Sathya Sai Baba The World-Avatar Teaching and Revelations

power as it is imagined to be. If it is devoid of character, it brings disaster.
It can then cause evil and wickedness. Intelligence can be found
to be very high among clever thieves. So, too, scientific knowledge can
be misused for destructive purposes. 29.8.81, (25-131/132)
If Westerners renounce everything in their single-minded devotion to
the discovery of the laws that govern the objective world, here in India
men renounced everything for the discovery and experience of the Absolute,
which is the prime cause of the universe and which, if known,
confers unshakable peace.
Westerners renounce for the evanescent; here, the renunciation is for
the Eternal. Ours is for wisdom: theirs is for ignorance. Ours is knowing;
theirs is blindness. That is why even today, the splendour of the
Rishis, sages and yogis shines through the corridor of centuries on the
faces of men; if sometimes the shadows of despair, despondency and
discontent flit across those faces in this land, it is a forewarning of the
decline of faith in righteousness itself. (8-75)
Today we witness humanity racked by innumerable troubles and worries.
No administration or authority can solve these problems. God
alone can save mankind. Men have to develop faith in the Self, to acquire
the grace of the Divine. Humanity is in need of God's grace. To
receive this everyone has to fill his heart with love, render service to
his fellowmen and redeem his life. (14.4.96)
Hence, you should not regard countries as different and languages as
barriers. The underlying unity has to be understood. Different people
use different words to describe the same thing, for example, water.
Whatever be the words used, the substance is the same.
It is essential to see the unity that underlies the apparent diversity.
When more and more people recognise this unity most of the world's
problems will be solved. All social conflicts will end when people learn
to see the one Divinity in all beings. (...)
Religion should help one to realise one's reality. But people have narrow
compartmentalized feelings as Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, etc.
Love makes no difference. It is the basis of all human values and you
should practice it with full vigour to justify your real humanity. (...)
Many people invite me to visit other countries. I do not like to go abroad
before setting this country right and transforming its citizens. Many
people go abroad begging for money. Many also resort to begging in
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