FREE WILL AND FATALISM IN SAI BABA'S WORLD-VIEW
Doctrinal teachings versus philosophy and science: There was a longish period when I became a follower of Sai Baba, during which I plunged deeply into his teachings on karma, the will and causation, also comparing with those of other more articulate Eastern thinkers and alleged 'holy men'. I had already absorbed everything Western philosophies and theologies had to offer on all questions related to the issues of determinism and freedom, volition and causation, and was therefore unable to accept the fatalism ("there is no free will") that kept showing up in some of Sathya Sai Baba's inconsistent pronouncements, though I made huge efforts to reconcile these with the only rationality I had come to adopt as unavoidable. These efforts are reflected in two articles I wrote in Sathya Sai Baba's journal, Sanathana Sarathi, quoting Sathya Sai Baba at every turn (God’s Will and Ours - Jan. 1990, p.17ff and Freedom and Fate - June 1993, p.165ff). Since I have had to deconstruct my previous understanding of Sathya Sai Baba, and as a result many of the convictions and points I tried to suppress to fit in with his teaching have reasserted themselves, and even with added cogency.
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