One of the group asked, "What if we want to obey, but for some reason are not able to do so physically or mentally?"
If you want to obey, then it is not disobedience. If, for instance, I say FLY! and you cannot, it is not disobedience, but you must try to fly! Do not say, "I cannot fly." But just try.
In one sense it is easy to obey, but to do it with heart and soul is difficult. For example, if I say to Adi Sr., "Kill your father," he will kill him. That is easy; he won't be happy to do it, but he will. Complete obedience, complete blind obedience, is very, very rare.
If I tell Malcolm, "Kill Jean," if he has full faith he will do it, but not willingly. Hence, there is a difference. Complete blind obedience is the outcome of complete faith.
At one point, Baba again warned that continually thinking of how to get rid of the ego and how to merge in the Infinite is a hindrance on the Path rather than a help.
Continuing, Baba emphasized obedience:
You will always find very many who do not obey. They are just devoted. They worship but do not obey. Is this clear? Obedience is more important than devotion, even if it is done unwillingly. It counts for a great deal because afterwards, in the process, duality vanishes and responsibility falls upon one person — the Master, the One you obey. If he tells you to get up, you must. If he calls you, you must go.
Love is even higher than obedience. In real love — not ordinary love — love, obedience and devotion are inherent. Such love gives life, body, soul — all to the Beloved. This love is higher than both obedience and devotion.
The next step to this love is union. Therefore, love. Give more love, and more and more love. Big hearts always give and give in; small hearts take and take in.
One day I will explain more about love to you all. Love is not understood properly. Every emotional act cannot be counted as proceeding from love. The true sign of love is to give everything — to give and give!
One day I will explain. A mother loves her child. But this is not pure love. It is love plus self-satisfaction.