Disturbing the faith of others is treason
A word to the men who are gathered here: you must live up to the glory of your inner purity and strength. You come from distant places at great expense but you bring with you all your habits and prejudices, your proclivities and preferences; without making any effort to purify them, to suit the holy place which you have sought. Here too you seek and secure the company to which you are accustomed; namely, the company of the factious, the envious and the wordly. Come to Me with mean desires and you will be disappointed! I will not worry if you do not come again. If you destroy or disturb the faith of others or the devotion of others, it is ingratitude, treason; it is like pouring glowing cinders on a heap of flowers.
But If the child gives up its mother, how can it grow? Keep attached to God, so that you may grow. Do not clip off the sprouts of faith in your heart or in the hearts of others. It is that Faith that gives poignancy to the yearning for God and which wins ready response. Raamamuurthy, who is here, called out "Swami" in that poignant sincerity when his wife's saree was in flames; she was too frightened to call Me. That call took Me to Aukiripalli and, though only a quarter of the saree was left unburnt, she was saved.
Cheats who trade on the faith of devotees
Talking of faith, I must issue a warning. Many people are collecting money in various places using My Name for various purposes like arranging receptions, building temples, doing puja etc. That is unauthorised and against My wish and command. Do not yield to such requests and encourage this practice, which I condemn. Then there is another set of people who trade on your faith. They advertise that I have 'possessed' them; that I am 'talking' through a medium or a stove (!) or some other thing. Treat all such people and their agents or brokers as you treat cheats; if you do not treat them so, then you are also accomplices in the cheating process.
There are others who gather groups of followers and admirers and collect money exhibiting mine idol or image that has been 'given' by Me or advertising mine other sign of My Grace. Some of them even declare "Baba sent me to you to take from you some money" or "Baba has given me this" or "Baba blessed me specially thus and thus" and then ask for your help or your praise or your purse! I ask you to chastise all thee types of men and turn them away—whoever they are.
So we see that it is vikarma (bad conduct) to trade on the faith of others and mislead others when the Avatar (descent of the Divine Purusha into human form) is here. All devotees are HIS devotees, and Sai Baba has repeatedly told over many, many years, that he does NOT HAVE ANY MIDDLEMEN. Repeat: There are no middlemen. The connection to Sai Baba is heart to heart. Go directly to God. Speak directly to Him with prayer, feeling, aspiration, repeating His name. All will be heard by God, directly.
Messages obtained via a pendulum act as a form of middleman between Sai Baba and his devotees. No message obtained via use of a pendulum has authenticity; this is not a message from Sai Baba.
