Upon seeing him, Behramji was surprised, for he had not expected to see his friend again for several months.
Age observed Narayan Maharaj's deep love for Merwan, but it wondered, "Other Sadgurus had to pass through the fires of hell to gain consciousness of the divine state; the realization of God reduced them to ashes within and without! Yet Merwan does not seem to be suffering the same way. Is it because he himself is Beloved God?"
The five Perfect Masters had drawn a veil over Merwan for nineteen years to hide his divine identity and to protect him until the time was right. Then Babajan had lifted the veil. Unlike with other advanced souls, it was not the veil of ignorance that covered Merwan's sight but only a momentary vidnyani veil concealing his true glory! Thus, Age knew that Merwan was the One whom it had been longing to see — the Beloved for whom humanity had been waiting for hundreds of years.1
Through his contact with Narayan Maharaj, Merwan was now beginning to feel the glory of his Godhood. He was still dazzled by the glorious light and bliss, but now his own light and bliss would begin to dazzle others.
Following his contact with Narayan Maharaj, after some days in Poona Merwan told Behramji, Lattoos and Baily, "Come with me. I am going to meet certain very great saints. They are all holy men who belong to God." Merwan, with his three close friends, went to Bombay first. There they met a man called Tipu Baba who was a God-intoxicated mast of a high order (the sixth plane) and was the spiritual chargeman of Bombay.2
After taking Tipu Baba's darshan, Merwan and his companions left Bombay the same night for Aurangabad — famous for the Ellora Caves and the tombs of many saints. There they met a majzoob of the seventh plane named Bane Miyan Baba , who was considered a great saint by the local people and who had a close connection with Sai Baba of Shirdi. It was Sai Baba who had given God-realization to Bane Miyan Baba and stationed him in Aurangabad.
Merwan sent Lattoos and Baily back to Poona and then took a train to Nagpur with Behramji (via a circuitous route) to meet the third Perfect Master of the age — Tajuddin Baba. At Nagpur, they inquired of Tajuddin Baba's whereabouts and were informed that they should take a tonga to the town of Vaki Shariff, some ten miles away, where they would find Tajuddin.
Footnotes
- 1.This veil is comprised of vidnyani sanskaras that, by substance or nature, do not bind. Circle members of the Avatar and Perfect Masters also have such vidnyani sanskaras, but their sanskaras are different in function. The Avatar's vidnyani sanskaras are there for forming an individual human identity and as protection so he may grow and develop into a mature man. The vidnyani sanskaras of circle members (mandali) have to do with the Perfect Masters' or the Avatar's Universal work.
- 2.Tipu Baba had inherited his spiritual charge from Baba Abdur (or Abdul) Rehman who was a Mohammedan Perfect Master in Bombay before Merwan was born, and who dropped his body circa 27 December 1916. His tomb is located in Dongri, Bombay.