God Clarifies The Time

I saw this documentary about this man called Sai Baba. The question was; Is he a master of love or deception? Some, including himself, claim that he is god. He is really an Indian man who believes he is a reincarnation of a muslim saint. In his career as god he has turned into a quite wealthy man and given away public hospitals and important things that would make the political figures bow for him, even if they truly didn't respect him. All the people who came to see him would be given small magic tricks. These would include things like; holy sand in a glass picture that falls down by the graze of god and little bricks dipped in honey that would be dripping honey for an unnaturally long time. There would be fancy gold watches and holy sand turning up in his hands, coming from nowhere. These things have convinced people that he is god. As tricks I would say it's maybe interesting, but when god does it, it loses it's point somehow. It's just not fun that god practice childish magic tricks on a regular basis. It's scary somehow.

This god claims he never sleep and looking at how his hair is shaped I actually can imagine that he never do. If I never slept I think my head would also look quite fuzzy. In this picture I think we have a clear evidence of him sometimes taking a nap, while leaning his head against a wall, maybe just pretending to be awake (I used to do this all the time when I went to high school, I dont think the teachers noticed, but the hair never lies you know, if you let it speak for itself). If I'm not totally crazy (which might just be the case) I think he said he never ate either.

I wonder if his mum loves him, his fans certainly do.

I dont think I would like to travel across the world, only to get a small piece of stone that drips honey, from God.

No matter what, people from all around the world, also some famous celebrities travel to see this god and his magic powder. In the documentary they would zoom in so we could see how he hid small balls of calk between his fingers and secretly rubbed them, until they would turn into healing sand that he would give to the children in the crowd. Everyone seemed to be really amazed about this easy trick and if you saw it from the distance the sand really did seem to come out of the thin air and into his hand. The thing is that when experts examined the sand, it came out as nothing more than a plain calk substance. The thing is that this trick have been done in various forms on stage and off, as entertainment for decades. It wouldn't hurt if these type people would try to make a small effort in trying to be as creative in their acts, as they often are with their outfits.

Sai Baba have also materialized a photograph of Jesus (great for the museums) and large quantities of sacred ash amoung other things. Looking at the picture where he materialize the ash makes me imagine that he might be good at baking. Every good baker has his arm sleaves pulled up. It's just a matter of decency and mature experience. That God has kitchen practice is more surprising to me, than finding out that he has gold watches.

Anyway, I dont think it's strange that he claims to be a god or that some people actually believe he is God. It's nothing new about that. In the documentary they showed interviews with former friends and devotes of Sai Baba. Some of them claimed he used to put honey on his boyfinger and ask them to suck it. Would you say no to God if he came to you with his boyfinger? If I thought a man like that indeed was a god, I think I would be extremely relieved to discover that there was at least one human thing about him. He didn't sleep or eat, but he liked to put honey on his boyfinger. I think I would feel much better knowing that, even if I his honey boyfinger didn't attract me.

So the regular bad things was said about the human god in this documentary. Nothing new about that either. The devotes got the gold watch, went home and wondered, as the gold started to peel off. Did they feel silly or cheated? Was it worth the trip? What about the poor people who could really need a gold watch, would they afford to travel and meet with god to get that watch? -And if they could afford the trip, would they really be needing the watch then?

Some people receive a (usually nasty looking) gold watch with their name embroidered when they have worked for a company for a long time. Thanks for the time you served us is what it's supposed to say. If I ran a company I would not be giving away gold watches to pay respect. I'm not old enough to experience "the embroidered gold watch thank you" thing, but I am old enough to understand that few people really appreciate it. They take the watch with a smile and a bow and go home and cry. That was that. If I met God and all he gave me was a gold watch, I think I would go home and cry until the respect for whatever god it was had left me completely. Gold watches are material things, a symbol of the stressed wealthiness to our modern emtyness... and a good excuse for saying you dont have the time to care...