Sathya Sai Baba The World-Avatar Teaching and Revelations

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International Sathya Sai Organization
Veda has told us that it is a sin to divide our work into two parts and
say that something is your work and something is God's work. In all the
work that you have to do in your life, there is nothing that you can call
your own work. Everything is God's work. You should do all your work
believing that it is God's work and then the omnipresent Lord will take
care of the results. He will be present in you as the Atman and see to
the success of all work if you have such a view. If you are not able to
satisfy and serve human beings who are with you and who are like you,
then how can you satisfy God who cannot be seen by your physical
eyes and who does not live with you and who is not like other human
beings. If you harm the living beings who are living with you, there is
no meaning in worshipping God in those circumstances. (36-216/217)
You should become selfless and join the organization with a selfless
spirit. So long as you are in this environment, you may feel that these
are very sacred and good ideas. The moment you go outside and enter
the external world, it becomes different. Your ideas are bound to
change when you go out. But when the company outside is also good,
then it is possible for you to retain these sacred ideals for longer periods.
(37-246)
When an organization is started it has to lay down for itself certain rules
and regulations. But our rules are of a different nature altogether. Our
rules emphasise that members must first practice what they stand for.
Whatever you desire others to do, you must first put into daily practice
sincerely and with steadfastness. You must do devotional singing regularly
and systematically, before you advise others about the efficacy
of singing hymns. When you want to be honoured by others, you must
learn to honour them first.
Service has become a word of common currency, but its value is reduced
by the hypocrisy of the users. Only those who are afflicted with
compassion, equal pain, at the sight of pain and suffering, distress or
disease, have the right to offer service; for, they are not serving others,
they are serving themselves, serving to remove as fast and as intelligently
as they can, their own pain. 21.4.67, (20-36/37)
Attempts are made in many places to build Sathya Sai temples. But
Sathya Sai Baba will be happy if he is installed in your hearts; that is