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PEACE

There is some small confusion of terms, for there is no mind as such. The mind is a web of desires. Peace of mind is no desires, and in that state there is no mind. Mind is destroyed, so to speak. Peace of mind really means purity, complete purity of consciousness.

Conversation with Bhagavan  , p.44

Detachment gives peace even amidst troubles. This world is like a shining drop of water that collects on a lotus leaf. It quivers and shakes without being steady. Heaps of attachments fill the life of  man. Troubles and sorrow constitute the screen on which the world shows itself.

Vision of Sai, p.250

Man’s excellence lies in radiating Divine illumination. Man’s speciality lies in the acquisition of peace, but when can man acquire this peace? People shout slogans saying “ I want peace, I want peace”. How can you secure peace while keeping atom bombs in your hands? You never acquire peace even you if you land on the moon. If you keep the bombs evil conduct and evil feelings ever in your hands, peace remains a far cry. Peace is obtained only when evil feelings are destroyed.

Summer Showers, 1993,p.62

If there is righteousness in the heart, there will be beauty in the character.

If there is a beauty in the character, there will be harmony in the home.

If there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nation.

If there is order in the nation,  there will be peace in the world.

Sathya Sai Speaks 7, p.190

THOUGHTS

Man should make sincere efforts to see that his heart is free from evil thoughts and feelings. The heart of man is an abode of sanctity and snakes of evil thoughts     should not be allowed to slither in it. Can a man resting in peace when venomous snakes slither in his room? These evil thoughts are more venomous than the deadly snakes.

It is only by fostering noble and sublime thoughts that the prosperity of the nation and the world can be fostered. The world can be divinised if the thoughts are divinised. The evil thoughts infect decide the very course of a nation and brings disaster in course of time.

Summer Showers, 1993,p.37-39

DISEASE AND PEACE

The reason for the increased disease in the world is no peace of mind. Today’s students do not know peace of mind. If we examine the reason for this state of mind it is bad habits and food.                                                           Vision of Sai,II  p.55

LOVE AND PEACE

Where there is Love, there is no hatred; where there is no hatred there is peace. We should propagate peace all over the world and it can be done only through love.

Summer Showers, 1993,p.65

1. What is peace?

It is the stage in which the senses are mastered and held in balance.

Sanathana Sarathi, Jan 1985, p.11

2. Does God grant peace?

If desires are cut off one by one, then there is peace. When the desires goes one by one then there is die-mind. Then there is peace of mind. Swami cannot give peace of mind; you must work for it yourself.

Conversation with Bhagavan  , p.25

3. How do we cultivate peace?

Only thoughts of God and intense love for him bring peace. As worldly thoughts diminish, thoughts of God increases. Normally, the mind desires these worldly things all the time. As the desires are cut one by one, the peace becomes stronger.. You weave the threads and there is the cloth. If the threads are removed, there is no longer cloth. When there are Godly thoughts, there is peace of mind. Swami cannot give peace of mind; one has to work for it. We do meditation, spiritual practices in this temporary body. Though this body is temporary, you have to use temporary things to realise the Truth.

Conversation with Bhagavan  , p. 24

But you cannot easily detach yourself from activity; the mind clings to some thing or other. Make it cling to God, let it do all things for God and leave the success or the failure of thing done to God, the loss and profit, the elation and dejection. Then you have the secret of SHANTHI(peace) and contentment.

Sathya Sai Speaks4, p.318

4. What are the obstacles to inner peace?

 Life is full of tension as there is no righteousness. What is the reason? The reason for this is the heart is full of negative thoughts. Tension appears as the reaction, resound and reflection of these negative thoughts. Therefore you have to entertain positive thoughts and give up negative thoughts.

Divine Discourse on 22.11.1995

5. How can we contribute to the peace of the world? How can you ensure peace in the world?

Man can contribute to the peace of the world by expanding his relationship gradually  from individual to the level of the family. From the family he should expand his relationship to the community. From the community he should expand his relationship to the nation, and from the nation to the whole world.

The peace of the individual as well as the world depends on the mind of man. Hence the importance of disciplining the mind.

          When man realises  that the ATMA in everybody is one and the same, there will be no room for differences between man and man.

Questions and Answers on Summer Showers, 1990 ,p.54

6. How can we prevent nuclear holocaust?

By removing  all causes, sources, barriers and provocation of class, caste, creed, colour and race, and replacing the existing hate and violence with love and non-violence. I expect to provide humanity with an evangel of peaceful co-operation to replace the present escalation death by  co-distruction.

7. Is it possible to get world peace with noble thoughts and prayers ?

The world can be divinised if the thoughts are divinised. Even creation can be changed by thoughts.

If all Humanity pray at one time that unrest, injustice, disorder and falsehood might be transformed, into peace, truth, love and mutual service, things will certainly become better.