Sathya Sai Baba The World-Avatar Teaching and Revelations

appears on earth. If man has no desire and no resolution to satisfy
them, then man need not be born, to realise the unfulfilled desire. And,
he need not die. So, man has to minimise desires and give up seeking
the fulfillment of desire. Desire is what makes man feeble and fearful.
He cannot rise to his full of stature when burdened with desire.
But, there is no need to despair. Man has in him three springs of
strength upon which he can draw - Divine, spiritual and material. From
the conviction that he has a body he can draw upon physical strength.
Since he is an individualized soul, he can draw upon spiritual strength.
Since self if man is one with overself he can earn the awareness of unity
and draw upon the universal Eternal power or Brahman itself. This
is also called “all pervasive Divine energy”; for it is both immanent and
transcendent at the same time. 24.11.80, (25-69/71)
To achieve release, man kneels before
a million gods, in frantic pain.
If he but blasts the ego within,
The goal is reached; he is freed indeed!
It is difficult indeed to understand the ego - its depth and devious ways.
It is an inert entity, that is to say, it cannot know itself nor can it know
others. It has no fear; it will not bend before others. It degrades man
from the golden glory, which is his due, to the level of lowly dust.
25.5.82, (25-255)
Heaven is not on high, beyond your ken.
It is very much here, in the world of men:
deny the ego, deep - hid in you;
and, you are “there” in heaven on earth.
For liberation, o man, why plead before
three crores of Gods in despair?
Deny the ego, deep-rooted in you
and you are free, no pleading therefore.
The attainment of the Absolute or Brahman is not the end result of
course of spiritual effort. The individualized soul is the Brahman. The
individual soul is the Eternal Godhead. Even when involved in worldly
activities, the individual cannot discard this reality of his. His belief that
he is just a man arises from delusion. The ocean may be known by,
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