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A miner knows success when he strikes gold. A racer knows success when he crosses the finish line.
A meditator knows success when he transforms his character. Meditation must enable us to practice
truthfulness, love, inner peace, and care for all beings. If meditation cannot change our lives, it is a
hollow practice. If we do not have the conviction to act on our inner direction, we waste our time in
listening for the voice. If we do not practice our duty, we are only putting on a show for ourselves or
others. What is the use of sitting in meditation if no result is achieved?
" Do you love more, do you talk less, do you serve others more earnestly?
These are the signs of success in dhyana. Your progress must be authenticated
by your character and behavior. " ~ Sathya Sai Speaks 7, p.30
True meditation helps us discover our inner identity. It enables us to hear the divine voice in our
heart, which illumines the path ahead. It allows us to perceive and develop divine qualities.
" Man is divine. He can purify himself into perfect divinity by the process
of dhyana, taken up with eagerness and followed with faith by virtuous
individuals. " ~ Sathya Sai Speaks 6, p.239
Progress in meditation results in the elimination of desire. Desire gives us no peace; instead, it
hides the divine light in our hearts. When the mind is controlled and examined, it is seen to have no
form of its own. Like a shining mirror, it only assumes the image of that which is reflected in it.
Our object must be to see directly the light of the atma, the inner divinity, without the aid of this
mirror. To do this, we must remove desire.
" The mind has no independent identity of its own; it is a conglomeration of the desires
that sprout from the impulses. A cloth is essentially a bundle of threads. Threads, in
their truth, are basically cotton. Similarly, desires arise from basic impulses, and the
mind is constituted of these desires. Just as a piece of cloth disintegrates if threads in
it are pulled apart, the mind too can be destroyed by the eradication of desires. "
~ Sathya Sai Baba, Summer Showers 1979, p.116
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Taken from: Pathways to God ~
Teachings of Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~
Shared with Love to All ~
Comments
Dear hannah, you bowl me over with your beautiful pictures !
What divine lotuses, thank-you so much dear sister,
love and big hugs, Tara Mary xox
Dear Arathura, His love is Divinely immeasurable,
much love dear brother, Tara Mary.
Looks like a lovely peaceful place to meditate in the above picture, Hannah,
thank-you so much for your lovely comments and picture!
Love and light, Tara Mary.