Sathya Sai Baba The World-Avatar Teaching and Revelations

Then, it becomes Prasanthi, real peace. Bereft of such peace, one
cannot hope to get either worldly, other-worldly, or trans-worldly bliss.
Peace is the nursery of all happiness and all joy. (...) All men need it.
(3-1/2)
Prashanti has no ups and downs; it cannot be partial in adversity and
complete in prosperity. It cannot be one thing today and another tomorrow.
Maintaining the same even flow of bliss, always, that is
Prashanti. (3-2)
Every single devotee has the legitimate right to earn this Prashanti; so
he must learn the path by which it can be earned. The world is suffering
from selfish politics, nihilistic religion and heartless competition; this is
a disgraceful state of affairs. Man has completely forgotten his fundamental
Divine nature. At such a crisis, the thing that is most urgent is
peace, love.
There are drugs, which will cure this dreaded disease. No other specific
can ameliorate the illness. To get peace, love is the only means.
Love fuels the Divine flame of peace, and love brings about Unity of
all mankind and this unity combined with spiritual knowledge will bring
about world peace. (3-3)
The discipline of the self is the basic foundation for successful living.
Through that alone can man attain real and lasting peace. Without
peace there can be no happiness. Peace is the very nature of the Divine.
It co-exists only with a pure heart, never with a greedy heart full
of desires. Peace is the distinguishing mark of yogis, Rishis, and so on.
It does not depend on external conditions. It will flee from the selfish,
and the sensual. It hates the company of such persons. It is the characteristic
of the inner Divine, wonderful, unshakable, and permanent.
Peace is full of spiritual uplift and the wisdom that is the natural accompaniment
of bliss. Genuine peace is won by control of the senses only.
Then it can be called Prashanti. The experience of that stage is as the
stream of peace. Calming the mental agitation that surges like waves
levelling the swirls and whirls of likes, dislikes, love, hate, sorrow, joy,
hope, despair, peace is earned and maintained, without disturbance.
Peace is of the nature of the spiritual Divinity. Inner Divinity is imperishable.
It does not die like the body and mind. It is universal, it is subtle
and its very nature is knowledge. So, peace also has these characteristics.
Knowledge of the eternal Divine destroys illusion, doubt and sor-
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