Bhagwan Sathya Sai Baba says
"A human birth is the most sacred one among the 84 lakhs (84,00,000) of different living beings in this creation. To attain such a sacred birth is a great fortune, indeed."
(Baba the Breath of Sai, page. 311)
"The traditional number of created beings is 84 lakhs, and man is the final item of the evolutionary procession; but, why did the number stop at 84 lakhs? It stopped because man is the zenith, the fullness; He is endowed with manas, buddhi, chiththa and ahamkaara (mind, intelligence, reasoning faculty and ego), all four, in an integrated personality, whereas the birds and beasts and all other species have mostly ahamkaaram (ego) alone. Man has the capacity to follow sathya, dharma, shaanthi and prema; man alone has it."
(SSS Vol. 6-15)
"Man alone has the chance to liberate himself from the wheel of birth and death, through the pleasant means of serving God. But as a result of ignorance, or what is worse, perversity, he lets the opportunity slip from his hands, and suffers grief and pain, fear and anxiety, ad infinitum."
(SSS Vol. VI, page. 60)
“Embodiments of Love!
Human life is the most sacred in the entire creation of God. Daivam Maanusha Rupena (God incarnates in the form of human being). Humanness is pure, unsullied and beyond attributes. Such a sacred human life is being polluted with evil desires and thus man is bringing disrepute to human birth itself.
Jantu Naam Nara Janma Durlabham (human birth is the rarest and the noblest). It was God who created everything in the universe, right from the microcosm to macrocosm. In that case, why is it that He has attached utmost importance to human birth alone? Only man has the capacity to accomplish things which no other living being can.”
Divine discourse -16.10.1999
Let us believe in the above Sai’s words, believe in the sanctity and sacredness of our life, pour our infinite gratitude to God for having made us essentially so pure, so sacred, no matter what we are as of now.
It is God and only God who waits for us endlessly, in innumerable births for us to return to Him, one day. Sai, when he floats and reaches the SK Hall and sees the sea of humanity, He sees us only as His true image and not what we have made unto ourselves.
So, we must bring about change in our life, we have to change our pattern of life, we have to devote some time during the day daily for connecting with Lord.
Let us get more into the sacredness of this human birth, based on our Lord's affirmation we have read in today's post, before proceeding to the next step - SADHANA
Love
