19. HARDNESS MELTS

 

Sri Sathya Sai often explains as to why the ignorance and lack of knowledge, lack of sincerity, superstitions, competition, selfishness, negligence and disobedience, pride and arrogance, do not bring from Him, a harsh, hard and stern response as it used to be in the previous incarnation. He explains the reason with the following illustrative example, "The mother is usually hard when the children enter the kitchen and disturb the cooking, but while serving the food, she is all smiles and patience. 1 am now distributing the dishes cooked then (at Shirdi). Wherever you may be, if you are hungry and if you sit with a plate, I'll serve you the dishes and feed you to your hearts' content".