There Was No One to Know Who I am...........

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" There Was No One to Know Who I am?

 

" There was no one to know who I am till I created the world, at My pleasure,

with one word. Immediately earth and sky were formed, mountains rose up, rivers

started flowing, sun, moon and stars sprang out of nowhere to prove My

existence. Came all forms of life - plants, insects, beasts, birds and men.

Various powers were bestowed upon them under My orders. The first place was

granted to man, and My knowledge was placed in man's mind. " - Baba Sathyam Sivam

Sundaram Part IV

 

The Revelation

 

17 May 1968

(Sathya Sai Speaks VI, 210-213)

 

This is the last part of Sathya Sai Baba's discourse at the World Conference of

Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organizations in Bombay, 17 May 1968. It states

plainly and directly that Sathya Sai Baba is an incarnation of God, come to

restore righteousness (dharma)

 

" Since at this place those who have devotion are gathered and people of all

nations have come, I cannot but tell you one fact. World conferences dedicated

to religion or spiritual problems have no doubt been held before; also,

conferences of followers of particular faiths. But these have been held only

after the demise of the founders and divine inspirers. This is the very first

time that a World Conference is held, of persons devoted, while the incarnation

is present before every one, with the body assumed for the purpose, bearing the

name that is chosen for it by Itself. I must tell you this fact, because

ninety-nine persons out of hundred among you do not know my Reality. You have

come here drawn by diverse needs, a taste for spiritual matters, eagerness to

develop the institutions to which you are attached, admiration or affection,

love or reverence or a spurt of enthusiasm to join others and share with others

your own exultation.

 

In truth, you cannot understand the nature of my Reality either today or even

after a thousand years of steady austerity or ardent inquiry even if all mankind

joins in that effort. But, in a short time, you will become cognizant of the

bliss showered by the divine Principle, which has taken upon itself this sacred

body and this sacred name. Your good fortune which will provide you this chance

is greater than what was available for anchorites, monks, sages, saints and even

personalities embodying facets of divine Glory!

 

Since I move about with you, eat like you, and talk with you, you are deluded

into the belief that this is but an instance of common humanity. Be warned

against this mistake. I am also deluding you by my singing with you, talking

with you, and engaging myself in activities with you. But, [at] any moment, my

Divinity may be revealed to you; you have to be ready, prepared for that moment.

Since Divinity is enveloped by humanness you must endeavor to overcome the maya

(delusion) that hides it from your eyes.

 

This is a human form in which every divine entity, every divine principle, that

is to say, all the names and forms ascribed by man to God, are manifest. ... Do

not allow doubt to distract you; if you only install, in the altar of your

heart, steady faith in my Divinity, you can win a vision of my Reality. Instead,

if you swing like the pendulum of a clock, one moment devotion, another moment

disbelief, you can never succeed in comprehending the truth and win that bliss.

You are very fortunate that you have a chance to experience the bliss of the

vision of the Sarvadaivathwa swaroopam (the form that is all forms of the Gods)

now, in this life itself.

 

Let me draw your attention to another fact. On previous occasions when God

incarnated on earth, the bliss of recognizing Him in the incarnation was

vouchsafed only after the physical embodiment had left the world, in spite of

plenty of evidence of his grace. And the loyalty and devotion they commanded

from men arose through fear and awe at their superhuman powers and skills or at

their imperial and penal authority. But ponder a moment on this Sathya Sai

Manifestation; in this age of rampant materialism, aggressive disbelief and

irreverence, what is it that brings to it the adoration of millions from all

over the world? You will be convinced that the basic reason for this is the

supra-worldly Divinity in human form.

 

Again how fortunate you are that you can witness all the countries of the world

paying homage to India (Bharatha); you can hear adoration of Sathya Sai's name

reverberating throughout the world, even while this body is existing --not at

some future date but when it is with you, before you. And again, you can witness

very soon the restoration of the Ancient and Eternal Religion (Sanathana Dharma)

to its genuine and natural status, the righteousness (dharma) laid down in the

Vedas for the good of all the peoples of the world. The revival of vedic dharma

is the Sai sankalpa (the resolve that Sai has) not only drawing people toward

me, attracting them by the manifestation of my shakti (power) and samarthya

(capacity). This is not a bhramathathwam (phenomenon of delusion). This

phenomenon will sustain truth, it will uproot untruth, and in that victory make

all of you exult in ecstasy. This is the Sai sankalpa (will).

 

Some persons, even those who have reached a certain stage of leadership and

authority, have started exchanging the Vedic formulae and the principles of

Indian (Bharathiya) culture for lucre, selling them, in fact; and westerners too

are inclined to purchase them! These truths and discoveries are not merchandise

to be sold and bought. Therefore, I am going to western countries soon, in order

to apprise them of their real worth and put a stop to this bargaining. Already,

the authorities of universities in the United States of America and the leaders

of the students of those universities have written that they are eager to

welcome me and they have drawn up programs for me. It was only yesterday that

passports for my visit to Africa have been brought, praying that I may visit

those countries soon; I am proceeding to Africa before the month of June.

