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By Carol Bruce On one such occasion, Sai Baba stopped in front of
them and looked at the items that Barbara’s friend held out to him for a
blessing. However, he refused to accept the crucifix. When will we Christians
take Christ off the cross and place him in his proper context? Of the cross Sai
Baba has said at another time, “Let the longer piece of the cross represent
God’s Will and the shorter piece your will. If I lay the two pieces side by
side, parallel to each other, there is no cross. It is only when my will conficts
with God’s Will, when I cannot say Thy Will be done, O Lord, that the cross
is created. The way to take down the cross, therefore, is always to accept
gladly and lovingly whatever trial, pain or loss God sends and surrender our
ego.” Then, as Sai Baba focussed his attention on her friend’s photograph of
Christ, Barbara was spell-bound as, with a lift and a wave of his hand, Sai
Baba drew from that photograph of the Turin Shroud the black and white image
of Christ until there was nothing left but a blank sheet of gloss paper.
Then, in the same manner, he created on that blank sheet (just as if it were
in a developing tray in a dark-room) the color image of the Risen Christ as you
see it today. This image has eyes so full of love and compassion that they
comfort and touch you on a deep inner level when you come into its range of
vision. Then, with a blessing for the two women from New Zealand, Sai Baba
wnt on his way, khowing full weel that life would never be the same for them
again ! This semms to be the case for all those who visit Sai Baba, including
myself. Barbara has commented that if she does nothing more
with her life than pass on copies of this photograph, she will be well
satisfied ! She has also said that this experience with Sai Baba has
proved to be an encouragement for her to go on and achieve things which she
had previously thought to be quite impossible. Although I did not choose to
create an opportunity to see this photograph of the Risen Christ or to meet Barbara
when we were together at the ashram, it would seem that it was arranged by Sai
Baba that we should meet shortly afterwards in that hotel lobby in Bombay, so
that I might be instrumental in distributing this very special photograph in
Europe and America and in various other couontries around the world. Barbara said during our first conversation in the
hotel that it was apparent to her that Sai Baba wanted me to have the
photograph and to take it back to England. *********************** "Let the longer piece of the cross reprensent God’s Will and the
shorter piece your will. If I lay the two pieces side by side, parallel to
each other, there is no cross. It is only when my will conflicts with God’s
Will, when I cannot say Thy Will be done, O Lord, that the cross is created.
The way to take down the cross, therefore, is always to accept gladly and
lovingly whatever trial, pain or loss God sends and surrender our ego." Sathya Sai Baba *********************** |
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