By: Mrs. Maheswari S.Kumar
What amounts to the essence of life is the knowledge that with implicit faith Sai Baba, can be realized. We, unlike other animals, have enough insight to evaluate life and its purpose. We can decide who we are, where we have come from, and where, after the demise of this mortal coil, we are to go. We, as human beings, have the consciousness to analyze all this.
We can look at this logically or through the aid of Sai Satcharita and Baba’s Charters and other scriptures. For we, as the atma, individual soul, are part of what we call the Sai Parabrahman’s omnipresent spirit. We can recognize while living our lives, the very form of Lord Sainath. This is exactly what Arjuna realized on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. Sri Narasimha Swamiji. Sri Radhakrishna Swamiji, Meher Baba, Ravidas, Kabir, Tukka Ram, Meera, and many other saints here and abroad, also experienced Parabrahman, which elevated their lives above others.
The Apostles of Sai Baba- Sri Narasimha Swamiji. Sri Radhakrishna Swamiji, Meher Baba, and others’ introduction to Sai Maharaj is akin to a candle that can illuminate the darkest of rooms. Through it, we can fully realize Him. Though called by different names all over the world, it is ultimately one and only One Lord Sainath. Although He is one in essence, we cannot believe in Him if we do not know Him as one. Quite naturally, just as we have to know someone before we believe in him, the One God also has to be known before we can believe in Him.
It is important to realize that though different in diet and dress, we have all emanated from the same Source. It is, therefore, only by knowing God that we can believe in Him and henceforth become Him.
If we were to look at the process of boiling water, we see that we require fire, water, and a vessel. We can pour the water into a vessel, which when placed on the fire eventually boils. But if we were to pour the water directly onto the fire, not only is the fire doused but the water is never boiled. What is of the utmost importance in this process, is the vessel – the medium through which the task can be accomplished.
In life similarly, we too need a medium – Sadguru, a true master, with whose help we can realize the difference in the behavior of the enlightened and the ignorant. In the absence of such a Sadguru Maharaj as a medium, we cannot transform from one state to the other. With the advent of such a medium, the heart harboring hatred can be transformed into a loving one.
Hence, sitting in a Sai Mandir sangat, at a Sai Baba gathering, and being decent, attentive, and disciplined is not enough. The sangat’s import – significant learning and wisdom – has to be firmly planted into the mind, so that not even a single trace of darkness remains. Just as the rising sun illuminates everything everywhere, the light of the congregation works the same way.
This light of Sai Baba, the God, should positively touch everybody for the better. With it, we should move towards the state of large-heartedness, leaving behind our narrow-mindedness forever. We should be recognized by humility, perseverance, and tolerance.
Looking like human beings is not enough. It is not human features but human value Sai Baba teaches, such as love, compassion, and tolerance that make us humans. Such human values should be cultivated and brought to the fore. For it is only in so doing that we can know One Sai Baba, believe in One Sai Baba and become One Sai Baba.
Baba has commanded us – “Do not keep at a distance from me. There is no difference between you and ME. Whoever regards ME in this way, he is indeed fortunate.” – Shri Sai Baba (Chap 15, Ovi 67-73)
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