Yeshwant Rao of Sakori arrived for Baba's darshan that day after a long time. He reported that Upasni Maharaj had recently been to Calcutta and Kharagpur, where he had lived for many months in 1915.
On the 21st, Baba issued special instructions to Biharilal to meditate at midnight for half an hour by staring into the darkness, and not to get up or move under any circumstances, for any reason, "even if a scorpion or snake appears and threatens to bite you!"
Memo returned from Poona to see Baba and Mani on the 23rd. Later that day, Nusserwan Satha also arrived at Meherabad to see Baba. On the 28th, Khansaheb came and had a long talk with Baba, and Rustom arrived the following morning.
For a few days, Baba had been dictating points and instructions to Adi Sr. about the drawing of a chart on evolution to illustrate and assist the screenwriters in their work for the film to be made in the West.1 On 23 May 1934, in the room on the back verandah of the Mess Quarters at lower Meherabad, Baba began dictating the "Theory of Creation" for the first time. Baba would dictate on the alphabet board, which Jalbhai or Chanji would read. Feram Workingboxwala would take it down in shorthand and later type it out. Adi Sr., Babu Kale and Minoo Pohowala were present and listened.
Most of what Baba dictated was subsequently incorporated in God Speaks , so it will not be reproduced here. However, Baba did mention a few other interesting things while dictating. He began by pointing out:
Scientists understand evolution from the first life to the last human life, but none knows why this evolution of forms takes place. After human life, what is there? The scientists know nothing!
It is all due to the evolution of consciousness that forms evolve. For example, take the body as consciousness and clothes as the body. Now, the size of this shirt is according to your body. If a hand is cut off tomorrow, the shirt might be minus one sleeve. So it is due to consciousness that the body changes.
Discussing the beginning of the evolution of forms, Baba dictated:
The ocean was very warm and still, and due to the presence of gas and air in the water, it became "rusty." Algae was formed from this rust, then gradually seaweed. The algae used to sink below from above. When it reached the bottom of the ocean, it became seaweed. From the original algae came seaweed, and from seaweed, vegetation.
Footnotes
- 1.Adi Sr. had purchased different illustrated books on animals and evolution from Bombay, which he and Vishnu were instructed to read. Minoo Kharas and Babu Kale assisted Adi in drawing the chart.