Sathya Sai Sandesa

To all of who sent letters condolence

Premeswarupulaaraa! When the limited Self, the father of this Manifestation threw off his disguise, thousands are writing to Me expressing sympathy and sadness and praying for Peace for his soul! This is perhaps the way of the world; but, to Me, it appears quite strange. When the sum of years, one has earned is spent, all have to give up the body and quit. This is an inescapable fact. He too followed that law. Why become sad just for this? It is against nature to become sad when the expected happens. What is originated has to degenerate. “You are born to die: you die to be born again”: this is a trite and meaningless statement. You are born, so that you may avoid further birth; you die in order to overcome death! This important fact has to be borne in mind by all. As apparel is to the body, so the body is to the embodied Self. All this sadness is the result of ignorance of this truth. I have never the least connection with untruth; the physical relationship is untrue and ephemeral. Only the Atmic connection is true, permanent and pure. That is the One relationship that exists between Me and You and All. That can never be modified; that can never be given up. Thousands liberate themselves from the physical limitation; you see all this and you hear of more. But, yet, you express sadness and send condolences without understanding the Truth! That is what disturbs Me. Nothing else can disturb me; no, nothing.

Next, you pray that his soul may have Peace. This is stranger still! For, when the basic character of the Soul is Peace, how can it be gained? How can it be given? The Swarupa is Atma; the Swabhava is Peace. The two are inseparable.

Well. You say that he was a blessed soul since he passed away in the fullness of years without falling helplessly and in the full possession of memory and consciousness. But, these are mere signs and pointers. He was a blessed soul, not just on account of that one day. The day he became the father of This Manifestation, the day This Manifestation became his son, that very day he became blessed, his life was rendered holy and sanctified. Remember, this fortune comes only to one individual, in an entire age. It is beyond the reach of all.

It is the good name one has earned that will survive for ever. Whoever he may be and however long he may live. The rest evaporates into thin air. Therefore, so long as life lasts, do good deeds, cultivate good qualities, be with good people, and develop good conduct and finally give up the breath in the thought of God. That gives meaning to life. So, give up worrying about the limitation that is cast away. Learn to dwell on Umapathi when the disguise is discarded.

Baba

November 1963