Sathya Baba Mental Quotations

To presume that either from wealth or from kith and kin you can derive mental peace is a great error. Such peace only comes from God.

Do not damage your mental peace by receiving the letter and reading the contents. Refuse to receive it. You have a chance of correcting the wrong-doers too; accept it and join the gang of mischief-makers. So be warned!

The less you talk, the more will become your mental power. With the increase in your mental capacity, there will be increase in your power of discrimination too.

The value of righteousness is expressed through the body. This is related to the physical sheath. Peace can be experienced only in the mental plane.

Evil habits, in which men indulge, are the chief cause of disease in the physical as well as the mental state.

One without power does not mean lack of physical or mental strength.

Baba tells us that when we serve another, we should remind ourselves that we are serving the Divinity within that other. This is something that we frequently forget, for it needs a very big mental re-adjustment. Don't worry about it -- just serve! But the very least that is demanded of us in this context is to RESPECT the person we are serving. That includes respecting their beliefs; in fact, it means reaching their spiritual Self through their beliefs, not ours. It means putting oneself in their shoes; cheering them up if possible, but seeing things from their point of view.

Small minds select narrow roads; expand your mental vision and take to the broad road of helpfulness, compassion and service.

Be Silent yourself, that will induce Silence in others. Do not fall into the habit of shouting, talking long and loud. Reduce contacts to the minimum. Carry with you an atmosphere of quiet contemplation, wherever you happen to be. The less you talk, the more will become your mental power. With the increase in your mental capacity, there will be increase in your power of discrimination too. Consequently, you will give up individual discrimination . Because of this, you will begin to consider the good of the world at large rather than your own individual welfare. You must cultivate such broad feelings from this young age itself.

It was ascribed to one's past deeds and one's own mental tendencies. It is wrong to cast the blame on others. But, someone pointed out that God was the originator of both joy and grief and that, without His Will, no blade of grass can waver in the wind; Yes; if that Truth be firmly established in the heart, one gets the unique bliss of liberation.

Men are becoming the targets of various types of mental ailments.

Mental Science had advanced so much that they could reproduce what had happened or predict what would happen.