Sai baba speaks about leaving body soon
(2009 sOUJOURNS)
2009 SOULJOURNS VIDEO
subtitles by Satish Naik
HERE IS THE TEXT OF SWAMI'S TALK in THE VIDEO ABOVE
Are you all happy?
Be always happy, happy, happy, happy!
The name and form given to God are mere imaginations and not real.
God is changeless.
God is permanent without either a beginning or an end.
He is Ancient, without beginning, middle or end.
He is permanent in the form of ATMA.
To assign a name and form to such an embodiment of Atma is merely human imagination and illusion.
However, the same FORMLESS God comes with a FORM to please His devotees.
When devotees pray to Him to come in the form of Krishna, He will appear in the form of Krishna.
God also appears as Rama in response to devotees’ prayers.
In reality, neither Rama nor Krishna exist,
But God takes these FORMS to satisfy His devotees.
So God comes in a FORM only to please His devotees, and
In reality He is FORMLESS.
God is attributeless.
For God, who is attributeless, we are imagining a form and certain qualities for our own satisfaction.
Whatever may be the form, it is temporary.
It is only the ATMA which is eternal and real.
It is you who is giving various forms to this ATMIC principle and getting deluded.
However, when God comes in a FORM, it is true that we long for, worship to and contemplate on the FORM.
As long as you see the FORM, you are blissful.
How will you experience that happiness when the FORM is no more?
This BLISS came out of your own imagination.
The BODY stays for a certain amount of time.
Later, it keeps changing its form.
Here is this Body (putting His hand on His chest).
During the course of time, this BODY keeps on changing.
After some time, you may not be able to see this BODY.
It is not your nature to feel sad when you miss this BODY.
When the Divinity attains its true nature, you should be happy instead of being sad.
So the BODY is always momentary and untrue.
The BODY is bound to fall at any time.
But the Indweller is permanent, with no bondage whatsoever.
Therefore never consider the body to be permanent.
Depending on the time and circumstances, you will witness the body.
Later you will neither see the FORM or have that experience.
Mistaking the body to be permanent
It is impossible to see Krishna Who was born long ago in Dwaraka.
While He was in the body, Krishna moved about in Dwaraka and made everyone happy.
Every light bulb here has power in it.
This power in each bulb will remain for a period of time.
All the Avatars are like a bulb.
As soon as the power is withdrawn, you don’t see the bulb.
For many centuries, Mankind has experienced many Avatars.
You adore, worship and relate to one Avatar or the other.
But you don’t expect the FORM to remain with you permanently.
You were a boy some years ago and a college boy now.
Your status as a college student is also bound to change soon.
After marriage, you will have a son.
Likewise, all Avatars stay according to their Will.
Remember these three things:
The first one is “Concentration”.
The second one is “Contemplation”.
The third one is “Meditation”.
“Concentration” is momentary.
As you watch my FORM, it is “Concentration”.
As the FORM moves away temporarily, it is “Contemplation”.
Later this impression will remain forever.
When this impression is permanent, it is “Meditation”.
So the “Meditative” state is eternal.
You are limiting yourselves to “Concentration” and “Contemplation”.
Both of them are not permanent.
Initially, you have to focus on “Concentration”.
Gradually, you have to focus on “Contemplation”.
You should eventually come to a state of unwavering thoughts.
The impression of the Form should not fade at any time.
The Form should remain whether your eyes are opened or closed.
True “Meditation” is when you can visualize the Form at all times.
As Holy Men in the past meditated with strict discipline and dedication,
God manifested before them and satisfied all their wishes.
So we have to install the changeless and permanent FORM in our hearts.
Whatever may be the FORM, don’t think that Rama or Krishna or Sai Baba are different.
All these FORMS keep changing.
You cannot claim to be meditating by merely closing your eyes.
It can never be meditation.
You may think that it is “Meditation”, but it speaks of the wavering mind.
When the mind is steady, you can claim to be in “Meditation”.
When the mind is unsteady, you cannot call it “Meditation”.
