Thought force is really very strong and powerful. Lord Chaitanya did not go to places of pilgrimage for the sake of pilgrimage, but for cleansing their atmosphere which were full of the sanskaras of thoughts of worldly people.1
For my work, a pilgrim on the third plane is more helpful than the place of a dead saint of the seventh plane; but a well-known dead saint or Master may have a strong influence due to the multitudes going to his tomb. That is why I thin down the effect of this complicated thought atmosphere by visiting such places.
At the time the group was leaving Chishti's tomb, Baba turned to Mansari, dictating: "A Fakir once said, 'When I saw in my own heart the impression of divine beauty, the sight of God, Wherever I cast my gaze, I saw Parvardigar [Infinite God].' "
Mansari asked if Baba was that Fakir. Baba nodded, yes he was, for he had spontaneously dictated these poetic lines in honor of Chishti, the Qutub-e-Irshad of his time — the head of the spiritual hierarchy.
Baba had been to Chishti's tomb twice before (in 1922 and 1935), and he visited it several times during his visit to Ajmer in 1939. As recounted by Eruch, one night when Baba went to Chishti's tomb, while alone, he bowed his head to the Perfect Master's tomb thousands of times.
Minoo Kharas arrived from Karachi to see Baba on Sunday, 19 February, and after a long discussion with him, left soon after. That day, Baba bathed all three masts (Socrates, Lakhan Shah and Mohammed) at the mandali's bungalow, and Kaka and Adi Sr. managed to bring Chacha there as well. Baba washed his feet and fed him. But the following day, Chacha refused to get out of the tonga at the mandali's, where Baba wanted to bathe him and cut his hair, and Baba instead took him to the women's bungalow and fed him there. On the 23rd, no amount of persuasion could convince Chacha to descend from the tonga in which he had been brought.
At 9:00 A.M. on 21 February, Baba and Adi Sr. went with Gustadji to the home of his brother (or cousin), who worked in a local distillery. The man had ten children and a meager salary, and Baba was sympathetic to his straits and blessed him.
Eruch left Ajmer on the 23rd evening to make arrangements for the group's stay in Bhopal.
Footnotes
- 1.Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486—1534) was a Hindu Perfect Master from Bengal who popularized the chanting of " Hare Krishna, Hare Ram! "