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1 wanted to be Myself . . . that is anandaswarup9—premaswarup10 . . that is what I am,
and 1wanted to be that . . .
How can I be anandaswarup—and premaswarup . . . and get ananda . . . and give ananda . . .
and get prema . . . and give prema . . .
and to whom am I to give ananda . . . and to whom am I to give prema . . . so I did this . . .
I separated Myself from Myself and became all this.
(Sathya Sai Baba)
Can all of existence be a grand play in which consciousness strives to overcome a self-imposed delusion of duality—by, through and for love? Are we capable of realizing a superhuman identity, a power and glory beyond anything imaginable? No one has been able to prove by the mental process of reason that spirit is the most basic and fundamental reality upon which all creation is based. “Proof is realized at another dimension of consciousness where faith and devotion predominate and lead to direct experience. But let’s start our journey with as much reason and intelligence as possible. And in order to examine the following concepts, phenomena and the extraordinary personality of Sathya Sai Baba, great openness and courage will be needed as well.
Notes
1. Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death (New York: The Free Press, 1973), p. 88.
2. Ibid., pp. 88-89.
3. Ibid., p. 90.
4. Ibid., p. 193.
5. Ken Wilber, “Odyssey: A Personal Inquiry into Humanistic and Transpersonal Psychology,” ]oumal of Humanistic Psychology, Vol. 22 No. 1 (Winter 1982), pp. 62-63.
6. Becker, Op. cit., pp. 90-91.
7. Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol IX (Tustin, CA: Sri Sathya Sai Baba Book Center of America), p. 95.


































































































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