Baba continued: "Politics, social welfare, economics, et cetera, are but different facets of the same one substance — spirituality — because each of these are included in the Knowledge of the One. Spirituality includes everything — politics, economics, ethics, social welfare, civics, and all other kinds of service. Just as the rays of the sun are not different from the sun, so also, each of these divisions is but a different branch of the same Eternal One.
"Thus indirectly, from the point of spirituality, I always play my part in all these things, and I say so, and I always make others do so. The difference is only this: that whereas the ignorant one experiences maya, and wants 'this and that' in maya, the Dnyani [one who has realized God] views even maya as an expression of God and experiences it as such.
"There was a certain newspaper in the West that got hold of the notion of a Master-disciple relationship between us (but attention was drawn to this and a correction was immediately sent). Now you, on the other hand, write that you are a student of Baba, etc. I view both these things quite differently. That is, I take you as Premi Mitra, one who is my loving friend; because in each one, I see no other than myself. Thus, whose 'Guru' can I be and where can the 'chela' [disciple] be! According to me, of all friends, he alone is dearest who remains infinitely restless for Truth!
"But tell Dosaji that he cannot thus wriggle out of his promise to help render my articles into Gujarati, because when I had agreed to his suggestion to get all the articles rendered into Gujarati and he said that he should check and correct them from the point of view of language, he had then said that he would definitely give his help as much as he could in this work. He could not have forgotten this!
"When we happen to meet again, we will have some more fun."
This reply, jotted down word by word by me, is exactly as Shri Baba dictated through his alphabet board.
And from myself now, I have a request, and that is that you will please reply to this letter, because I believe that there has cropped up a misunderstanding in the past between us while exchanging lengthy correspondence. I have a feeling that as a result of this, Baba is probably somewhat aggrieved.