The main life principle is prema (love), without which
there will be no love between mother and child, between husband and wife, or between friends. Love elevates the individual
from human level to divinity. Now, man limits his love to
his own kith and kin and other possessions, thus making it narrow.
It should be expanded to cover all fellow beings. If love
occupies the single seated chair of heart, there will be no room
for jealousy, hatred, and other such evil feelings.
The great queen Madalasa used to sing a lullaby to her
children inspiring them to realize the Atma, which was their
reality, and cast off attachment to body. Even while the children
were in the cradle, she taught them Atmajnana. She sent
her three children to the forest to learn scriptures when they
came of age. By the time she was about to send her fourth son
also, her husband intervened and prevented her from doing so,
pleading that if he also was sent away there would be no heir
to the throne.
She pleaded with her husband that she was only teaching
them the Principle of Atma based on Omkara, the Primordial
Sound, to make them aware of its greatness, which is hailed by
people of all the seven worlds. She said she was singing not a
lullaby of world, which was negative, but the Truth related to
God, which is positive.
You have to stick to Daiwathwa (Divine Consciousness)
even while you are engaged in worldly activities. In spite of a
lapse of millions of years, man is not yet able to understand his
reality. How can he realise Divinity? If you develop human
qualities, you can easily realise Divinity.
(From the Divine Discourses of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba)
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