It is all so complicated for it is "delusion" and delusion is full of complications. In Truth [Reality] there is no complication. It is One — indivisible, whole.
"Need" is a great factor. Even for a Master where they cannot apply their mind, there is a "need" for certain things. They have to come down to the level of ordinary human beings and do things which puzzle all. For instance, Dr. Robinson. I want you all to run after him, myself going with you and feeling so anxious for you to see him, explain things and get his reply, etc. Why? Because, there is "need." We need him for Mani's case to be better soon, and since it is entrusted in his hands as the best expert, we have to run after him. Otherwise, under ordinary circumstances, if we had no "need", I wouldn't have seen him even if he came and requested an interview.
I like Mysore for certain external reasons, too. Climate, water and above all because I feel aloof from the petty worries that disturb me over there [Meherabad, Nasik, Bombay].
And with the Dewan's [positive] reply as it is given, it would have been so splendid. But since Mani's serious illness and operation, it is so discouraging. And then the "tatta-cutting" affair totally disappointed me.
On Friday, 3 April 1936, Baba took a drive to Nanjangud with Gustadji, Jalbhai, Chhagan and Chanji, and saw the exquisite carvings on the famous nine-story temple there. Thousands of pilgrims had come that day and were approaching the temple after bathing in a nearby river.
On the 7th, Baba spoke about sleep:
The number of hours one sleeps is acquired by habit; it is not a "necessity." In fact, sleep is a state of unconsciousness, and all beings spiritually are unconscious until full real consciousness is gained in Self-Realization. This state of unconsciousness during sleep is really nothing but a state of inaction and rest for the body which, forming into a regular habit, has grown to be considered a "necessity."
There are men who have very little sleep, men of culture and science, who are devoted to their work in which they are so deeply absorbed and busy that they hardly have time to rest, much less for sleep, which they take for hardly a couple of hours a day. There are many who are accustomed to having very little sleep and yet they keep in the best of health.