hey, that's weird, I wrote this whole long post and left it here, and now it's gonnnnnnnneeeeeeeeeeeeeeee..... *grinning*

anyway -- the gist of what I had to say is that the exterior guru energy is the reflection of our inner guru energy, the gurusthan, the 3rd eye, that resides in each human being. the outer reflection -- of a person, a miracle, an experience -- is showing our inner self how the divine in us operates. if it were only in us, never in relationship to anything or anyone else in the world -- then what would be the point?

in terms of Shirdi Baba himself, he died in 1918 so is unavailable to ask about his opinion, on the surface level, about whether or not he enjoys taking credit for miracles.

however -- in my own experience I can say -- better the divine gets the credit, and the blame, for everything. then I'm off the hook in terms of attachment, and karma, and simply have to do my maximum best, every day, to live up to the impulses of my better angels.

in terms of language -- I think it's a belief system issue. I don't hear 'saviourship model' in my language, personally, and wouldn't ever dream of it being analyzed by such a term. I don't talk about 'being saved' or 'saving' anyone else and don't think that's the role of the divine in my life or anyone else's, either -- so I'm not sure where that connotation is coming from but it's certainly not in my perception, or ideas, or experience, at all.

and, yes, spirituality in general is a slippery slope where language, terms, definitions, etc., get confused and misunderstood easily. part of the challenge of putting the 'beyond-words' into words.

Alx