Sai Baba's birthday plus: Recent posting from Robert
Priddy
Date: 11-24-08
By: Ex Baba admin
Sathya Sai Baba birthday magnificence
The stark contrast
between the conspicuous waste on needless pomp y which Sathya Sai
Baba congratulates himself and the grinding, debilitating poverty of
most of India's population is a powerful comment on his
uncompromising misuse of donated monies to enhance his own name and
fame.
In
a land of dire need, Sathya Sai rides on a golden chariot
Sathya Sai Baba's
birthday this year was directly preceded by a 3-day ritual yagna,
which offerning to the gods Sai Baba has said is the most important
way of stopping the (supposed) decline of humanity! That the gang of
fat or decrepid priests will achieve this by their fire offering
seems unlikely (!!). They have the look of those who do far less
service to the poor than chant and preach.
The vague and unworkable abstract idea of Unity (with God, all beings etc.)
General appeals to the
speculative ideas about 'unity with God' as an ideal by moralising
religionists – such as Sai Baba -serve only to confuse and mislead.
They cannot be used to set up workable goals, other than stimulate
to private longings and (inevitable unanswered) prayers to be saved
etc. Like many another religious and political abstraction, they
mostly serve only authoritarian agendas , social control and
manipulative power
The
nature of 'love' - as unconditional or limited?
Religions hold up the
ideal of eternal, unconditional love, which is a human impossibility
– thereby cowing those who are under their sway and giving them a
bottomless self-image and feeling of inadequacy and imperfection.
This idea is central as a means of control and manipulation – both
in mainstream religion, but more particularly in sects and cults
(like Sathya Sai Baba's cult)
Sathya Sai Baba’s hunger for international recognition
Among
various attempts by Sathya Sai Baba, his organization etc. to get
him international recognition and awards, two most embarrassing
incidents stand out. This person who claims to be the Omnipotent
Creator of the Universe is longing for recognition! These incidents
were:-
Sai Baba’ own announcement that the man who awards the Nobel Peace prize was
visiting him! (See extensive coverage of this below here)
The failed attempt to sneak a Duke of Edinburgh Award for Sathya Sai Baba -
much publicised by his chief propagandist Dr. G. Venkataraman
Sathya Sai
Baba worshipped by India’s P.M.s etc.
http://robertpriddy.wordpress.com/2008/11/18/2067/
The Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, and his Minister for Home Affairs
(Shivraj Patil) are known devotees of Sathya Sai Baba of Puttaparthi, who they
visit and show the utmost respect. They accept a man who has for decades
repeatedly claimed he is God Incarnate (which is illegal in India anyhow) and
who – for example – said on the BBC film ‘The Secret Swami’ that he created
golden lingam (size and shape of an egg) weighing three tons
within his stomach and regurgitated it! This alone is a telling indictment
of such top Indian politicians!