Sathya Sai Baba The World-Avatar Teaching and Revelations

show affection and love to her child. Sorrow, pain, difficulties and situations
which could bring losses, come to you in many different ways
and on different occasions in your lives. In such situations, you should
not sink. In situations which give pleasure, you should not be elated.
You should have an equal mind and face all-situations with equanimity.
You must take these things with an unwavering mind and attain
bliss. In every life, good and bad are always present together. When
you look at the good, the bad things that always exist alongside appear
to defeat the good. (...)
In the same manner, good and bad give a lot of trouble to the mind of
the ordinary human being and make it suffer. But to great people and
great saints, good and bad are exactly the same. (37-2/5)
More than worshipping God, to regard God as an ideal example of a
perfect human being is important. To worship God and cause pain to
human beings cannot be called devotion. If you want to proclaim to the
world that you are true devotees, then you must show that in your conduct
and in your daily life.
In the world, there are so many people who are educated. But this education
is not giving you happiness. True peace is present within your
heart. To go out and search for true peace of mind is a waste of time.
All that you wish to acquire is within you. You are God. That is why I
often tell you, that you are not one person, but you are three persons.
The one you think you are, the one others think you are, the one you
really are. That is why you say that in the aspect of your body, in the
aspect of your mind and in the aspect of your Atman, the higher self,
you have three different facets of your personality. In the aspect of
your body you do physical work. Take the decision to do good work.
(...) It is in doing your work, that you derive happiness. In the aspect
of your mind, promote good ideas and good thoughts. If in these two
aspects of work and worship, you take the proper path, then comes the
important role of your heart, which signifies wisdom. Wisdom is the
third aspect. (...)
This is the reason why you should not regard work, worship and wisdom
as three things distinct from each other. They are inseparably
connected with each other. What ever work you do, do it in the name
of God. Do it as a task of God, then work will become worship. So l
hope that you will remove the bad ideas, the unsacred ideas that filled
your heart in the past. (37-24)
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