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Miracles of Swami
My acts are the foundations on
which I am building my work, the task for which I have come. All
the miraculous acts which you observe are to be interpreted
so."
"I am determined to correct you only after informing you of my
credentials. That is why I am now and then announcing my nature
by means of miracles; that is, acts which are beyond human
capacity and human understanding."
- Sathya Sai Baba
Baba On His Miracles
"You elaborate in your lectures
the unique powers of Sai, the incidents that are described as
'miracles' in books written about Me by some persons. But I
request you not to attach importance to these. Do not exaggerate
their significance, the most significant and important power is,
let Me tell you, my Prema (Love) and My Sahana, (fortitude). I
may turn the sky into earth or earth into sky but that is not
the sign of Divine Might. It is the Prema, effective, universal,
ever-present, that is the unique sign. When you attempt to
cultivate and propagate this Love and this Fortitude, trouble
and travail will clog your steps. You must welcome them, for
without them, the best in you cannot be drawn out."
" I use My Shakti (power) to attract people and to draw them
towards the Godward path. These miracles are merely baits with
which I lure them towards Me. Once their faith is firmly
established, they begin to look beyond the miracles and slowly
start stretching their hands out for what I have really come to
give- Knowledge and Bliss."
" There can be no limit for Sai Power, no hindrance, no
opposition or obstacle. You may believe it or you may not, but,
Sai Power can transform earth into sky, the sky into earth. only
there is no call for that transformation. This Divine behaviour
is far distinct from the mean exhibitionistic tricks of the
inferior powers. This is spontaneous manifestation, not those
that are calculated to collect customers and exploit the
ignorant."
"Those who profess to have understood me, the scholars, the
yogis, the pundits, the jnanis, all of them are aware only of
the least important, the casual external manifestations of an
infinitesimal part of that power, namely, the miracles ! They
have not desired to contact the source of all power and all
wisdom that is available here. They are satisfied when they
secure a chance to exhibit their book-learning and parade their
scholarship in Vedic lore, not realising that the person from
whom the Vedas emanated is in their midst, for their sake. They
even ask, in their pride, for a few more chances. This has been
the case in all ages. People may be very near (Physically) to
the Avatar, but they live out their lives unaware of their
fortune; they exaggerate the role of miracles, which are as
trivial, when compared to my glory and majesty, as a mosquito is
in size and strength to the elephant upon which it squats.
Therefore, when you speak about these miracles , I laugh within
myself out of pity that you allow yourself so easily to lose the
precious awareness of my reality.."
" I am determined to correct you only after informing you of my
credentials. That is why I am now and then announcing my nature
by means of miracles, that is, acts which are beyond human
capacity and human understanding. Not that I am anxious to show
off my powers. The object is to draw you closer to me, to cement
your hearts to me".
"You may infer from what you call my miracles that I am causing
them to attract and attach you to me and me alone. They are not
intended to demonstrate or publicize; they are merely
spontaneous and concomitant proofs of divine majestys."
"This Sathya Sai Incarnation is one where you see the full
manifestation and exercise of all the sixteen attributes of a
Poorna Avatar. This happened only once before, at the time of
Krishna Avatar. I am the Embodiment of Shiva and Shakti, that is
Universal Consciousness and Universal Energy. And I show
evidences of both to the fullest and maximum extent".
" Do not crave from me trivial material objects: but crave for
Me, and you would be rewarded. Not that you should not receive
whatever objects I give as signs of grace out of the fullness of
love. I shall tell you why I give these rings, talismans,
rosaries, etc. It is to mark the bond between me and those to
whom they are given. When calamity befalls them, the article
comes to me in a flash and returns in a flash, taking from me
the remedial grace of protection. That grace is available to all
who call on me in any Name or Form, not merely to those who wear
these gifts. Love is the bond that wins grace.
My miracles are part of the unlimited power of God and are in no
sense the product of yogic powers which are acquired. They are
natural, uncontrived. There are no invisible beings helping me.
My divine will bring the object in a moment. I am everywhere."
- Baba
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