Summary of Soul Science

• The heart, full of purity and poise (Satwa) is the Ocean of milk.
• Steady contemplation of the Divine, either as i) your own reality or ii) as ideal to be reached, is Mandara mountain,
• placed in it as a churning rod Vasuki, the serpent wound round the churning rod as a rope,
  • is the group of senses,
  • emitting poisonous fumes
  • during the process of churning and
  • nearly frightening the asuras (demons) who held the head.
• The rope is
  • held by good and bad impulses and
  • both struggle with the churning process,
  • eager for the results, which each has set the heart on!
• Grace of God is the
  • Tortoise incarnation,
  • for the Lord Himself comes to the rescue
• once
  • HE knows that you are earnestly seeking the secret of Immortality!
  • He comes,
    • silently and
    • unobserved,
    • as the tortoise did,
    • holding the reflection (manana) process
    • unimpaired and
    • serving as the steady base of all spiritual practices!
• Many things emerge from the mind, when churned,
  • but the wise wait patiently
  • for the appearance of the guarantor of immortality, and
  • seize upon it with avidity!
• That is the lesson of the legend. It is a summary of Atma-vidya!

– Puttaparti Satya Sai Baba in the Divine Discourse on Jan 13, 1965