Guest guest Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 Sai Baba is Guru and Sadguru. He is not one that just preached but He is the one that practiced. It is said that Sainath was awake when the whole world slept. He commanded respect from all the forces of nature since He is one that controls them. It was a practice then and is now to question the veracity of manifestations of God. Smt. Mani Sahukar writes in Sai Baba: The Saint of Shirdi, " The human soul, even though initiated in the spiritual path, cannot love an abstract power: and it is for this reason that the scriptures advise us to venerate those who lead us to God and to love their physical presence as the Divine itself manifesting in human form " . She continues, " The Guru's mission is two-fold. First and the more important is to help the aspirant to achieve a total surrender to himself as God's true representative. Knowing fully well that the human mind cannot be awakened without an altar of dedication, the Guru projects himself as an ideal. For, to constantly contemplate on some Divine embodiment establishes a divine channel of reflection, which automatically leads to meditation. The second purpose of Guru is rather paradoxical in that he helps the seeker to transcend the state of complete dependence which the Guru himself has taken pains to foster! The final spurt of realization is exclusively the devotee's job, and the Guru withdraws his tangible hold on the one who is now ready to go beyond all that is personal and individual to a universal realization of Truth " . -- OM GURU NATHASAI GURU NATHA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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