Sathya Sai Baba The World-Avatar Teaching and Revelations

have faith and if you keep the name of Rama as constant companion,
you are in heaven, all the time. These are not distant regions that have
to be reached by tortuous travel; they are springs of tranquillity that are
in your own heart. You cannot have this chance of the nearness of the
greatest of all sources of joy in any other place. Here it is so near, so
easy to attain, so full of grace. If you fall back, you will seldom get the
chance again. Ask and get what world, but rarely do you ask for "Me".
That is why I seldom address you as devotees; I usually address you
as “Embodiments of Divinity”, for that is your real embodiment, this Divinity.
Though you do not know it, it is a fact. Therefore, I can address
you so, with confidence. I can even call you “Embodiments of Godhead”,
but, as for devotion, since it is a quality that will make you desire
the Lord and nothing else, I find you cannot lay claim to it. Some of you
claim to be Sai-devotees or Rama-devotees or Krishna-devotees. No,
unless you are perfect instruments in his hand, you do not deserve that
name. 4.2.63, (18-22/23)
The Avatars insist on righteousness; it is declared that the purpose of
the Avatar is to sake righteousness: but, what is righteousness for, if
not for liberation from the bondage of ignorance? 5.2.63, (18-26)
The Avatar behaves in a human way so that mankind can feel kinship,
but, rises to superhuman heights so that mankind can aspire to those
heights. The living being can be transformed into Divinity, for both are
basically the same. Only, you have to switch on to the wavelength.
Know it, adjust correctly and the allpervading will be grasped clearly
with no distortion. 10.2.63, (18-43)
(Baba was brought down the winding stairs into the private room on
the ground floor, because he insisted on giving the blessing of seeing
God (darshan) to the thousands of devotees who had come on that
auspicious day. He had an attack of cerebral thrombosis and was in
bed for eight days from the morning of Saturday, 29th June to the
evening of 6th July. His left hand, leg and eye were affected; his right
hand had also slight palsy; the tongue was indistinct and the face was
twitching. He was placed on the silver chair in the Prayer Hall and his
hand and leg were adjusted in proper position. As soon as he was
seated, he communicated the following message which was interpreted
and announced:)
This is not my illness; this is an illness which I has taken on, in order
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