Sathya Sai Baba The World-Avatar Teaching and Revelations

eousness, he is righteousness itself. The sacred texts proclaim aloud
the glory of Divine law. In the scriptures of the various religions, Divine
law is elaborated in the language familiar to the adherents. It is the duty
of every man everywhere at all times to pay homage to the Lord, the
personification of spiritual law. The stream of spiritual activity should
never run dry; when its cool waters cease to flow, disaster is certain.
Humanity has reached this stage only because Divine law, like the river
Saraswathi, flows unseen, below the ground, feeding the roots and
filling the springs. Not only humanity, but even birds and beasts have
to adhere to spiritual duty, so that they may be happy and survive in
comfort and joy.
Therefore, the waters of Divine law have to be kept flowing perpetually
and full, so that the world might enjoy happiness. Disaster now dances
madly on the world stage, because right is neglected and there is disbelief
in the essentials of spiritual life. So man has to understand clearly
the very heart of right conduct. (...)
Of course, it is a long, long time since the spotless countenance of Divine
law has been tarnished beyond recognition. Beautiful fields and
groves run wild with neglect and soon become unrecognisable bushland
and thorny jungle; fine trees are hewn by greedy men and the
shape of the landscape is changed. With the passage of time people
get accustomed to the new state of things and they do not notice the
transformation, the decline. This has happened to spiritual law also.
Every man has to acquaint himself with the outlines of Divine law, expounded
in the Veda. Misunderstood by incompetent intelligence, unbridled
emotion and impure reasoning, they have been grossly diluted
and their glory has suffered grievously. Just as the rain drops from the
clear blue sky get coloured and contaminated when they fall on the
soil, the unsullied message of the ancient Rishis, the example of their
shining deeds, the bright untarnished urges behind their actions are all
turned into ugly caricatures of the original grandeur, by uncultured interpreters
and scholars. (...)
Whoever subdues his egoism, conquers his selfish desires, destroys
his bestial feelings and impulses and gives up the natural tendency to
regard the body as the self, he is surely on the path of spiritual law; he
knows that the goal of Divine conduct is the merging of the wave in the
sea, the merging of the self in the higher self, the Atman.
In all worldly activities, you should be careful not to offend propriety,
or the canons of good nature; you should not play false to the prompting
of the inner voice, you should be prepared at all times to respect
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