Has Baba ever said anything
about the Afterlife?
What Sai Baba told Peggy Mason
about the afterlife. Is mediumship
right or wrong? From Peggy Mason's Newsletter
Up until now it is my impression that Baba has wished us
to concentrate on our present life and to try our utmost
to put His teachings into practice in our daily lives. As
we know, He teaches Reincarnation:
"The good fortune that has brought you face to face
with Me is something for which you must thank your merit
won through previous lives.
But if you read carefully the first article in this issue,
it would seem that Baba now wishes people to be more aware
about life after the death of the physical body. In the
past He has been known to reassure people in certain circumstances.
When a very sorrowful and dejected couple, whose young crippled
son had died, had an interview, they were quite put out
that Swami seemed so happy! "Why have you got such
long faces?" He asked them. "I have just seen
your son and he is running around having a wonderful time."
And within an hour of the passing of Walter Cowan in America,
his wife Elsie received a telegram from India, saying "Walter
has arrived in good shape - Baba."
Of course Baba was well-aware, on our first visit to Him,
that for several years my late husband Ron Laing and I had
been vastly privileged to have a most dedicated and gifted
medium living with us. Our daily experiences were faithfully
tape-recorded and written up daily, and Baba also knew that
for several years I had written monthly articles for Two
Worlds magazine, and that at readers' request these very
wonderful experiences had been published in my two books
Tales of Two Worlds (just about to be reprinted for the
14th time) and New Age Companion.
However, merely for the sake of other people who were uncertain,
we asked Baba: "Is mediumship, to communicate with
those in the next sphere of life, provided the medium is
honest and a pure channel, wrong?" "No, not at
all", Swami replied quite categorically. (See p. 28
of our book Sai Baba the Embodiment of Love.) |
It would now appear that Swami wishes people to become
more aware of the afterlife, and though I hesitate to say
this, I have received a mountain of mail over the years
from all over the world, such as "If only your book
could be placed in every home in the universe. It has opened
a new world to me . . .' etc. etc. I would just like to
add that those who were clergymen when on earth communicated
with some anguish: "If only we had known! We were supposed
to be shepherds, and we knew nothing!"
Many readers will know that for many years my husband Ron
Laing was a very dedicated Samaritan, and he has been drawn
to this kind of service in his new life. On one occasion
he made me smile when he communicated, "I am helping
those who pass over without a clue, wondering what on earth
has happened to them!" Indeed, for those who are convinced
that the death of the physical body is the end, it can be
a shock - hopefully a very pleasant one. (During my long
life I have had two very close friends, one a world-famous
'cellist. Neither could believe in the afterlife. I have
often thought of the time, after I have left this life,
when I can meet them again and say "I told you so!")
Craig's Comment:
Peggy Mason was kind enough to send me this and other material
just before she died. I am honoured to be able to publish
some of her comments in my new book below.
(Article Copyright of Craig Hamilton-Parker)
 Sai
Baba - the Embodiment of Love
Peggy Mason, Ron Laing
Peggy Mason was a Spiritualist
turned Sai Baba devotee. Here is here story of her encounter with the
God-man. Naturally she asks him about mediumship! if you're not a Sai devotee, it might make you start seeing things from
a totally new perspective.
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