God - a matter of experience

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Om Sri Sai Ram

Om Sai Jai Sai Jai Jai Sai

 

God - a matter of experience

 

Shirdi Sai Baba's language was truly mystic for he talked back and

forth between the Absolute mode and the mode of surrendered servant

or even bond slave of the Lord. In the former mode, He made such

statements as: "I am formless and everywhere" and, "I look equally

on all. Not a leaf moves except my grace". In the latter mode of

surrendered instrument of God, he declares:" Without God's

permission nothing can be made by me", and "Baba is but phaladata

(giver of the fruit or dispenser of the result). However, his

message is clear both on fear and hope that if one becomes God's or

Saibaba's devotee the one will be under his protective wing and need

no fear. If then the devotee has patience, his hopes will be

realized and in due course, he will indeed be raised spiritually.

This blessing is not to be confused with worldly benefits such as

material prosperity, fame, power or even health, although these may

in fact occur as by-products. The promise is for the achievement of

the Sufi goal of mystical union with God, or the realization that

one was never in truth separation from God.

 

Among many quotations in this vein of protection and guidance, Sai

Baba said: "if you make me the sole object of your thoughts and

aims, you will gain paramartha - the supreme goal. Some visitors

came to see Saibaba at first merely out of curiosity to see a

miracle-worker, and then gradually they started coming to listen to

what Saibaba was teaching. Nana Chandorkar, for example, began

listening to Saibaba this way, and eventually gained complete

confidence that Saibaba did indeed demonstrate the qualities of

divinity. Others however, such as Dasganu, although he had great

respect for the Saint and had been shown many phenomenal miracles,

could never quite come to terms with admitting Saibaba's divinity

(when Baba was in flesh and blood).

 

("Saibaba and the Sufi Tariquat' in "Unravelling The Enigma -

Shirdi Saibaba in the Light of Sufism" by Marianne Warren)

 

Jai Sai Ram

Swamy Mahadevan

Bow to Shri Sai-Peace be to all

Baba Bless you ever!!!