Sathya Sai Baba The World-Avatar Teaching and Revelations

mergence, they depend on water only. Water is one, bubbles are plentiful.
Water is real, bubbles are appearance. Water is the basis: bubbles
are delusive forms of water imposed on water.
One is struck with wonder at this wonderful manifestation. But, in the
ancient eras of time and in the far corners of space, from the inert unconscious
tangle of nature, the mystery of life emerged and proliferated
into men and god-men. (...)
Each has its own innate speciality, individuality or love characteristics.
This rule applies equally to blades of grass and the stars. The cosmos
is not one continuous flux. It is progressing persistently towards
achieving a totality in quality and circumstance. (6-21/24
The cosmos is a magnificent wonder, a source of continuous amazement.
It cannot but impress anyone as a supreme marvel. When an
object has to be made, you need one who has skill and intelligence and
power. Without a maker nothing can be made. Therefore how do these
objects that are visible to us - the sun, the moon, the stars, the constellations,
their brilliance, movements - move and behave as they do
without a creator? Can these yield to any ordinary power? No. Intelligent
people can easily infer, observing the objects created which have
such mighty capabilities, how immeasurable must be the power of the
Creator Himself.
Look at the marvellous variety in creation. No one thing is the same as
another; no one person resembles another. This can only be the sport
of the phenomenon with limitless glory; God. Anyone can understand
that no lesser power could be the source. On the basis of the mystery
inherent in creation one can easily infer the almighty power that has
created it. Those who are incapable of unravelling the mystery of the
created can never unravel the nature of the creator.
Creation or the cosmos is the manifestation of the will latent in Brahman.
All this is God's will or plan. (...)
The process of projection is happening in this series. Brahma, the first,
man, the last. So, Man and Brahman are closely related. (6-26/29)
The Vedas assert that Brahman is the Primal Cause of the Cosmos.
They do not affirm any non-conscious entity as the cause. The voice
of God or Veda, does not support the view of the non-conscious as being
the origin of creation. On the other hand, being is asserted to have
resolved upon becoming, to have entertained a decision. Resolution,
decision, design - these are acts of consciousness; non-conscious en-
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