Sadguru Sai Baba

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……"Sadgurus like Shri Shirdi Sai Baba, operatesimultaneously at two levels of consciousness. Some oftheir activities are manifested and some arenon-manifested in nature. Some examples of themanifested activities are: feeding the poor and thedevotees, curing their physical and mental diseases,rendering temporal assistance in all their materialneeds and religious pursuits etc. The manner in whichHe gave relief was sometimes miraculous. Hundreds offamilies of Shirdi and outside used to depend on Himfor relief and sustenance in their worldly existence.Sai Baba never refused to help any one who came toHim. He laboured day in and day out to solve thecomplex problems of His devotees. Once He told adevotee that He (Baba) could not sleep during theprevious night as He was thinking about that devotee."What would happen to my people, if I constantly donot keep an eye on them" He used to say. This was therole of a Provider and Protector.However, the other role of Shri Sai was subtle andsecret in nature, which created a permanent value inthe lives of the people that approached Him. ShriShirdi Sai Baba was a Perfect Master or a Sadguru.Being a Sadguru His divine charter of duties was totrain the devotees with a view to evolve their mentaland emotional qualities and ultimately to lead themtowards emancipation. Such a process of evolution,when left to the disciple himself, is very slow andmay take a number of lives to achieve.As ordained by the law of nature, every human beingevolves during each life cycle while on the earthplane by experiencing an un-calculable number ofevents generating pleasure or pain. Without, the helpof a Master or Sadguru who has traveled along andexperienced the path of spiritual evolution, theseeker goes through a process of trials and errors andin the process his evolution slows down. However, ifone accepts a Sadguru as his mentor, and strictlyabides by His advice, his evolution becomes easier andfaster. The Sadguru with His divine powers andqualities has immense capabilities to hasten theprocess of evolution of all beings that come incontact with Him.Therefore, He is called a Samarth (capable of givingGod realisation) Sadguru. However, notwithstanding theceaseless effort of the Masters all devotees do notprogress spiritually at an equal pace. The pace ofevolution of a devotee depends on a few prime factors,like, acceptance of the Master-both intellectually andemotionally, as the sole guide and Protector in thespiritual journey, complete faith in and adherence tothe advice and commands of the Master and finally alot of perseverance under all trying circumstances andover long periods of time to follow the Master'sprescriptions in its true spirit."…….