ashram for about a month, but Sathya Sai Baba did not invite him to a personal conversation. After some time, Sathya Sai Baba invited him to an audience. Entering the room, the man resentfully told Sathya Sai Baba he had been waiting for this meeting for more than a month because he had many questions and requests for help. Sathya Sai Baba was stunned, and calling him by name, said that he had been waiting for him for many years.
It seemed to all of us that it was effortless to come to Sathya Sai Baba – we bought a ticket and flew to India. What could be easier? In fact, only those who were personally invited by Sathya Sai Baba on a subtle mystical level came to his ashram. It is difficult to understand with the mind how he could invite everyone, because tens of millions of people came to him. Sathya Sai Baba is the omnipresent Spirit for whom nothing is impossible.
There were times when people learned about Sathya Sai Baba and felt in the depths of their hearts that for some reason they had to meet this unusual mystic from distant India. Some, feeling the call, instantly packed up and drove while others found many excuses as to why it was impossible to do it now, preferring to postpone the trip.
What needs to be done now, needs to be done only now. When the doors of space are open and you get a chance, you need to use it because fate can change and tomorrow it will be impossible to do what seems easy today.
Everyone must come to an understanding of where he aspires to be and what he does in life. One of the questions that Sathya Sai Baba sometimes asked during personal communication was: “what do you want?” Sometimes he would say: “state your goal!” Hearing the soft voice of Sathya Sai Baba, people were immersed in long reflections. Sathya Sai Baba was omnipresent and clairvoyant. Naturally, people had a desire to find the answers to their many questions from him and to consult him about how to act in various situations.
People are accustomed to shifting the responsibility for what is happening in life to someone else, and Sathya Sai Baba was the ideal candidate whom to shift the responsibility to when making an important decision. Sathya Sai Baba never dictated what to do in life or offered ready-made answers. He did not deprive people of the right to free choice; on the contrary, he inspired them to make independent decisions. Each person must come to an understanding of where he aspires to be and what he does in life.
47. To understand your purpose
A person performs an action, and he has the right to possess the results of his action. Nobody can deny it. It is important to free yourself from attachment to the fruits of your labors, successful or unsuccessful. The Vedic texts say that one should act, but not identify with the fruits of one's actions. It is not right to emotionally depend on the successful or unsuccessful results of one's actions, but it is also wrong to refuse to work. You need to do what needs to be done, understanding that at the right time the result will come, but you do not need to be attached to the result, then your actions will be perfect.
(Sathya Sai Baba – Gita Vahini, Chapter 5)
Sathya Sai Baba often said that the ideal example of a harmonious life for modern man is the ancient Indian emperor, Janaka. Since ancient times, there has been a wonderful tradition in India, according to which the rulers also received spiritual education.
Of course, one can receive a formal religious and philosophical education, but at the same time there is little interest in deep spiritual searches. Janaka was a true spiritual seeker. For many years he seriously studied philosophical texts and invited mystics and yogis to his palace in order to receive instructions on meditation practices.
Spiritual self-knowledge and meditation practices in no way conflict with a happy and successful social life. In ancient civilizations, it could not have occurred to anyone to share the path of divine knowledge of one's soul and material well-being. The question is not to avoid being active in society, but to correctly perceive the work that you are doing.
It is very important to realize your purpose in life and strive to fully embody it. Happiness and satisfaction largely arise when a person realizes his destiny along with the tasks of the current incarnation.
For some people it is clearly understood what exactly their business in life is, yet for others it can be quite difficult to understand. In order to understand your destiny, you must discard all the artificial restrictions that exist in your mind. Forget about all the seeming limitations and multiple conditionings imposed by the environment.
Imagine you have no financial restrictions, and you have a lot of free time along with all the other possibilities. How would you live your life? What would you do? Feel what brings you joy and happiness.
Meditation and contemplation of the True Self most fully reveals the answers to all questions of life. The more clearly you feel the eternal essence of your "I", the more clearly you realize what exactly your purpose in life is. But it is not enough to understand what your soul wants. It is just as important to organize your life in such a way that all circumstances develop so that you can realize your plans.
It is important to act without attachment to the result, although no one says that the result should not rightfully belong to you. You may own ideas, useful information, a firm or company, products, and much more. Yes, it's all yours, but once you are free from attachment, you can turn your business into a process of meditation.
You came into this world empty-handed, and you will leave this world also empty-handed. The only thing that will always be yours is the richest,
