So there exist the:
Majzoobs — on the 5th, 6th or 7th planes Pirs — on the 6th plane Walis — on the 5th plane Masts — on the 3rd, 4th or 5th plane God-mad — on the 1st or 2nd plane And the world-mad — on the zero plane!
Between the third and fourth planes, and between the fifth and sixth planes, and between the sixth and seventh planes, there are stages, called mukam-e-hairat, where souls become stupefied [and enter a divine coma].
When Margaret is intoxicated, what does she experience? Does she remember worldly worries? Does she then care for anything? Similarly, the mast who is drunk with God-love cares for nothing, sees nothing. As the majzoob is one with the plane he is on, he is drowned in it. How can you differentiate between the mad, the God-mad, the mast, the majzoob, the wali — when all act alike?
When I once sent Soltoon's sister for a mast, he instead came back with seven worldly mad! How do you differentiate between an ordinary madman and an ordinary drunkard? The drunkard totters, and the mad does not. That one movement of tottering is an indication that he is drunk.
The mad and mast act alike, but there are certain gestures and signs by which one can know. The mast here bites and throws stones and filth, but he is a very good mast, and not mad. Even the majzoob on the seventh plane, who is one with God, acts like that. But they are all like children; they are mad and ghosts all in one. They attract only when necessary. Otherwise, they lie hidden, like a jewel in a pile of coal!
At seven o'clock on the morning of 28 January 1941, Baba again left Jaipur in Elizabeth's car for mast contacts in Alwar district. Gustadji and Chanji accompanied him. Savak had been sent ahead to arrange the meetings, ascertain the masts' locations and prepare to take Baba to them immediately upon his arrival three hours later.
In Alwar, Baba contacted five masts and requested absolute privacy, instructing the mandali to stand at a distance and not even to look toward him while he contacted them. To contact one mast, they had to drive three miles outside the city, and Baba then had to walk another four miles through a desert. But even this he did with the zealous enthusiasm of one eager to finish a job.