The consciousness "I am the body"  must go, if the spirit "I am one with the Self" must emerge.  So long as you are one with the Universal  consciousness, no pain or grief or egoism can tarnish you.  Take the sea water.  Small quantity of the sea water enclosed in a small bottle will get foul in a few days.  But, if it remains in the sea, nothing could foul it.  Be in the sea, as part of it.  Do not separate yourself.  Do not feel that you are the body, separate from the Indweller.   

- Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol 1, Ch 3,   29-Jan-1965.

"The Lord is everywhere.  He will manifest Himself where there is true yearning." - Baba