Who is Sai Baba

A devotee finds that one’s inner journey ends with Baba. It is a true homecoming.

Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba—He is the very meaning of Life. I could not forget Swami from the first time I read about Him and saw His pictures. I did not understand Him, yet, I just could not forget Him. Across the oceans, He comforted, guided, and helped this toddling, unhappy, discontented child, who was looking for Him. The desire to see Sai Baba grew very slowly at first; five years later, the desire to see Him became urgent.

I was finally coming home! I began to realize that Swami is me; that spark of the self I have known all my life. Being in His physical presence was like moving toward a place within me where at last I felt at home. Views about who I was and what was important in life—which had always left me discontented—were replaced by feelings of comfort, familiarity, gratefulness, happiness, and a realization that the contact with Baba was leading me to a place within myself where I felt more truly me.

Baba is truth; His life is truth and love. He is perfect silence and the luster of lusters. He is a Teacher beyond words, constantly teaching through life’s dramas, reaching you wherever you are. We turn to Him, our hearts hopeful that our lives may be different and a reflection of His luster. He is all courage and all happiness. He is the embodiment of your truest self, and you cannot help but resonate to His Divine charm and grace.

~Anonymous Me, Jericho Vermont
Source: Sanathana Sarathi, August 1980