 

So utilize the chance of association with me as much as possible, and endeavor

as quickly and as best as you can to follow the directions that I have been

giving. Obeying my instructions is enough; it will benefit you more than the

most rigorous asceticism. Practice sathya, dharma, santhi and prema, which are

dear to me; resolve to keep those ideals before you ever, in all your thoughts,

words and deeds. That can confer on you the summum bonum of mergence in the

supreme substance of Divinity. " - Sai Baba

 

I am the One who has ordained ...

 

" Why does the sun rise and set everyday without delay or disruption? Why do the

stars that light the sky to the delight of all eyes, hide their splendorous

faces when the day dawns, and never even slyly peer to tell us where they are?

Why does air always be around, giving us the breath of life? Why do these

streams and rivers roar, murmur, gurgle and gossip over rock, pebble and sand,

as they meander along towards the parent sea? How is it that the billions that

constitute mankind, though they are caskets treasuring images of the same

entity, remain distinct from each other in appearance, achievement, aspiration

and attitude? This is the answer: Know that I am the One who has ordainedthat

these be such and shall behave so. " -Baba Sathyam Sivam Sundaram Part IV

 

The world is His Mansion

 

" ...Perhaps, you thought I was an Andhra or a South Indian! The whole world is

My Mansion; it has many rooms, each State being just one room in that Mansion of

Mine. I came here to tell you this truth about Me. -Baba

Triloknath Hall Lucknow 30.4.1961 Sathyam Sivam Sundaram

 

My Reality

 

In truth, you cannot understand

the nature of my Reality either today

or even after a thousand years of steady

austerity or ardent inquiry even if

all mankind joins in that effort.-Baba

Sathyam Sivam Sundaram

 

I am always aware of the future and the past as well as the present ...

 

" Your worldly intelligence cannot fathom the ways of God. He cannot be

recognized by mere cleverness of intelligence. You may benefit from God, but you

cannot explain him. Your explanations are merely guesses, attempts to cloak your

ignorance in pompous expressions. Bring something into your daily practice as

evidence of your having known the secret of the higher life from me. Show that

you have greater brotherliness. Speak with more sweetness and self-control. Bear

defeat as well as victory with calm resignation, I am always aware of the future

and the past as well as the present of every one of you, so I am not so moved by

mercy. Since I know the past, the background, the reaction is different. It is

your consequence of evil deliberately done in the previous birth, so I allow

your suffering to continue, often modified by some little compensation. I do not

cause either joy or grief. You are the designer of both these chains that bind

you. I am the embodiment of bliss (Anandaswarupa). Come, take bliss (ananda)

from me, dwell on that bliss, and be full of peace (shanti). " -Baba

 

....why should I worry?

 

" Not even the biggest scientist can understand me by means of his laboratory

knowledge. I am always full of bliss. Whatever may happen, nothing can come in

the way of my smile. That is why I am able to impart joy to you and make your

burden lighter. I never exult when I am extolled, nor shrink when I am reviled.

Few have realized my purpose and significance, but I am not worried. When things

that are not in me are attributed to me, why should I worry? When things that

are in me are mentioned, why should I exult? For me it is always, " Yes, yes,

yes. " If you give all and surrender to the Lord, he will guard and guide you.

The Lord has come for just this task. He is declaring that he will do so, and

that it is the very task that has brought him here. I know the agitations of

your heart and its aspirations, but you do not know my heart. I react to the

pain that you undergo and to the joy that you feel, for I am in your heart. I am

the dweller in the temple of every heart. Do not lose contact and company, for

it is only when the coal is in contact with the live embers that it can also

become live ember. " - Baba 23 November 1968

 

Swami talks about God, the religion of Love, and his Avathar-hood.

He explains why he materializes rings, etc., and gives them to people, and he

explains what " Sai Baba " means.

 

God is inscrutable. He cannot be realized in the outer objective world; He is in

the very heart of every being. Gemstones have to be sought deep underground;

they do not float in mid air. Seek God in the depths of your self, not in

tantalizing, kaleidoscopic nature. The body is granted to you for this high

purpose; but, you are now misusing it, like the person who cooked his daily food

in the gem-studded gold vase that came into his hands as an heirloom.

 

Man extols God as omnipresent, omniscient, and omnipotent, but, he ignores his

Presence in himself! Of course, many venture to describe the attributes of God

and proclaim Him to be such and such; but, these are but their own guesses and

the reflections of their own predilections and preferences.

 

Who can affirm that God is this or thus? Who can affirm that God is not of this

form or with this attribute? Each one can acquire from the vast expanse of the

ocean only as much as can be contained in the vessel he carries to its shore.

From that quantity, they can grasp but little of that immensity.

 

Each religion defines God within the limits it demarcates and then claims to

have grasped Him. Like the seven blind men who spoke of the elephant as a

pillar, a fan, a rope or a wall, because they contacted but a part and could not

comprehend the entire animal, so too, religions speak of a part and assert that

its vision is full and total.

 

Each religion forgets that God is all forms and all names, all attributes and

all assertions. The religion of humanity is the sum and substance of all these

partial faiths; for there is only one religion and that is the religion of Love.

