Sathya Sai Baba The World-Avatar Teaching and Revelations

God is the embodiment of compassion. He watches for a grain of
goodness or humility so that he can reward it with tons of grace. (...)
To attain God, feats of hard spiritual discipline are superfluous. Love
is enough; avoid hating, envying or even disliking anyone. Put love into
practice, through selfless service. When the loveliness of the seed
blooms, you have a flower. And God is the loveliness which blooms as
man! (...)
The universe around you is a pleasant garden full of charming patches
of many-hued flowers filled with fragrance and nectar - each flowerbed
being a religion, which attracts the loyalty of millions of seekers.
The garden too is God; God dances in that garden of his own handiwork,
gladdening the flowers with the magic melody of the flute. Be full
of joy and love; share that joy and love with all. April 1973, (22-241/
244)
You are very mistaken, if you think you can estimate a person’s spiritual
development, by mere externals. Inner purity cannot express itself
through pompous show. Only He who sees into every heart can know
who resides therein: God or selfish desire. (...)
Every one of you is a pilgrim proceeding at his own pace, according to
his qualification and the stage reached. The advice that appeals to one
of you or applies to one of you might not be appropriate to another,
who has travelled less distance or reached a more advanced state.
When I tell one person to follow one line of spiritual discipline, it is specifically
for his benefit; do not take it as prescription for your benefit also,
saying: "Swami told him thus; let me also adopt it." Each has a different
make-up - mental, physical and spiritual. (...)
And, pay attention to one other point also. Do not confine your studies
to this circle and these books. The whole universe is university for you.
You can imbibe wisdom from the sky, the clouds, the mountains, the
rivers, the daily phenomena of sunrise and sunset, the seasons, birds,
trees, flowers, the insects - in fact, all beings and things in nature. Approach
these teachers, with awe, reverence and humility; they will respond
with their teachings. Do not worry that you have no mastery of
sanskrit. Sanskrit is the language of the ancient scriptures and classical
literature; the language of the heart is the refined medium of fruitful
communion with nature, in all this manifold outpourings of Divinity.
3.3.74, (23-58/59)
You have in you the power to make your days on earth a path of flow-
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