THE GOD-MAN The Life, Journeys and Work of Meher Baba with an ...

254 THE GOD-MAN"First, about miracles, and why I think that from the spiritual point of view, they are nothing but farce.When Jesus said, 'I and my father are one', he meant that he was God. Is this true? Did he actually say it?God created this entire phenomenal universe. That is God's miracle and the miracle of Jesus. It means thatinnumerable beings were created by Jesus who died according to his will. Yet it is supposed that Jesus'greatness is that he raised some few dead to life. How ridiculous that is, unless it has some hidden meaning.It is supposed that he is the Saviour because he raised a few dead and gave sight to the blind, creatinginsignificant illusions in the midst of his great illusion. Why is he supposed to have performed thesemiracles?"Had Jesus not raised the dead, had he not performed the miracles, he would not have been crucified,and he wanted to be crucified. He performed the miracles to make certain of being crucified.Many miracles have been attributed to me, but I do not perform miracles. When people think miracleshave been performed, their faith has done it. One miracle I will perform, and for that miracle the time isnigh. I have said that my miracle will be not to raise the dead but to make one dead to himself to live toGod. I have repeatedly said that I will not give sight to the blind, but I will make them blind to the world inorder to see God."Why have I explained about miracles now? It has to do with our visit to Sakori. Yesterday we did nothave time to go to Shirdi. There you would have found a different atmosphere. People come there from allparts of India for Sai Baba's shrine. In almost every house in India, you will find Sai Baba's picture, it is incinemas and on match boxes. This Divine Being is being commercialized. Sai Baba was Perfectionpersonified, and the state of affairs at Shirdi I do not like. Soon I shall change the whole atmosphere there."When I was in that superconscious state I was drawn to Shirdi to be near Sai Baba. When Sai Babawanted to move his bowels, people would take him in procession with a band and pipes. He was worthy ofall that. He might stay there for an hour, and procession and band would return with him to his seat. I wasdrawn there, I had bloodshot eyes, and had had no sleep for days. I laid down my head on his feet as hewas walking in procession. He cried loudly, 'Parvardigar!' meaning, 'You are God!' After saying that, hepointed to the direction far away where Upasni Maharaj sat."So I went to Upasni Maharaj, who was thin and weak; as soon as he saw me, he picked up a stone andhit me on the forehead, and instantaneously I recovered normal consciousness. Then I went with him to