Instead, you can call it “Contemplation”.
Spirituality is of a very high order.
It is worldly to say this is my body, my building, and so on.
My body means “MY” is separate.
When you say “My tumbler”, you are separate from the tumbler.
Similarly, when you say my body, my mind, my intellect and my inner senses,
Remember all these are separate from you.
You are the true “I” which is separate from everything.
If you want to know your true nature, you should understand the Atmic Principle.
You can only learn more about consciousness in the Upanishads, but not in epics like the Bhagavad Gita, Bhagavatam or Ramayana.
The Bhagavad Gita speaks about Divinity, but doesn’t show Divinity.
The Bhagavad Gita says: Whenever there is a decline in Dharma, God incarnates to re-establish Dharma.
Similarly, Vedanta (philosophy) merely asks you to contemplate on God.
But it doesn’t tell you to install God in your heart.
The Body is like a box.
This BOX (Body) contains Mind, Intellect and Inner Senses.
The body perishes the very moment those qualities disappear from within.
We need this BOX (Body) as long as these materials are in it.
By mere withdrawal of the mind, you cannot give up the BODY.
No…No…you will still have Intellect.
So long as there is the Intellect, there exists the Inner Senses.
When the Ego (Inner Senses) is gone, the Body doesn’t exist anymore.
Because of our outward nature, we have all the weaknesses like Anger, Lust, Jealousy, etc
You will experience PEACE only when you give up these qualities.
You can never be peaceful with these evil qualities.
When you have Love in you, you can never hate anyone.
When you hate someone, it means you have no Love within you.
Even if someone criticizes you, you should not get angry.
Enmity creeps in when you have no Love.
When you are angry, you don’t care about anyone.
If you don’t care for anyone, it means you don’t have Love.
When you have Love in you, you will never be angry.
There are many people who blame Me.
There are many who criticize Me.
Others laugh at Me.
But I don’t bother about any of them.
I AM always blissful.
That is True Love.
We should always LOVE ALL, SERVE ALL.
We should always uphold Love and Service.
To experience Love, you should embrace Sathya and Dharma.
Bhagavan then sings Prema Mudita Mana Se Kao
Be always happy, happy, happy, happy!
The name and form given to God are mere imaginations and not real.
God is changeless.
God is permanent without either a beginning or an end.
He is Ancient, without beginning, middle or end.
He is permanent in the form of ATMA.
To assign a name and form to such an embodiment of Atma is merely human imagination and illusion.
However, the same FORMLESS God comes with a FORM to please His devotees.
When devotees pray to Him to come in the form of Krishna, He will appear in the form of Krishna.
God also appears as Rama in response to devotees’ prayers.
In reality, neither Rama nor Krishna exist,
But God takes these FORMS to satisfy His devotees.
So God comes in a FORM only to please His devotees, and
In reality He is FORMLESS.
God is attributeless.
For God, who is attributeless, we are imagining a form and certain qualities for our own satisfaction.
Whatever may be the form, it is temporary.
It is only the ATMA which is eternal and real.
It is you who is giving various forms to this ATMIC principle and getting deluded.
However, when God comes in a FORM, it is true that we long for, worship to and contemplate on the FORM.
As long as you see the FORM, you are blissful.
How will you experience that happiness when the FORM is no more?
This BLISS came out of your own imagination.
The BODY stays for a certain amount of time.
Later, it keeps changing its form.
Here is this Body (putting His hand on His chest).
During the course of time, this BODY keeps on changing.
After some time, you may not be able to see this BODY.
It is not your nature to feel sad when you miss this BODY.
When the Divinity attains its true nature, you should be happy instead of being sad.
So the BODY is always momentary and untrue.
The BODY is bound to fall at any time.
But the Indweller is permanent, with no bondage whatsoever.
Therefore never consider the body to be permanent.
Depending on the time and circumstances, you will witness the body.
Later you will neither see the FORM or have that experience.
Mistaking the body to be permanent
It is impossible to see Krishna Who was born long ago in Dwaraka.
