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Thus, the journey began. Inquisitive and open minded, I traipsed off to India in search of God! In the course of that remarkable adventure, I became convinced of Sai Baba’s divinity, and on closer inspection, of man’s divinity.
A lot has happened since I first met Sai Baba 32 years ago, in May 1972. I recounted my first experiences in India with Sai Baba in my book “Sai Baba: The Holy Man And The Psychiatrist,” published in 1975. It was about a young psychiatrist awakening to a new level of reality. I was astounded at coming face to face with an Avatar1. In the West, we are largely unfamiliar with the Eastern concept of Avatar, which literally translates to “an incarnation of God...the descent of deity to earth in bodily form.” In the Eastern view, Jesus and Krishna are considered Avatars.
Over the course of time, I became aware that man’s limited consciousness could expand to the level of divinity, that With Love, Man Is God! This book describes a continuation of my search for the meaning of life and some of my experiences and encounters with Sai Baba that convinced me of man’s divinity. This conviction rests in having experienced the eternal so potently in Sai Baba that it quieted my fear of death and gave me confidence in my potential for boundless love and infinite consciousness.
The way Sai Baba guided me to the title of this book is a good example of how the Avatar teaches selflessly without drawing aention to himself. I initially intended to title this book “Man Is God.” When I took a mockup of the cover to Sai Baba, he signed it quickly and seemingly without any forethought, so much so that I didn’t take a very close look at it. Not until a year later did I notice the significance of where Sai Baba placed his signature. On close examination, I saw that he ran his words “With Love” into the title in a way that brought greater meaning to the book, for then it read With Love, Man Is God. It is too much for most of us to even consider that man is really God. However, when we contemplate Sai Baba’s
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