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From Conversations with Sathya Sai Baba

Sathya Sai Baba once said to one of us (to Anna Zubkova):

�When you are in Me, when we are coessential � then your body and your �I� of the consciousness cease to exist separately from Me. Then they become manifestations of Me, manifestations of My Higher Self. Then there is no other you but Me!

�This Coessentiality has to become a natural, constant state of the consciousness.

�This is what Enlightenment is.

�You ask: what can you do with the earthly plane?

�But everything taking place in the Absolute is I!

�If you immerse the arms of the consciousness into that which is worldly, then you get attracted to it and suffer from worldly problems; then your small �I� cries: �I cannot withstand it! Let me into Your Abode!�. This is the separateness that you yourself create.

�� Nothing can oppose Me! Nothing can hinder Me!

�Everything that happens � happens only by My Will!

�When you immerse the arms of the consciousness into Me � they become free from the worldly concerns. Then they turn into My Arms.

�When you immerse your eyes into Me � they begin to see the Truth because they become My Eyes.

�And when you immerse yourself as a heart into Me � you become Me, you become that United Self, that Divine Love that cannot be shaken by anyone or anything!�

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