Sathya Sai Baba The World-Avatar Teaching and Revelations

made the home of a happy family of peoples, such enterprises can be
planned."
The earth is the natural habitat of man. Why should he venture out of
the range of the elements of which his body is composed and go places
where he has to take water, air and other essential requisites with him?
When he goes to the moon, he does not leave anxiety, fear and falsehood
behind. The moon that man has to voyage into is the mind, not
this dead satellite, with no capacity to illumine itself. 6.3.70, (22-8/9)
Those who plan for the nation today are planning only roads, factories
and farms; they ignore the paths of the spirit, the fields where love and
humility, service and sacrifice can be cultivated. They lay emphasis on
such developments as can be measured, seen, and put into impressive
statistical tables, not the intangible motives that urge man to live
in peace and brotherliness.
Man is now able to soar into outer space and reach up to the moon;
earth and sky are his playgrounds. But, though he is intelligent enough
to sail through space and under the sea and shoot bombs across continents,
he is not moral enough to live at peace with his neighbour! A
few handfuls will satisfy his hunger; a short length of cloth will cover
his nakedness; a few square feet of shelter are enough to shield him
against sun and rain. But, for these, he slaughters his brethren and his
sisters, he steals, he plots, he revels in lies, breaks the law, and destroys
peace in his own heart and society. Schools, colleges and educational
institutes multiply, but the educated are a danger to themselves
and to the country. Hospitals and medical research, drugs and
ameliorative measures increase, but, the percentage of insanity and
illness also increases. Everywhere there is the dark cloud of anxiety,
fear, discontent and agony, disturbing the rich as well as the poor nations
of the world.
The foundation for real peace is, according to the Vedas, the quality
of amicability, friendship, compassion, kindness. It can also be taken
to mean: Word, deed and thought shall be in accordance; that is to say,
you shall speak, think and act in harmony, without friction or faction, in
the atmosphere of love and understanding, that is what is wanted in
the world today. (...)
The love between father and son, husband and wife, friend and friend
is now artificial, not heartificial! The son sues the father in the courts,
the attachment between husband and wife does not last long, friends
fight when selfish interests prevail, man cannot trust brother man, fear
and suspicion haunt relationships between man and man. (...)
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