Gunas and Money by AVATHAR

Gunas and Money by SAI AVATHAR

 I FIND that you have simply mentioned that Sathya Sai Baaba will be present at the Conference;

 you have not assigned Me any speech and so I can as well be silent.

 But so far as I am concerned, there is no need for formality or announcement. 

I am yours; 

you are mine. 

I do not await even an invitation; 

our relationship is not external; 

it goes deeper into the realms of the spirit.

I am with you and in you; 

so I need no welcome nor previous request. 

The Divine Life Society endeavours to remind man of the Divine that is his basic reality; 

Divinity is inherent, immanent in every jeevi and the process of reminding man of that fact began with the very dawn of human history.

 What has to be done to lead the Divine Life is just the removal of the fog which hides the Truth and makes man imagine he is something else;

 something inferior, evanescent, material, momentary.

 All are holy, pure, part of eternity.

 But these things shine in each in proportion to the saadhana, 

just as bulbs spread illumination according to the wattage.

 There is no body which is not sustained by the Absolute; 

there is no name that does not indicate the Universal. 

All objects are suffused by that Principle; all names are attributes of its Glory.

 Turn to the path of inner content and joy Every one must join this sangha (association) which harps on this fundamental fact and feeds the craving for immortality deepseated in man. 

We were told by the Secretary who read the Report that the membership of the organisation is open to all who pay "four annas" (former Indian coin equal to a quarter of a rupee) a month. I would suggest that membership should be thrown open to all who can contribute not four annas, but four gunas, instead! Those who have Sathya, Dharma, Shaanthi and Prema (Truth, Righteousness, Peace and Love) are eminently fitted for membership. Insist on gunas (qualities) and do not look for annas (money). Man always seeks happiness by trying to satisfy his desires and if a desire is fulfilled, he feels joy and when it is not, he feels grief. 

But the trouble is, desire is a bonfire that burns with greater fury, asking for more fuel.

 Shri Sathya Sai