In a dream, you see and experience many things, but everything disappears when you are awake. All this is a night dream. Similarly, during the day, you see everybody and everything, and have so many experiences. But all this becomes invisible when you go to sleep. This is a day dream.
You are present both in the night dream as well as in the day dream. There is no existence of day dream in night dream and night dream in day dream. But you are present in both states. Hence, you are omnipresent.
Therefore, consider yourself as the fundamental divine entity. You are God; God is not different from you.
Your inner voice also teaches you this truth through the sound of Soham, Soham, Soham (That, I am). Your inner voice keeps reminding you of your divine reality but you are not paying attention to it!
You follow what others tell you, but do not believe yourself. In whom else can you have faith when you don’t have faith in yourself?
Therefore, first develop self-confidence. Then you will have self-satisfaction, which will lead you to the path of self-sacrifice and ultimately to self-realisation. First and foremost, have faith in yourself. God is present within you only.
– Puttaparti Satya Sai Baba in the Divine Discourse, Jun 24, 1996
