These simple words pierced the young woman's heart and she repented for her angry outburst.
Nergiz had been suffering intestinal tuberculosis. Baba gave her a rose petal to eat and then instructed her to dip a locket with his image in a glass of water and drink the water each day while repeating his name. By obeying Baba's instructions, she was cured after some time.
Various close ones wanted a more recent photograph of the Master, so Baba went to Russell Studio on Thursday, 5 September 1929 with Kaka Baria, Gustadji, Chanji, Ramjoo, Naval and B. D. Pudumjee (the wealthy Parsi who had offered Baba the use of one of his bungalows at Sinhagad). After having his portraits and a group photograph taken, Baba visited Pudumjee's house in Bombay. Sorabji and Jamshed Desai and others from Navsari also met Baba that day.
On one occasion, Dinshaw P. Marker, 40, and his family invited Baba to grace their bungalow, Bom Villa , in Kandivli, a suburb of Bombay.1 No one would stay at the bungalow because it was said to be haunted by ghosts. However, when Baba went there on the 6th of September, he liked it and even assured Marker that he would stay there for a few days before going to Persia. Baba also visited another devotee's home in the suburb of Borivli.
Later that day, Pleader came and questioned Baba about God-realization. The Master explained:
Before Realization, the veil must be torn away and the mind must die. It is due to this veil that every individual mind functions in the gross and subtle bodies. Removing the veil would separate the gross from the subtle; when that occurs, in the subtle state you would be able to see internal things with as much clarity as you see gross objects. While doing all physical activities such as eating, drinking, sitting, standing — while your body is functioning — there is simultaneous progress into the subtle world, like killing two birds with one stone.
But the veil must be ripped off. Though this veil is thin, at the same time it is very strong. It cannot be slit easily, but it can be rent in an instant by a Perfect Master. If it is torn, the consciousness of the soul at once enters the first plane. It is like a parrot which escapes from its cage; it flies straight into the air without looking at its surroundings.
Footnotes
- 1.Dinshaw Marker was from a prominent Bombay Parsi family. Dinshaw and his brother Bomi may have met Baba in Toka the previous year.