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Chapter 17: Meetings & Darshans

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The personal services rendered by him are beyond description. I myself would not have been able to do all this for my Master.
Pendu, Padri and Vishnu are three of the four pillars of Meherabad. They work without any desire. They are service personified. They have rendered great service for the last 25 years. Padri, for instance, has not even the desire to know anything spiritual. All he wants and all he desires is to work for me.
Again, the services of Vishnu can hardly be told. Those who were at Lahore saw him working in the most trying physical discomforts without the least thought for his body. No tapa or japa can be compared to these marvelous selfless services of my disciples.
Dr. Nilu is no doubt fond of milk and basundi [a milk sweet], but he is the one disciple who has relieved me of one of my greatest anxieties — the responsibility of looking after the health and well-being of the women on the hill in my absence from Meherabad, as well as when I am here. He has given a very significant help in my Universal work.
Savak Kotwal has dedicated all his life to me. His service has been unique. What yoga, concentration or meditation can be compared with this great service?
Kalemama is the personification of "restless rest." The state of this disciple is well described by Gustadji, who refers to him by making a whirling sign with his hand. For such a restless man to have 100 percent faith in me and stick to me for years is a yoga which would not have been possible for me.
Annasaheb [Kale], his brother, is just the opposite. He is a man with a well-balanced mind, a systematic worker. His faith and love for me are exemplary. He does all types of work for me. He even works in the cinema to earn money for expenses connected with my work. After all, the money spent for my work is given to me by my disciples.
Sailor has been with me from childhood. He has a thousand defects, but his love and faith in me have been of such a high order that all his defects are of little consequence.
Gustadji is my friend. Even a mahayogi would not have the patience as shown by Gustadji. To observe maun [silence], to refrain from reading and writing and to live without work is a yoga which I could not have done.
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