Shri Sai Sat Charitra-Chapter XXIX-Part II

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Things were going on like this, when the husband got a wonderful vision in his dream one night as follows: - He was in a big city; the police there had arrested him, tied his hands with a rope, and put him up in a cage (lock-up). As the police were tightening the grip, he saw Sai Baba standing quiet outside, near the cage.

Sai Ram. This vision has a lot of mystical meaning. Big cities are compared to jungles (concrete jungle is a usual saying in English). The desires and stimulations of the big city are as much binding to a spiritual seeker as physical bondage. The real jungle no doubt holds out its own dangers to a Sadhaka who is not in harmony with nature. Getting caught up in materialistic desires of the samsara is represented by the big city and the police tightening the grip on the bonds of the prisoner. And Sai represents the Paramatma, who is always besides and is watching the Jeevatma, and waiting for the call for help from the prisoner (the egoistic self), the Jeevatma, which is bound by Maya. Philosophically, the Jivatma and the Paramatma are represented by two birds sitting on a tree. One eats the fruits while the other looks on. Sai Ram.

On seeing Baba so near, he said in a plaintive tone - "Hearing your fame I came to your Feet and why should a calamity befall me when you are standing here in person?" Baba said - "you must suffer the consequences of your action." He said - "I have not done anything in this life which would bring such a misfortune on me." Baba said - "If not in this life, you must have committed some sin in your past life."

Sai Ram. Here, in a simple sentence, Baba is teaching us that the present difficulties are the result of past actions, actions submerged in the past and forgotten by the individual but not by the laws of the universe. Action begets reaction and results. Nothing goes waste in the universe. The laws of karma are inexorable and the karmic results can only be overcome when the cover of maya is removed and the Guru's grace shines on us. Sai Ram.

He replied, "I do not know anything of my past life, but assuming that I did commit some sin then, why should it not be burnt and destroyed in your presence, as dry grass before fire?" Baba - "Have you got such faith?" He said "Yes."

Sai Ram. Faith is the window to open the limited mind to the unlimited powers of Guru's grace. Faith is the connection through which God and Guru (we repeat that they are same) can connect to us and transform us into Godhead. Sai Ram.

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