Sri Sathya Sai International Organization

God is known by various names and of these, the greatest and the most fitting is Sat-chit-anada. Sat means that which remains unchanged in all three periods of time – the past, the present, and the future. Strict adherence to truth would enable one to experience sat. Chit means total awareness or complete knowledge. It is that which enables one to experience divinity in all its aspects. Once sat and chit are experienced, ananda or bliss would follow automatically.

Receive my pure love with a pure heart. Make yourself holy. Live in love. Love is God. Bear in mind what Swami has said and regard Swami’s words as a beacon light for your lives. With the light of Swami’s advice in your hearts, you can proceed on life’s journey for any length of time.

People have strange ideas about liberation, imagining that it involves going to heaven and having eternal existence there. That is not the meaning of liberation. It means achieving selfless love that is constant, unabating, and total. This is the state that one must seek to attain; it is only when this state is reached that one is truly liberated.

The real watch is when you keep a WATCH on your Words, Actions, Thoughts, Character and Heart; not the one you tie to your wrist. The wristwatch may go for repair, but the word ‘watch’ will never get spoiled. It will always bring purity of thought, word and deed.

Strive, that is your duty. Yearn, that is your task. Struggle, that is your assignment. If only you do these, sincerely and steadily, God will give you the reward of Self-realization.

Love should not be based on expectations of a reward or return. Love based on such expectations makes it a business deal. Love is not an article of commerce. It is not like a loan which must be paid back. It is a spontaneous offering. Pure love can emanate only from a pure heart.

Both inner and outer purity are essential for man’s physical and mental health. Most people are concerned about external physical cleanliness. People tend to ignore inner cleanliness in the belief that the heart and mind are not visible to others. But they should realize that the physical body is made up of the five elements and will return to dust sometime or other. It is the purity of the mind that is important.

God has no specific name. He is present in human being in the form of Atma. What does Atma mean? It means love only. It is love that unites all. If you imbibe this principle of unity, then all will become one. When you attain this unity, you will have purity. When you have purity, then the principle of the Self (Atmatatwa) will manifest in you.

The divine dwells in every being. Therefore, dedicate every moment to thoughts of God. When you do this, in due course, you experience the divine. You will be free from delusions, and you will be divinized. Humans are born to merge in the grace of the divine and not to immerse in mundane pleasures. Let each one carry on his or her duties. Dharma protects its protector and destroys its destroyer. Strive to proceed from the human to the divine.

Search for bliss (ananda), the bliss that emanates from love with no blemish of attachment. Be like bees hovering on the flower of the glory of the lord, partaking the sweet nectar of grace, silently and joyfully.

All should realize that the divine is the basis of everything in the universe. Having evolved from the animal, one should aim at realizing the divine. Unfortunately, people today are descending to animality. As a result, peace and order are vanishing from every sphere of life. What is the use of all the progress in science, if people have no control over their senses and are not aware of the all-pervading cosmic consciousness (Chaithanya)? Everyone should recognize the indwelling divinity in their heart.

All should remain united. Where there is unity, there shall be purity. Where there is purity, there is divinity. You all must lead your lives keeping in view these three aspects of unity, purity and divinity. You should not remain unconcerned with others’ difficulties and suffering. Treat their suffering as your own.

Whatever is done from sunrise to sunset must be consecrated as worship of God. Just as care is taken to pluck only fresh flowers and to keep them clean and unfaded, so too, ceaseless effort should be made to perform deeds that are pure and unsullied.

God is everywhere; only win the vision to see divine principle in all. To attain God, feats of hard spiritual practice (sadhana) are superfluous. Love is enough; avoid hating, envying, or even disliking anyone. Put love into practice, through selfless service (seva).