My treasury is open. But none of you brings a cart to haul away the real treasure. I say, Dig deep and take what is rightfully yours! But none of you wants to take the trouble.
I tell you, all who come to me, this opportunity will not return! I am God! I am Mahalaxmi, I am Vithoba ... Ganesha ... Dattatrey ... Laxmi and Narayan ... Why go to the Ganges [river] in Benares? Hold your palm at my feet — here flows the Ganga!1
One day, in speaking about the "ten incarnations of Lord Vishnu" as Avatars, Sai Baba revealed that the Avatar would appear in the current Kali Yuga.
Meher Baba would recall Sai Baba with the utmost affection as "Grandfather" and described Sai's greatness as "Perfection personified." He once revealed, "It was Sai Baba who controlled the whole First World War."
When Sai Baba walked slowly from the masjid past the Maruti Temple to the "lendi bagh [garden]" or the chavadi, his arti would be sung. At that time, his face would illuminate. It was also noticed that he would make strange signs in the air with his fingers. This behavior continued daily for four years, from the start of World War I to its conclusion.
During the war years, Sai Baba would often say:
I am formless and I am everywhere. I am not this body you call Sai. I am the Supreme Soul — the entire creation. I am everything and I am in everyone. I am in saints, criminals, animals and everything else. I pervade the whole universe. It is I who have created God. Nothing happens without my wish.
My light is of God; my religion is Kabiri [Perfect Mastery] and my wealth lies in the blessings I alone can give.
Sai Baba was a ghous type of spiritual personality. One who is a ghous has the occult power to dismember his physical body and later reconnect his limbs. At times, for their inner work, Perfect Ones enter the ghous state and parts of their physical body separate. When that particular phase of work is finished, their body automatically joins together again.2
Once a man went to the mosque where Sai Baba slept and found the physical limbs of the Master's body lying separated on the floor. In one corner was the Master's hands and arms, in another his legs and feet, and in another his head!
Footnotes
- 1." Laxmi, Narayan, " et cetera, are different deities of the Hindu pantheon of devas, gods and goddesses. In this instance, Sai Baba was referring to all the divine attributes of his personality or Godhood. For instance, in the mystical symbolism of Vedanta, Ganesh (the Elephant God) represents the Universal Mind; Narayan represents Infinite Intelligence.
- 2.This type of ghous Master is rare, although the ghous characteristic is predominant in some God-intoxicated masts. Since Sai was in charge of the First World War, it may relate to the millions of human bodies that were shattered into pieces and whose limbs were scattered over the battlefields.