"Where are You, Where do You Reside?"

 

Somebody once asked Baba, "Where are you, where do you reside?"  Baba replied, "I reside in the altar of your heart."  The Lord installs Himself on the throne of a pure heart.  So Baba stays in our heart so long as we keep it pure and sacred.

The next  question put to Baba was, "Swami, what do you do?"  He said, "I take care of My devotees.  I will be reviving Dharma.  I will see to the needy and forlorn.  I will be fostering Vedic knowledge."  Further He said, "I shall confer Bliss on everyone.  It is my vow to bring back those who drifted from dharma onto the path of dharma.  It is my vow to alleviate the poor from suffering.  True devotion to Me means that the devotee should have the spirit of equanimity, in pleasure and pain."

Baba also said that He will transform people.  He will not destroy the evil people.  The purpose of His incarnation is to make all realise the divinity within.  Bhagawan speaks of the synthesis of all religions and not a particular religion.  Bhagavan's purpose is not the learning or reading of the religion but putting it into practice.  Bhagawan's philosophy is not in anyway the repetition of age old practices, ritualistic towards the divine.  It is one of seva, service, Bhagawan says emphasis on the path of service to divinity.  It is not one of mediation, advocating the philosophy of God who is beyond our knowledge.  He is not speaking of God who is beyond our knowledge.  He is not speaking of a God who is not within our reach, whom we cannot think of or experience.  Baba's definition of Himself is "God is Love.  Love is God.  Live in Love."  So if Love is to take the form of a person or Love personified as two feet and walk amidst us, that incarnation is to be called "Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba."  Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba is God Incarnate, who is nothing else but Love."

(From the book "Divine Directions" by Prof. K. Anil Kumar)