Barry Pittard Replies To Sathya Sai Center Rape Survivor’s Note To Him

 

Posted by Barry Pittard on February 8, 2010

Barry Pittard Replies To Sathya Sai Center Rape Survivor’s Note To Him

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"It is hard to convey to the general reader the extraordinary extent of appeal and significance of Sathya Sai Baba’s greater and lesser ‘apostles’. Prominent among these are Professor Alvin Drucker and his wife Jaani, who have long loomed large in the minds of the Sathya Sai Baba sect around the world. Central to this impact is a devotee psychology that goes as follows:

It is impossible for most to get an interview with Sai Baba or a glance or touch from him when he gives darshan (appears in public). However, by his infinite Grace, he has drawn special beings around him. As in the case of the disciples of spiritual luminaries down the ages, we at least – alleluia! – have them … In their accessibility to us lies our mystical accessibility to him.
 
Those who have seen these ‘apostles’ have, in a sense, seen the Father".
 
"Unless my reply to Jaani Drucker's contact with me (sent weeks ago) has e.g., accidentally ended up in her Spam section, I may mention that she has not responded to my (surely) courteous response (see below) to her recent email to me via my blogsite ...
 
A number of highly qualified mental health professionals have looked at Jaani Drucker’s account of her rape in a New York Sai center in February 1985. Their view is very different to Jaani’s understanding – which she puts in terms of spiritual “realization”.