Shri Sai Sat Charitra-Chapter XXVI-Part I

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Stories of (1) Bhakata Pant (2) Harishchandra Pitale and (3) Gopal Ambadekar.

Preliminary

All the things that we see in the universe are nothing but a play of Maya the creative power of the Lord. These things do not really exist. What really exists is the Real Absolute. Just as we mistake a rope of a garland or a stick for a serpent on account of darkness, we always see the phenomena, i.e. things as they outwardly appear, and not the Noumenon which underlies all the visible things. It is only the Sad-guru who opens the eyes of our understanding and enables us to see things in their true light and not as they appear. Let us, therefore, worship the Sad-guru and pray to him to give us the true vision, which is nothing but God-vision.

Sai Ram. A lot of science is embedded in the above paragraph, which draws upon the wisdom of Vedas and Upanishads. Just as visible light is a small fraction of the total electromagnetic radiation (thus the physical eyes can only see a small portion of the whole, just as a blinkered horse can only see the road straight ahead and not the other scenery), the ego-mind complex (Jeevatma) can only sense a small portion of the grand universe, which is a manifestation of the Paramatma. Thinking that what is seen is the only truth is delusion and Maya. Sadguru, opens our vision to include the unseen and that which is not manifest, so that we realise the truth. Sai Ram.

Sai Ram. The observer and the observed - both are part of the same creation. Thus they exist in respect to each other but since all things created have a definite life span (however small or large it may, it is still finite), they can be considered to be unreal, impermanent. This too is in accordance with the advaitic vedanta. Sai Ram.

Read more on the third eye and the inner worship of Sai as suggested by Hemadpant