We are undergoing an operation for the removal of inflamed ego. The
illusory organ must be removed because it threatens to end spiritual
life. After consultation and some second opinions, we have chosen the
surgeon --- Sathya Sai Baba. Now we must submit to his program. It will
not be possible for us to review each incision and suture. We have neither
the knowledge nor the skill to judge his method. We must be content
to view the recovery room full of happy survivors. If we insist on examining
each step of the operation, we can only muddle the procedure.
Surrender to God’s will is the safest path. However, surrender must
be real and complete. When we depend on the Lord, the Lord takes care
of our needs and delivers us to our goal. The Lord provides all that
we require for the journey.
Surrender to me only. When that surrender is
complete and all acts, words, and thoughts and dedicated to the Lord
along with all their consequences, then he has promised that he will
free you from sin and sorrow.
Sathya Sai Speaks 5
If we maintain a big ego, our efforts are doomed to failure. We cannot
take credit for the victories and ascribe our defeats to the will of
God. But if we truly leave the results to God, God takes responsibility
for us and speeds us on our way.
It depends on the people involved. In the case
of a devotee who has pure thoughts and a pure heart and who has surrendered
to Bhagavan, then Swami takes full responsibility for that life and
takes care of that devotee. But where a person has big ego, relying
on ego desire and not on Bhagavan, then Swami keeps a distance and
does not interfere.
Conversations
Complete surrender earns God’s love. When we devote all our time and
energy to the Lord, he moves closer to us. When we take one step toward
God, he takes ten steps toward us.
When you want the love of the Lord, you should
be fully prepared to completely surrender yourself to the Lord. You
should have no attachment to your body or pay attention to your honor
or respect. You should completely detach yourselves from all these.
Only then can you get close to the Lord.
Summer Showers 1978
