DEATH AND THE SINNER

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DEATH AND THE SINNER

 

People look upon death with grim fear. It is because they are unaware of their

future destination. The good and virtuous should be happy to die for death is a

passage of higher realms of peace and bliss. It is only the sinner who carries

the load of sin along with his soul. This load he has to unburden before he

can start a new race for life on the earth plane. He must go through the path

of purification to start a new lease of life. This course of purification does

not end immediately. It goes on from birth to birth and from earth to the

spirit world, for countless years, till purged of all sins and perfected in

spirit, he becomes ripe for union with God, the Absolute Spirit.

God’s mercy is so great that even to the worst sinner, He gives a chance and

hope to recover the lost ground and reenter the Realm of Bliss from which he

has been an exile. For every soul is a spark of God and having emanated from

such a high origin, it must return back to its HOME. Such is the destined lot

of every human soul.

(21.11.1952)

 

We are aware that death is going to come to us any day, and the only reality in

this world apart from our birth is our death, we know that death is going to

come any time, so we should be prepared for accepting death. As Hemadripanth

has stated in Chapter VII ‘Wonderful Incarnation’ ‘Unique and wonderful

incarnation was Sai Baba, On account of the merits in my past birth, I had the

company to sit at His feet and enjoy His blessed company. The joy and deligh I

derieved therefrom was incomparable. In fact Sai Baba was pure Ananad and

Consciousness.

God has taken mercy on us, because of our past karmas, and we have the good

fortune to serve his feet, and sing his name, and enjoy his blessed grace. And

we have the wonderful opportunity to work and redeem ourselves. As stated in

Chapter XXXI, “he who remembers Me in the last moments comes verily to Me, and

he that mediates other at that time goes to what he looks for”. We know for

certain how difficult it is for us to constantly remember God, and that too at

the moment of death, we are more frightened and we may not remember his name.

Hence what is needed on our part is constant practice of chanting gods name,

and we should not worry or be afraid of death, as death is like discarding the

old dress and wearing a new dress, however as we are human beings and we are

afraid of death and Baba has set examples to his devotees, through the cases of

Vijayanand, Balaram Mankar, Tatyasaheb Noolkar, Megha

and Tiger, and through this examples we are reminded by Baba that we should

always chant Baba’s name and always remember him, so that we will not be

puzzled at the last moment and we can happily embrace death with the name of

Baba on our lips.

And as we can see by the above examples Baba will never forsake us at the last

moment, and we can be assured of a good death, and evolution, so that we can

evolve, and gain moksha. When a ‘Tiger’ can qualify for moksha under the

guidance of Baba, why not we. So lets also strive and pray and surrender

ourself to Baba, so that at the last moment, we has only his name on our lips

and his taught in our mind, so that our liberation is assured.

We can conclude with the following remarks in Chapter XLII “If we always

remember the feet of our Sad Guru, our troubles come to an end, death loses its

sting and the misery of this mundane existence is obliterated. Therefore those

who care for their welfare should carefully listen to the stories of Sai

Samarth, which will purify our mind.”

 

With profound thanks to the Author, Publishers, and with the permission of Sai

Baba, I share this wonderful messages of Baba with fellow devotees.

SourceHow I found God by Yogi M.K.SpencerEdited by S.P.RuhelaPublisherIndian

Publishers Distributors,New Delhi

 

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