Why do Human Incarnations not perform miracles that are big enough that they cannot be denied?
[Shri Durgaprasad asked: PÄdanamaskÄraṃ SwÄmi! A person who believes in God Datta, but not in the contemporary Incarnations of God, said that in the past, God’s Incarnations were not recognized or were seriously doubted by BrahmÄ, Indra, Kaṃsa and his army, KÄlÄ«ya, and Manmatha. But God did not deny their doubts. Instead, He removed their doubts by proving His divinity. This person said that if a claimed Incarnation like Sathya SÄÄ« BÄbÄ were to manifest a couple of large pumpkins or watermelons, not only would he surrender to the Incarnation, but that he would also bring all his relatives and friends to surrender to Him! But he says that BÄbÄ only manifested ashes and no large objects. He wonders what disturbance in the karma cycle would be caused by manifesting a few pumpkins. But manifesting such big objects would immediately remove all the doubts of devotees. He does not believe that any claimed Incarnation would be able to create such large objects and prove His divinity. Please enlighten me on how to respond to this person. At Your lotus feet, - Durgaprasad]
SwÄmi replied: O Learned and Devoted Servants of God! I have seen with My own eyes, ÅšrÄ« Satya Sai BÄba creating a big glass basket that was held in His two hands. The occasion was KṛṣṇÄá¹£á¹amÄ« and the basket contained various kinds of sweets. BÄbÄ said that He had brought those sweets from MathurÄ city. On another occasion, BÄbÄ held a small pot upside down and moving His hand in the inverted pot, He produced ash in such a huge quantity that it could have filled several gunny bags. The streams of ash produced were being showered on the statue of Shirdi Sai BÄbÄ. I also saw a very big and long golden ornament created by ÅšrÄ« Satya Sai BÄbÄ, which He presented to Smt. Anjali, a very strong devotee of BÄbÄ. So, do not draw conclusions based on your limited observations and limited knowledge.