It is easier to disbelieve than to believe because disbelief is an act of descent, whereas belief is an act of ascent. It is easier to disbelieve than to believe because disbelief is an act of breaking, and belief is an act of building. Building is more difficult than breaking.

It is easier to disbelieve than to believe because disbelief is an act of our self-centered mind, whereas belief is an act of our self-giving heart.

We disbelieve because we are afraid of oneness, afraid of the vast. We feel that when we enter into the vast, we lose our identity, we lose our individuality, we lose our very existence. But we forget the undeniable truth that when we enter into the vastness, it is nothing short of the enlargement of our divinized consciousness.

When we disbelieve Baba, when we disbelieve the reality, Baba remains the same. But what happens is that ignorance gets the opportunity to envelop us more powerfully and more completely. When we believe in Baba, Baba's compassion gets the utmost opportunity to work in and through us most powerfully.

The deeper we enter into the spiritual life, the more we become aware of the capacity of disbelief and belief. Disbelief is nothing short of destruction. Belief is nothing short of a new creation. Each time we believe in something, we see the face of a new creator within and without us. And when we go one step ahead, when our inner faith looms large, then we see in us a perfected man and a liberated soul.

"If we make Him our helmsman, we can easily cross over the sea of all our pains and sorrows".

Answer :

What do the devotees have to do with miracles? If merely the mention of that word creates confusion, then one can guess the results it can create in society if the mental equanimity is not there. Some devotees have certainly made progress on the path of devotion by being influenced by such miracles.

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Contributed by Dinesh Patel

In September 2001 I and my wife went to see Sai Baba film in the cinema in Leicester, England. The film was to start at 8.00 PM. There were 2 cinemas of the same name and we went to the wrong one and were directed to go to the other cinema in the main town. When we reached there we could not find parking. It was 8.15 by now and I said to Baba please find me parking and suddenly somebody moved out in front of us giving us parking. We reached the cinema at 8.30 bought the ticket and walked into the cinema thinking we have already missed half an hour of the film. When we entered the cinema to our great surprise not only it had not stared but there was no one else in the cinema. 

We looked around and the manager walked in and asked us if we had come to see Sai film. He said there is no one else so he is going to start the film for just two of us. You can imagine how we felt. We feel this was a personal invitation from Baba to us and we will always remember Baba's personal gift to us especially as some of the film was reminder to me of how I came to know Baba. Love to all Sai brothers and sisters.