Sathya Sai Baba The World-Avatar Teaching and Revelations

need. They should create on atmosphere of plain living and high thinking,
for pupils unconsciously accept them as heroes and begin imitating
them. They should hand over to the rising generation the riches
that past generations have amassed, the spiritual disciplines and discoveries.
Learn them yourselves and teach them to the pupils under
your care. This will enable you to discharge the debt owe you to the
Rishis, the sages of old. I know that when you sow bitter seeds you
cannot grow sweet grain. Yet, there are certain things possible even
under the limitations of the present curricula and courses of study.
25.11.59, (15-145/146)
For courage, you must feel your own importance; never call yourself a
sinner born in sin, bred in sin and engaged in sin. No; that kind of selfcondemnation
ill becomes a child of God.
In every one of you, God is the moving spirit, the very soul; how then
can you be evil, when you are here fulfilling God's purpose, according
to his will, his plan, his law? He has endowed you with many faculties
so that you may seek him and reach him. You are not a helpless neglected
individual undergoing a sentence of death. You are an embodiment
of bliss, born to a rich heritage, which is yours for the asking.
Only you do not ask. Have faith in your destiny and work gladly and
steadily to attain it.
Devotion is simply the attachment to God, affection towards the Supreme;
you need not fly away from hearth and home to cultivate it.
25.6.60, (15-160)
The pleasures from sensual enjoyment must eventually be converted
into happiness from Divine union; the pleasures of the senses must
gradually be left behind and you must develop a taste for the higher
and more lasting pleasure derived from the springs of your own personality.
For Divine union, devotion to God is the main thing, the head
and the crown; peace and happiness are the other essentials. 10.7.59,
(15-163)
The age period 16-30 is a crucial stage, when man achieves best and
struggles hardest to achieve. Once frittered, these years of life can
never be regained. Take no devious path, but move in the footsteps of
God and the Godly during this period of your life. (27-82)
Limiting birth by artificial means is on absurdly wrong step. This is like
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