SEEING WITHIN YOU

SEEING WITHIN YOU

 

Baba said, "There exists in you, as well as in all beings, a sense of Being or Consciousness of Existence. That is Myself. Knowing this, you see Me inside yourself, as well as in all beings. If you practise this, you will realize all-pervasiveness, and thus attain oneness with Me." Sri Sai Satcharitra, Ch. 44.

 

 

A precious necklace was seen flashing from the bottom of a lake.

Many felt tempted to recover the valuable ornament and dived deep into the water for it, but found no necklace anywhere.

Yet it was clearly visible to everyone from the edge of the lake. They were all puzzled.

Eventually they realized that there was no necklace at the bottom of the lake; what they saw was its reflection in the water.

They looked up and discovered the precious ornament hanging from a tree. A bird must have picked it up from somewhere and deposited it there.

They realised their folly and understood the hidden truth within.

God who dwells within you is the source of true happiness. In the objects of the senses this happiness is merely reflected. The individual, misled by birth after birth by having only a glimpse of this reflected joy, thinks that this is the real thing, namely sensuous delight. So long as one believes that true happiness can be had in sense objects without searching within, one will never taste true happiness. The kingdom of God, hence of happiness, is within you