Everything will put on a new meaning and assume a purpose. Sinner and saint will appear to be waves differing in size and magnitude on the surface of the same ocean, a natural outcome of forces in the universe, governed by time, space and causation. The saint has neither the pride of place, nor the sinner the stigma of eternal degradation. Nobody is utterly lost and nobody need despair.
My panacea to the worried world is the effort on its part to get an answer to the questions, "Whither and Whence?"
The knowledge that all have the same beginning and the same end, with life on Earth a happy interlude, will go a long way in making brotherhood of man a reality on Earth and this in turn will strike at the root of narrow exploitation. I bless you all for the realization of this, the aim of life.
Starting in the evening, Master Krishna, the bhajan singer from Poona who loved Baba, sang until 1:30 A.M. Baba was pleased and showed his appreciation for his singing. By this time, the Westerners were tired and Baba sent them to bed. As it was getting cool, Rano sent her blue-and-white checkered shawl for Baba. He asked whose it was and when told, he sent it to one of his lovers who had been too ill to come for his darshan.
The two-day celebration was the most grand of any of Baba's birthdays to date, and for the Western lovers it was an experience they would never forget. For several years, Baba had stopped celebrating his birthday, but he allowed it in 1937 because of his Universal work. It was all his work to intoxicate the world with the echoes of his Song! A celestial happening, a red-letter day in the history of the world. Tears of joy cleansed his lovers' hearts, erasing all differences of caste, creed and color from their minds. All bindings and distinctions were washed away in this flow of tears and those who had come felt the urge to merge in the unity of God at his feet.
After the two days of celebration, Baba's lovers left for their respective homes and took his love with them in their hearts. During the birthday celebrations the Westerners saw for the first time the Indian custom of washing the Master's feet. Baba explained the purpose of this on a later occasion: