"Such a man expresses Truth," I replied. "These men create facts of a deep, re-ordaining order. Facts are results. The results that these omniscient and omnipotent Pure Beings created have endured. Truth is its own witness."
Einstein's humor suddenly turned the course of thought. With the smile of a wise child who knows how to evade dangerous ground, he said, "Well, tell him for me that if he is able to transmute the consciousness of my cat that has the vulgar instinct to eat birds, I will believe in him!"
We discoursed for a little while longer. When Einstein realized that whatever is is created by God-love and that no one is in possession of the pure, omniscient and omnipresent power unless he is merged in God, he found the subject too much to grasp. He abruptly turned around and apologized for having to finish the last page of his new book. Before leaving the room, however, he added, "Should we ever have the privilege to be in the same place, in the same town in some part of the world, do you think Meher Baba would come to see me?" I replied, "When you wish ... He will!"
Mrs. [Elsa] Einstein and I remained together, conversing for another hour about things less profound but dear to me. We recalled a period when her daughter, Margot, who is Einstein's most dear child [though a stepdaughter], and I were deeply affectionate friends.1
During September, October and November of 1932, a considerable amount of correspondence took place between Meher Baba and Mahatma Gandhi, handled through Chanji. Just two days after Ramjoo and Chanji met with Gandhi in prison, Chanji sent this letter to Gandhi:
September 23, 1932 Nasik Dear Gandhiji,
Baba was much pleased to hear all about our interview with you, particularly when we gave him your message that there is some talk about him almost every day at your end [Yeravda]. He said it was quite natural, because he always keeps you in his mind as one of his dearest ones. Further referring to you, he added, "I love him much."
In regard to your remarks about the continuation of his silence, "He is now carrying it too far," Baba smiled and signaled [gestured], "I am going to commence speaking in the near future and I would like him to be near me when I break my silence." Baba smiled and added, "Gandhi promised me to help write my works in Gujarati, and when he feels finished with his political and social services, he will accompany me to America."
Footnotes
- 1.Einstein was the rare scientist who spoke and wrote about God frequently, and he described himself as deeply religious. He had a great admiration for Jesus, Buddha, Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore (whom he met in Germany in 1930). He was known to be indifferent to material things and observed, "The commonplace goals of human endeavor — material possessions, outward success and luxury — have always seemed to me despicable." And he once referred to each of his possessions as "a stone tied round my neck."