Beacon Light

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Beacon LightSadguru is a beacon light that sheds the light of Truth on thetumultuous sea of life, to guide yearning humanity. He may belikened to a live switch that has behind it the entire energy of thepowerhouse, but doles it out in such measure as may be needed byeach individual according to his or her requirements. While livingin the world, He is not of the world, nor He a prisoner in theprison of the body, as we are. He is a free entity and at willcrosses over into spiritual realms and is competent to grant thispower and capacity to thousands of jivas, if He so wishes. A livingMaster of Truth is one with Truth, and has in Him Truth in fullness,whereby He carries on the work of salvation entrusted to Him.In spite of His form, He is formless. He is Word personified, agreat fountainhead of love, bliss and peace. Man has to learn fromman and, in accordance with this natural law,

Word becomes flesh anddwells among us to impart spiritual instruction and guidance. Again,by transmitting His own life impulse He enables us to go homeward.While doing this work among us, He every day at His sweet willescape to His heavenly abode of Truth, so as to take rest inimperishable bliss.With all our paeans in praise of the Master, we can never do justiceto Him; for He existed when nothing was and from Him everything cameinto being at each cycle of creation. God and Godman are indeed justlike a sea and its tides. Momentarily as the tides rise and fall,they appear as something different, but they are of the same essenceas the water of the parent sea. Exactly the same is a drop of water.When separated from the sea it is a drop, but the moment it goesinto the sea, it loses its apparent individuality and becomes partand parcel of the sea. God is formless, while in Godman He assumesform

for instruction and guidance of the people.Generally, thousands of people congregate around a Sadguru andlisten to His discourses, but each one sees Him according to His ownmental and spiritual make-up. Some consider Him as a person ofpiety; some take Him for a philosopher, and some as just a man oflearning. Others regard Him as an ideally moral man, and stillothers as a selfless worker. Rare indeed are the jivas who find Godin Him. Thus each one finds in Him a reflection of what he Himselfactually is or wishes to become, and so gets from Him that quality,for He distributes to each what he merits. As a man in physicalraiment His foremost duty, of course, is man-making; and as Godpersonified it is revealing or manifesting God. So it all depends onone's own preparedness through the ages. Blessed indeed is the manwho is ready for immediate transformation into God, for to such anindividual He at

once reveals His Godhood; as Krishna revealed hisoneness with Kal to Arjuna, when through ignorance he hesitated toperform his duty as a Kshatriya prince.A blind man cannot see one with eyes nor can he take hold of him,unless the man with sight compassionately takes him by the hand andleads him aright. Similarly, no one can see in a Master the Masterof Truth or Truth itself lodged in him unless He reveals His realself to him. Even those who constantly live with Him, including Hisclose relatives, can seldom recognize in Him the hidden Godhead.Without the gift of special merit one can never know of the reallyintrinsic nature of a Saint. He who can see and recognize God in Himhas indeed found God, for He not only resides in him but manifestlyworks through him.He is the pole from where the power of God shines forth and worksout the Divine Will.Baba Said...."You may do or attend

to your worldly duties, but give your mind toSai and His stories, and then, He is sure to bless you"Question : Why does the Sai name not echo in our mind constantly,and what effort should we do to make it work?AnswerOur breath is called ajapaajap, that is a repetition ofchanting "name" going on continuously and spontaneously in breathwithin us even if we are not conscious of it. We do not make effortto repeat our breath, it goes on in its own rhythm. When wecombine `name' with the breath then it becomes more effective. Ahouseholder cannot do it because he has to attend to many otherduties. It is better, that we remember `Sai Sai` with every breathor without chanting keep His thought in mind whenever possible.Gradually, it will unconsciously become a continuous inner processwithin us. Every work and thought should be linked with His thought.This could be the mental

jaap.Baba said "Purification of mind is absolutely necessary; without it, all our spiritual endeavors are nothing, but useless-show and pomp".Jai Sai RamSwamy MahadevanBow to Shri Sai-Peace be to allBaba Bless you ever!!!