Sathya Sai Baba The World-Avatar Teaching and Revelations

sciousness of the Divinity inherent in him and to encourage him to cultivate
it, so that he could blossom into a real devotee and then into a
detached, devoted, virtuous, wise, aspirant, and finally into a liberated
person merged in God. (...)
This does not seek to establish a new cult or sect, a new type of worship
or meditation, a novel ritual, an initiation that separates people as
“disciples” within the fold and “non-initiates” out of the fold. It seeks to
restrain dullness, ignorance, and all the evils that arise from them passion,
violent emotion, desire, egoism and consequent evils; it instills in
men the truth that all are kin in Atman, that the stranger is but oneself
in another form, and that service to another is the best service that one
can do to oneself. (...)
Truth is God himself. The Vedas says: "All this is established on the
firm foundation of truth". So, see that no trace of falsehood contaminates
your transactions in these organizations. Truth is my nature, my
mission, my message. Organizations bearing my name have to adhere
strictly to truth.
Non-injury is another phase of truth. When once you are aware of the
kinship, the oneness in God, the fundamental Divine unity - no one will
knowingly cause pain or distress to another. Let your organizations
promote love, scatter love, be fragrant with love, and preach the gospel
of love, through example. 20.12.67, (20-137/140)
The doctors among you can serve the poor by treating them without
insisting on payment; give the poor all the attention and care that you
lavish on the rich, paying patients. Do it for the sake of God; feel that
it is the worship you are offering him. The lawyers among you can help
those, who for want of a skilled advocate, have to suffer at the hands
of unscrupulous men. Do not publish these acts of sympathy; do them
spontaneously without fanfare. That is more precious than demonstrating
your service with the help of headlines and photographs.
These reduce the worth of deeds of compassion. You must be uncomfortable,
when those around you are unhappy; when you ease their
discomfort, you are making them happy and making yourself happy.
Similarly, you must be happy, when those around you are happy. This
is more difficult, but it is the sign of the truly good.
It is your duty to recognise all men as your kin and to share your skill
with others, so that the maximum benefits accrue therefrom. The skill
is a trust, which must rescue all. Service done in homes for the disabled,
defectives, the feeble minded, delinquents, orphans, refugees -
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