Who Am I?

Om. I am neither the mind, Intelligence, ego nor chitta. Neither the ears, the tongue, Nor the senses of smell and sight. Neither ether nor air. I am eternal bliss and awareness - I am Shiva! I am Shiva! I am neither the prana, Nor the five vital breaths. Neither the seven elements of the body, Nor its five sheaths, Nor hands, nor feet, nor tongue, Nor other organ of action. I am eternal bliss and awareness - I am Shiva! I am Shiva! Neither fear, greed, delusion, Loathing, nor liking have I. Nothing of pride, or ego, Or dharma or liberation. Neither desire of the mind, Nor object of its desiring. I am eternal bliss and awareness - I am Shiva! I am Shiva! Nothing of pleasure or pain, Or virtue or vice, do I know. Of manta, of sacred place, Of Vedas or sacrifice. Neither I am the eater, The food or the act of eating. I am eternal bliss and awareness - I am Shiva! I am Shiva! Fear or death, I have none, Nor any distincton of caste. Neither father nor mother, Not even a birth, have I. Neit...

Al Drucker's talk about Sai Baba in 2003 can be seen here

Isaac Tigrett gave a fascinating talk to Sai Baba; devotees in Altanta in 1992. A dear friend attended it and later we got hold of a tape recording of the talk, but it has now been lost. It's good to find that the talk was videoed and one can see it in two parts, here and here

Baba's good works are enough to earn him respect from all sections of society, from the top to the bottom. His 85th birthday was attended by both the President and the Prime Minister of India His schools are treated as models for Indian schools and are encouraged by the government He has managed to bring fresh drinking water to more than  8m people – more than the population of Sweden. He has completed a scheme planned more than 100 years ago to bring  reliable fresh water to Madras. His two free hospitals are models of their kind and almost certainly the largest free such facilities anywhere in the world Baba works tirelessly and travels hardly at all; he's only once been outside India – in 1968 to Uganda. He lives the simplest life, eating nothing but a little ragi (millet) and wearing a cotton robe. For the spiritual seeker, the is absolutely no money involved. In fact you can live in the ashram more cheaply that anywhere else in India and books and DVDs are cheap...