That is why I do not want you to hurt his feelings and warn you to be very careful in your talks with him. In a serious case, such as the cutting through of the bamboo matting so many times, repeatedly, from his side of the compound, it clearly shows it is the work of his own servants, or they cooperate with others in this mischief. Following the recent attack at midnight of stone-throwing at the bungalow, immediate action is necessary to stop this regular nuisance which is getting more dangerous every day. It seems very necessary to draw his attention immediately, since he is the proprietor of the bungalow and head of the family and all, for an investigation and the necessary immediate action to bring the culprits to book, before they go further and prove more dangerous. You all advise that, yet I prefer not to bring this to his notice even though it is so serious and becoming more dangerous every day, causing so much annoyance and trouble to us all.
Why do I prefer to keep him out of this and to suffer so much ourselves? Simply to avoid giving him a shock, and keep his mind and impression maintained as it is at present, because I have to work with or through him in the future. I know that with the slightest mention of these things, even though they are facts, his mind will at once set to thinking, become easily prejudiced, and the impression created would be totally shattered. He would not discriminate and try to understand the situation in which we are placed — in a new area which is quite foreign to us, and we have so many ladies who have been trained under certain strict discipline. And he would never realize that, although I am a Spiritual Master, I have to work in the world of matter with people of the world, and have therefore to observe certain ways of the world and work accordingly, which is so difficult.
His line of thought would be in a certain direction with settled ideals of saints and Masters — that they are above and beyond things of matter and are therefore untouched and unaffected, et cetera. So he thinks that they do not mind these worldly difficulties at all! That thieves or robbers would never go to a saint's ashram or abode, or even if they do go, they would not be able to achieve their aim, due to the powers of the saint.