Realise the Higher Self

 

You have to offer yourself completely to God. Only then can you become one with Him - BABA

"To a superficial observer, life appears to be a rotation of eating and drinking, toiling and sleeping. But verily life has a much greater meaning, a deeper significance. Life is a sacrifice (yajna). Each little act is an offering to the Lord. If the day is spent in deeds performed in this spirit of surrender, what else can sleep be except total immersion in the Godhead (samadhi)? 

People commit the great fault of identifying themselves with the body. People accumulate a variety of things for the upkeep and comfort of the body. Even when the body becomes weak and decrepit with age, people attempt to bolster it by one means or another. But how long can death be postponed? When Yama’s warrant comes, each must depart. Position, pride, and power - all vanish before death. 

Realising this, strive day and night, with purity of body, mind and spirit, to realise the Higher Self by the service of all living beings. The body must be preserved as a vehicle for this service. Remember, you are not this body; this body cannot be you! "

~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~

(Ch.6 Prema Vahini)