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Chapter 22: 1952 Trip To The West

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That is what I want. When you love Baba, God will love you, and God's loving means everything. So, Baba is very happy. One who really is the humblest of the humble is the greatest of the great. But it has to be in all honesty, in all truth. So, let us love, love, love; all else is illusion. So, Adele, what more can you do if you really love me? Do you love me?"
"Yes."
"Do you know where that love is coming from? When you love Baba, God's love means everything."
Filis later recollected: "At that moment, I felt the circulation of love from his heart to our hearts, back to his, so strongly, never again could I say, ' I love God.' That love is his gift. To say it is mine would be like a drop of dew saying, 'I am the sun,' when it sparkles."
Filis and Adele then left to meet the women mandali at the Guest House.
Both women had a second, private interview with Baba the following morning at the Lagoon Cabin. He even sent Adi, who was reading the alphabet board, outside. Filis recalled her interview at 9:45 A.M. as follows:
I was alone with God! And I felt very shy, but happy. I was overcome by his beauty. He spelled slowly on the board, "Any questions?" and I shook my head. Baba said, "Those who ask for nothing get everything."
But of course, a deep question welled up within my heart: Why all that suffering? Why did I go through all that I did? Baba silently answered me. He took my hand. It was like holding a child's hand, or a rose; the flesh was pure, almost transparent. I could feel his blood going through me — like a blood transfusion — and I felt his suffering. He took my wrist in his hand, and I felt a mystical sense of sharing his suffering, he sharing mine. It was a wordless answer.
Then, I silently said to him, Baba, I always want you for my Master — all the way to the end. And Baba nodded in reply, "I'll be with you to the very end."
He called Adi back in the room with a clap. Again he spoke of love for God as the only thing that is real, and ended by saying, "Your love for me is so genuine, real and pure, that I am deeply touched. Do you know why you love me? Because I love you."
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