Questions to and Answers by Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba ********* Q: Swami, why was I born? Sai: For what purpose were you born? Man has been sent into the world … to realise the truth that he is not man, but God. The wave dances with the wind, basks in the sun, frisks in the rain, imagining it is playing on the breast of the sea; it does not know that it is the sea itself. Until it realises the truth, it will be tossed up and down; when it knows it, it can lie calm and collected, at peace with itself. Q: How am I God, Swami? I am a human being with a human body Sai: You are in this body, in this receptacle, … to realize the God you really are. This body is the cocoon that you have spun round yourself, by means of your impulses and desires. Use it to grow wings so that you can escape from it! Q: Do I have to reach God? Sai: All creatures have to reach God. It is the destiny of man to journey from human-ness to divinity, as he has already journeyed from animal-ness. Some may ascend a plane, others may travel by car or board a bus, some may prefer a train journey, others may like to trudge along — but all must reach the goal, some day or other. Q: But, Swami, where will I find Him? Sai: The Divine Principle is the very core of man. … It is the source of strength which is unfailing and irresistible. … The Divine is here before you, behind you, inside you, outside you; the Intelligence through which you can recognise. Q: I’m sure I could find God if I lived here at Prashanti Nilayam, with You. Sai: The community in which you find yourself is the arena where you can win the victory, the gymnasium where you develop the skill to win. Q: But why must I stay in such an unhappy world, where I too am unhappy? Sai: You learn by the experience of the buffetings of the World. The World is a very essential part of the curriculum of man. The … world is like a hotel to which we have come to experience the consequences of our actions in the past. The body is a room in the hotel in which we have to undergo the Karmic consequences. #sathyasai #saibhakta