Swami's Letters to Hislop

Practise silence, for the voice of God can be heard in the region of your heart only when the tongue and the inner storm are stilled, and the waves (of the mind) are calmed. There will be no temptation for others to shout when you talk to them in whispers. Set the level of the tone yourself: as low as possible, as high as necessary to reach the outermost boundary of the circle you are addressing. Conserve sound, since it is the treasure of the element ether (Akasa), an emanation from God Himself. Reason can prevail only when the arguments are advanced without the whipping up of sound. Silence is the speech of the spiritual seeker. Soft speech is the expression of genuine love. Hate screeches; fear squeals; conceit trumpets; but love sings lullabies, it soothes, it applies balm. Practise the vocabulary of love; unlearn the language of hate and contempt.

Sri Sathya Sai Baba

Swami wrote many letters to overseas devotees in the 60's and 70's.

We are extremely pleased to be able to share the treasure of some of those letters. This one was addressed to Dr. John "Jack" Hislop. Hislop is fondly remembered as the author of Conversations with Sri Sathya Sai Baba and also My Baba and I. He was appointed by Swami in 1975 as the founding President of the US Sri Sathya Sai Council (now the SSIO of USA) and was also head of the International Organization for many years.

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