Don't be Italians nor Eskimos, but be Punjabis!
Before returning to the mast ashram, Baba went with the women to see Lucky and the other pets. Lucky broke loose and misbehaved, smearing toothpaste, so Baba beat him with a stick. They finally caught the miscreant monkey in the bathroom. Baba was not at all happy.
He remarked, "If Lucky would die he would be free.1 My two pets — Chum and Lucky — both have to be kept tied up all day."
Baba changed the timing of the women's daily chanting of the seven names of God from 5:30 - 6:00 A.M. to 5:30 - 6:00 P.M.
Naja was not well at the time and Baba remarked, "If Naja dies I will place her grave near Nonny's."
When Baba visited the women on Sunday afternoon, 8 September 1940, he explained about world conditions:
Politics has this meaning today: all a mess and very unclean! The rulers of the Indian states, the rajas and ranis, have all led scandalous lives. But the British government ignores that, and tells them to govern, because all the native kings side with the British. The coronation ceremony [in Mysore] is a farce, and the [Indian National] Congress Party hates it.
India is placed in the worst situation, internally and externally. You will soon see it. The Muslims accepted the Viceroy's offer, whereas the Congress Party has refused it. If the Congress declares civil disobedience, it would be going against the Muslims and British both.
Some like Gandhi and some don't like him. But he is the only honest man, although weak in some matters. The real calamity for the world has not yet begun. When they know that they do not know, then they will know! Now they merely say they know. When India gets its share of the world calamity — more than any others — then the real thing has begun!
Changing the subject, Baba explained about meditation:
Those who can meditate should do so. Those who cannot, should repeat my name for half an hour. You must meditate daily, but the day I come to visit you, it doesn't matter.
For some, meditation is suitable, for others, it is not; and a very few enjoy it. The meaning of meditation is to go within yourselves, right inside of you! Those who love God, that love takes them within.
Footnotes
- 1.Chum was a ferocious watchdog and so had to be tied up.