In other words, the bindings to which the soul seems to be subject turn out to be no bindings of the soul in its true essence. The bindings are realized as only illusory. After the annihilation of the limited mind, the infinite consciousness of the soul, with all its knowledge, power and bliss, remains unaffected by any weaknesses or diseases to which the body might yield as a result of natural laws.
The Perfect Ones, who retain normal consciousness and the body even after realizing the unchanging and absolute Truth, dwell eternally in divine love, which transcends all duality and surpasses all understanding. They enjoy abiding and unassailable peace, for they have at last arrived at the final goal of creation.
I have no connection with politics. All religions are equal to me, and all castes and creeds are dear to me. But, although I appreciate all "isms," religious and political parties for the many good things that they seek to achieve, I do not and cannot belong to any of these "isms," religious or political parties. For the Absolute Truth, while equally including them, transcends all of them, and leaves no room for separate divisions which are all equally false. The unity of all life is integral and indivisible. It remains unassailable and inviolable in spite of all conceivable ideological differences.
I am equally approachable to one and all, big and small. To saints who rise and to sinners who fall, Through all the various paths that give the Divine Call. I am approachable alike to saint whom I adore And to sinner whom I am for, And equally through Sufism, Vedantism, Christianity, Or Zoroastrianism and Buddhism, and other "isms" Of any kind and also directly through no medium of "isms" at all!1
When I was in America, people asked me when I would break my silence. I, in turn, asked them: "If my silence cannot speak, of what avail would be speeches made by the tongue? When God thinks my speaking would be heard universally, He will make me break my silence." However, silence or no silence, he who would deeply ponder over the Truth which I declare shall eventually be initiated into the Life Eternal.
Side by side with other activities of the Fiery Free Life, there will invariably be one constant feature of that life, wherever it takes me. I will bow down to the saints whom I adore, the masts whom I worship and the poor to whom I am wholeheartedly devoted.
Footnotes
- 1.These lines had been dictated by Baba the previous July, for his meetings with the New York group.