3rd Saying I shall be ever active and vigorous even after leaving this earthly body

[Guest guest]

He kept

the body of Baba for three days and protected it. After seventy two hours, at

3'° clock in the early hours, the body got back the life. Breathing resumed. Pulsation

was activated. Eyes were open. The entire body started moving and Baba stood

up. From this we understand that Baba is formless, pure consciousness. Baba's

body is different from it. Baba can live

eternally without the body and in spite of the body.

 

Sri

Krishna in the Geeta declared that the body is

different from the Atman and that truth is demonstrated and proved to be

correct by Baba. The eternity and the

spectatorship of Atman are proved by Baba.

 

The

real essence of Baba is formlessness. And the truthful spirit is made public by

Baba. Baba has nothing to do with the physical form. All forms are names are

his and he is present everywhere.

 

Physical

body can't prescribe any limitations to Baba. He cat be conditioned by anybody

or anything, whereas the ordinary mortals are bound by the body and the Prarabhda. Your previous Karma haunts you. Divine

incarnations are beyond the purview karma theory.

 

Sri Hemad Panth describes, " The

body of five elements perishes. Body is transient. But the soul is permanent,

deathless truthful. This pure consciousness is Brahman. That controls the mind

and the five elements. It governs all and that is Sai. He alone is present

everywhere and in everything. There is nothing without it. To do its proposed

work, it assumes a form of its choice. After doing the self allotted work, the

body gets dropped.

 

Sai is

present always. Even if we don't see him here, we can find him there at Shirdi

in the mosque. To the devotees, it gives you the thrill of Sai-Darshan, without the physical form, Baba present not only

in Shirdi, but in every other place. He is working for our welfare without a

form. Yogis like Baba does not die. This may look like

human beings, but they are divine in reality " .

 

What a

wonderful exposition! Hemad Panth

is indeed fortunate. Baba, after dropping the body, appeared in the dream d

Lakshman Joshi, the maternal uncle of Shyama and

said, holding his hand, " Wake up. Bapusaheb

thinks that I am dead. Therefore he does not come. You offer the worship and

perform the Arati " .

 

Lakshman

Joshi was accustomed to worshipping Baba ever morning before offering Pooja to other Gods. He has absolute faith in Baba. As soon

as he saw Baba in the dream he continued his usual worship.

 

My dear

devotees! Now, tell, Does Baba have anything to with the physical body? Even

after dropping the body, does He not live

with us? The statement of Baba that he is eternal is cent percent true.

 

With

the physical body, he made many a miracle sometimes. Now, he responds to our

cry or distress and call of love. He smiles and comes to our rescue even now.

Lo and behold He continues to perform miracles even now. Paramatman

is permanent. The wonderful Baba too is permanent. The name has assumed is the

great name " Sai " . " Baba " was not dead when the body was

alive. " Baba " was not dead when the body was dead. He was always

alive, wakeful and alert. He was beyond birth and death. Whoever loves him

wholeheartedly, will he looked after by Baba. To our

place, Baba comes in the time we want him to come. We can talk to him and feel

his presence always. He is always among us, with us, caring for us. In some

form, he comes and fulfils our desires.

 

Out of

ignorance, body is considered to be real by the ordinary mortals. Atman is

unknown to them. The visible body is all in all and important to them. The

invisible Atman is unknown to them, unnecessary to them and untrue to them.

            (to be contd….)

(Source Eleven Holy Sayings of

Shirdi Sai Baba by Pujya Shri

Ananda Sai Swamy)