I will not only play the part of a devotee, but in all earnestness I will feel myself as a devotee. Therefore, I have called a few selected ones to share in my most humble prayers to God, Who is in us all, and in Whom we are all One. Tomorrow I want you all to pay attention to what I say, explain, decide and declare.
At the end of April, God will manifest; that is what I am going to say tomorrow. So tomorrow morning have a bath, or at least wash your hands and face — or at least wash your mind with your love for me! — and join me wholeheartedly in my prayer. Nothing else. Let us not be hypocritical before God, Who knows everything.
For the past many years, I have been bowing down to masts and saints who, in love of God, have annihilated themselves. Now I bow down to the love of those who, with full faith and love, love me.
More bhajans were then sung. At 4:30 P.M. Baba instructed everyone to wash their faces and hands and then come back in the hall. Baba inquired whether the Saoner group had arrived. When all had accommodated themselves in the hall, he continued:
Now God's names will be said as they were in the morning. Tomorrow I will say what I have to say, or do what I have to do. Today I have taken the stand of a devotee 100 percent. So I will have to act according to it, and you all must cooperate with me. Tomorrow I will make my Fiery Life clear.
At approximately 4:45 P.M. Baba washed his face and hands. God's names were then repeated aloud by the same four men, in the same order. Then there was bhajan singing for about an hour by Gadekar, Thade and Madhusudan.
At its completion Baba said:
For a few minutes, I am going to speak about dnyan, Knowledge, which in Sufism is termed marefat, or certainty of Becoming. There are three states of conviction: Intellectual conviction, conviction through seeing, and conviction through Becoming.