Sai Inspires - February 01, 2023
Narration
Translated
At times, why do we fail to see Divinity within oneself or in others? How can we completely destroy our own ego? Bhagawan lovingly gives the secret sauce to us today.
People create and develop in themselves an abounding variety of selfish habits and attitudes, causing great discontent for themselves. The impulse for all this comes from power complex, greed for accumulating authority, domination, and power; greed for things that can never be eternal and full. It’s impossible for anyone to attain them to the level of satiation. Omnipotence belongs only to the Lord of all. One might feel elated to become the master of arts, owner of all wealth, possessor of knowledge, or repository of all scriptures, but from whom did they acquire all these? One might even claim that one earned all this through their own efforts and toil. But surely someone gave it to them in some form or the other. None can gainsay this. The source from which all authority and power originates is the Lord of all. Ignoring that omnipotence, deluding oneself that the little power one has acquired is one’s own, is indeed selfishness, conceit, and pride (ahamkara). One who’s a genuine vehicle of power can be recognised by characteristics of truth, kindness, love, patience, forbearance and gratefulness. Wherever these reside, ego (ahamkara) cannot subsist!
- Prema Vahini, Ch 15.
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Ego is very dangerous and powerful. It will ruin your character. - BABA
— Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba

