Ram Navami Message

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Ramnavami message

The path towards the Sadguru is the real path, more so in this age

of conflicts, contradictions and acute materialism. As Swami

Vivekananda said like all rivers leading to the sea, all the paths

that men take lead to Him, the God eternal. The paths that are

mostly adopted by the seekers are Rajyoga, Karmayoga, Bhaktiyoga,

Hathayoga, Layayoga, Nivaiti Marg, Prakriti Marg etc. There are even

Avadhootas, Kapalikas, Aghoris and many other type of seekers.

Various religions have different approaches. In all this

multiplicity of approach towards God realization, there has to be

something common and universal that must be pervading all. The

seeker of this universal path reaches the goal in the earliest

period of time.

Sitting in Shirdi Masjid, Baba had said that there are many paths,

but one of the paths leading to God is through the Dwarkamayee. When

one analyses how Baba led thousands of people towards God

realization at Shirdi a certain pattern evolves. The basic

principles of the Sai path are based on :

(a) The existence in physical form of a perfect being known

variously as a perfect Master a Sadguru or a Qutub as called by the

Sufis. A Qutub simply means an axis, a pivot around which others,

living and non-living, both revolve. The perfect Master, having

himself experienced different stages of evolution including that of

man has at last reached the stage of God. However, those among these

perfect beings, who, out of infinite compassion, make the greatest

sacrifice of not enjoying the blissful state of God but incarnate in

a human body on earth to serve the imperfect, suffering humanity are

called the perfect Masters. As Mehar Baba has said at any point of

time there are five perfect Masters on earth in embodied form.

(b) When in human body they act both as human beings and Gods. As

Gods they have infinite power, infinite knowledge, infinite

happiness and infinite existence. Like God they are Omnipotent,

Ominipresent and Omniscient enjoying the powers of the Almighty.

They share their power, knowledge and pleasure with the millions of

human beings by methods unperceivable by human beings and are known

as Leelas or divine miracles. All miracles are based on the laws of

nature, only one has to know, experience and master it. All the

elemental forces of nature like fire, water, air etc. defined as

deities by the Hindus work under their command or wish. As Gods they

see everything in themselves and themselves in everything. So they

serve everyone without any differentiation as if they are serving

themselves. They see God in everyone even though others may not be

able to see God in them. They give infinite love to others and

infinite pain from others. Once any human being or any specie is

linked with them in any manner, they ensure that these creatures are

evolved, life after life till they merge with God from where they

came. This ultimate stage of evolution is ordinarily known as Mukti

or Moksha.

© These perfect Masters alone are capable of leading human being

to God realization. They follow what is common and universal in all

religions i.e. humanism based on love. Out of love they not only

take care of the spiritual evolution of the devotees but also their

temporal requirements. Once one has surrendered to them they look

after all needs of the devotee as a mother would do for a child.

They can go to any extent, even to sacrifice their human body, to

protect their children. That's what Baba did for many as can be read

in Shri Sai Satcharitra and as experienced by many. To develop

closer and closer link with Him, one has to develop faith in Him

even under the most trying circumstance patiently. Also to develop

the qualities of humility, sacrifice, tolerance and steadfastness in

devotion and actions desired by the Sadguru. One will evolve earlier

than others worshipping too many deities if he follows this path of

Guru. Baba used to give visions to many people in the form of their

deities like Hanumaan, Ganesh etc., which convinced them that there

is no difference between Baba and any other deity or even God. One

can therefore, at the first stage try to see all deities in Baba,

worship Him in the method in which other deities are worshipped. In

short one should try to see and seek everything in and from Baba.

This path may be difficult at the initial stage but can certainly be

achieved with steadfastness and faith in Baba. So let us try.

A message from Guruji Shri C.B.Satpathy