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The Cosmic Form
Dr. A.V. Lakshminarasimham, M.Sc.,
Ph.D.
Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba
The concept of Brahman, the Ultimate Conscious Reality,
manifesting itself as the Universe, and Its being the material and
the efficient cause for creation, represents the pinnacle of
philosophical quest. Yet, the cognition of the truth of the
Immanence of Brahman is difficult to achieve, for it is impossible
for man to rend the veil of Avidya or Maya. Such understanding of
Brahman comes best to man when the Lord vouchsafes 'Viswavirataswaroopa
Darsana' to the ardent seeker - not by jaded disquisition of
self-designated philosophers.
During the Summer Course on
Indian Culture and Spiritually held in 1974 at Brindavan, Bhagawan
had been discoursing on "Brahman" and other related topics with
remarkable clarity and lucidity, quite characteristic of Bhagawan's
expositions on any subject. One day, He walked up to me and asked
me, "Have you been able to follow the discourses?" "Yes, Swami!
They are so nice," I replied immediately. He then said, "you shall
see something more" and walked past to the waiting congregation.
During the early hours of the next morning, around 3 A.M., I was
awake to a unique and astounding experience. In the open where I
slept Baba appeared in a magnificent, glorious, gigantic form,
sitting in the lotus posture, 'padmasan' on the ground. I was
standing before him and I could see the width of His knee, in that
splendorous form, exceed my own height. I had to lift my head up a
considerable angle to look at Baba's face, resplendent and
beautiful, with matted locks of hair of luminescent copper-brown
hue. To the right Lord Ganesha was sitting, while on the left Lord
Subramanya was standing. Baba said "Behold!" and I looked into His
eyes and later fixed my gaze on His Chest. Lo! In Him, vast space
teeming with millions of stars, many of them being formed and
fading out then, the planets and their moons whirling past, the
earth with its variety of flora and fauna, forests deserts, oceans,
mountain ranges, industrial workshops, railway lines, sky scrapers,
airplanes and all things that are found on this tiny little earth.
The whole Universe in Him! My body became warm at this marvelous,
awesome, wondrous experience. What a majestic, glorious, Cosmic
Form! Immediately thereafter, Baba diminished in size, to His
normal height, and appeared as an ethereal, enchanting Form
glowing with bluish luminosity. This is Sai as Vishnu, I felt.
The two visions I had the good
fortune to have as described above clearly demonstrate the
Immanence of Brahman in the Universe and also that our Lord Sri
Sathya Sai is none else than that Supreme Being who is the Lord of
the Universe.
Source:
http://www.srisathyasai.org.in/pages/bhagawan/miracles/mirac17.htm
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