By: Shreyas Devaraj
We are the manifestation of the innate liveliness of universal fields, which according to Sai Baba, arise from one unified Source, and Sai Satcharita proclaims this.
Sai Satcharita and the philosophical thoughts of those who lived with Sai Baba ostensibly began with the Vedas and Upanishads. Its content has stimulated diverse interpretations that have been accepted by lakhs of Sai devotees over the millennia. I would not be amiss in presuming that the most recognized version of Sai Satcharita’s philosophy worldwide is unique Vedanta. The fundamental tenets of that can be summarised by three predominant pronouncements: Aham Brahmasmi, Tat Twam Asi, ‘I am Brahman and so are you.’ We and everything else in this universe are inseparably intertwined with the source of it all, Brahman, being eternally present everywhere, thereby upholding and administering the basic aspects of everything that exists. All of these contemplative conclusions are uncannily anchored in experimentally verifiable modern science.
Most of the knowledge to back up my assertion was advanced only in the second half of the twentieth century. It involves the advanced subject of quantum field theory requiring perhaps one of the extremely intricate mathematical formulations that are beyond the grasp of most people. It all started with a persistently baffling question for physicists. Why are the properties of an elementary particle like an electron exactly the same irrespective of when or where they are created in the universe — at the early beginning, during the
astrophysical processes, or in a lab anywhere in the world?
I was in Switzerland in 2016 and the most satisfactory answer when I went round Switzerland contemplating Sai Baba as ‘Parabrahman’ pervading all over in every nook and corner. I visited the largest experimental facility costing more than 10 billion dollars located at CERN, Switzerland. This colossal machine is housed in a 27 -kilometer-long circular, 
underground tunnel containing supercooled magnets that allow collisions of two opposing beams of protons that travel close to the speed of light. These collisions momentarily simulate some circumstances of enormous temperature up to ten thousand trillion degrees that existed in the early universe, a mere trillionth of a second after the beginning of our universe.
Results of these collisions are detected by monstrous detectors like the CMS, much of which was built at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where research on the foundations of quantum physics is going on. The exquisite experimental results go hand in hand with corroborating studies in theoretical physics conducted worldwide over five decades, garnering numerous Nobel prizes and culminating in the Standard Model of particle physics that categorizes 24 observed particles, all predicted by the effective quantum field theory. This was explained by Sai Baba when Nana Saheb Chandorkar and his orderly Ganesh Rao Sahasrabuddhe met Sai Baba for the first time at Shirdi sometime in 1895 or so. Sai Baba demonstrated our daily experience with the classical field of gravity that pervades us. The field that we do experience is stable everywhere in our vicinity, but its magnitude varies from place to place around its origin, the earth.
Baba told Ganesh Rao and Nana Saheb that ‘Theerthraj’ of Ganga and Yamuna – “They reside in the lotus feet of a Sadguru.” Ganesh Rao had a grudge that Sai Baba considers himself a ‘Sadguru’ as many Hindus bow down to his feet and he had a conviction that a Muslim cannot be a ‘Sadguru’ and bluntly asked Sai Baba – “How can these sacred rivers be in your feet?”
Baba calmly replied – “When you say ‘Guru Brahma, Guru Vishnu, Gurudevo Maheswara’ you confirm that Guru is Brahma, Guru is Vishnu and Guru is Maheswara. There is another meaning that Brahma is Guru, Vishnu is also Guru and Maheshwara too is Guru! Brahma, Vishnu, and Maheswara – three different forms of the same God!” He gave a new meaning!
Baba continued – “Earlier you saluted me considering me a form of God! At that time, you did not bother about my caste, creed, and religion! Then what is wrong if Hindu devotees see in me these three forms and adore me as ‘Sadguru’?” Baba put up a straight question.
Ganesh Rao now spoke bluntly – “Then your feet should be considered a sacred place of pilgrimage.” Baba replied – “Right you are! That is why I say you have darshan of my feet and you will have the merit of visiting Prayag.” Ganesh Rao was also outspoken – “Baba, I do not see Ganga or Yamuna in these two feet. Maybe I do not have the insight.”
Baba happily said -“Good, at last, you accept it! That is why one needs a spiritual guide!”
Ganesh Rao replied – “Baba, I will accept you as a spiritual guide, a Sadguru, provided I see Ganga and Yamuna within your feet! Your sacred feet must prove that they are ‘Theertha Raj Prayag’ themselves!”
Ganesh Rao openly challenged Baba! Baba was not angry. He decided to oblige him. The entire gathering of devotees got up to watch. All eyes were fixed on Baba’s feet. Baba stretched them and said – “All right Ganu, watch this pair of feet very carefully now! Look!”
The moment Baba uttered the last word, water gushed out from both the toes of his divine feet! Distinctly two different streams of Ganga and Yamuna! As their water flowed both the currents mingled into one and looked like the confluence of the great Ganga and Yamuna at Prayag! A wave of joy passed over the entire gathering and happily shouted ‘Jaikar’ to Baba.
Everyone was amazed at this miracle. Despite this apparent infinite randomness, this suggests the divinity of Sai Baba who is ‘Parabrahman’ It would be cogent to contend that universal self-awareness is at the core of all consciousness, as has been envisioned by legendary quantum pioneers like Max Planck, Erwin Schrödinger, David Bohm, Freeman Dyson, and others.
Quantum Physics or not. Sai Baba’s blessings cannot be analyzed. It is beyond our capacity. To summarize, we are inseparably intertwined with the Source – Sai Maharaj, and His grace manifesting through us.
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