07/29/2005

We aspire for peace and comfort all the time, but where can we find it? Is it to be found in the material world around us?

Experience shows that the peace or happiness that can be got from external objects is not enduring. It is like a mirage, which cannot quench the thirst of the deluded animal that runs towards it.

The real source of peace is within every individual, and it is this inner peace that can confer real joy. This peace can only be got through achieving equal-mindedness on all occasions, whether one is subjected to pleasure or pain, praise or blame, gain or loss.

-SRI SATHYA SAIBABA