Our Transcendence
I feel the omnipresence of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba as these words from Him flow through this pen. I give thanks to Him for giving us the chance to embrace His beautiful divine plan. These words that follow were given to me at 10 a.m. August 1, 1980, in my business office in Los Angeles, California. U.S.A.
“Living a life just to be terminated through a death has been the unspoken goal of man for far too long. This false understanding destroys his glorious ascendancy to the throne that is here, on earth, awaiting his coronation.
“The future beyond has been shrouded in mystery and this has driven him almost to the brink of no return. The time has come when man must be told more about the living God that dwells inside of each person. He must also be told why God is there and how He came to reside within him. This inquiry should be pursued avidly by every individual not for the sake of learning but with the purpose of becoming That. The transcendence can come about. It is not beyond anyone’s capability.”
“God has become one with man. He has chosen that way to enable His wonderful powers to be used for the expansion of His plan. Man need not allow the finite mind to question His infinite mind as to the ultimate end of His unrelenting force carrying all forward and expanding all beyond human understanding. As God is revealed in the individual, so does God bestow the joys of that advent to him in a manner that encourages an even greater closeness still to be experienced. Man then begins to assume his true self. One might say that a death consumes the mortal, and theimmortal assumes itself. When man ascends to that place, he is beyond the unscrupulous grasp of the tyrant and the despot.”
“To begin to achieve the ultimate condition in this body, devote more of your time in close communication with the inner One. Take the first step by deciding that you will bring the Lord’s name to your lips more frequently. This will immediately make the inner presence aware of your love.”
“Call your loved one, your child or your parent, by an endearing name and observe the smile you create. Call God by a name so sweet and He will watch the smile He creates. This smile that you enjoy is instant recognition of His acknowledgment of His joy of your act of loving Him. The more you allow your mind to relate itself to the God in residency within the more you will feel your own transcendence illuminating. You will discover that you are rising above the petty harassments of the day and many things that are anchoring you. As God’s love flows within you, you will attract that same kind of love that abounds everywhere.”
“As you develop your divine plan, the time will come when you will begin to live in the full glorious nature of the one you are. That nature holds a happiness and joy unbelievably beautiful. God has a sweetness that becomes yours as a divine appreciation for your taking that first step toward Him for remembering His name so lovingly.”
“In life today we are more accustomed to following schedules and keeping to timetables. The mind is now used to that form of control. Therefore a suggestion would be to make that first step to become a living participant in His plan, to say inwardly to yourself, `Lord I love You’. Do this religiously every hour on the hour.”
“Just this simple sweet procedure carried out with inner love and affection can bring about your own transcendence in the temple of God that you now live in. Before I leave you now silently pray, ‘Lord I love You’.”
~Charles Penn
Source: Sanathana Sarathi, Oct./Nov. 1980
