Sathya Sai Baba The World-Avatar Teaching and Revelations

Ninety out of a hundred among you have not clearly visualized the purpose
for which I have allowed you to form these organizations. It is not
to give some people places of authority or power, or for ensuring fame
and publicity for me. It is to build upon the earth the Fatherhood of God
and the brotherhood of men on strong foundations. This must be understand
by all of you. You are not engaged in social service through
these organizations; you are engaged in your own service. 21.11.68,
(20-345)
I want to tell you that the bliss you derive from service is something you
can never get through any other activity. The thrill that a kind word, a
small gift, a good gesture, a sign of sympathy, a sign of compassion
can bring about in a distressed heart is something that is beyond the
capacity of words to describe. 14.10.69, (21-119)
I cannot accept the excuse that people do not find time to go to devotional
group singing. If a hundred things can be done in the time now
available, surely, the hundred and first thing can also be accommodated
in the time-table. You can stop doing the hundred but this extra one
is as the breath that sustains life itself. Do not join the group only when
the cameraman is around; move with the party and feel the thrill. The
office-bearers must be one with the rest, in all the activities of the unit.
Be filled with joy that you have now got the lucky chance of listening
to and carrying out this command! This chance comes rarely to man.
(...)
Do not have any one in, who would much rather be outside the group
of Sai devotees, either an account of his habits or indifference towards
religious matters, especially towards the directions given by me. For,
my honour is your honour, your honour is my honour. This is not your
unit, your organization; it is mine. In my institution, minds must mutually
harmonise. The hearts of all have to be ploughed by discipline, and
sowed with the seeds of love, so that they grow into the Trees of dedication,
and yield the fruits of wisdom.
Office-bearers, and members of Sathya Sai institutions must have tolerance
of opinions different from their own, truth, compassion and love
towards all. (...)
The Sathya Sai family must have only men and women, who honour
their family obligation of nourishing and nursing their parents.
21.11.69, (21-174/175)
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