Sathya Sai Baba letter to John Hislop on Self-Inquiry and Self-Realisation; "You will find it deep within yourself."

Great to see Sanathana Sarathi keep sharing important messages of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba on Self-Inquiry and Self-Realisation. This one is a letter from Bhagavan to Hislop. The pics below are from Sanathana Sarathi March 2021. 

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The text data (not image) of the letter is available here (with some minor editing) : https://saisarathi.com/thought-of-the-month/who-am-i-3/ . I have given the text of the letter below without any editing of minor English language issues:

To Hislop with Blessings

My Dear! You will find it deep within yourself. Think it many times, ponder it, it tells you about your true nature, it gives you hope, it gives you new life, it points the way, it proves to you that GOD is within you and you are not man, man is GOD, it shows you that it is possible for you to realize GOD (Swamiji) but you and you alone must ponder this work deeply, you will find that you will begin to know what is meant by the statement “The Self” cannot be explained, the mind knows of its existence, “The Self-GOD” is within man, you are that Self, all else is illusion of the mind’s creation, the mind that creates, preserves and destroys.

My love! The great joy, the subtlety of the bliss that you will feel as you come closer and closer to your Real Self; if you strive to find your self by using your mind, you will strive and strive in vain. Because the mind cannot give you the truth; a lie cannot give you the truth, a lie can only entangle you in a web of deceit, but if you sensitize yourself, awaken your true, fine, beautiful qualities

Above you - nothing Below you - nothing, to the right of you - or to the left of you - nothing; and dissolve yourself into that nothingness, that would be the best way you could explain the realization of the Self. and yet that nothingness would not be the absence of something like the nothingness. That nothingness is the fullness of everything, the power of the existence of that appears to be everything. - Baba -

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The source of the letter is specified by above page of saisarathi.com as: To Hislop with Blessings (Nov. 1971), p. 247

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I thought of providing a slightly edited version of the above letter which fixes some minor language issues. I have retained caps usage as I think that is a way to emphasize certain words. That's given below:

To Hislop with Blessings

My Dear! You will find it deep within yourself. Think about it many times. Ponder about it. It tells you about your true nature. It gives you hope. It gives you new life. It points the way. It proves to you that GOD is within you and that you are not man, but that man is GOD. It shows you that it is possible for you to realize GOD (Swamiji) but you and you alone must ponder about this deeply. You will find that you will begin to know what is meant by the statement: “The Self” cannot be explained, the mind knows of its existence. “The Self-GOD” is within man. You are that Self. All else is illusion of the mind’s creation, the mind that creates, preserves and destroys.

My love! The great joy, the subtlety of the bliss that you will feel as you come closer and closer to your Real Self! If you strive to find your self by using your mind, you will strive and strive in vain. Because the mind cannot give you the truth. A lie cannot give you the truth. A lie can only entangle you in a web of deceit. But if you sensitize yourself, awaken your true, fine, beautiful qualities ...

Above you - nothing. Below you - nothing. To the right of you - or to the left of you - nothing. And you dissolve yourself into that nothingness. That would be the best way you could explain the realization of the Self. And yet that nothingness would not be the absence of something. That nothingness is the fullness of everything, the power of the existence of that appears to be everything. - Baba -

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[I thank John Hislop (and his heirs), Sanathana Sarathi and saisarathi.com, and have presumed that they will not have any objections to me sharing the above pics from their magazine on this post which is freely viewable by all, and does not have any financial profit motive whatsoever.]