{"id":10793,"date":"2011-05-01T22:47:23","date_gmt":"2011-05-01T22:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/2011\/05\/sathya-sai-baba-miracles-he-did-just-not-ones-you-think\/"},"modified":"2011-05-01T22:47:23","modified_gmt":"2011-05-01T22:47:23","slug":"sathya-sai-baba-miracles-he-did-just-not-ones-you-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/2011\/05\/sathya-sai-baba-miracles-he-did-just-not-ones-you-think\/","title":{"rendered":"Sathya Sai Baba: Miracles he did, just not the ones you think of"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"\"Truth exists at many levels. In media of today, however, \u201ctruth\u201d is manufactured based on one\u2019s agenda. Sathya Sai Baba died on Sunday this past weekend \u2013 which also happened to be the Easter Sunday. Sathya Sai Baba was many things to many people. <\/p>\n

He has been an enigma and a fascinating being. The more people riled against him, the more his devotees increased. There were enough who took him to trial \u2013 even when he wasn\u2019t present. And gave judgments because<\/i> he wasn\u2019t present. And since they had already pronounced him \u201cguilty\u201d in their own \u201ccourt of law\u201d, sans any representation from him, they took the entire story to the market and suddenly there was enough noise about it.<\/p>\n

Its a good thing that Jesus died when he did. He would have had a tough time in today\u2019s world. He is known for only miracles \u2013 like bringing people back to life et al. That was his least important accomplishment. In fact that shouldn\u2019t even be remembered. Its the same with Sathya Sai Baba. <\/p>\n

Devotion is a tough state to create in anyone in this day and age. People are so logical, full of themselves, that submission to anything is almost impossible. In fact, submission to any idea is considered a bad thing. Even in love. So, there is no complete love. Only conditional love. With contracts. We have escape routes and contracts tight enough to help us compete. In love. In relationships. And even in charity. We game our parents, our spouses, and even our children. No one lives completely. <\/p>\n

In such times, when everyone is wary of everything and cannot submit, one would assume that people would be on their own and very happy? Well, even that ain\u2019t the case. People who think highly of themselves, and hate submission in love and compassion, keep looking out for \u201cunconditional love\u201d. They wouldn\u2019t give it, but they want to receive it. So, if a spouse cheats you, its a big issue. But if you lie to him, that\u2019s fine. If your kid lies to you, that makes you angry or doesn\u2019t respect you, that\u2019s BIG. But if you don\u2019t care for your word given to her or applaud only her good marks in school and achievements \u2013 that\u2019s good parenthood. Gaming begets gaming. But, intriguingly, my Gaming is more kosher than your gaming! One is \u201ctruth\u201d and the other is a lie.<\/p>\n

So, in such circumstances, where people cannot completely have even fundamental love, is it possible to make people give themselves up? Sometimes, it requires becoming larger than life. And even beyond normal. <\/p>\n

Sathya Sai Baba\u2019s miracles and clairvoyant acts can be seen in that light. <\/p>\n

Those who are obsessed with proving and disproving miracles can keep going on, but the level of devotion that Sathya Sai Baba commanded helped the devotees open themselves up to a lot more than money could buy or give. <\/p>\n

The toughest thing today is for people to have devotion. And, despite the increased education and logical mind, the humans of today are ideological in their intellect. Poke at their ideological make up and they burn up. If Devotion doesn\u2019t open up, If intellect is nothing more than a safeguard for one\u2019s ideology, and one keeps either religiously following or pooh-poohing moral edicts (of whatever kind they may be) as a proxy for correct action \u2013 then what is the way to reaching a level where anything spiritual may occur in someone\u2019s life?<\/p>\n

That\u2019s where such beings and \u201cmiracles\u201d can come in.<\/p>\n

But let us keep the spiritual side apart. Let\u2019s assume he was a normal man incapable of anything spiritual. Let us first start with a list:<\/p>\n

Education<\/b><\/u><\/p>\n