While He was in the body, Krishna moved about in Dwaraka and made everyone happy.
Every light bulb here has power in it.
This power in each bulb will remain for a period of time.
All the Avatars are like a bulb.
As soon as the power is withdrawn, you don’t see the bulb.
For many centuries, Mankind has experienced many Avatars.
You adore, worship and relate to one Avatar or the other.
But you don’t expect the FORM to remain with you permanently.
You were a boy some years ago and a college boy now.
Your status as a college student is also bound to change soon.
After marriage, you will have a son.
Likewise, all Avatars stay according to their Will.
Remember these three things:
The first one is “Concentration”.
The second one is “Contemplation”.
The third one is “Meditation”.
“Concentration” is momentary.
As you watch my FORM, it is “Concentration”.
As the FORM moves away temporarily, it is “Contemplation”.
Later this impression will remain forever.
When this impression is permanent, it is “Meditation”.
So the “Meditative” state is eternal.
You are limiting yourselves to “Concentration” and “Contemplation”.
Both of them are not permanent.
Initially, you have to focus on “Concentration”.
Gradually, you have to focus on “Contemplation”.
You should eventually come to a state of unwavering thoughts.
The impression of the Form should not fade at any time.
The Form should remain whether your eyes are opened or closed.
True “Meditation” is when you can visualize the Form at all times.
As Holy Men in the past meditated with strict discipline and dedication,
God manifested before them and satisfied all their wishes.
So we have to install the changeless and permanent FORM in our hearts.
Whatever may be the FORM, don’t think that Rama or Krishna or Sai Baba are different.
All these FORMS keep changing.
You cannot claim to be meditating by merely closing your eyes.
It can never be meditation.
You may think that it is “Meditation”, but it speaks of the wavering mind.
When the mind is steady, you can claim to be in “Meditation”.
When the mind is unsteady, you cannot call it “Meditation”.
Instead, you can call it “Contemplation”.
Spirituality is of a very high order.
It is worldly to say this is my body, my building, and so on.
My body means “MY” is separate.
When you say “My tumbler”, you are separate from the tumbler.
Similarly, when you say my body, my mind, my intellect and my inner senses,
Remember all these are separate from you.
You are the true “I” which is separate from everything.
If you want to know your true nature, you should understand the Atmic Principle.
You can only learn more about consciousness in the Upanishads, but not in epics like the Bhagavad Gita, Bhagavatam or Ramayana.
The Bhagavad Gita speaks about Divinity, but doesn’t show Divinity.
The Bhagavad Gita says: Whenever there is a decline in Dharma, God incarnates to re-establish Dharma.
Similarly, Vedanta (philosophy) merely asks you to contemplate on God.
But it doesn’t tell you to install God in your heart.
The Body is like a box.
This BOX (Body) contains Mind, Intellect and Inner Senses.
The body perishes the very moment those qualities disappear from within.
We need this BOX (Body) as long as these materials are in it.
By mere withdrawal of the mind, you cannot give up the BODY.
No…No…you will still have Intellect.
So long as there is the Intellect, there exists the Inner Senses.
When the Ego (Inner Senses) is gone, the Body doesn’t exist anymore.
Because of our outward nature, we have all the weaknesses like Anger, Lust, Jealousy, etc
You will experience PEACE only when you give up these qualities.
You can never be peaceful with these evil qualities.
When you have Love in you, you can never hate anyone.
When you hate someone, it means you have no Love within you.
Even if someone criticizes you, you should not get angry.
Enmity creeps in when you have no Love.
When you are angry, you don’t care about anyone.
If you don’t care for anyone, it means you don’t have Love.
When you have Love in you, you will never be angry.
There are many people who blame Me.
There are many who criticize Me.
Others laugh at Me.
But I don’t bother about any of them.
I AM always blissful.
That is True Love.
We should always LOVE ALL, SERVE ALL.
We should always uphold Love and Service.
To experience Love, you should embrace Sathya and Dharma.
Bhagavan then sings Prema Mudita Mana Se Kao
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