After this list was recited and his work with the two poor men was completed, Baba dictated the following instruction to be sent out to his lovers:
Baba invokes the help of God for his work of Manonash, and those who wish to join him in this invocation may do so by wholeheartedly and lovingly repeating any one of the following names of God for half an hour each day, from December 29, 1951 to February 16, 1952:
Parsis to repeat: Ahuramazda ; Iranis to repeat: Yezdan ; Muslims to repeat: Allah hu ; Hindus to repeat: Parabrahma ; Christians to repeat: God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost. All others may repeat the name of God commonly used in their religion.
Baba later explained to the men about the invocations: "The One Indivisible, Infinite and Eternal God, Who is in everything and in everyone, because He is the Soul of all souls, and yet is beyond everything and everyone, Who knows everything because He is the Mind of all minds, is being invoked by me through His various names to help me through the instrument of His infinite power, love and mercy."
Coming out of his cabin, Baba went to a separate room directly opposite the cabin. In the afternoon Baba stated that eleven names were omitted from the list of departed devotees, so he sent for a Meherazad servant named Buwa and, keeping his head on Buwa's feet, Baba paid him Rs.11 for the eleven departed ones.
Again, at three o'clock in the afternoon, Baba remembered three more souls who had passed away who had been inadvertently omitted. He called for the servant boy named Jabu, and laid his head on the feet of the boy and gave him three rupees.1
On the 25th, Baba dictated at length to the men, explaining what the mind consists of and how to fight it. While Padri read the alphabet board, Eruch jotted down what was said.
Baba then stated: "I want all to avoid making any noise during the period of my seclusion."
He gave this example to emphasize the importance: "Padri, suppose you are a soldier in a battlefield trying to kill an enemy. You are in a battle and around you are all sorts of armaments — tanks and machine guns firing, and planes dropping bombs. You are ready with a gun in hand, ready to shoot down your enemy.
Footnotes
- 1.Jabu was working as a (toilet) sweeper at Meherazad.