Sri Sathya Sai International Organization

People should understand the distinction between worldly love and spiritual love. Worldly love is based on the desire to receive. Divine love yearns to give. God’s love goes on giving. This is the true mark of divinity. It is a sign of purity.

Adi Sankara said that one should not forget God and should discard temporal things. Temporal things give only temporary satisfaction, but divine feelings, thoughts, and deeds lead to eternal bliss.

The thoughts that emanate from the indwelling spirit (conscience) should find expression in speech. If the feelings are different from what is spoken, can the words be treated as truth or untruth? Clearly, it is untruth. When one’s action is not in accordance with his words, it is adharma (unrighteous action). Truth and right action are expressions of the promptings from the depths of one’s conscience.

The harmony between thoughts, words, and deeds is the first step in spiritual growth. The generation, expression and efflorescence of humanitarianism depends on the proper integration of thought, speech, and action. It is the greatest virtue. Lack of correlation between ideas, utterances and actions leads to self-deception, hypocrisy, and spiritual bankruptcy. In other words, the rapport between mental and physical activities is an essential ingredient of spiritual training.

Each and every moment should be spent in the contemplation of God. You may think, “If every moment is spent in the contemplation of God, then how is it possible to do our work?” Do not distinguish between your work and God’s work. Your work is God’s work as God and you are one.

God is the embodiment of love and is completely selfless. Those who follow God should be selfless too. When your heart is filled with divine love, you would be able to pursue oneness in the whole creation. When this unity pervades our heart, there would be no scope for hatred toward others. Eternal love will get established in our heart with the experience of unity of all existence. Therefore, those who follow the divine and inculcate divine love are truly fortunate.

It is not enough to read the lives of Avatars and messiahs. Their teachings should be put into practice as much as possible. People must gradually outgrow their material attachments and develop divine love.

Love is God. God is love. Live in love. Only then can you realize the principle of oneness and attain fulfilment in life… Develop the feeling of oneness that I and you are one. Never think that I and you are different. That is the sign of true devotion.

Just as the iron ball cast in fire becomes one with it, your mind should become one with God. Water cannot be separated from milk, likewise, your mind should get merged with God. You should not think that you are separate from God. One who realizes this principle of unity is a true human being.

God can do anything. God can go anywhere and can change anything. Do not give room for doubts. One who doubts divinity will certainly be doomed. Develop unwavering faith and follow the divine command. True dharma lies in following the divine command. When you follow God, you will be blessed with all goodness and auspiciousness.

You should not think that you are separate from God. One who realizes this principle of unity is a true human being. Do not limit the worship of God to festival days alone. Every moment should be spent in the contemplation of God.

Krishna was the embodiment of love. Hence, love is the virtue He appreciates most. Love has to turn into concrete acts of compassion. Cultivate compassion and develop sympathetic understanding, until you reach the goal of merging in the embodiment of love, Krishna.

The fruits of the tree of human life are sweet, but they are encased in the bitter skin of egoism and ignorance and have hard inedible seeds of desire, anger, pride, etc. One must exercise one's intelligence to peel off the outer skin of ignorance, throw off the seeds of vice and wickedness, and partake of the sweet kernel of life.

I have come to light the lamp of love in your hearts, to see that it shines day by day with added luster. I have not come to speak on behalf of any particular faith or religion. I have not come on any mission of publicity for any sect, or creed or cause; nor have I come to collect followers for any doctrine. I have no plan to attract disciples or devotees into My fold or any fold. I have come to tell you of this universal unitary faith, this Atmic principle, this path of love, this dharma of love, this duty of love, this obligation to love.