Baba added, "There are many to teach in the world, but very few to learn."
"What do you mean?" asked the priest.
"They all teach but none of them wants to learn — and those who teach do not know the Truth themselves!"
Baba then recounted an incident concerning Baily: "A chap named Baily was my school friend and he just could not believe how a boy like me, who used to play marbles with him, could as a man attain such a high state, while he was still where he was. The difference between him and me was so phenomenal that he wanted to see some miracles as proof in order to gain conviction about me. One day, when Baily was writing something in my thatched hut in Poona, all of a sudden the inkwell began dancing up and down! He was flabbergasted. After a little while, the pen jumped from his hand and also started to dance. He started shouting, 'BABA! BABA!' and wept continuously for some days. From that day on, he was convinced of my powers and had faith in me.
"I told him, 'You fool, if this small phenomenon could convince you of spirituality, why don't you go follow Mohamed Chhel [a well-known tantric magician]?'
"All miracles are child's play, whereas spirituality is far above them. Miracles in themselves have no spiritual value or significance. But they are necessary and, at times, performed by the Master as a means to convince people of Truth and spirituality. Jesus performed miracles not for his own gain, but to make people recognize the Truth and to create faith in them. Yet, when he was crucified, he who could raise the dead, did not stop it!"
Changing the subject, the priest asked, "Why do you keep silence? Why don't you speak?"
"I always speak!" Baba replied, smiling. "I continually speak through you, through Malcolm, through all the high priests and through everyone."
Not following what Baba meant, the priest asked, "Then why do you use the alphabet board?"
"I talk through you and all, and I answer questions through this board."
The priest looked more perplexed and asked, "How? I don't understand."
Baba quipped, "Yes, you cannot follow because you have been to Rome, and I know because I have been to Home! This is the difference between you and me. You are in Rome and I am at Home!"