The Sai and Meher Centre for Healing and Spiritualism
On Sublimation of desires
“Be bound by freedom-be attached to detachment. That means have desires-but be their master and not their slave. ~ Meher Baba
” Renunciation of desires does not mean asceticism or a negative attitude to life. . . Without avoiding contact with the different aspects of life, maintain complete detachment in the midst of intense activity.
– Meher Baba, Sparks from Meher Baba , p.20
” The ability to exercise constant control over one’s low desires is no mean achievement. Success in establishing a lasting sublimation of all desires is indeed a greater one. But the greatest is the burning away of all one’s desires once and for all, which divine love alone can do.
AS THERE IS NEVER ANY SHOW ABOUT DIVINE LOVE, THIS “BURNING” IN LOVE IS ALWAYS WITHOUT “SMOKE”, i.e., WITHOUT SHOW.
There are times when an outward expressions of God-love may amount to heroism, but to make at any time a mere show of one’s love for God, for the sake of show, amounts to an insult to God..
~ Meher Baba God Speaks, Page 68
If worldly desires and anger take hold of your mind, then no matter how much you may practise tapa-yapa and meditation, you are still entangled in the toils of Maya. Maya is the source of all worries, anxieties, and troubles ~ Avatar Meher Baba
Sayings of Meher Baba , p.26
