Potent Evidence: Who is Sai Baba? (2) Second part...

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Those of us who have experienced Baba’s Love and omniscient guidance, and seen

the profound transformations brought about in our lives by His grace, can only

bow in gratitude, and do our best to love Him and serve Him and worship Him

within all. For Sai Baba is not a man; for me, He fully embodies the

all-pervading God of Love (with a great sense of humor) who awakened me many

years ago. I believe it can even be misleading to call Him "an incarnation of

God" - for He is not that afro-crowned body in the orange robe giving darshan,

the Guru who took birth in Puttaparthy. No. He is the

all-pervading Ocean of Consciousness, the Substratum and Creator of all

universes! That ochre-clad body we see before us is but a wave on the

shoreless, all-encompassing Sea of Satchidananda, who Sai Baba is.

In His words:

“I am neither Guru nor God.

I am You; You are I; that is the truth.

There is no distinction.

The appearance of differences is the delusion.

You are waves; I am the ocean.

Know this and be free, be Divine.”

His true form (and ours) is indeed all-embracing, and yet transcends

all manifestation. As a full embodiment of that limitless Paramatma, Sai Baba is

Holiness itself, and His every word and action are nothing less than Divine Love

in motion, healing Grace flowing effortlessly into our parched and thirsty

world.

To that supreme Being, I bow.

 

Love Walking On Two Feet

A scientist named Dr. Baranowski, Professor of Physics at the

University of Arizona and a specialist in Kirlian photography, once came to see

Sai Baba. (Kirlian photography, or ‘biomagnetic field radiation photography’, is

done with a special camera which photographs the energy bands around living

beings; different colors in the biomagnetic field correspond to different

emotional qualities. To quote Baranowski, “When a person is full of love the

aura around him is blue and when the love is pronounced, it becomes pink.”)

Baranowski had scientifically trained himself to see auras, and with this

trained vision was investigating the various holy men of India. Some years ago

he gave a talk at the Prashanti Nilayam ashram

on his experiences with Sai Baba. Some excerpts:

 

“I have met over a hundred holy men in India. Too many of these holy

men are involved in their own personal egos. Their auras show mostly concern

for themselves and their institutions. So [their auras] are only a foot broad

or perhaps two feet.

“I am not a devotee. I have come here as a scientist, to see this man

Sai Baba. I saw him on Sunday, on the balcony giving darshan to the devotees

singing below. The aura Baba projected was not that of a man. The white was

more than twice the size of any man’s, the blue was practically limitless, and

there were gold and silver bands beyond even those, far behind this building

right up to the horizon. There is no scientific explanation for this

phenomenon.

“His aura is so strong that it is affecting me standing by the chair

on which He is sitting. I can feel the effect and I’ve to wipe my arm, off and

on, as you must have noticed. It is very difficult for me to admit. I am a

scientist. I have given over six thousand lectures in all parts of the world

but for the first time, believe me, my knees are shaking. The aura that

emanates from Baba shows His Love for you. . . . If ever I can use the phrase

that I have seen ‘love walking on two feet,’ it is here.”

 

At this point Dr. Baranowski concluded his talk, and Sai Baba then delivered a

discourse. When Baba had finished, Baranowski asked for permission to address

the audience again.

 

“I have been watching Baba, while He was addressing you. The pink aura that

was manifesting was so vast and strong that it went even beyond the hall behind

this chair. It filled this big hall, embracing all of you gathered here. . .

I have watched Him for a week now, as He walked among you, morning and evening.

I have seen His aura, pink in colour, go into the person He is talking to, or

touching and returning to Him. . . His energy seems to be endless. . . In my

estimation, He is exactly what He appears to be - LOVE. That is what He is.”27

 

 

 

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Who is Sai Baba? In His own words, “Sai Baba is Love, Love, Love!”

He is the Creator of all universes, the Author, Producer and Director of the

universal play... and He is the supreme Reality beyond even the word ‘God’,

beyond any duality - prior to any creation, prior to time. He is the

changeless eternal peace of Brahman.

And He is you. He’s reading these words through your eyes right now.

And when you look at His photo, He’s looking right back at you, seeing

your entire heart, mind and soul, loving You with all the Love of God, and

sending a ray of Divine Light to help you on your journey to Self-Realization.

May His grace descend upon you now, like a million goose-down

feathers in the snow.

I close with a poem , written by Baba to us all:

 

CHILDREN OF IMMORTALITY

 

Children of Immortality!

Remember that you are created

In my image and likeness.

Perfect!

 

Live up to this image, in every way, in all planes.

Live like Masters!

 

Walk this earth with your heads held high,

Your spirits soaring...

Your hearts open to Love...

And believe in yourself and God within you.

Then all will go well.

 

Earth is but a manifestation of My Being.

Made out of My Life!

 

Wherever you look, I am there.

Wherever you walk, I am there.

Whomsoever you contact, I am that person.

I am in each, in all My Splendour.

 

See Me everywhere,

Talk to Me and love Me,

Who am in each.

 

Then from each, I will respond

And bring you into Glory.

