Sai Baba the Master by E.Bharadwaja

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III

Yet it is hard to recognize genuine spiritual masters among the

teeming

half-baked ones with false claims. It is the latter class that make

organized religion an odious mess that repels the cultured today. To

help

the common seekers to find genuine Masters, all religions have adopted

some common means. Firstly, the lives and teachings of great masters

bring

into relief the hall marks of such a one. Some scriptures even clearly

spell them as The Bhagavadgita does the qualities of a sthithaprajna,

or

one who is firmly established in wisdom.

 

Even with this help, not all can discern a true Master, For there are

several clever ones who can successfully deceive people - “wolves in

the

lamb’s coat”, as the Bible says. Here certain religious traditions

have

pointed to a higher law which can help. It is said that when the

seeker is

earnest in his efforts and ripe to receive the Master he is sure to

arrive. The Bridegroom knocks and we have to be watchful. All that we

can

and ought to do lies in preparing to receive the Master.

 

The most potent means of self-preparation is the devout and

intelligent

study of the lives and teachings of the great Masters. The Master is

the

bridge between the human and the Divine, objectively. When a seeker

reads

his life, the human in the seeker intuits and intuitively contacts the

Divine in himself and the inner bridge is thus built. When the process

is

complete, his accomplishment is corroborated by the external contact

with

the Master and eventually, the external and the internal become one.

The

Master is thus within (as “the Kingdom of heaven” is) and without (as

the

Christ is) too. The Master and the seeker thus become one in the

Spirit.

 

 

(Source http://www.saibharadwaja.org)