DHYANA VAHINI (Stream of Meditation) by BHAGAWAN SRI SATHYA SAI BABA Seeking praise and blaming others are impulses The world is a nest of crows; some caw in praise, some caw in derision. But you should be above the reach of praise and blame. Make light of praise; treat it as something spat out by others. Then only can you be free and enjoy real happiness. About blame: See how the world has not allowed even Rama, Krishna, Vishnu, Siva, and Baba to escape from its tendency to blame! People talk ill even of the gods, imputing to those perfect beings evil motives and actions! From foul-minded people such as these, can any consideration be expected towards mere “man”? Any excuse is enough for them. The white hates the black; the black hates the white. The Shaivite scandalises the Vaishnavite, and the Vaishnavite spreads stories about the Shaivite. Everyone loves his own religion, his own native place and himself; he loves his own methods of worship and forms and ceremonies. This love takes the form of praise of one’s own creed and blame of the other’s faith. Though all this is related to one’s relationship with God, such impulses are and must be classed under impure (malina) impulses. Such mean attitudes, saturated with ignorance, have to be removed by repetition of the name and meditation that fill the heart with broad and universal Atmic wisdom. Then the limited impulses will be transformed and transmuted into holy impulses and will vanish. It is indeed a wonder why people fail to put forth all effort to remove the impure impulses, for by following their path they get only pain, sorrow, and agony! The deluding effect of these instincts and impulses makes them believe and feel that they are on the correct path towards the goal of happiness. That is why they are reluctant to give them up, that explains why they hold on to them so fast. If they read some good books about the supreme Atma, the brain could be brightened. They could at least grasp the essence of the scriptures (sastras).
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