Being Good Isn't Good Enough. You Have To Appear Good Also - Part 1 | Sathya Sai Student Experience 

"Being good won't be good enough. We have to appear good as well!" That was a powerful lesson that I learned through a very intimate and personal experience with my Guru and God, Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba.
When I bought a new motorbike, I was desperate to get it blessed by Swami before riding it. That did not happen. That is why, when Swami referred to the bike during our flight from Mumbai to Puttaparthi, I thought that He was upset with me riding the bike. But that was not the case! Swami referred to me taking a female pillion rider which left me dumbfounded!
The sequence of events that followed did many things -
1. expose me to the bitter truth of the cheap things that man could do even in the Divine presence.
2. teach me that I must be very careful of how I express myself and appear to others.
3. MOST IMPORTANTLY, show me how much dearly my Swami loves me.