You cannot see Me in one place and not in another,

For I fill all space.

 

You cannot escape Me

Or do anything in secret,

For there are no secrets with Me.

 

Live... Live... Live... in perfect accordance

With My laws, and wonders will ensue.

 

Think now. Does error clog the free flowing

Essence of My Being through you?

Ask Me this moment to reveal to you your errors

In the silence of your meditation.

 

Let old memories well up in you,

>From My subconscious in you...

Old patterns...

Old forgotten feelings and thoughts.

 

Now plunge them into the Ocean of Light,

Burn them from the consciousness

So that you may be true emblems of My Being.

 

Right now,

Visualize My burning flame

Rising higher and higher

As it burns through you.

 

It is a flame that is cooling,

Cleansing and healing,

That soothes the hidden sorrow...

And leaves you calmed and quiet.

 

Rest in my Love.

Let all that you have been through

In your many lives up to this day,

Melt away in My redeeming Light.

 

Children of My Being!

Dissolve your sorrows and fears in Me.

Let me efface

All your karma.

 

Come back into My Consciousness, which is

Your own true Consciousness.

Let your petty human self fade away, right now,

As you come to Me, who am your Inner Self.

 

You are now My radiant glorious Self...

No longer separate from Me.

Melt with Me... Merge with Me...!

Become Me!28

Sathya Sai Baba

 

 

 

 

 

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NOTES

 

[6] This was told to the author by a man who visited Anandamoyi Ma in the last

year of Her life. While in Her ashram he was told this quote by one of Her

closest Western disciples.

[7] A charming man named Swami Mounananda, who was visiting the Ashram.

[8] This story was related to the author by a woman who was a close friend and

caretaker of the Yogananda devotee during the last years of her life.

[9] This quote was told to the author by a man whose friend had asked Ammachi

about Sai Baba in his presence; he had heard the answer directly from Ammachi.

Please note that this quote should be qualified with the understanding that

Ammachi has been known to give contradictory statements on this and other

topics, depending on whom She is speaking to, apparently giving each one just

what they need to progress on their path. (As She said in a recent talk, "The

answers Amma gives are what people need to hear in the moment.") To the 'Who

is Sai Baba?' question, She has responded in many ways, including: "Baba is the

ocean, Amma is a wave"; "Amma is

the ocean, Baba is a wave"; "Amma feels Baba is not an Avatar"; "Baba is fully

Divine"; and "I don't know"! (Clearly, Ammachi, like Baba, is a Master of

Maya!)

[10] Divine Memories of Sai Baba; Diana Baskin; Sri Sathya Sai Books and

Publications Trust, 1990; p. 1.

[11] This was told to the author by a woman who has been one of Krishnabai’s

devotees for many years.

[12] This was told to the author by a woman who has known Swami Satchidananda

for many years. The quote came from her own recent conversations with Swamiji.

 

[13] Told to the author by a friend who had heard this directly from Yogi

Ramsuratkumar. Yogi Ramsuratkumar’sopinion of Sai Baba’s divinity was also

confirmed by the author on numerous occasions.

[14] Tapas Shakti, Sri Sri Sri Shiva Balayogi Maharaj, Palotas, T. (comp., ed.),

Sri Shivabalayogi Maharaj Trust, Bangalore, 1992; p. 197.

[15] This information came from a private letter sent by Howard Murphet to a Sai

devotee. The author has not yet been able to independently verify Murphet’s

statement.

[16] Told to the author by a woman who had worked to spread Maitreya’s teachings for several years.

[17] God Descends on Earth, Kant, S.; Sai Towers Publishing, Bangalore; 1995; p. 17.

[18] The preceding quotes from Mohammed’s prophecy are all from God Descends on

Earth; ibid; p. 17-18.

[19] God Descends on Earth; ibid., p.18.

[20] Sai Baba Gita: The Way to Self-Realization and Liberation in This Age;

Drucker, A. (ed.); Sai Towers Publishing, Bangalore, 1994; frontispiece.

[21] Face to Face with God, V.I.K. Sarin, Sai Towers Publishing, Prashanti

Nilayam, 1993; pp. 227-228.

[22] Divine Glory, V. Balu & Shakuntala Balu, S.B. Publications, Bangalore; 1985; p. 297.

[23] Face to Face with God, op.cit.; p. 142-3.

[24] “Thought for the Day” at Sai Baba’s Brindavan Ashram, May 3, 2001.

[25] Guru Poornima Sandesh (a discourse by Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, given

on July 28, 1999 at Prashanti Nilayam); Sai Towers Publishing, Bangalore; p. 2.

[26] Miracles are My Visiting Cards, Erlandur Haraldsson, Sai Towers, Prashanti

Nilayam, 1987, pp. 167-168.

[27] The quotes from Dr. Baranowski are all from Face to Face with God, op.cit.; p. 176-178.

[28] Prema Dhaara: Letters Written by Bhagavan to His Students; Sathya Sai Baba;

Sathya Sai Books & Publications Trust, Prashanti Nilayam, 1999; pp. 5-7.

 

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