FILTER SELFISHNESS FROM DEVOTION

Dharma and Dharma Sukshma

O Learned and Devoted Servants of God, [June 08, 2011] Shri Satya Sai Baba established the four pillars which are truth, Justice, peace and love in the context of pravrutti. The truth and justice result in eradication of corruption. Peace and love result in non-violence. Therefore, anti-corruption and non-violence are the two concluding words for the four pillars. If truth and justice are perfectly established, peace and love are the natural consequences. The government officials are highly corrupt and swallow lot of money to do their duties only. Their heads, which are the government itself, swallow at least 75% of the funds by way of corruption. The officials swallow rest 25%. There are no funds to help the poor and the needy. Apart from this, the officials often go on strikes to increase their salaries. They say that the prices have gone up and it is very difficult to meet both the hands. Can they put this question in the light of poor and downtrodden, who die with hunger without even one meal per day? The officials argue that if they save the funds without fighting for increasing their salaries, the funds are swallowed by the ministers and other members of the government. They say that the funds will not reach the poor even if they do not fight since the funds are swallowed by the heads of the government only. Therefore, they justify their fight. Such arguments are half way and apparently justified. It will be fully and really justified only if they donate the excess to the poor and needy. Baba emphasized the concept of sacrifice and service to every human being to help the poor and needy. By this way, the sin in corruption is not only nullified but also this is the right path in the existing circumstances. The mode of justice gets modified as per the circumstances of the time and the basic justice is always protected. If justice is called as dharma, the modified justice according to the requirement of time is called as dharma sukshma. The ultimate goal of dharma sukshma is only to protect the basic dharma in the new circumstances. The farmers work very hard but are unable to earn even their livelihood. There are several other categories of the society, who are in that line. All these hungry poor people revolt with terrorism and there by the peace and love disappear. Therefore, deviation from truth and justice due to corruption result in violence. In the ancient times, there was

no terrorism at all since every human being was based on truth and justice only. Therefore, Baba emphasized the importance of truth and justice from His childhood in order to establish peace and love in the society. If the society is disturbed, there is no place for nivrutti also. If the stage is broken, where is the drama? We must not worry for the exit of the soul and body of Baba. The body is visible and imaginable component. The soul is invisible but imaginable component. Both these components constitute the creation and can be treated as one component only. Soul is energy and body is the matter. Matter and energy are two phases of the same component called creation. The creator is the absolute God, who is invisible and unimaginable. The human incarnation is thus, a three component system of God, soul and body. It can be treated as a two component system also if the soul and body are treated as the two phases of the same component. The body decomposes into the original five elements. The soul is eternal with reference to the body. God is the absolute eternal entity. Neither God nor the soul and nor the body is lost. Only the shape of the body is lost in this world, which is also preserved in the energetic form in the upper world. Therefore, nothing is lost. Baba can appear in the same form through energetic body to the ardent devotees. We must follow the four principles preached by Baba. At least, if we follow truth and justice, peace and love are the natural consequences. The basis of violence is corruption. The basis of corruption is selfishness. Unless the selfishness is filtered from your devotion to God, the love in God towards you will not start. You think yourself as the top most devotee due to the quantity of your devotion. Even the mountain of devotion is waste in the eyes of God if selfishness is present. God always sees the quality of devotion.