An edition of Source of the dream (1997)

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my way to Sathya Sai Baba

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An edition of Source of the dream (1997)

Source of the dream

my way to Sathya Sai Baba

The author has elsewhere described the book as follows:- The book I wrote about how I came to Sathya Sai Baba (‘Source of the Dream’), in which I certainly also exaggerated Sai Baba’s qualities and intelligence, was an arrempt to follow the dictum of supposed Indian masters to write entirely positively and to avoid any kind of critical and derogatory claims. This is also the stated ideal of Sathya Sai Baba, (even though he is often highly derogatory about various professions and specific human groups in his discourses). That book was still not quite to his taste. Firstly, I did not set out to flatter him by capitalizing every reference to him (i.e. no ‘His’, ‘He’, The Divine Lord, Lord Sai etc. ad. inf.) nor did I use the gushing, excessive adjectives used by his favourite writers to characterize him and everything connected with him. Worse still, I was so unreservedly daring as to point out that he makes mistakes about facts, with examples, which does not agree with his own self-evaluation, for he reckons he is perfect in all ways. But though I pointed out how fallible he is in various things, I then tried to rationalise it all away by cleverly contrived reasoning (a rather standard practice there, for I too was under the spell then). Finally, though I nevertheless gave him masses of praise as 'The Universal Teacher, and headed chapters with overblown titles like 'Sai Prema Supreme' etc. (far more than I now consider decent), I did not go completely over the moon with it, which is evidently what he requires for his full satisfaction! He eventually signed a copy (the stamp of authentication) at an interview in 1994 if perhaps somewhat grudgingly (who can tell?) "With love, Sathya Sai Baba". See here for selections from the text of 'Source of the Dream' with my present comments on the text. In the private interview with my wife he advised me to 'Write, write!' (which I continue to do, though only to expose his many deceptions). "

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Samuel Weiser
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English
Pages
301

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Source of the dream: my way to Sathya Sai Baba
1998, Samuel Weiser
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Source of the dream: my way to Sathya Sai Baba
1997, Samuel Weiser
in English

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-298) and index.

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York Beach, ME

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Dewey Decimal Class
294.5/092
Library of Congress
BL1175.S385 P75 1997

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Pagination
301 p. :
Number of pages
301

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Open Library
OL679132M
ISBN 10
1578630282
LCCN
97025620
Library Thing
9116712
Goodreads
326606

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