BHAGAWAN BABA OF SHIRDI

All but strive to changing man into god by ministrations and prabodhas, and ultimately come out victorious by lifting the sinking dharma and making humanity live in perfect harmony. By intense spiritual sadhana and propagation of the glories of gods, they transform the common man, lost in mundane world into devotees, who live in God always thenceforth. They in turn preach the might of devotion to increasing their fold drawing from the highest to the lowest, that could alone bring in equality and unity among people, The godmen not only see God, but pave the way for everyone to enjoy that spectacle of God's Viswarupa.

Naturally, they take recourse to miracles of infinite variety. It is only through them, they lure people to their feet and they alone cement the faith of the followers in God, the All-time powerful. Pure devotion brings God down to dwell in the heart of the adorer, to give succour to him in all possible ways. At all times. To whom should credit then go? How could beautitude establish itself without that man instrumental for this? Is it not a good cause for God to delight at the outcome, and await the bidding of that godman? Isn't the maker of devotees then greater? As that All-Powerful Providence takes His seat in the heart of His devotees, could He retain His weight? His self-effacement and total absorption in the devotee, makes him mass less and formless? Hence, He chooses to disappear at the sight the godman in the pan. Godman, God and devotee are comparable to a triangle, not an equilateral by the way, but a right angle triangle; its hypotenuse being always the longest.

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