But one day during this period, Pleader could not hide his dejection and frustration.
In response, Baba called Pendu, and asked Pendu in front of Pleader, "How long have you been with me?"
"Since 1922," Pendu replied.
"What do you want from me?"
"Nothing!"
"Then why are you with me?"
"To serve you, to see to your pleasure and to do as you order."
Sending Pendu away, Baba reprimanded Pleader, "Pendu has been with me for so many years, and you know how hard he works for me. Still, in return, he wants nothing! You, too, should create that mental attitude which will bring you, unasked for , that which you desire!"
Baba then sent Pleader back to Bombay after giving him certain instructions.
Sarosh delivered a new Buick for Elizabeth from Bombay on 20 July 1939. The 26th was Elizabeth's birthday and she gave Baba a ride in her new car. The following day, Sarosh returned to Meherabad with Viloo to see Baba. Although Sarosh was devoted to Baba from the early 1920s, his wife Viloo still harbored doubts about Baba and was openly cynical.
During their meeting, Baba remarked, "Whatever I say, I say from my Unlimited I . You have a limited I . I can read what you are thinking now, and I also know what you will think tomorrow. One day I will demonstrate it to you!"
The "demonstration" came and went in these moments, as this had been the very answer to Viloo's questions! She kept quiet, but Sarosh said, "Baba, Viloo says that instead of freeing the women mandali from maya, you are merging them deeper in it! The English pigs and calf I brought caused Viloo to think that it is all making the women more entangled in illusion. She also points out that you take them here and there, sightseeing and to the movies, and she doubts whether such activities are bringing the women to God."
Baba corrected her, "I use maya to pull them out of maya. But I use it in such a way that it cannot touch them!"
To clarify his point, Baba narrated to Sarosh and Viloo an incident from the time of Ram, regarding King Janak's life:1
King Janak was a Videh Mukta, [a Sadguru] who was physically without sensation or feeling, and beyond maya. But, because he was a king, he lived like a king in royal fashion, and his palace contained all the comforts and riches befitting a king.
Footnotes
- 1.King Janak was Sita's father, Ram's father-in-law.