3rd Saying I shall be ever active and vigorous even after leaving this earthly body

[Guest guest]

He kept the body of Baba for three days and protected it. After seventy

two hours, at 3'° clock in the early hours, the body got back the life.

Breathing resumed. Pulsation was activated. Eyes were open. The entire

body started moving and Baba stood up. From this we understand that Baba

is formless, pure consciousness. Baba's body is different from it. Baba

can live eternally without the body and in spite of the body.

 

Sri Krishna in the Geeta declared that the body is different from the

Atman and that truth is demonstrated and proved to be correct by Baba.

The eternity and the spectatorship of Atman are proved by Baba.

 

The real essence of Baba is formlessness. And the truthful spirit is

made public by Baba. Baba has nothing to do with the physical form. All

forms are names are his and he is present everywhere.

 

Physical body can't prescribe any limitations to Baba. He cat be

conditioned by anybody or anything, whereas the ordinary mortals are

bound by the body and the Prarabhda. Your previous Karma haunts you.

Divine incarnations are beyond the purview karma theory.

 

Sri Hemad Panth describes, " The body of five elements perishes. Body is

transient. But the soul is permanent, deathless truthful. This pure

consciousness is Brahman. That controls the mind and the five elements.

It governs all and that is Sai. He alone is present everywhere and in

everything. There is nothing without it. To do its proposed work, it

assumes a form of its choice. After doing the self allotted work, the

body gets dropped.

 

Sai is present always. Even if we don't see him here, we can find him

there at Shirdi in the mosque. To the devotees, it gives you the thrill

of Sai-Darshan, without the physical form, Baba present not only in

Shirdi, but in every other place. He is working for our welfare without

a form. Yogis like Baba does not die. This may look like human beings,

but they are divine in reality " .

 

What a wonderful exposition! Hemad Panth is indeed fortunate. Baba,

after dropping the body, appeared in the dream d Lakshman Joshi, the

maternal uncle of Shyama and said, holding his hand, " Wake up. Bapusaheb

thinks that I am dead. Therefore he does not come. You offer the worship

and perform the Arati " .

 

Lakshman Joshi was accustomed to worshipping Baba ever morning before

offering Pooja to other Gods. He has absolute faith in Baba. As soon as

he saw Baba in the dream he continued his usual worship.

 

My dear devotees! Now, tell, Does Baba have anything to with the

physical body? Even after dropping the body, does He not live with us?

The statement of Baba that he is eternal is cent percent true.

 

With the physical body, he made many a miracle sometimes. Now, he

responds to our cry or distress and call of love. He smiles and comes to

our rescue even now. Lo and behold He continues to perform miracles even

now. Paramatman is permanent. The wonderful Baba too is permanent. The

name has assumed is the great name " Sai " . " Baba " was not dead when the

body was alive. " Baba " was not dead when the body was dead. He was

always alive, wakeful and alert. He was beyond birth and death. Whoever

loves him wholeheartedly, will he looked after by Baba. To our place,

Baba comes in the time we want him to come. We can talk to him and feel

his presence always. He is always among us, with us, caring for us. In

some form, he comes and fulfils our desires.

 

Out of ignorance, body is considered to be real by the ordinary mortals.

Atman is unknown to them. The visible body is all in all and important

to them. The invisible Atman is unknown to them, unnecessary to them and

untrue to them.

(to be contd….)

(Source Eleven Holy Sayings of Shirdi Sai Baba by Pujya Shri Ananda Sai

Swamy)