Love is the True Form of God
Today marks the beginning yet another new year. Many new years have gone by but your old habits have not changed and life remains the same. The reason is that man is not making efforts to experience the principle of divinity which is present in all in the form of love. Love is the true form of God. It is your foremost duty to recognize this principle of love.
Today you are in search of Divinity. Where is the need to search for that which is everywhere at all times? You are in search of God even when you are unaware that God is always with you and in you. You are trying to have the vision of God through meditation. However, you should not be satisfied by merely performing such spiritual practices. What is meditation? Adherence to truth is true meditation. The eternal, immortal, wonderful, and blissful principle of divinity is present everywhere. You should make efforts to realize this truth. This is the royal path to attain the goal of life.
You are endowed with the sacred principle of love. This divine love is your inherent nature. It neither comes nor goes. Divinity has neither birth nor death. It is always present in you. Instead of spending your time in various types of sadhanas (spiritual practices), realize the truth that ‘I am I’. One who realizes this truth need not perform any sadhanas. Where does this ‘I’ come from? … You have to realize that this Divinity is very much in you, but because of illusion, you identify the principle of ‘I’ with your body. Infact ‘you’ are different from the body. You should understand this truth and act accordingly. He is a true sadhaka [one who practices] who realizes that God is within.
Some people are under the misconception that Lord Krishna was born at such and such a place; left His mortal coil at such and such a place. No! This is not a correct concept. Krishna is present in all places at all times. Whatever you see and whomever you come across in this objective world is the very form of Lord Krishna. Only the name changes, God is only one.
You have to enquire yourself as to what extent you have understood the principle of love which is uniformly present in all; differences arise because of our perception and feelings….Where differences are there, they are only the creations of the mind….Therefore turn your cognitive faculties on the principle of unity. I am not this body, I am I, the same I is present in every individual. When you identify Me with the physical form, you become separate from Me.
Develop firm faith that ‘you’ are present in all. Understand this principle of unity. You see differences in individuals; but, in My view, all are one. I and you are one. Have firm faith in this unity. Only then can you transcend duality. When you enquire deeply, you will be able to understand this truth. Have patience. Do not feel disappointed that you are unable to have the vision of God. When you understand the principle of unity and hold on to it firmly, you become Sai Baba yourself.
Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol. 37
