Teachings of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba

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this and put at least one teaching into 

practice, your life will be redeemed. 

Always contemplate on God. The se-

cret of happiness lies in chanting God’s 

name. You can chant any name of God 

and redeem your life.

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Follow Your Conscience

Man today is proceeding on the 

wrong path. You need not follow any-

body. You should follow your con-

science, which is your master. Follow 

the master, face the devil, fight to the 

end, and finish the game. Your duty is 

to follow the four Fs. Since you respect 

and follow the words of those who have 

disharmony in their thought, word, and 

deed, you tend to forget your Swami, 

your true Self. This situation is of your 

own making. Follow your conscience.

I never force anybody to do any-

thing. What is the reason? The reason 

is that one has to follow the dictates 

of one’s source, conscience. Force con-

notes external imposition. Source re-

lates to the Atma, which is verily love. 

So, cultivate love.

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Love Is My Highest Miracle

Carry on your highest duty to your-

selves–following the four Fs: follow 

the master, face the devil, fight to the 

end, and finish the game. Then you 

will win My love in full measure. Love 

is my highest miracle. Love can make 

you gather the affection of all mankind. 

Love will not tolerate any selfish aim 

or approach. Love is God; live in love. 

Then all is right, all can be well. Ex-

pand your heart so that it can encom-

pass all. Do not narrow it down into an 

instrument of restricted love.

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Think Good, See Good, Do Good

When you think you are good and 

have good thoughts, you will not do 

bad deeds. You will think good, see 

good, and do good deeds. If you think 

you are separate from God, you can 

never merge. God is Atma within you. 

He is the conscience.

I often tell the students about the 

four Fs: follow the master (conscience), 

face the devil (that is, desire for mon-

ey), fight to the end, and finish the 

game. Finishing the game is liberation. 

You have taken human birth, and you 

have entered the sacred human life. You 

have to attain Divinity in your lifetime. 

There is nothing more valuable than 

this. By making appropriate efforts, 

you can accomplish anything, and by 

contemplating on God you obtain di-

vine strength. Because of the monkey 

mind, you entertain doubts.

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Face Boldly the Difficulties in Life

Develop self-confidence, which will 

lead you to bliss. Never harbour worries 

and anxieties. Gain sufficient strength 

of the body and mind to face boldly 

the difficulties, losses, and sorrows that 

may confront you in life. This will be 

facilitated if you practise the four Fs 

taught in our educational system, that 

is, follow the master (your conscience), 

face the devil, fight till the end, and fin-

ish the game. What is the inner mean-

ing of the first three letters of the alpha-

bet, A, B, C, in the English language? 

They mean “Always Be Careful.” The 

same dictum is given by the Upanishad 

(part of Vedas) by exhorting man to 

“arise, awake, and stop not till the goal 

is reached.”

The Four Fs

Follow the Master, Face the Devil, 

Fight to the End, Finish the Game

Your Duty Is to Follow the Four Fs - Then You Will Win My Love in Full Measure

Your Conscience Is Your Master - Follow Your Conscience

There Can Be Nothing More Sacred Than Following the Four Injunctions

The Four Fs Are Essential to Achieving the Goals of Human Life

Following the Four Fs Allows You to Boldly Face the Difficulties in Life

righteousness. Face the devil means 

overcome the temptations that beset 

you when you try to earn wealth or the 

wherewithal to live in comfort. Fight 

to the end means struggle ceaselessly; 

wage war against the six enemies that 

are led by lust. And, finally, finish at 

the goal means do not stop until the 

goal of moksha (liberation from igno-

rance and delusion) is reached. The 

Fs are fundamental for the pursuit of 

the four Purusharthas (goals of human 

life): dharma, artha, kama, and moksha 

(righteousness, wealth, desire, and lib-

eration). I shall be ever with you, wher-

ever you are, guarding you and guiding 

you. March on; have no fear.

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Always Contemplate on God

There is no need to fear if you are 

following the truth. Human life is gov-

erned by the four Fs: follow the master, 

face the devil, fight to the end, finish 

the game. Your conscience is your mas-

ter, so follow your conscience. Life is a 

game, play it. Life is a dream, realise it. 

Life is love, enjoy it. If you understand 

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our conscience is your guide, and 

it should dictate your behaviour. 

Either for the good or for the bad, it 

is your conscience that is responsible. 

The guilt in you causes the bad; the 

strength and confidence in you should, 

therefore, do such things that will pro-

mote your confidence in your own self. 

That is why I have told you, on some 

occasions, that you should follow the 

four Fs. Follow the master, and that 

is your conscience. The second is face 

the devil. The third is fight to the end. 

Then you should finish the game. If 

you remember these four injunctions 

and keep remembering them, so that 

they are resounding every moment in 

you, there can be nothing more sacred 

than this in your life.

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Do Not Stop Until the 

Goal Is Reached

There are four Fs that you will have 

to fix before your attention: (1) fol-

low the master, (2) face the devil, (3) 

fight to the end, and (4) finish at the 

goal. Follow the master means observe 

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