" One fundamental point that you have to bear in mind while repeating the
Sai Name, that is when you take that Name, you must feel that it is only by His
Will and Power that you are doing so, and not by your own. Your progress will
be easy if you feel that you are doing everything by the Divine Will and Power
at the very start of your sadhana. There are some people who do Japa and are
proud of the fact that they are doing it. They think they are superior to
others. That is very harmful. Spiritual aspirants have to remove egoism of this
nature. You defeat your object by developing a feeling that you are purer than
others.
God's Name must be chanted with all Love and Faith. Then Vasanas drop out
of the mind automatically, without any effort. God comes to the devotee when he
cries to Him, just as a mother goes to her child. It is perfectly true to say
that the easiest, shortest and quickest path to reach Sai is the repetition of
His sweet and glorious Name, which
makes the mortal immortal and changes man into God ".
- From Bhagawan's Letter to Students on October 3, 1977.
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