So let us try.�…….

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……“The path towards the Sadguru is the real path, more so in this age of

conflicts, contradictions and acute materialism. As Swami Vivekananda said like

all rivers leading to the sea, all the paths that men take lead to Him, the God

eternal. The paths that are mostly adopted by the seekers are Rajyoga,

Gyanayoga, Karmayoga, Bhaktiyoga, Hathayoga, Layayoga, Nivriti Marg, Pravriti

Marg etc. There are even Avadhootas, Kapalikas, Aghoris and many other types of

seekers. Various religions have different approaches. In this multiplicity of

approaches towards God realization, there has to be something common and

universal that must be all pervading. The seeker of this universal path makes

spiritual progress with comparative ease.

 

Sitting in Shirdi Masjid, Baba said that there are many paths, but one of the

paths leading to God is through the Dwarkamayee. When one analyses how Baba led

thousands of people towards God realization at Shirdi a certain pattern is

discerned. The basic principles of the Sai path are based on the existence in

physical form of a perfect being known variously as a Perfect Master a Sadguru

or a Qutub as called by the Sufis. A Qutub simply means an axis, a pivot around

which others, both living and non¬living, revolve. The Perfect Master, having

himself experienced different stages of evolution including that of man, has at

last reached the stage of God. However, those among these perfect beings, who,

out of infinite compassion, make the greatest sacrifice of not enjoying the

blissful state of God but incarnate on earth in a human body to serve the

imperfect, suffering humanity, are called the Perfect Masters. As Meher Baba has

said, at any point of time

there are five Perfect Masters on earth in embodied form. In my view they are

possibly more in number

 

When in human body, they act as both human beings and Gods. As Gods they have

infinite power, infinite knowledge, infinite happiness and infinite existence.

Like God they are Omnipotent, Omnipresent and Omniscient and enjoy the powers of

the Almighty. They share their power, knowledge and pleasure with millions of

human beings by certain methods unperceivable by human beings and are known as

Leelas or divine miracles. All miracles are based on the laws of nature. Only

one has to know, experience and master them. All the elemental and subtle forces

of nature like fire, water, air etc., on earth, defined as deities by the

Hindus, work under their command or wish. As Gods they see everything in

themselves and themselves in everything. So they serve everyone without any

differentiation as if they are serving themselves. They see God in everyone even

though others may not be able to see God in them. They give infinite love to

others and take infinite pain for

others. Once any human being or any species is linked with them in any manner,

they ensure that they are evolved, life after life, till they merge with God

from where they came. This ultimate stage of evolution is ordinarily known as

Mukti or Moksha.

 

These Perfect Masters alone are capable of leading human beings to God

realization. They follow what is common and universal in all religions i.e.

humanism based on love. Out of love they not only take care of the spiritual

evolution of the devotees but also their temporal requirements. Once one has

surrendered to them they look after all his needs as a mother would do for a

child. They can go to any extent, even to sacrifice their human body; to protect

their children. That’s what Baba did for many as can be read in Shri Sai

SatCharitra and as experienced by many. To develop closer and closer links with

Him, one has to patiently develop faith in Him even under the most trying

circumstances. And also to develop the qualities of humility, sacrifice,

tolerance and steadfastness in devotion and actions that are desired by the

Sadguru. One will evolve earlier than others worshipping too many deities if he

follows this path of Guru. Baba used to give

visions to many people in the form of their deities like Hanuman, Ganesh etc.,

which convinced them that there is no difference between Baba and any other

deity or even God. One can therefore, at the first stage, try to see all deities

in Baba, and worship Him in the method in which other deities are worshipped. In

short, one should try to see and seek everything in and from Baba. This path may

be difficult at the initial stage but can certainly be achieved with

steadfastness and faith in Baba. So let us try.â€â€¦â€¦.