Portion of Baba’s talk in 1976:
Since early this morning you have been celebrating my birthday with great pomp, and all I can say is, I welcome you all with all my heart. On behalf of my birthday my wish to you is to have this awareness: "The Supreme Truth lies within me." There exists only the pure and clean Self. This awareness should increase in you. If not for others then at least for yourself. If you are embarrassed to think well of yourself, then what can I say? Beautiful as you are and good as you are, why don't you think well of yourself?
The scriptures say that the first thing you should do is make your outlook good, you should make your attitude clean and clear, and you should see with the eye of knowledge. If you do this you will see nothing but supreme Brahman, supreme consciousness, and you will see God's flame within everyone, you will see everyone as the image of God. You won't see people as merely human; you won't see negative things.
The scriptures also say the world is as you see it (drishti shrishti). So you should have a good outlook. Your life is conditioned by your outlook. And your fate after death is determined also by your outlook. So the essence of it is that there is no created universe separate from you: it is your own creation. The world is created according to your outlook. The world is the play of consciousness and nothing but the play of consciousness. It is the abode of God's dance. And it is said that God has created this play and this dance. In the play different people put on different roles, some become friends, some enemies, they put on make-up and that lasts only for an hour or two. That is not reality. Reality is only the Self. Reality is consciousness. It is consciousness which has become a man and woman and performs its play. We all come from that one place and we will all go back to that one place.
You can meditate and find the Supreme Lord right within your own heart free of charge. And you can enjoy that bliss tax-free. But, if the mind is deranged, the Self doesn't shine through. The Self is completely pure, it cannot be reached by the mind. You can also observe that if the mind is bad for awhile, in the next moment it is good. It is always changing. That's why you should not give any attention to the mind. You should remember your Self. And remember that the Supreme Truth is right within you. Give up your notion of duality. Have this awareness: the Supreme Truth lies within me. You can open your heart and see this truth. This is the truth: You should open your heart and see what lies within. It resides within everyone. It blazes in everyone's heart.
Sadgurunath Maharaj ki Jai!
