The Mission Of Sai Baba

The Mission Of Sai Baba The mission of Sai Baba is self-allotted and springs from the source of His free and redeemed Spirit. He willed Himself a body because He wanted to fulfil a mission of awakening man to his true self and divine nature. He wanted to lead them to salvation by saving them from delusion and ignorance. He stands there eternally to help out and give solace to His children who are bruised with the miseries of this world through the passage of centuries. Thus His sacred mission is to awaken, elevate, transform and comfort His children. These are the visible acts of Baba. But, He also had a much bigger role to play in the administration of the Universe - in its creation, sustenance and destructions. He saw God in every living being. It was His duty to take the created to the creator - i.e. to evolve human beings to the state of God - which is their real self. It is amazing that though He is not present in body, ever increasing number of people hear and experience the same blessed, intimate and powerful assurance – 'Why fear when I am here!'. Sai Baba asserted in plain terms unconditional and complete responsibility for His devotees, His watch over them and the absolute reliance they could place in Him. His undertaking was complete through the passage of time, life after life He kept an intent watch over His people and drew them to Him at an appointed point of time. Sai Baba was explicit about this – "I draw my people to me from long distances in many ways. It is I who seek them out and bring them to me, they do not come of their own accord. Even though they may be thousands of miles away, I draw them to me like a bird with a string tied to its foot". Baba looked after spiritual as well temporal welfare of His devotees. He fully approved of people approaching Him for material gains. He said, "My men first come to me on account of material benefits only, after they get their hearts desires fulfilled and comfortably placed in life, they follow me and progress further". His approach was realistic and yet so divine – "I give people what they want in the hope that they will begin to want what I want to give them ". Baba worked meticulously on his devotees to transform them. Dasganu an intimate devotee of Sai Baba witnessed that he used to perform strange act occasionally by taking out a few old coins from a purse and rub their surface constantly but gently. As He rubbed them He would take the names of some of His close devotees as – This is Nana's. This is Kaka's and so on. Obviously the coins symbolized devotees on whom He was working spiritually, transmitting His grace and transforming them. Strange is the way of a Master to work with the elements of a man whom He has taken in His hands.