Sathya Sai Baba The World-Avatar Teaching and Revelations

5. Krishna said: “Whatever else a man may not meet during life, he
is certain to meet with death. So each one must be trained to have
at that time the attitude and thought that are most beneficial to
him. Otherwise, life is a failure, a waste. A person unready for this
consummation has to suffer the fate that will befall him. No one
enters a battlefield in order to suffer defeat. So too, no one voluntarily
accepts a fall; he seeks only progress. Will it not be wise,
therefore, to strive for the end that is in your own best interest?
Hence, every man must take earnest steps to secure the thought
of the seventh item, OM, at the last moment of life. Whoever dies
in that thought attains me”.
Repeat the OM at the last moment; that is the reason why constant
remembrance of the Lord is said to have the power of inducing
the Lord to bear the burden of your happiness here and
hereafter. Of course, this too has to be practiced long. Spiritual discipline
gains everything.
6. In the human body there are six nerve centres, all in the form of
the lotus-flower. All the six lotus-forms have letters or sounds attached
to each petal. Like the reeds in the harmonium, when the petals
are moved, each one poduce a distinct sound. Those who follow
this statement intelligently may get a doubt; if the petals are
said to move, who or what is moving them? Yes, the force that moves
them is the OM, the primeval sound, the undistinguished indistinguishable
sound, emanating without effort, irrespective of
conscious will that is the OM. As beads in the string, all letters and
the sounds they represent are strung on the OM. (...)
The mind has an innate tendency to merge in whatever it contacts;
it craves for this. So it is ever agitated and restless. But by constant
practice and training, it can be directed towards the OM and
taught to merge with it. It Is also naturally drawn towards sound.
(...)
Living is struggling, striving, achieving. God has created man so
that he might wield the talent of man and achieve victory. (...)
7. Mantra and recitation are essential for all types of man. What is a
mantra? (...)
Mantra means that which can save you if you meditate on it. Man-
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