He is in all, in saints, in sinners, in animals, in inanimate objects and in everyone. He is here right now within and without; He knows what we speak. He is wonderful, infinite, and only He is real. He knows you love Baba.
Don't worry about weaknesses. They will go, defects will go. Even if they linger on, love will one day consume them. In the Ocean of Love, everything disappears. However dirty our minds might be, the love we have will cleanse it completely. If you were to wash your face every day in this lake [on the Center], all the dirt would go into the lake, but the lake would remain clear. Similarly, in you is a lake of love for Baba. So for every difficulty, every weakness that persists, you need not bother. It is being washed off. You must love with all your heart, and honestly. Love demands that you think not of yourself but of the Beloved.
So, do not worry, and I tell you, even if you at times get doubts, get confused, even if you cannot love me as I want you to, do not worry at all. Baba loves you and that matters.
One devoted couple, who met Baba for the first time during his visit to Myrtle Beach, was Fred and Ella Winterfeldt, two German immigrants who had settled in New York, where they had met and married. Both were interested in finding a Spiritual Master. Fred, 54, had been searching for many years, and Ella, 55, had felt a Divine Presence on Earth since childhood.1 They decided to save money to take a boat or plane to the Himalayas or some South Sea island, where they would begin their search for their Master.
In mid-1948, a well-dressed woman came to the apartment building where Fred was the superintendent, and signed the lease for the penthouse apartment. As the woman's fur coat parted open, Fred was drawn to a button she was wearing on her blouse. "Is he a Spiritual Master or a yogi?" he asked.
The woman replied, "He is a great Perfect Master."
Fred was curious, and the woman said that after she had moved in, he could come one day and talk about it.
The woman was none other than Ivy Duce. Fred was deeply impressed by what she told him of Baba. He borrowed Jean Adriel's book, Avatar , and took it home to share with Ella.
Footnotes
- 1.Ella Winterfeldt was related to the philosopher Rudolf Steiner.