The Cosmic Christ: The Advent of Sathya Sai Baba By

There is a great master living in India at this time who is so glorious in His spiritual magnificence that words are incapable of doing Him justice. This glorious and magnificent being’s name is Sri Sathya Sai Baba.

The miracles that Jesus Christ performed the last three years of His life of raising the dead, turning water into wine, walking on water, Sai Baba has been doing for sixty five years. It is hard to believe that a being of this magnitude is actually on the earth, for Sai Baba is the "Cosmic Christ".

The Lord Maitreya is the planetary Christ. He is the head of the spiritual hierarchy for this planet. Sai Baba is the cosmic equivalent. So in actuality we have on this planet the Planetary Christ and the Cosmic Christ at the same time. Never in the history of this planet has there ever been a better time to be incarnated in a spiritual sense.

Sai Baba’s coming was prophesied over 5,000 years ago in the Mahabarata. The Mahabarata is one of the holiest books of India. It contains the Bhagavad Gita which, again, is the story of Krishna, which interestingly enough is the past incarnation of the Lord Maitreya. In this book Vishnu, who is part of the trinity of Brahma, Shiva and Vishnu of Eastern religion, foretells of a future age of moral decline which he called the Kali Yuga. In this age, which we are now in, he said he would return again as a great spiritual avatar. An avatar is a God realized being at birth. Even Jesus and Buddha were not avatars in the sense that I am defining the term. An avatar is totally God realized at birth. In other words, does not have to even do any spiritual practices to attain self realization. An avatar is already self realized at birth. This was the case with Sai Baba.

Vishnu, the Mahabarata, and other ancient prophecies gave detailed prophecies over 5,000 years ago of the specific characteristics of this future avatar. I would like to share some of these prophecies with you.

They said He would be short with a big crown of hair. He would be able to materialize things at will with the power of his mind. He would have all abilities at birth. He would wear a blood red robe. He would bear the name Truth. Sai Baba’s first name is Sathya which means truth in the Hindu language. He would have a triple Avatar incarnation. He would be born in South India. He would have the birth mark of the Avatar on the bottom of his foot. He would be born in an Indian body. His parents would be worshippers of Krishna. He would be fully divine and fully God realized. He would be all knowing and the greatest living being in the world. He would have the ability to lengthen life and be in many places simultaneously. That good would accrue to anyone who sees Him.

Every single one of these prophecies given over 5,000 years ago perfectly describes Sai Baba. In my personal experience of all the spiritual teachers, masters, books, spiritual paths and mystery schools I have ever been involved with, I have never come across any being with the power and magnitude of Sai Baba. I have no ax to grind in saying this because most of my work is focused in the second ray ashram of Djwhal Khul and Kuthumi. I have never been to India nor seen Sai Baba in the flesh. However, I have had many personal experiences and encounters with Him in dream state and meditation. All I can say is that once you have been exposed to Sai Baba, you will never be the same, this I will promise you. It is my humble and joyous task now to share with you some of the stories of His life and some of His teachings.

There are so many incredible stories about Sai Baba it is hard to know where to begin. When He was born, musical instruments played on their own. As a small boy he was able to materialize pencils, candy, food, or whatever he needed right out of the air. At five years old on one of the sacred Hindu holidays they would have a parade of all the holy men, with small floats going down the street. The people watching the parade were watching the main float and saw Sai Baba at five years of age sitting on the main float in the holiest spot. They asked why this young child was sitting there. All the saints and rishis said that this was because this five year old child was their guru.

At thirteen years old He was bitten by a scorpion and was unconscious for 24 hours. When he awoke his family was all around and he told them that in his past life he was the great saint and Avatar, Shirdi Sai Baba. His family and friends who were standing around didn’t believe him. Shirdi Sai Baba was one of the greatest saints of India in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. Shirdi Sai Baba was also an avatar. During the time he lived the Moslems and Hindus hated each other, however both groups worshipped Shirdi Sai Baba. He had many of the same powers that Sai Baba has in this lifetime.

