Baba's Answer to the question: Who is Sai?

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WHO IS SAI?

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The optical sense cannot visualise the Truth. It gives

only false and fogged information. For example, there

are many who observe my actions and start declaring

that my nature is such and such. They are unable to

gauge the sanctity, the majesty and the eternal

reality that is Me. The power of Sai is limitless; it

manifests forever. All forms of 'power' are resident

in this Sai palm.

 

But those who profess to have understood Me, the

scholars, the Yogis, the Pundits, the Jnanis, all of

them are aware only of the least important, the casual

external manifestation of an infinitesimal part of

that power, namely, the "miracles"! They have not

desired to contact the Source of all Power and all

Wisdom that is available here at Brindavan. They are

satisfied when they secure a chance to exhibit their

book learning and parade their scholarship in Vedic

Lore, not realising that the Person from whom the

Vedas emanated is in the midst, for their sake. They

even ask, in their pride, for a few more chances! This

has been the case, in all ages.

 

People may be very near (physically)to the Avatar,

but, they live out their lives unaware of their

fortune; they exaggerate the role of miracles, which

are as trivial, when compared to My glory and majesty,

as a mosquito is in size and strength to the elephant

upon which it squats. Therefore, when you speak about

these 'miracles', I laugh within myself out of pity,

that you allow yourself so easily to lose the precious

awareness of My reality.

 

My power is immeasurable; My truth is inexplicable,

unfathomable. I am announcing this about Me, for, the

need has arisen. But, what I am doing now is only the

gift of a "Visiting Card"! Let Me tell you that

emphatic declarations of the Truth by Avatars were

made so early and so unmistakable only by Krishna. In

spite of the declaration, you will notice in the

career of the same Krishna that He underwent defeat in

His efforts and endeavors, on a few occasions; you

must also note that those defeats too were part of the

drama, which He Himself directed. For example,When

many Kings pleaded with Him to avert the War with the

Kauravas, He confessed that His Mission to the Kaurava

Court for ensuring peace had failed'! But, He had not

willed that it should succeed! He had decided that war

would be waged! His Mission was intended to punish the

greed and iniquity of the Kauravas and to condemn them

before the whole world.

 

Now, I must tell you, that during this Sai Avatar,

there is no place for even such 'drama' with scenes of

failures and defeats! What I will, must take place;

what I plan must succeed. I am Truth; and Truth has no

need to hesitate, fear or bend. 'Willing' is

superfluous for Me. For, My Grace is ever available to

devotees who have steady Love and Faith. Since I move

freely among them,talking and singing, even

intellectuals are unable to grasp My Truth,My Power,

My glory, or My real Task as Avatar. I can solve any

problem however knotty. I am beyond the reach of the

most intensive inquiry and the most meticulous

measurement. Only those who have recognised My Love

and experienced that Love can assert that they have

glimpsed My reality. For, the Path of Love is the

Royal Road that lead mankind to Me.

 

Do not attempt to know Me through the external eyes.

When you go to a temple and stand before the Image of

God, you pray with closed eyes, don't you? Why?

Because you feel that the Inner Eye of Wisdom alone

can reveal Him to you. Therefore, do not crave from Me

trivial material objects but, crave for Me, and you

would be rewarded. Not that you should not receive

whatever objects I give as sign of Grace out of the

fullness of Love. I shall tell you why I give these

rings, talismans, rosaries etc. It is to signalize the

bond between Me and those to whom they are given. When

calamity befalls them, the article comes to Me in a

flash and returns in a flash taking from Me the

remedial Grace of protection. That Grace is available

to all who call on Me in any Name or Form, not merely

to those who wear these gifts. Love is the bond that

wins Grace.

 

Consider the meaning of the name, Sai Baba. Sa means

'Divine'; ai or ayi means 'mother' and Baba means

Father. The Name indicates the Divine Mother and

Father, just as Saambasiva, which also means the

Divine Mother and Father (Samba-Siva). Your physical

parents exhibit Love with a dose of selfishness; but,

this Sai "Mother and Father" showers affection or

reprimands, only for leading you towards victory in

the struggle for self-realisation. For this Sai has

come in order to achieve the supreme task of uniting

the entire mankind, as one family through the bond of

brotherhood, of affirming and illumining the Atmic

Reality of each being in order to reveal the Divine

which is the Basis on which the entire Cosmos rests,

and of instructing all to recognise the common Divine

Heritage that binds man to man, so that man can rid

himself of the animal, and rise into the Divine which

is his goal.

 

I am the embodiment of Love; Love is My Instrument.

There is no creature without Love; the lowest loves

itself, at least. And its Self is God. So,there are no

atheists, though some might dislike Him or refuse Him,

as malarial patients dislike sweets or diabetic

patients refuse to have anything to do with sweets!

Those who preen themselves, as atheists will one day,

when their illness is gone, relish God and revere

Him.I had to tell you so much about My Truth, for, I

desire that you should contemplate on this and derive

joy therefrom, so that you may be inspired to observe

the disciplines laid down by Me and progress towards

the Goal of Self-realisation, the Realisation of the

Sai that shines in your hearts.

 

Sairam.

 

 

Divine Discourse on 9 June 1974

(Sathya Sai Speaks IX, 88-92)

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