God is moving away from you. Not at all. You forget God
and declare that God has forgotten you. Your own feelings are reflected
in your utterances. (14.1.96)
Do not thank me. I am not a third person. Do you thank your mother
who serves you food everyday? You may thank an outsider from
whom you receive a favour, but I am not an outsider. So, never say
thanks to Swami. Consider Swami as your own. Only then you will
have the right to approach Swami. I do not desire anything from you
for myself, nor do I say or do anything for myself. I do not want anything
except one - your love. Even that is not your property, that also is my
property. Love cannot be earned by any means. It is a gift of God. Gift
this gift of love to God. Only then you will have self-satisfaction. That
is your duty. (...)
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