Until you realise that you are Divine, that God is your Core and Reality, you will have to undergo these entrances and exits; the same newspaper should not be pored over again and again, day after day; one life must be enough to know the mystery. So, at least, recognise that there is a mystery, search for the secret, and unravel it for yourself. Ramakrishna used to cry in agony at the loss of another day, without the vision of the Divine Mother. Have that yearning; feel that sense of urgency. Seek to know now, yearn for that ecstasy this moment. Do not postpone or spend time discussing with others. You may have only a picture of Sai Baba before you, or an image in metal, or an idol in stone. But, if you have the faith that He is alive and present in it, and that He is in your heart and the hearts of all beings, then, you can get the ecstasy of that knowledge - the knowledge that He is omnipresent, omniscient and omnipotent.
- Divine Discourse, Feb 4, 1973. |