God is the only Director â Baba - Sri Sathya Sai Books & Publication ...
God is the only Director â Baba - Sri Sathya Sai Books & Publication ...
God is the only Director â Baba - Sri Sathya Sai Books & Publication ...
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First you have concentration, <strong>the</strong>n contemplationand <strong>the</strong>reafter meditation. Therefore, you musthave <strong>the</strong> practice of concentration before youdo meditation. Meditation comes <strong>only</strong> aftercontemplation. Do not think that you will go intomeditation <strong>the</strong> moment you sit with closed eyes.People do th<strong>is</strong> type of artificial meditation butth<strong>is</strong> <strong>is</strong> not meditation in <strong>the</strong> real sense of <strong>the</strong>term. Meditation <strong>is</strong> that in which you completelytranscend your senses and body attachment andforget yourself.Lack of fear of sin in man <strong>is</strong> <strong>the</strong> root cause ofabsence of morality in society. One bereft ofmorality <strong>is</strong> not a human being at all. So, foreverything morality <strong>is</strong> very important. <strong>God</strong>loves all. If man has love in him, <strong>the</strong>re will becertainly unity in society. People indulge insinful deeds in spite of knowing that <strong>God</strong> cangive <strong>the</strong>m pun<strong>is</strong>hment. They have no fear ofsin. If everybody has fear of sin, <strong>the</strong>n <strong>the</strong>rewill be morality in society. If man lacks fearof sin, <strong>the</strong>n <strong>the</strong>re can be no morality insociety. Man today has limitlessego and he acts in an arbitrarymanner. Everybody shouldenquire, “If I do th<strong>is</strong>, what willhappen? Whe<strong>the</strong>r I should doit or not?” You should see toit that you do not see what <strong>is</strong>evil, do not do what <strong>is</strong> evil anddo not speak what <strong>is</strong> evil. Youhave to reap <strong>the</strong> consequencesof your actions if not today, atleast tomorrow. You may thinkthat <strong>God</strong> has forgiven you foryour sins but you will have tosuffer <strong>the</strong> consequences of youractions some time or <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r.It <strong>is</strong> also possible that results ofall your evil deeds may come toyou all at once.If you want society to progressand prosper, you should alwayskeep <strong>the</strong> welfare of society inview. There <strong>is</strong> no use of anythingif <strong>the</strong>re <strong>is</strong> no morality. A personwho lacks morality cannot becalled a human being. He <strong>is</strong>verily an animal. To tell lies,to do injustice to o<strong>the</strong>rs and toindulge in wicked deeds <strong>is</strong> verybad. Lead your life keeping inview <strong>the</strong> three principles given by<strong>God</strong> – Daiva Preeti, Papa Bheeti and SanghaNeeti. In fact, Bhakti, Jnana and Vairagyaare meant to develop <strong>the</strong>se three principles.One who lacks Neeti (morality) <strong>is</strong> worse thana Koti (monkey). Monkey <strong>is</strong> better than sucha person. Those who conduct <strong>the</strong>mselveswithout morality will never be respected insociety. One who has morality will be respectedby all. People will talk high of him, saying, “He<strong>is</strong> a good man. Do not put hurdles inAugust 2009 227
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