Body Perishes – Seva Survives

I wrote a letter to her from Goa. I did not write to anyone else from there. I wrote only to her. I wrote,

“Narasamma, I am with you, beside, before, behind; and I am guiding you as the lids guard the eye. Do not be worried in the least, that I am not there. Since your body is weaker and weaker, be ready for any eventuality. Avoid thoughts of the body. Be ever full of thoughts of God. Carry on in that manner. When the body gets over-ripe, it rots; when it rots, it is thrown away.”

Her body became ripe, over-ripe and it even suffered due to over-ripeness. So, it had to be disposed away. But, her Seva and Sadhana – these do survive.

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Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol. II, P. 146

Baba speaks about His letter to Narasamma in his speech on 18.4.1971