SUN NEVER SETS AT BABA'S KINGDOM

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SUN NEVER SETS AT BABA’S KINGDOM

Shri Sai Baba's conversation and sayings were not delivered with the purpose of

dazzling a handful of intellectuals with technical discussions of philosophy;

his aim was to rouse the moral insight of the average seeker. Often employing

analogies and similes drawn from experiences that are common to all men and

women, the Master was able to carry conviction and inspiration to those who

came to him. Using simple stories and clothing great truths in simple parables

as did Jesus Christ, Baba was able to create a pyramid of perceptions in the

listener.

Somehow, when a sat purusha speaks, subtle forces are at work, and the words of

these great Masters acquire a strange power, which perhaps is not inherent in

the words themselves. Even the familiar stock-in-trade of ethical admonishments

and moral reflections assume a compelling power which again is not inherent in

them, for the same words issuing out of the mouths of ordinary men would sound

commonplace and platitudinous.

Hundreds of disciples, however, would listen to Baba's words in rapt wonderment,

which soon changed to conviction. This is because one knows the truth uttered by

realized persons have been actually experienced by them; their words

consequently carry authority and conviction. One Mr. Francis Brabazon in an

introduction to one of avatar Meher Baba's brochures very succinctly confirms

this in the following sentence: "The words of [ordinary] men are like candles

which burn out leaving both the speaker and his audience in darkness; but the

message of the Divine Incarnation, both at the time of utterance and for

posterity, is a sun which never sets and is always available if one will but

pull up the blind of prejudice and partake of its light."

Some of Sai Baba's sayings reveal the hunger in his heart for true and selfless

adoration. The Master's yearning for the love, friendship, and understanding of

the bhaktas who belonged to him was a touching and lovely facet of his

relationship with his disciples.

As a matter of fact, Sai Baba often hinted that he had not come to teach but to

awaken. He sought to bring about this awakening through the impact of his love.

Through centuries men have read volumes of philosophy, but so long as there is

no integration between thought and practise, sadhakas do not grow in spiritual

grace. Sai Baba, therefore, simplified his teachings so that bhaktas may get

down to the sheer practice of spiritual sadhana. As the Master repeatedly told

his followers, all great work for God is done first in the individual soul of

the worker.

(Source: Sai Baba The Saint of Shirdi by Mani Sahukar)

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