Using Information

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Using Information For Transformation
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THE TRANSFORMATION TECHNIQUES devotion
discipline duty discrimination
determination
Service is the very essence of devotion. It is
an experience that convinces one that all beings
are Gods children, that all bodies are altars
where God is installed, that all places are His
Residences. Among all forms of sadhana, devotion
to the Lord is the easiest and holiest. When the
tender plant of devotion begins to grow, it must
be protected. The company of the good is
essential for developing devotion. Devotion has
to be guided and controlled by discipline and
duty. Devotion has to be full, free, and
comprehensive.   You must fill yourself with the
feeling that God is in you, beside you, around
you, and with you wherever you go. When you love
God with this consciousness, the love results in
Self Realization. - Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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THE TRANSFORMATION TECHNIQUES devotion
discipline duty discrimination
determination
The highest discipline is to bring about a unity
in ones thoughts, words deeds. The most
effective discipline that man can adopt is the
control and conquest of the five senses. Life
becomes worth living only when one has
disciplined habits and concentration of mind. All
faiths, all religions, all disciplines have the
Vedas as the basis.Why? So that one may be fit
for sadhana (spiritual discipline). Sadhana for
what? For the realization of the Truth about
oneself. - Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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THE TRANSFORMATION TECHNIQUES devotion
discipline duty discrimination
determination
Duty without love is deplorable duty with love
is desirable Love without duty is Divine. It
is your duty to be good, do good, and see good.
That is the way to make the world good and be
yourself good. Our duty to society, to which we
owe our existence, must take in account that life
is bestowed on man not for personal profits but
for communal good. It is the duty of every
human being to understand and respect his
parents, is culture, and his motherland.
- Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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THE TRANSFORMATION TECHNIQUES devotion
discipline duty discrimination
determination
There is another force in you through which God
works and that is discrimination. That force
must be used to put aside wrong action.
Willpower is the direct manifestation of the
Atma Shakti. Whatever you do, by yourself or with
others, do it remembering that God is
Omnipresent. The real struggle is internalthe
withdrawal of the extrovert senses into the mind
and making them ineffective through the exercise
of the intellect or discrimination. Whatever you
do, discriminate between right and wrong, and do
only the right. The sacred Gayathri Mantra
develops the dhee shakti, or power of
discrimination. - Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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THE TRANSFORMATION TECHNIQUES devotion
discipline duty discrimination
determination
If one has the determination, anything is
possible. You must all make up your minds to have
unwavering faith and a steadfast vision. Never
give up your determination. And now we have the
living example of our most beloved Sathya Sai
Baba, the embodiment of determination and
perfection. His life has been full of obstacles,
but He moves on undeterred. In a letter to His
brother, He wrote I have a vow, to lead all
those who strayed from the straight path back to
goodness, I will not rest until I have
transformed mankind. This is My Mission, this is
My determination and I know I will carry it
out. - Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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INDIVIDUAL TRANSFORMATION OCCURS THROUGH THE
MIND   First of all, the mind should be
transformed. Then the entire world will be
transformed because the mind forms the basis for
the entire world. When you insert the key
into the lock and turn it to the right, the lock
opens you turn it to left, it gets locked. The
heart is the lock, the mind is the key. You get
attachment, when your mind is turned towards the
world. When it is turned towards God, you attain
liberation. It is the same lock and the same key
that are responsible for bondage and liberation.
The mere change in the direction causes a change
in the consequence, namely bondage or
liberation. Take care of your thoughts.
Then actions will take care of themselves. You
sow an action and reap a tendency. You
sow a tendency and reap a habit. You sow your
habit and reap a character. You sow your
character and reap your destiny. Therefore,
destiny is in your own hands. Sathya Sai
Baba November 22, 1990
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• THE TRANSFORMATION TECHNIQUES
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• I have a vow, to lead all those who strayed
  from
• the straight path back to goodness, I will not
  rest
• until I have transformed mankind. This is My
• Mission, this is My determination, and I know I
• will carry it out.
• -- Sri Sathya Sai Baba