Sri Sai

Aum Sairam

Sri Sai, as we are constantly reminded in Shri Sai Satcharitra, is both Nirgun and Sagun. Depending upon the devotee's level of development and as per the situation, He was showing the particular aspect. Once we accept that He represents that aspect of Parabrahman with attributes, i.e. Sagun aspect also, we have to accept both the positive and negative qualities or what is also referred to as Duality. As long as the devotee thinks of himself different from his surroundings, duality is the ruling aspect.

This is true also for the devotee looks upon Sri Sai as God or Guru, i.e. different from himself. With duality comes another aspect of duality, viz., opposites. Where positive qualities exist, automatically negative qualities exist. So affection [love] and anger are opposite sides of the same coin. One more reason for Sri Sai's occasional spells of anger was that He wanted to give a practical training and demonstration of the lesson which He always used to din into the ears of His devotees, viz., to accept praise or criticism with equanimity and to accept whatever God gives as Prasad. So, those devotees, who took Sri Sai's scolding as blessings prospered materially as well as spiritually.

Allah Malik