What is Baba's Complete undertaking to His devotees?

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What is Baba's Complete undertaking to His devotees?

 

Sai Baba asserted in plain terms unconditional and complete

responsibility for His devotees, His watch over them and the

absolute reliance they could place in Him.

 

His undertaking was complete through the passage of time, life after

life He kept an intent watch over His people and drew them to Him at

an appointed point of time. Sai Baba was explicit about this – " I

draw my people to me from long distances in many ways. It is I who

seek them out and bring them to me, they do not come of their own

accord. Even though they may be thousands of miles away, I draw them

to me like a bird with a string tied to its foot " .

 

Baba looked after spiritual as well temporal welfare of His

devotees. He fully approved of people approaching Him for material

gains. He said, " My men first come to me on account of material

benefits only, after they get their hearts desires fulfilled and

comfortably placed in life, they follow me and progress further " .

His approach was realistic and yet so divine – " I give people what

they want in the hope that they will begin to want what I want to

give them " .

 

Baba worked meticulously on his devotees to transform them. Dasganu

an intimate devotee of Sai Baba witnessed that he used to perform

strange act occasionally by taking out a few old coins from a purse

and rub their surface constantly but gently. As He rubbed them He

would take the names of some of His close devotees as – This is

Nana's. This is Kaka's and so on.

 

Obviously the coins symbolized devotees on whom He was working

spiritually, transmitting His grace and transforming them. Strange

is the way of a Master to work with the elements of a man whom He

has taken in His hands.

 

 

Source: Sri Sai Satcharita