Compassionate Incarnate

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God, the manifestation of the Supreme is seen as the savior from sin and the way

to the eternal life. The core of the message delivered by different messengers

is the same. As if confirming to an unseen doctrine, each of the messenger

appeared to have spoken to those under different conditions of life, over the

time.

Jesus came proclaiming the Kingdom of God. But unlike John the Baptist, or the

Essenes, or many others of his day, he did not envision the Kingdom of God

descending miraculously from Heaven. The arrival of the Kingdom would not mean

the end of the world or the destruction of Israel’s enemies. Instead, he said,

"The Kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be observed; nor will they say,

‘Lo, here it is!’ or ‘There!’ for behold, the Kingdom of God is in the midst of

you." (Luke 17:20,21) The Kingdom had already arrived, and it was a spiritual

community consisting of Jesus and all those who centered themselves in God. The

Kingdom of God was always meant to be a this-worldly movement which would bring

a measure of Heaven to earth through the lives and actions of those who lived

in God.

Just like Sainath had said "poverty is Kingship", Jesus said, "Blessed are you

poor, for yours is the Kingdom of God. Blessed are you that hunger now, for you

shall be satisfied. Blessed are you that weep now, for you shall laugh. But woe

to you that are rich, for you have received your consolation. Woe to you that

are full now, for you shall hunger. Woe to you that laugh now, for you shall

mourn and weep." (Luke 6:20, 21, 24-26).

Baba asked His followers to cast their burden for Him to carry. Similarly, Jesus

said, "Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and lowly in heart,

and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is

light." (Matthew 11:28-30)

Baba, like Jesus, said that God is great and kind and taught us to be likewise.

"God is kind to the ungrateful and the selfish. Be compassionate, even as your

Father is compassionate." (Luke 6:35b,36) The word translated "compassionate"

is derived from a word which means "wombish." God’s compassion is nourishing

and life giving like the womb to an unborn child.

Jesus taught His followers to abandon the broad way of organized religion, which

tells us to believe such and such and do such and such to win the favor of God..

Jesus said to abandon the way of anxiety, for we already have the favor of God.

Baba’s advice to the fasting lady is a perfect example of this similarity

between Jesus and Baba. But knowing that God already loves us, what are we to

do to live good lives? And how do we participate in the Kingdom of God in the

here and now? First of all, Jesus said to love. "... you shall love the Lord

your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind,

and with all your strength." (Mark 12:30) And he also said, "You shall love

your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these."

(Mark 12:31) Secondly, he said to have a clean heart. "Blessed are the pure in

heart, for they shall see God." (Matthew 5:8) [by seeing God, he means

primarily the experience of God's

presence in this life.]

The Mango Miracle in Shri Sai Satcharitha is an interesting one. Baba said to

Damu Anna that those who would eat the mangos would die! The way of death is a

metaphor for a transformation deep inside, in which we turn away from that

which separates us from God. Jesus spoke of both the self and the world as the

two great spiritual obstacles. He said to "deny self." And he told us that it

profits us nothing to gain the whole world, and lose our way spiritually. (Luke

9:25) Therefore, to the self and the world, we must die. For the self-absorbed

self is filled with narcissism, and greed and fear, jealousy and cruelty. But

the self which is centered in God, loves others as much as it loves its own

self. It is kind and compassionate and does not think itself better than any

other.

(Inspired by and partly in reference to Robert Jenkins from "Observations on

God, Life and the Human Journey")

SOURCE:SAIBABA.ORG

Arun Reddy Nukala

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