09-16-2009, 03:19 AM
When I read this, then I thought about the miracle ash of Sai Baba, in a fond sort of way and not a condescending one. I consider that some percentage of his ash may indeed have manifested in some miraculous way or another. And I wonder how many people short change themselves from such a magical perception - discounting many miraculous happenings as simply illusions of one sort or another and say letting the larger percentage of non-miraculous ash to veil the miraculous. It may be that part of such a magical perception is acknowledging our limitation of the senses and perception that promote our illusory version of the greater reality. I think another part of magical perception is being okay with not knowing what goes on behind the magic tricks - to savor a feeling of wonder without skepticism, as many kind hearted children can.
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