Baba indicated to her, "It is not a question of food or eating meat.1 You may eat it. Your heart is pure and that is enough. Do one thing: stop worrying. I shall help you and your husband."
As mentioned, the oldest Davy daughter May Cluse, 42, also met Baba a number of times. Unlike Herbert and Kitty, however, May was skeptical of Baba and confronted him, "I have faith in Christ and also believe that there is no other Christ, and there will be no other such being in the future. Jesus was the only one and will be the only Christ forever! Since Christianity is predominant in the West, it is superior in religion and spirit to the East."
Baba calmly dictated in reply, "To explain it all to you will take time, but I will convince you that I have gained the state of Christhood and that I am the Christ."
"Impossible!," she exclaimed. "I don't believe you. I don't understand what you mean."
"Were I to explain it to you, you would understand everything. Truth is above religion. Truth is far, far beyond the intellect; it can only be reached by love. Christ attained that state of divine love. I am in the same state and I have its experience. I am always in the Christ state of everlasting bliss!"
Baba's answer and smile erased much of May's skepticism.
Many came to see Baba and he met all with love. The close ones did not pose any questions, because they were engrossed in singing the Song which he had taught them by his inner touch. Those who did not know how to sing would ask questions, and Baba would answer them patiently. There were also those who did not ask questions, but who also had no desire to sing. They simply enjoyed being in the Master's company and listening to the singing of others, and took away their "share."
These birds of his garden in the West who had started singing included: Margaret, Kitty, Zilla, Delia, Minta, Purdom, Mabel, Quentin, Kim, Tom and Enid.
Baba once revealed to this group, "I am the source of all knowledge, all love and all bliss. Love me, the source of all love, and be happy — and don't worry."
Among the several hundred people who had come to see him in London, Baba taught only these few to sing.
Footnotes
- 1.The name "Holls" appears above a blank line in Chanji's diary for this contact, so it is probably a name Chanji filled in later, when he asked about it. It is quite possible that this contact was the English composer, Gustav Holst, who had once taught Kitty. She wrote: "I will go back to the first event, which occurred in 1907 in London, England, when I was at St. Paul's High School: my contact with Gustav Holst. This great composer and conductor was on the visiting staff and taught choral singing classes weekly. Although I was unaware at the time of his great love for Indian mysticism, perhaps some transference of consciousness took place to bloom later." (Kitty Davy, Love Alone Prevails [Sheriar Foundation, 1981], p.3.)