New Message from the International Sai Organization

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New message about charlatans from the International Sai Organization

Source: http://www.sathyasai.org/news/2003/03octmessage.html

 

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October 20, 2003

 

Message from the International Sai Organization

 

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

 

Sai Ram!

 

Recently, several charlatans have appeared in various places

claiming or implying that they have special powers conferred by

Bhagavan Baba. Whenever and wherever it is necessary, we are taking

specific measures to curtail the fraudulent activities of these

people including direct communication with Sai Centers, use of

Sanathana Sarathi, and, if and when it is necessary, legal

measures. I have included below several specific quotes from the

Divine Writings of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba. It would helpful

for those of you who are having experiences with these "false gurus"

in your areas to send these very, very powerful Words, written by

Bhagavan Baba, Himself, to the Sai Centers that are experiencing

these problems.

 

Sincerely,

 

Michael Goldstein

 

 

Divine Message of Bhagavan Baba follows:

 

Units should have no contacts with cheats!

 

Embodiments of Divine Atma! This Bharath (India) land is the centre

of spiritual progress for ages past and the region where Divine

incarnations re-establish Dharma for the good of humanity. In order

to make known My majesty and My glory as the Divine that has

Incarnated, miraculous happenings of an amazing nature do take place

in certain areas. Taking advantage of the attraction that those

happenings draw upon them, many misuse them for personal propaganda

and aggrandizement. They trade for money the vibhuthi (sacred ash)

that the pictures in their altars shower! They go about pretending

that they are "superior devotees" of a higher order and conferring

boons and blessings on the innocent folk whom they fleece. Others

put forth false claims that vibhuthi is emanating from the pictures

of Baba in their homes, that amrith (nectar) is dripping from them

or that material objects are falling from them, like written answers

to questions. Samithis and other Units should have no contact with

such cheats and crooks. Any one who is attached to such or who

encourages such can be immediately removed.

 

There are others who claim that I am speaking through them, and

answering questions put to them. These people must be either insane

or hysteria-affected or they are possessed by some ghost or by the

greed to earn money thereby. I can only tell you that it is not I

that speaks through them. I do not need media; nor do I need

substitutes or subsidiaries or representatives. There are some

crooks who are publicising that I have allotted them some regions

for ministration by them on My behalf, because, they say, My

devotees have increased so much that I am unable to at-tend to all

of them, single-handed! On the face of it, this is an absurd lie.

Moreover, consider another aspect.

 

Evil forces try to draw away aspirants

 

Even those who cry in pure agonising yearning, Sai Sai Sai, and lead

pure unselfish virtuous lives, even these find it hard to realise

Me; how then can these low scheming vulgar men who know no saadhana,

sincerity, truth and humil-ity, how can these people claim that they

have been blessed by me? They may wear the same style of dress,

imitate gestures and style of speech but these will only bring their

falsehood into greater prominence. That I am supposed to "possess"

such people or speak through them or shower My Grace on them is an

assumption of which one ought to be ashamed! How then can anyone

believe it, I wonder.

 

Sathya Sai Baba. Sathya Sai Speaks 10, chapter 35. 22 November 1970.