Shirdi Sai Baba had said on his death bed to his devotees that when he died he would return again in eight years in a specific village in South India. Eight years later Sai Baba was born, fulfilling that prophecy. Sai Baba’s family and friends didn’t believe him however, so Sai Baba picked up a vase of flowers and threw them on the ground. The flowers and vase flew all over the place and when the flowers landed on the ground they spelled out the words Shirdi Sai Baba. It was shortly after this incident at the age of 13 he said to his family, "my devotees are waiting for me. I am leaving home for good." Sai Baba did leave home and began his ashram.

One other childhood story before moving to his more adult life. As a young child in school all the children called him Guru and he would lead them all in devotional songs and in the creation of spiritual plays for the community. This one day, however, he was in class and one of the substitute teachers wrongly accused him of some misbehavior that was not his fault. The substitute teacher made him stand on a chair in the back of the class as a punishment and wouldn’t let him leave until he gave permission. Meanwhile the bell to dismiss class rang and all the kids left and Sai Baba still had to stand on the chair.

The teacher, meanwhile, was sitting on his chair in the front of the class room and was inexplicably glued to his chair. He was trying to leave to go to his next class however he couldn’t. The next teacher came into the classroom and asked why the teacher hadn’t left yet. The substitute teacher explained his strange predicament and then the new teacher saw Sai Baba standing on the chair in the corner and knew what had happened, for all the teachers knew of his remarkable powers. He told Sai Baba to come down from the chair and as he came down the substitute teacher was also released from his chair.

Sai Baba has said that his coming is a triple avatar incarnation. In his last life he was Shirdi Sai Baba. In this life he is Sathya Sai Baba. He has said he will incarnate one more time in the future as "Prema Sai Baba". Sai Baba is 65 years old now (1992) and has said he will live until he is 96. At the age of 96 he will pass on to the spirit world and then two years later he will incarnate again as Prema Sai Baba. He has even materialized a ring for a devotee that shows the picture of himself in his future incarnation as Prema Sai Baba.

As Sai Baba has grown older his fame has grown throughout India and the entire world. It is estimated that he may have over 75 million devotees. At his last birthday over two million people were at his ashram to celebrate. Sai Baba said that in his incarnation as Shirdi Sai Baba he was the incarnation of the Shiva or father energy. In his present incarnation as Sathya Sai Baba he is the incarnation of the Shiva and Shakti (mother) energy. In his next life as Prema Sai Baba he will be the incarnation of just the Shakti energy.

Sai Baba is able to materialize whatever he wants instantly with just the swirl of his hand and does this on a regular basis. There is a video which you can get from the Bodhi Tree Bookstore in Los Angeles called the "Aura of Divinity" which actually shows him materializing things. They also have seven other videos which you can rent or buy. I would highly recommend renting or buying especially the first one I mentioned.

In Sai Baba’s early adult life he often would leave his body when a devotee around the world would call for his help. His devotees were in charge of taking care of his physical body when this would happen. This one evening he left his body and the devotees laid his body on the bed. All of a sudden his body began to levitate in the air and float around the room. Sacred ash began to pour out of his feet in great abundance. The devotees heard him mumbling that "Maharashi is at my lotus feet". He floated downwards after a while and landed on the bed. The next day the ashram received a message that "Ramana Maharshi", the God realized saint from India, had died the previous night at 9:00 p.m. just the time that Sai Baba had been levitating.

In another instance Sai Baba was known to be lecturing at the ashram and living at another couple’s house in another part of India for two days at the same time. In other words he bi-located for two days. Another time his car ran out of gas. He told the driver to go to the river and fill up the bucket with water. The driver did what he was told to do and gave the bucket of water to Sai Baba. Sai Baba put his finger in it and turned the water into gasoline and poured it into the tank and they continued driving.