'Sri Sai Baba of Shirdi -A God!' by Bapatla Hanumanth Rao Garu

July 8, 2004

Lord Krishna says:

"I consider him a great Yogi (sage) who reposes supreme faith on Me, ever

united with Me through prayer and worship and keeps Me always in his mind".

(Gita 12-2)

The best and the easiest path to attain God is to meditate upon Him in

Sahara state with unflinching devotion ant dedication and also with a total

awareness of his Nirakara state. The fruits are same in any type of

meditation.

Adisankara brought out the secret nature of God and his relationship with

His devotees in a nutshell as:

"Oh! God! I am your servant as long as I have the feeling that the Body is

mine. Once I get off this feeling of Body Consciousness and realize the

Consciousness of the Jiva in me, You are the whole and I am a part of it. If

I get rid off the Consciousness of the Jiva also and reach the Soul

Consciousness. I am one with You; You and I are the same. This is my firm

belief. " The readers should realize that this is the essence of Advaita

philosophy as preached by Sri Sankaracharya.

Why does God become Sakara?

(Having a physical form for the sake of his devotees)

God is the embodiment of Eternal Bliss and pervades in the entire universe.

Fire, in the form of Nirakara, spreads in all things. It manifests only when

certain essential materials are assembled at one place and ignited. The fire

so manifested assumes gigantic proportions, depending on the quantity and

quality of the fuel. But the Paramatma (God Divine) spreads even beyond air

and ether manifests Himself to the seeker as Sahara in the form he desires.

God's all pervasiveness is greater than that of Agni (Fire) or Vaayu (Air),

as there is no place without His presence. The entire universe is enveloped

with His May a (illusion). As said in the Gita -"The creation of Maya around

us, is only God's will." Hence it is not at all difficult for Him to

manifest Himself before the seeker, when he comes out of Maya. The happiness

to the seeker is at His will. God's pervasiveness all over as Nirakara is

possible always, but He reveals Himself to the seeker, who is an ardent

devotee. That God is Omnipotent can be seen as One in Many and Many in One.

That is His wish, which is pure and noble. The wish of a devotee will also

depend on the wish of God.

To be contd....

(Source : " on the web.

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