Sathya Sai Baba The World-Avatar Teaching and Revelations

ing use of the vibrations from the conscience to understand the truth.
Today man follows only the body and the mind and becomes a prey
to all kinds of troubles. (23.11.95)
Man is the beneficiary of innumerable gratuitous gifts of God: wind,
rain, sunlight and so on. What gratitude is man showing to God for all
these, while he his paying a big price for every small benefit he derives
from services like water supply and electric power? God is the provider
of all that is essential for life. What recompense is man making to God?
On the contrary he goes on praying for more benefits. This insatiable
desire is the cause of all man's evil qualities. The truly human qualities
are calmness, forbearance and compassion. Man should lead a contented
life.
God has given to man a wonderfully beautiful world, with mountains,
forests, rivers and the glorious moon. Above all, God has endowed
man with a compassionate heart. But he is polluting it. What is it that
man offers to God for all his gifts? (1.7.96)
When you look at the ocean, its endless series of waves and the foam
from the waves, they all appear separate from each other. But the truth
is they are all one. The water in the waves and in the foam comes from
the same ocean and has the same qualities.
Likewise, from the infinite ocean of existence-consciousness-bliss
(sat-chit-ananda), innumerable living creatures emerge like waves.
While the Divine is in the state of truth-wisdom-infinity man is in the
state of being-awareness-bliss.
Embodiments of Divine Atman! When you fill your vision with love, the
whole creation will appear Divine to you,
The cosmos appears to you as a manifestation of diversity, but in reality
there is no diversity. No one makes any effort to discover the unity
that underlies the diversity.
In every human being, both Divinity and the illusion principle are immanent.
How is this to be comprehended? Existence-consciousnessbliss
represent the Divine in man. The names and forms which man
perceives are expressions of the illusion principle.
On the ocean, the wind is the cause of waves, on the ocean of existence-consciousness-bliss,
the wind of illusion gives rise to the innumerable
living creatures. Therefore, the individuals who have emerged
from the ocean of existence-consciousness-bliss are manifestations of
the Divine. Divinity is everywhere. But because of man's ignorance,
man is a prey to numerous troubles. (30.7.96)
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