"MY ABODE IS IN YOUR HEART" - Baba

MY ABODE IS IN YOUR HEART

Baba said, "My abode is in your heart and I am within you. Always worship Me, who is seated in your heart as well as in the hearts of all beings. Blessed and fortunate indeed is he, who knows me thus" in Sri Sai Satcharitra Chapter XV.

Purity of the heart, more than external purity, helps man a great deal to make his character spotless. Purging one’s mind of evil propensities like lust, anger, violence, malice, hypocrisy etc., one should always keep one’s heart clean and pure.

Instead of seeking to be called innocent one should try to be innocent in mind. A man who is pure at heart will suffer no harm if the whole world pronounces him to be guilty; but is harmful to be called innocent when the mind is guilty.

An innocent and wholesome practice should never be given up through fear, shyness or short-sightedness. The innocence of the practice, its usefulness and your faith, steadfastness and honesty of purpose will sooner or later win for it the appreciation of the public.

The best means of winning over an adversary is to love him with a sincere heart. Even if he hates and injures you, return his hatred and injury with love. If you take up a vindictive attitude instead, you are bound to fall.

Remember that the bliss of God-Realization is altogether different from worldly enjoyment; therefore, never allow worldly enjoyment to stand in the way of spiritual Bliss.

Guarding against neglect of one’s duty is the only key to success; the grace of God descends on him alone who never shirks his duty. The idle and the delinquent are not worthy of His grace.

As soon as you hear something against you from the lips of a person, do not take him to be your opponent straight off. Look out for the cause of his opposition, and make a sincere effort to remove that cause. It may be, the cause lies within you, which you have failed to detect so long, or without any evil intention, he has merely been carried away by circumstances. Under such circumstances you should respond with peace and love.

It is the duty of a spiritual aspirant to examine his heart constantly so that hatred, the spirit injuring another, enmity, pride, egotism, selfish desire and other evil propensities may not reside there permanently. It is good to be called a sinner, but it is extremely harmful to be called virtuous though remaining a sinner.

Courtesy: Hanumanprasad Poddar in Wavelets of Bliss