Be Determined to Reach the Goal
So long as there remains a separate river distant from the ocean, which is its source and its goal, then the river will retain a separate name and have an individual identity. But once the river gets merged into the ocean, it gets the taste of the ocean, it gets the form of the ocean, and it takes on the name of the ocean. If you want to become one with the Lord, you have to get the feeling of the Lord, you have to get the form of the Lord, you have to get all the characteristics of the Lord Himself. Only then can you become one with Him. You have to feel that all the attributes of the Lord should manifest themselves in you. The broadmindedness of the Lord should become part of me. The selfless feelings that characterize the Lord should become part of me. The unbounded love of the Lord should become part of me. When you have this feeling, then you reach the position of “I and He are one;” there will be perfect unity. You must continuously strive for this feeling; you should make every effort to acquire it. Then one day you will reach that fulfillment. This is the ultimate goal of human life.
Digest 2, p. 136
A< resolute nature, in other words, the quality of determination and being endowed with a firm resolve, is the precondition for developing patience. Now, a resolute nature should not be associated with a stubborn foolishness. In sacred tasks, in matters relating to the spirit, man’s firmness and resolute nature may be described as a quality of the mind that is free from delusion and wavering. Whatever obstacle is encountered, whatever troubles and problems arise, a man with a resolute nature remains firmly committed to pursuing the tasks that he has undertaken until he achieves his final goal…
Digest 2, p. 237
Remember that with every step you are nearing God, and God, too, when you take one step toward Him, takes ten toward you. There is no stopping place in this pilgrimage; it is one continuous journey, through day and night, through valley and desert, through tears and smiles through death and birth, through tomb and womb. When the road ends and the goal is gained, the pilgrim finds that he has traveled only from himself to himself, that the way was long and lonesome, but that the God whom he reached was all the while in him, around him, with him, and beside him! He himself was always divine. His yearning to merge in God was but the sea calling to the ocean! Man loves because he is love! He craves for melody and harmony because he is melody and harmony. He seeks joy, for he is joy. He thirsts for God for he is composed of God, and he cannot exist without Him.
Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol. 7
