Discourse Summary December 18, 2016 True Education is for Self Realisation What is the use of education that leads us only to death? We need to learn that education, which leads us to immortality. Our scriptures have been declaring time and again that you can't attain immortality through wealth, activity and progeny. Only by sacrifice, you can attain immortality. We have to not only utilise the modern education for eking out our livelihood, we should also understand that true education is for self-realisation or God realisation. Scientific knowledge gives us only information but spiritual wisdom grants us transformation. All that education which does not impart spiritual wisdom cannot be called true education. What is true wisdom? To recognise oneness of all creation is true wisdom. The Vedas declare: God is one without the second. People will call you true men of wisdom only when you recognise and experience this unity or oneness. Managements of educational institutions are exploiting the helplessness of parents. Education is not being imparted but sold in these institutions. Greedy managements are exploiting the helplessness and poverty of parents in order to earn money. But our educational institutions and hospitals are setting new standards and demonstrating high... To read more click Here | | | DIVINE BOOKLETS Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba has been travelling all over the world in the Subtle to keep His promise of visiting their countries. Below is the link to the Google Drive library of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba's divine visits overseas. Visit www.divinebooklets.tk or click on the link below: If you would like to subscribe to receive the new Booklets of Bhagawan's overseas travels in 2016, as soon as they are available, kindly email bhagawanspeaksglobal@gmail.com. And as Swami continues travelling in 2016 and beyond, and new Booklets are created, they will be added to the Google Drive Library. | | Divine Discourse Summary – December 15, 2016 What is true faith? People come in the proximity of great ones in order to progress spiritually. However, spirituality is not an external exercise. It is the internal assimilation of this idea. Keeping a target of chanting the name of God a certain number of times can only lead to a quantitative exercise or a ritual; it may not be spiritual. What is more important is internal purity or Chitta shuddhi. Filling one's head with pride of being aware of all the scriptures, or being a scholar in the exposition of the Vedas does not lead one to God. What God loves is internal purity. Faith and love for God is the basis or foundation on which spiritual practices can be built. If this love and faith is not there as the foundation, the building of spirituality cannot stand for too long. That is why it is said: Where there is faith, there is love; where there is love, there is truth; where there is truth, there is peace; where there is peace, there is God; where there is God, there is bliss. Faith in God forms the basis of the experience of God. Without this faith, doing everything else will be as good as trying to cultivate on an infertile, barren land. God loves me and will look after me. Whatever happens to me is by His will and is for my good. This feeling is true faith in God. When things go in a way that you do not want, things happen in a way that seem to be causing pain and suffering to you, when things don't work out the way you desired, even then believing that God knows and it is His will and He is doing what is best for me is true faith. The good that happens is also for Krishna, the thing that is not so good as you feel is also for Krishna – nothing for me. He is compassionate. He will not give you anything that you cannot bear. God is like a parent. 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