“The path towards the Sadguru is the real path, So let us try.”…….

[Guest guest]

……“The path towards the Sadguru is the real path, more

so in this age of conflicts, contradictions and acute

materialism. As Swami Vivekananda said like all rivers

leading to the sea, all the paths that men take lead

to Him, the God eternal. The paths that are mostly

adopted by the seekers are Rajyoga, Gyanayoga,

Karmayoga, Bhaktiyoga, Hathayoga, Layayoga, Nivriti

Marg, Pravriti Marg etc. There are even Avadhootas,

Kapalikas, Aghoris and many other types of seekers.

Various religions have different approaches. In this

multiplicity of approaches towards God realization,

there has to be something common and universal that

must be all pervading. The seeker of this universal

path makes spiritual progress with comparative ease.

 

Sitting in Shirdi Masjid, Baba said that there are

many paths, but one of the paths leading to God is

through the Dwarkamayee. When one analyses how Baba

led thousands of people towards God realization at

Shirdi a certain pattern is discerned. The basic

principles of the Sai path are based on the existence

in physical form of a perfect being known variously as

a Perfect Master a Sadguru or a Qutub as called by the

Sufis. A Qutub simply means an axis, a pivot around

which others, both living and non¬living, revolve. The

Perfect Master, having himself experienced different

stages of evolution including that of man, has at last

reached the stage of God. However, those among these

perfect beings, who, out of infinite compassion, make

the greatest sacrifice of not enjoying the blissful

state of God but incarnate on earth in a human body to

serve the imperfect, suffering humanity, are called

the Perfect Masters. As Meher Baba has said, at any

point of time there are five Perfect Masters on earth

in embodied form. In my view they are possibly more in

number

 

When in human body, they act as both human beings and

Gods. As Gods they have infinite power, infinite

knowledge, infinite happiness and infinite existence.

Like God they are Omnipotent, Omnipresent and

Omniscient and enjoy the powers of the Almighty. They

share their power, knowledge and pleasure with

millions of human beings by certain methods

unperceivable by human beings and are known as Leelas

or divine miracles. All miracles are based on the laws

of nature. Only one has to know, experience and master

them. All the elemental and subtle forces of nature

like fire, water, air etc., on earth, defined as

deities by the Hindus, work under their command or

wish. As Gods they see everything in themselves and

themselves in everything. So they serve everyone

without any differentiation as if they are serving

themselves. They see God in everyone even though

others may not be able to see God in them. They give

infinite love to others and take infinite pain for

others. Once any human being or any species is linked

with them in any manner, they ensure that they are

evolved, life after life, till they merge with God

from where they came. This ultimate stage of evolution

is ordinarily known as Mukti or Moksha.

 

These Perfect Masters alone are capable of leading

human beings to God realization. They follow what is

common and universal in all religions i.e. humanism

based on love. Out of love they not only take care of

the spiritual evolution of the devotees but also their

temporal requirements. Once one has surrendered to

them they look after all his needs as a mother would

do for a child. They can go to any extent, even to

sacrifice their human body; to protect their children.

That’s what Baba did for many as can be read in Shri

Sai SatCharitra and as experienced by many. To develop

closer and closer links with Him, one has to patiently

develop faith in Him even under the most trying

circumstances. And also to develop the qualities of

humility, sacrifice, tolerance and steadfastness in

devotion and actions that are desired by the Sadguru.

One will evolve earlier than others worshipping too

many deities if he follows this path of Guru. Baba

used to give visions to many people in the form of

their deities like Hanuman, Ganesh etc., which

convinced them that there is no difference between

Baba and any other deity or even God. One can

therefore, at the first stage, try to see all deities

in Baba, and worship Him in the method in which other

deities are worshipped. In short, one should try to

see and seek everything in and from Baba. This path

may be difficult at the initial stage but can

certainly be achieved with steadfastness and faith in

Baba. So let us try.”…….