Sathya Sai Baba The World-Avatar Teaching and Revelations

mental hospital, you will find sometimes one type of “madman”. He sits
in a corner, resting without a break, watching the pranks and the wildness
of the other inmates. The doctors will be thankful to him, for he
needs no care; he causes no trouble. His madness may be melancholia
or he may be a sage. The god-bound man is like that. He is the only
healthy man in this mad world. 24.5.62, (16-212/213)
Many people consider all acts of worship as "his" and all acts of earning
and spending as “Mine." But, this is a mistake. All acts are “his."
There is no such distinction as activity for the welfare of man and activity
for God. All activity leads you towards God or away from him. For
example, you say that you fall ill, that you are in good health etc. That
is because you feel that the body is “you," whereas you are really only
the Atman, with the five sheaths: which you have superimposed on it.
This is the result of the system of education now prevalent which
teaches that the bliss one derives from the senses is all the bliss that
one can get. It does not disclose to the individual the eternal source of
bliss that he has within himself. There is no training in the art of acquiring
mental peace. No one is told the secret of attaining the state of
equanimity, amidst the confusion of modern civilisation. Every one is
induced to float with the current that drags humanity down to fear, anxiety
and despair. (...)
The senses revel without limit but the Atman is ignored. Modern education
produces only -”learned fools"; it does not produce wise men
who can meet life calmly and bravely. Its products know how to fill
themselves with information, devise tools or handle them for the destruction
of fellowmen or cater to the whims of the senses - but, they
are helpless to meet the crisis of death, a crisis that is inevitable.
18.10.63, (17-81/82)
The secular state is hesitates to teach the principles of eternal truth to
young children and students in schools, though these principles are of
universal application and do not go against any particular religion. The
members of the committee may, recommend a course of moral instruction
but if it is not emphasising the Divine basis of the individual,
much of the invigorating strength of spiritual law will be lost. A regular
course in the discipline of meditation must also be given to youth, so
that they may realise the depths of their own personality and its infinite
possibilities for ensuring peace and bliss. 14.1.64, (17-157)
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