Love All Serve All ....Help Ever Hurt Never ....Love is God Live In
Love ....Truth is God ..Speak the Truth....
Sathya Sai Speaks - Vol. II Sprouts of Faith 25/11/62
Talking of faith, I must issue a warning. Many people are collecting
money in various places using My Name for various purposes like arranging
receptions, building mandirams, doing puja , etc. This is unauthorized and
against My Wish and Command. Do not yield to such requests and encourage this
practice, which I condemn. Then there is another set of people who trade on
your faith. They advertise that I have 'possessed' them; that I am talking
through a medium or a stove (!) or some other thing. Treat all such people and
their agents or brokers as you treat cheats; if you do not treat them so , then
you are also accomplices in the cheating process. There are others who gather
groups of followers and admirers and collect money exhibiting some idol or
image that has been 'given' by Me or advertising some other sign of My Grace.
Some of them even declare, "Baba sent me to you to take from you some money" or
"Baba has given me this" or " Baba blessed me specially thus and thus" and then
ask you for your help or your praise or your purse! I ask you to chastise all
these types of men and turn them away - whoever they are.
Sathya Sai Speaks - Vol. IV [ chapter 18 , 23/3/65, Manasa Sarovar ]
Then, there are some who proclaim that I am coming upon someone and
speaking through them! They pretend to be my mouthpieces and communicate to
others My advice and My suggestions, as if I have authorised them or as if I am
Myself telling so through them. Now hear this, I never speak through another, I
never possess another or use another as vehicle of expression. I come direct, I
come straight, I come as I am, to confer Peace and Joy.
Sathya Sai Speaks - Vol. VIII Ch.6 Pg. 13 "You are all I" 14/5/71
Visualise God in your hearts; why go to such place or outside
yourselves to see Him? In some places, they announce that I make Myself present
and communicate through writings on rangoli powder etc! I do no such things. If
I come to any place I come directly so that you see Me. I do not speak or
answer through another person or medium!
Sathya Sai Speaks -Vol. VII Truth of truth 22/11/70
There are others who claim that I am speaking through them and
answering questions put to them. These people must either insane or hysteria
affected. I can only tell you that it is not Me who speaks through them. I do
not need media; nor do I need substitutes or subsidiaries or representatives.
There are some crooks who are publicising that I have allotted them some
regions for ministration by them on My behalf, because they say, My devotees
have increased so much that I am unable to attend to all of them single handed.
On the face of it this is an absurd lie. Moreover consider another aspect. Even
those who cry in pure agonising yearning Sai Sai Sai and lead pure unselfish
virtuous lives, even these find it hard to realise Me. How then can these low
scheming vulgar men who know no sadhana, sincerity, truth and humility; how can
these people claim that they have been blessed by Me. They may wear the same
style of dress, imitate gestures and style of speech but these will only bring
their falsehood into greater prominence. That I am supposed to "possess" such
people or speak through them or shower My grace on them is an assumption of
which one ought to be ashamed! How then can anyone believe it, I wonder.
SSS Vol 8, P139,"Pretenders" 14/1/73
In the Bhagavatham, there is mention of a certain Poundraka, who sought
to become a passable 'imitation' of Krishna; He added unto his name the name of
Krishna, viz., Vasudeva. He announced himself as Poundraka Vasudeva. He got
made an imitation Couch and an imitation Wheel (out of wood) and carried them
about in his two artificial extra hands. He discovered the style which Krishna
adopted while wearing his yellow silken robe and he scrupulously followed the
same. He skillfully imitated the gait and gestures of Krishna. Some fools
gathered round him, mistaking him to be the Lord they wereseeking. His insanity
finally brought about his downfall and humiliation. In this Kali Yuga also
such imitations are cropping up just as Poundraka shaped himself into a
Vasudeva. We have today even Sathya Sai Babas: They get the same type of robe
stitched, they strain themselves to cultivate the crown of hair, they study
photographs and hold their hands up very nearly like I do and make themselves
ridiculous by frantic attempts to imitate me.They forget that "imitation is
only human; but Creation is Divine." Those who attempt to become Sathya Sai
Babas by this ludicrous process of imitation only destroy whatever faith some
people have placed in the Divine. They are poisonous pests which injure the
peace and harmony of society. They collect around themselves insects of like
nature. For only birds of the same feather can flock together. These
'pretenders' fall into ruin themselves and bring ruin on the society where they
operate, as the proverbial horde of monkeys that ruin themselves and bring ruin
on the forest which they inhabit.
SSS Vol 9, P 64, "The Poetry of Love" 1/4/74
If you can understand the bhava which I am transmitting, then you can
become genuine devotees and Sadhaks, and progress on the path of
self-realization. Now, there are Bhaktas by the million! They are increasing
daily in number. And you might have noticed, Sai Babas too have become very
large in number! Also, people claiming association with Me, claiming that I
have blessed them more plentifully than others, and authorized them to go
about the Bhaktas and gain importance or funds or donations! Real devotees will
never announce such absurd claims or listen to such claims made by others. A
true devotee will be steadfast in faith, whatever the ups and downs of worldly
fortune.
SSS Vol 9, P 185,"Advice to Seekers" 28/3/75
If somebody says Sai Baba's powers have been given to him, then we run
to him. Sai Baba's powers are such that they are not given to anybody else.
Nobody has the ability to take powers from Sai Baba, nor the ability to give
them to someone else. Sai Baba's powers are not given like that, and you should
not be led away by such statements. Each one's power is within him; it is not
possible to give such power to another person. In this manner, by allowing a
weak mind to get control over us, if we begin running from place to place,
where are we going to get strength of mind, and control our own mind? We must
be able to follow one thought, one path. One does not have to search for
spiritual power, going around the world and spending a lot of money .
See good..do good..be good..This is the way to God....Live in harmony
and love with everyone....Start the day with love..spend the day with
love..fill the day with love..end the day with love..that is the way to God....
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