“So far so good

[Guest guest]

……“So far so good, but does it prove the end of the role of the Sadguru in

relation to the souls that He had drawn towards Himself from far and near and

with whom He had ‘Rinanubandha’, a karmic relationship established during

many past lives? Although, many religious and spiritual people hold the view

that a master after leaving his human body cannot help the disciples yet in the

case of Sri Sainath the experience of the disciples has been quite different. I

have had the opportunity of knowing some of the devotees of Baba who had been

with Him before His departure. I have spoken with some of them and also got

their experiences recorded through some ardent devotees. All of them

categorically confirmed that many unexplainable and miraculous events with

relation to Baba are still happening around their existence as used to be

earlier when Baba was there in His physical body at Shirdi.

 

Most of the books written on Baba’s life history and devotee’s experience

undoubtedly establish the happening of certain miracles experienced by Sai

devotees, not only before the departure of Baba but even today. Earlier, there

were thousands of devotees mostly confined to Maharashtra. But, today the

increase in the number of Sai devotees is an astounding phenomenon which is

difficult to explain, but more difficult to deny. More than a thousand temples

of Sri Sai have come up in India and hundreds are in the process of construction

at various stages. Where it is not possible for devotees to build Baba’s

temples separately, small and big statues have been installed inside precincts

of temple complexes housing other deities.

 

The activities concerning Sri Sainath today are so multi-dimensional and

widespread, all over the country and abroad, that one cannot comprehend their

total effect in the lives of the devotees and on the religious spiritual life of

India and other places. The researchers on Baba in India and other countries,

who have written a number of books on Him, need to take up thorough research on

this aspect.

 

This logically brings to mind one question - if after His departure, the spirit

of Sri Sai is not active, then how are all these happening? Can it be believed

to be a mere chance occurrence or is there a bigger or subtler law of nature,

which is manifesting through these activities. Any sensitive mind with some

amount of understanding of the spiritual history of the world will surely

perceive the reality of a quietly emerging Sai movement. This movement is based

on the principles of humanism, universalism, tolerance and mutual co-operation

of the highest order. These are principles on the basis of which any civilized

society exists and any religion continues. We are all waiting for “dawning the

Age of Sai†who, I believe, is the “Incarnation of the Ageâ€. In this

decade the world will see the emergence of international Sai movement and

hundreds of temples will be built in a number of countries. History indicates

that the role of the incarnations

has been more pronounced after they had left their gross body.

 

The world needs someone to lead it and bring about unity among the strife-ridden

and mutually intolerant religious, social and racial groups. Sri Sai preached

and practiced the unity of the highest order based on the principles of love and

tolerance in the 19th century and the early part of the 20th century. In this

millennium it will lead the world in the path of peace and progress.â€â€¦â€¦.