Sathya Sai Baba. Supernatural Experiences and Divine Transformation. Book Two - Святослав Игоревич Дубянский

62. The Grace of the Supreme Light

The true Self is a single cosmic Consciousness. Knowing the True Self, you know everything.

(Sathya Sai Baba – Jnana Vahini)

Even if you are constantly thinking or talking about God, this does not mean that it is spirituality. Sounds weird? If you perceive God as a higher cosmic personality living somewhere in heaven, then such a God is no closer to spirituality than the weather forecast for tomorrow or the exchange rate for today. Only when you begin to realize God as the True Self of each person, then He becomes the subject of spiritual research.

First comes the realization that you are not the body, then you begin to realize you are not the mind, and then you come to the realization that you are not the soul either. What remains? The feeling of separate existence disappears. In the dissolution of the separate personality, impersonal eternity remains.

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In this book, we have reflected on some of Sathya Sai Baba's aphorisms and recalled the amazing stories of his life. Each of his words enrich us with infinite wisdom and fill our hearts with incomparable joy. Each of his words is the light of truth, enlightening our human existence.

I am grateful to fate that my life is deeply connected with Sathya Sai Baba. I was lucky to communicate with him for several years and receive invaluable spiritual instruction. I will probably never be able to fully understand it. I am grateful that I have had the opportunity to write this book, to reflect on the profound meaning of Sathya Sai Baba's teachings, and to tell you, dear reader, some of the instructive stories of his life.

In every person there is a desire to know the Truth, not just the truth, but exclusively the Absolute Truth. The phrase itself: Absolute Truth, has a strong vibration. Even without understanding what Truth is, simply by repeating this word one can feel the presence of the Holy Spirit.

Truth can be sought at different levels. The highest level of the search for Truth is the study of the nature of one's Self. That is why Sathya Sai Baba said: "He who knows the True Self knows everything."

In striving for the cognition of the Truth, the sacrament of the Grace of the Supreme Light is acquired. The descent of Grace is by no means an accident but is the result of a deep regularity of cause-and-effect relationships. Striving for the pure light of Truth attracts the descent of Grace.

I aspire to the knowledge of the Truth, I cognize the Truth, and suddenly it turns out that I am Truth itself.

"I am who I am."

"I Am I."