When significant events unfold before you, it is extremely difficult to coherently describe your thoughts and feelings while you’re amid the experience, since their deep meaning is not yet fully understood. There can be a fear of making a mistake if something is not accurate or if it’s incorrectly interpreted. The responsibility in writing such a book is too great when the account is about the story of God's childhood on Earth.
Who can fully understand the purpose and play of God? Even after many centuries, in fact, little will still be understood. Why wait? I cannot understand Sai Baba now, but neither will I be able to understand him in a thousand years. Who can boast of having fully understood the life and mission of Krishna, Buddha and Jesus Christ?
Directly after the 2023 Shivaratri festival, I realized I must start working on the book, immediately. The next day, I started writing.
The symbolism of Shivaratri is deep and mysterious; this is the great night of the god Shiva. Some interpret this holiday as the most favorable time for meditation, while others interpret it as a great time to work with positive intentions. The cosmic vibrations are especially strong on this wonderful night, and everyone directs the energy in accordance with their priorities.
At that time, the political situation in the world was extremely tense and even dangerous. The boy Prema Sai Baba seemed “out of this world”; he was thoughtful and his consciousness was as if to be somewhere very far away. I felt as if he was blessing the whole world in gaining wisdom and peace. After Shivaratri, I felt I had to start work, immediately.
2. Predictions that are difficult to interpret
For many years, Sathya Sai Baba has predicted that after his passing he will be reincarnated as the next divine incarnation on Earth and that his name will then be Prema Sai Baba. In the pages of this book, we will consider the predictions of Sathya Sai Baba; however, they are very contradictory and allow different interpretations regarding the time, place and circumstances of his next birth as Prema Sai Baba.
Sathya Sai Baba most often said he would be born in the next life in the state of Karnataka, in southern India. However, the exact place of his birth as Prema Sai Baba has been revealed to different people in different ways. Sometimes, he said he would incarnate in the area of the city of Mandya, while other times he pointed to the small town of Channapatna or to the vicinity of the city of Mysore.