Just continue putting up a fight with all these thoughts — whether you win or the thoughts win, this is not the point at issue. It is no concern of yours. You have just to put up a fight, sincerely and continuously. And my key will turn in such a way that you will really get various thoughts! It is because I want you to fight the battle and win.
You have simply to concentrate on the chart, the explanation, figure and colors which will automatically enable you to keep your mind away from other thoughts. Where is the question of a fight if you don't get other thoughts? And, for my own reasons, I want you to keep on fighting mentally during these hours.
Don't lose without a fight. Don't take defeat lying down without fighting against the strongest of thoughts.
Here, Baba called up two men from the gathering, a strong, stout person and the other, Feram Workingboxwala, quite the opposite — lean and weak. Pointing to them, he explained:
Look at these two men. One is quite strong and big, and the other quite weak. If the weak one is afraid of his opponent's appearance and gives up the game, the other wins without a fight. And in this there is no credit. But if the weakling, in spite of his lean figure, is spirited enough to face his opponent, however strong, he will at least give a good fight.
So you have not to despair, but to give a strong fight. Picture Feram [the weakling] fighting an enemy who does not exist. That would be like waving his fists in the air! It is foolishness — madness. So, for a fight, there must be an opponent. The more formidable a foe, the more spirited the fight, and the more creditable the victory and result. So continue with the fight of mental reaction without fear.1
All gathered at 7:30 A.M. on Monday, 17 May 1943 to hear Baba's explanation of the Divine Theme chart:
You have to follow this very carefully since it is most important. You have to ponder over it tomorrow during the internal silence. The explanations in Urdu, Gujarati and Marathi will be given again later by the concerned persons, with the aid of the chart. Much of this has already been told to you by me in bits and pieces, but now it has all been collected, and I will tell you the whole story.
Deshmukh then read out the Marathi translation, which Baba had already dictated.
Footnotes
- 1.In the war, the British R.A.F. had heavily bombed dams in the German Ruhr Valley (on 16 May 1943), causing great flooding and devastation.