Chapter 12: Film Projects & Work In India
1936· Baba age 42Page 1,713 of 5,444
It is similar in the case of Upasni Maharaj and Narayan Maharaj. Although they are both Perfect themselves, their work is of a [Hindu] sectarian nature. They are surrounded by Brahmins who strictly observe all rites, rituals and ceremonies, keeping others out. Upasni Maharaj's indifference to the established rules of society [keeping many young women] brought him a bad name and made his work difficult, creating scandal and trouble. But he did not mind it, not only because he is Perfect — hence above and beyond these things — but also because his work is not so extensive and wide as to necessitate the care and caution he should have taken if it were otherwise.
My work is universal; hence, I have to come in contact with all kinds of people of all religions, countries and creeds, in the East as well as in the West. And while working, I have to be very careful to consider the feeling and impression created on all who come in my contact, especially those whom I wish to work for me immediately, or later in the future.
If I do not do that, no one would come in — would be induced or persuaded to do the work as I want him or her to do it. In my great, universal divine plan I require men and women of all castes, creeds, cults and denominations in life — from the poorest peasant to the richest Rockefeller — each to fit in to a particular type of work in his or her class or community. Accordingly, I find the person willingly inclined.
Thus with me, there are Hindus, Mohammedans, Parsis and Christians, Easterners and Westerners, each with certain tendencies, temperaments, inclinations, and fitness or fondness to do a certain type of work. Each has at the time certain weaknesses and prejudices side-by-side with good qualities, and it is all these things and factors which I have to observe and consider if I want a particular person to fit in somewhere for certain work of mine.
Therefore, whenever a person is introduced or comes into my contact, I watch over him closely, and for a certain period in the beginning, even pamper his prejudices of caste, creed or religion. I tolerate his other weaknesses in nature and temperament until he is gradually trained and prepared to give these up one by one. And then he begins to understand things in a better and broader angle of vision, all the while trained through talks, explanations, discourses and direct references to others, which are really meant for him.