"Devotees are Baba's very life. Likewise, Baba is the very life of His devotees. Both have the same life-breath. If you thoroughly grasp this principle, then you will always enjoy Baba's protection wherever you are.
Those who are firm and steadfast in their devotion will never face any troubles or difficulties. Surely, you must have heard or read many stories that illustrate that those who repose full faith in God never come to any harm. You must have a pure heart and unsullied, steadfast devotion.
Devotion really means intense love for the Lord. It implies pure and steady love, untainted by any selfish desires. Such love knows no boundaries and is beyond all regulations. The spontaneous outflow of selfless love from man to God is true devotion.
Love combined with worldly desires cannot be called devotion. The only desire one must have is for God and all worldly desires must be set aside.
Nothing should be allowed to come between oneself and God. The love coming from the devotee's heart must flow unimpeded to God. Love for God must be totally impervious to the ups and downs of life, like pleasure and pain, gain and loss, etc."
~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~
(Summer Discourse - 19.5.2000)
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