Sathya Sai Baba The World-Avatar Teaching and Revelations

ayi means mother and Baba means father. The name indicates the Divine
Mother and Father (...)
Your physical parents exhibit love with a dose of selfishness; but, this
Sai Mother and Father showers affection or reprimands, only for leading
you towards victory in the struggle for self-realization.
For, this Sai has come in order to achieve the supreme task of uniting
mankind as one family through the bond of brotherhood, affirming and
illumining the Divine reality of each being. The aim is to reveal that the
cosmos rests on a foundation of Divinity, and to educate all to recognize
the Divine common heritage that binds man to man, so that man
can rid himself of the animal, and rise into the Divine which is his goal.
I am the embodiment of love; love is my instrument. There is no creature
without love; the lowest loves itself, at least. And its self is God.
So, there are no atheists, though some might dislike Him or refuse
Him, as diabetic patients refuse to have anything to do with sweets!
Those who preen themselves as atheists will one day, when their illness
is gone, relish God and revere Him.
I had to tell you so much about my truth, for, I desire that you should
contemplate on this and derive joy therefrom, so that you may be inspired
to observe the disciplines laid down by me and progress towards
the goal of self-realization, the realization of the Sai that shines
in your hearts. 19.6.74, (23-89/92)
While on this subject, it is essential that I warn you of another subject.
Do not spend your time trying to understand me; do not waste your
time in the attempt. It is beyond any one's capacity to understand me.
So, trying to do so is impossible, you are only wasting your time and
effort. It is only when you succeed in knowing yourselves that you can
know me.
I need nothing, however great or small, in this universe. At no moment
has desire affected me for any thing or activity. I am the person come
to give, not to receive. And, what you can offer me is just this: pure,
unadulterated love. When you offer me that, I derive bliss. 23.11.74,
(23-170)
The Avatar is the power of the Supreme soul that has put on the raiment
of power of action and power of Divine communion. Generally,
the process of incarnation of an Avatar, is described as a “coming
down” from a higher status to a lower one. But, no! When the baby in
the cradle weeps, wails and clamours for help, the mother stoops and
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