Sathya Sai Baba The World-Avatar Teaching and Revelations

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The Body as Temple of God
The body is the temple of the living being, so whatever happens in that
temple, is the concern of the indweller. So, too, the world is the body
of the Lord and all that happens in it, good or bad, is his concern. From
the observed fact of the indweller and the body, know the truth of the
unobservable fact of the Lord and the world. (4-36)
You are the indestructible Atman. It is for the sake of that Atman principle
that you have this body and so in the attempt to realize Brahman
here and now, you must be prepared to offer this body, at any moment,
as a sacrifice. Utilize your authority over this body to foster the welfare
of the world. This body is but an instrument, an implement given by
God. Let it serve its purpose. (4-7)
This creation is the environment of worship; man is the worshipper,
and God is worshipped. The game called life is played in this way.
Man must be happy that God has placed around him newer and newer
materials for serving Him and through service worship Him in all His
various forms. He must pray for newer and newer opportunities and
exult in the chance that his hands receive. This attitude gives immeasurable
joy. To lead a life suffused with this joy is indeed bliss.
Whatever is done from sunrise to sunset must be consecrated, as worship
to the Lord. As care is taken to pluck only fresh flowers and keep
them fresh and unfaded, so too ceaseless effort should be made to do
deeds which are pure and unsullied.
If this vision is kept before the mind's eye every day and life lived accordingly,
it becomes one long unbroken service of the Lord. The feeling
of I and thou will soon disappear; all trace of self will be destroyed.
(...)
"I am the servant. This world is the offering. God is the master who is
worshipped" - when one attains this stage of thought, feeling and action,
all difference between mine and thine will disappear.
There is no distinction between devotion and wisdom. (...)
I will not agree that action, devotion and wisdom are separate. I do not
even like to classify one of these as first, the other as the second and
next as the third. I will not accept a mixture of all three or even a merger
of the three. Activity is devotion and devotion is wisdom. (...)
The living being, the Atman, and God are not separate; they are one
and the same.