The various limbs of the elephant that seemed separate and distinct to the

eye-less seekers of its truth were all fostered and activated by one single

stream of blood; the various religions and faiths that feel separate and

distinct are all fostered by a single stream of love.

 

The optical sense cannot visualize the truth. It gives only false and fogged

information. For example, there are many who observe my actions and start

declaring that my nature is such and such. They are unable to gauge the

sanctity, the majesty, and the eternal reality that is me. The power of Sai is

limitless; It manifests for ever. All forms of 'power' are resident in this Sai

palm.

 

But those who profess to have understood me, the scholars, the yogis, the

pundits, the jnanis, all of them are aware only of the least important, the

casual external manifestation of an infinitesimal part of that power, namely,

the " miracles " ! They have not desired to contact the source of all power and all

wisdom that is available here at Brindavan. They are satisfied when they secure

a chance to exhibit their book-learning and parade their scholarship in vedic

lore, not realizing that the person from whom the Vedas emanated is in the

midst, for their sake. They even ask, in their pride, for a few more chances!

 

This has been the case in all ages. People may be very near (physically) to the

Avathar, but they live out their lives unaware of their fortune; they exaggerate

the role of miracles, which are as trivial, when compared to my glory and

majesty, as a mosquito is in size and strength to the elephant upon which it

squats. Therefore, when you speak about these 'miracles,' I laugh within myself

out of pity that you allow yourself so easily to lose the precious awareness of

my reality.

 

My power is immeasurable; My truth is inexplicable, unfathomable. I am

announcing this about me, for the need has arisen. But what I am doing now is

only the gift of a 'visiting card!' Let me tell you that emphatic declarations

of the truth by Avathars were made so clearly and so unmistakably only by

Krishna. In spite of the declaration, you will notice in the career of the same

Krishna that he underwent defeat in his efforts and endeavors, on a few

occasions; you must also note that those defeats too were part of the drama that

he had planned and that he himself directed. For example, when many kings

pleaded with him to avert the war with the Kauravas, he confessed that his

mission to the Kaurava Court for ensuring peace had 'failed'! But, he had not

willed that it should succeed! He had decided that war would be waged! His

mission was intended to publish the greed and iniquity of the Kauravas and to

condemn them before the whole world.

 

Now, I must tell you that, during this Sai Avathar, there is no place for even

such 'drama' with scenes of failures and defeats! What I will, must take place;

what I plan must succeed. I am Truth; and Truth has no need to hesitate, or

fear, or bend.

 

'Willing' is superfluous for me. For my grace is ever available to devotees who

have steady love and faith. Since I move freely among them, talking and singing,

even intellectuals are unable to grasp my truth, my power, my glory, or my real

task as Avathar. I can solve any problem however knotty. I am beyond the reach

of the most intensive enquiry and the most meticulous measurement. Only those

who have recognized my love and experienced my love can assert that they have

glimpsed my reality. For the Path of Love is the royal road that leads mankind

to Me.

 

Do not attempt to know me throught the external eyes. When you go to a temple

and stand before the image of God, you pray with closed eyes, don't you? Why?

Because you feel that the inner eye of wisdom alone can reveal Him to you.

Therefore, do not crave from me trivial material objects; but, crave for me, and

you will be rewarded. Not that you should not receive whatever objects I give as

sign of grace out of the fullness of Love.

 

I shall tell you why I give these rings, talismans, rosaries etc. It is to

signalize the bond between me and those to whom they are given. When calamity

befalls them, the article comes to me in a flash and returns in a flash taking

from me the remedial grace of protection. That Grace is available to all who

call on me in any name or form, not merely to those who wear these gifts. Love

is the bond that wins grace.

 

Consider the meaning of the name Sai Baba. Sa means 'Divine'; ai or ayi means

'mother', and Baba means 'father'. The name indicates the divine mother and

father, just as Sambasiva, which also means the divine mother and father. Your

physical parents exhibit Love with a dose of selfishness; but, this Sai " mother

and father " showers affection or reprimands only to lead you toward victory in

the struggle for self-realization.

 

For this Sai has come in order to achieve the supreme task of uniting the entire

mankind, as one family through the bond of brotherhood, of affirming and

illumining the Atmic reality of each being in order to reveal the Divine that is

the basis on which the entire cosmos rests, and of instructing all to recognize

the common divine heritage that binds man to man, so that man can rid himself of

the animal, and rise into the Divine, which is his goal.

 

I am the embodiment of divine love; love is my instrument. There is no creature

without love; the lowest loves itself, at least. And its self is God. So there

are no atheists, though some might dislike Him or refuse Him, as malarial

patients dislike sweets or diabetic patients refuse to have anything to do with

sweets! Those who preen themselves as atheists will one day, when their illness

is gone, relish God and revere Him.

 

I had to tell you so much about my truth, for I desire that you should

contemplate on this and derive joy therefrom, so that you may be inspired to

observe the disciplines laid down by me and progress toward the goal of

self-realization, the realization of the Sai that shines in your hearts.

June 9, 1974 (Sathya Sai Speaks IX, 88-92)

 

Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba