“”In your enthusiasm to get money, you are likely to resort to undesirable means, perhaps even becoming unscrupulous. It is better for you to remain poor with an honest and loving heart, instead of collecting riches by dishonest means. Keep the company of saints and have love for God; you will surely achieve the aim of your life.
Your ideal of service is only a means to an end, and not the end itself. So try to go further until you attain the highest and noblest end itself. To say that only a few selected ones gain entrance onto the Path does not mean you should not try. Why be drowned in maya when you can rise out of it and be drowned in the ocean of Bliss and Knowledge?
A real saint wants only love and devotion from his devotees — not money, not luxurious comforts. Try to create divine love within your heart by longing for God and you will have everything.
The group left Delhi for Srinagar on Thursday, 19 June 1930. The next day, they reached the town of Murree where they rested two nights before continuing their journey. On the 19th, a boy named Tulsi was found in Lahore, and he was taken with them to Srinagar.
In the town of Domel, a Punjabi gentleman approached Baba while Baba was reclining on his seat in the bus, and asked if he believed in the Bhagavad Gita .
“”Baba gave him a succinct reply, "I not only believe in it, I experience it every moment! God is to be seen and actually experienced. Mere intellectual understanding is not sufficient. You may read Shastras [Hindu scriptures] for the rest of your life, but that will not take you an inch nearer to God if you have no desire to see Him, to experience Him, or to know Him."
Before the man departed, he asked Baba, "Would it be selfish on my part if I ask you to pray for us sinners?"
“”Baba spelled on the alphabet board, "Blessings," and the man smiled contentedly and left.
When they arrived in Garhi, Baba remarked, "From the point of view of my work, Quetta is the best in all respects, but there are obstacles there which impede my work. Therefore, going to Quetta at this time is not desirable."
The group reached Srinagar on Monday, 23 June 1930. Early the next day, Baba sent Vishnu and Raosaheb to Harvan Village to bring the boy Pandit to him.
