Sathya Sai Baba The World-Avatar Teaching and Revelations

ner truth, the contemplation of one's real nature and the knowledge
that all is Brahman, the one and only. The fundamental and the derived
must be co-ordinated and harmonised. Only then can it be termed
eternal Divine law.
It does not matter what your activity is, or what name and form you
have chosen. A chain is a chain whatever the material it binds, whether
it is iron or gold, is it not? So too, whether the work is of this type or
that, so long as the Atman is the base, and Divine law the root, it is right
conduct beyond doubt. Such work will bless one with the fruit of peace.
(...)
Why, even the feeling: "That is a friend" or: "This is an enemy" is an
error. This delusion has to be given up. The Lord, the embodiment of
love, is the only constant friend and relative, companion, guide and
protector. Know this and live in that knowledge. This is spiritual law
built on the bedrock of understanding, that is life built on the bedrock
of righteousness. Ignoring this fundamental basis, when attention is
concentrated on external polish, the goal moves beyond reach. Attachment
to the world can be destroyed only by attachment to the
Lord. (...)
So too, if you adhere to Divine truth, you must see, the reflection of the
Glory of the Atman in every act. Attachment to the Lord will transmute
attachment to the world into a pure offering. The goal should not be altered
or lowered; that is to say, the essentials should be kept intact. Divine
conduct does not depend on the various names and forms that its
application entails; it depends more on the motives and the feelings
that direct it. (8-8/14)
Acts which are expressions of Divine law are deathless and only those
who know that they are deathless can perform them. That is the highest
destiny of man but instead of reaching it, he is intent on doing acts
against right conduct. Man is degrading himself from his status as a
child of eternity to the status of a child of futility! Holding nectar in his
grasp, he is drinking the poison of sensual pleasure. Neglecting the joy
of the contemplation of the fundamental Divine reality of the universe,
he is entangling himself in the external trappings of the objective world
or appearances. One can only bewail that this fate has overwhelmed
man! (...)
Note the expression used here. Ponder over it and draw inspiration
from it! The nectar of the Lord's grace is deserved only by those who
adhere to the Lord's right conduct. Simple folk believe that they have
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