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Introduction
What is Divine Love? How do we honor, nurture,
and express this Love in our lives? What is its power? How do we express it
in the world? Sathya Sai Baba’s guidance on these matters is itself filled
with Love. He often begins discourses with the salutation, "Embodiments of
Divine Love..." He sees Love as our nature, as we are sparks from the Divine
fire, seeds from the Divine tree.
Who is Sathya Sai Baba? What is the Sai message?
There are countless books on Sai Baba’s life and teachings, and we invite
you to delve into them if you feel so inspired from this book.
For now, Sai Baba’s own words best answer these
two questions...
I have come
to light the Lamp of Love in your
hearts, to see that it shines day
by day with added luster. I have not come on any mission of publicity for
any sect or creed, nor to collect followers for any doctrine.
(Discourse, Nairobi, July 4, 1968)
Love all
religions. When one practices his religion with faith, there can be no
hatred in the world for all religions are built on Universal Love.
(Sathya Sai Speaks, IX:88ff)
There is
only one religion, the Religion of Love. There is only one language, the
Language of the Heart. There is only one God, Who is Omnipresent.
(Sathya Sai Speaks, VIII:173)
I have come
to tell you of this Universal unitary faith, this Spirit Principle, this
Path of Love, this Dharma of Love, this Duty of Love, this Obligation of
Love. (Discourse, Nairobi, July 4, 1968)
Understand
that the purpose of life is to know the Embodiment of Love, namely God,
through Love, and to demonstrate through your own Love that you have known
God. (Sathya Sai Speaks, IX:216)
Start the
day with Love. Spend the day with Love. Fill the day with Love. End the day
with Love. This is the way to God. (Sathya Sai Speaks, VIII:195ff)
Sai Baba’s life demonstrates this Love in every
way. He is the grand example, the most capable guide to Love. He encourages
us with every word.
Love alone
can reveal the Divinity latent in all. Love is God. Live in Love. Love!
Love! Become what you truly are — the embodiment of Love.
(Sathya Sai Speaks, XI:14ff)
Love,
because it is your nature to Love, because you know nothing else, because
you cannot act otherwise than Love. Expand yourself, take in all!
(Sathya Sai Speaks, VII:510ff)
Scatter the
seeds of Love in dreary, desert hearts. Then, sprouts of Love will make
wastes green with joy, blossoms of Love will make the air fragrant, rivers
of Love will murmur along the valleys, and every bird, beast, and child will
sing the song of Love. (Sathya Sai Speaks, VII:300)
Love does indeed blossom from the heart. And
each of Sai Baba’s teaching are love blossoms direct from the Divine Heart.
May your heart be a fertile field in which you
experience, and radiate, the deep peace and joy of Divine Love each and
every moment.
Next: What is Divine Love?
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Love Blossoms from the Heart
