Swami's declaration 54 years back

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WHO IS SAI? - SWAMI'S DECLARATIONS 54 YEARS BACK

 

[A letter written by Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba to

His brother on 25 May 1947

revealing His Mission]

 

To all who are devoted to me:

 

My dear one! I received the communication that you

wrote and sent; I found in it the surging floods of

your devotion and affection, with the undercurrents of

doubts and anxiety. Let Me tell you that it is

impossible to plumb the hearts and discover the

natures of Jnanis, Yogis, ascetics, saints, sages and

the like. People are endowed with a variety of

characteristics and mental attitudes; so, each one

judges according to his own angle, talks and argues in

the light of his own nature. But we have to stick to

our own path, our own wisdom, and our own resolution

without getting affected by popular appraisal. As the

proverb says, It is only the fruit laden tree that

receives the shower of stones from passers by. The

good always provoke the bad into calumny; the bad

always provokes the good into derision. This is the

nature of this world.

 

One must be surprised if such things do not happen.

The people too have to be pitied, rather than

condemned. They do not now. They have no patience to

judge aright. They are too full of lust, anger and

conceit to see clearly and know fully. So they write

all manner of things. If they only knew, they would

not talk or write like that. We, too, should not

attach any value to such comments and take them to

heart, as you seem to do. Truth will certainly triumph

some day. Untruth can never win. Untruth might appear

to overpower Truth, but its victory will fade away and

truth will establish itself.

 

It is not the way of the great to swell when people

offer worship, and shrink when people scoff. As a

matter of fact, no sacred text lays down rules to

regulate the lives of the great, prescribing the

habits and attitudes they must adopt. They themselves

know the path they must tread; their wisdom regulates

and makes their acts holy. Self-reliance, beneficial

activity - these two are their special marks. They may

also be engaged in the promotion of the welfare of

devotees and in allotting them the fruits of their

actions. Why should you be affected by doubt and

worry, so long as I am ering to these two? After all,

the praise and blame of the opulace do not touch the

Atma, the reality; they can touch only the outer

physical frame.

 

I have a 'Task': to foster all mankind and ensure for

all of them lives full of Ananda. I have a 'Vow': to

lead all who stray away from the straight path back

again into goodness and save them. I am attached to a

'Work' that I love: to remove the sufferings of the

poor and grant them what they lack. I have a 'reason

to be proud,' for I rescue all who worship and adore

Me aright. I have My definition of 'devotion' [i

expect that those] devoted to Me have to treat joy and

grief, gain and loss, with equal fortitude. This means

I will never give up those who attach themselves to

Me. When I am thus engaged in My beneficial task, how

can My Name be tarnished, as you apprehend? I would

advise you not to heed such absurd talk. Mahatmas do

not acquire greatness through someone calling them so;

they do not become small when someone calls them

small. Only those low ones who revel in opium and

ganja but claim to be unexcelled yogis, only those who

quote scriptural texts to justify their gourmandry and

pride, only those who are dry-as-dust scholars

exulting in their casuistry and argumentative skills,

are moved by praise or blame.

 

You must have read life stories of saints and divine

personages; in these books you must have read of even

worse falsehoods and more heinous imputations cast

against them. This is the lot of Mahatmas everywhere,

at all times. Why then do you take these things so

much to heart? Have you not heard of dogs that howl at

the stars? How long can they go on? Authenticity will

soon win.

 

I will not give up My Mission, nor My determination. I

know I will carry them out; I treat the honor and

dishonor, the fame and lame that may be the

consequence with equal equanimity. Internally, I am

unconcerned. I act but in the outer world; I talk and

move about for the sake of the outer world and for

announcing My coming to the people, else I have no

concern even with these.

 

I do not belong to any place, I am not attached to any

name. I have no "mine" or "thine." I answer whatever

the name you use. I go, wherever I am taken. This is

My very First Vow. I have not disclosed this to anyone

so far. For me the world is something afar, apart. I

act and move only for the sake of mankind. No one can

comprehend My Glory, whoever he is, whatever his

method of inquiry, however long his attempt.

 

You can yourself see the full Glory in the coming

years. Devotees must have patience and forbearance. I

am not concerned nor am I anxious that these facts

should be made known; I have no need to write these

words; I wrote them because I felt you will be pained

if I do not reply.

 

Thus, your Baba.

25 May 1947

 

[source: Sathyam, Shivam, Sundaram Vol II, 8-11]

 

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I have come to light the lamp of love in your hearts,

to see that it shines day by day with added luster.

 

I have come not to disturb or destroy any faith, but

to confirm each in his own faith - so that the

Christian becomes a better Christian, the Muslim, a

better Muslim, and the Hindu, a better Hindu.

 

There is only one religion, the religion of Love;

There is only one language, the language of the Heart;

There is only one caste, the caste of Humanity; There

is only one law, the law of Karma; There is only one

God, He is Omnipresent.

 

You cannot see Me, but I am the Light you see by. You

cannot hear Me, but I am the Sound you hear by. You

cannot know Me, but I am the Truth by which you live.

 

Start the Day with Love; Spend the Day with Love; Fill

the Day with Love; End the Day with Love; This is the

way to God. The Lord will be watching with a thousand

eyes the least activity of man to discover any slight

trace of selfless love sweetening it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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