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The following article "How to be
near and dear to God" by BHAGWAN SRI SATYA SAI BABA in "The
Times of India Cities: Hyderabad."
Information from Times News Network, Thursday, March 06, 2003 02:00:00 AM
Whatever a man sees in the world
arouses fear in him. Detachment alone can free him from fear. By failing to
grasp this profound truth, man is allowing his desires to multiply, without
realising that desires promote attachment instead of detachment.
As long as man is attached to the body, he cannot get over the desire to possess
the objects that attract him. A man afflicted with the acquisitive impulse can
never get rid of worries. To overcome this attachment and possessiveness,
ancient sages tailored their educational system so that it promoted
self-control. Selfcontrol also developed humility and thus, humility became the
true index of right education. Control of the senses is absolutely essential for
achieving humility, and education must promote such control.
Today's educational system is concerned mostly with imparting bookish knowledge,
and students seek education only as a means for earning a living. This link
between education and employment has to be severed, and education must instead
be transformed into a process of acquiring True Wisdom.
In life there are two aspects that have to be considered: Rights and duties.
Most people are concerned only with their rights and engage in struggles to
secure them. Seldom do they recognise their responsibilities. This is true of
all fields of human activity __ social, political, economic and even spiritual.
Lack of self-control is responsible for all this.
Men should regard their senses as potential enemies and not allow senses to have
their own say. They should be subject to ones control and direction. What is the
easiest way to achieve this mastery? Only the spiritual path. If there is real
faith and devotion in man, the senses would be powerless against him. It is the
decline in faith and devotion that has led man to become a slave of the senses.
The prompting of intellectual reasoning shouldn't be identified with the
dictates of the Conscience. Rather, the directives should come from the Heart.
When you dive deep into a problem and enquire whether what you do is in the
interests of your friends and Society, your Conscience will give you the answer.
Man is made up of three constituents, the body, the Mind and the Atma. Man needs
the body for performing actions. But, if the actions are done without using the
discriminating power of the Mind, man would be behaving like an animal, which
acts on impulse. Moreover, the Mind, without relying on the eternal and ever
pure Atma, follows the demands of the body and the senses, the actions would be
demonic.
Bereft of the influence
of the Atma, the combination of the Mind and the body can lead to demonic
qualities. However, when one is installed in the Atmic principle, transcending
the body and the Mind, one attains the Divine. Hence, sanctify all your words,
thoughts and deeds. Make your Heart pure so that it becomes a worthy abode for
the Divine.
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