This is the reason why, age after age, I have to come again and again in this world as a man. By my singing the Song, the whole universe has come round my neck!"
He added, "If you could only understand that the whole universe is just a shadow of the Infinite God, you would never worry about these temporary things. Then you would know that you all eternally were, are and will be in God."
Sampath Aiyangar's daughter, Janaky, had come from Madras with her daughter Vasumathi. The Seshagiri family was also present. Baba lovingly inquired after each.
He asked Seshagiri's son-in-law, M. V. Subba Rao, "Do you love me?" and when he replied yes, Baba asked, "What do you want?"
"I want nothing more, Baba," he replied.
Baba was pleased by his answer.
In the afternoon at the dak bungalow, Mulukutla Ramalingam Sastri (whom Baba nicknamed Baba Sastri ) sang some of Kabir and Mira's songs in a classical way. Kabir's song "Remove the Veil and You Will See Ram" prompted Baba to explain:
Just imagine that ages ago you were, now are and will ever be. Then what is there to worry about? I want to impress upon you all that you must be honest. You must be honest to God, to yourselves and to others. If you love God honestly, you will forget yourselves and see me everywhere and in everything. God does not like sham, and ceremonies are only outward. It is an insult to God if you make a show of your devotion. That is what Kabir means when he says, "Don't revel in your desires."
There are many yogis who can achieve samadhi, fly in the air or walk on water, and yet do not know what love is. This divine love consumes all our limited desires; but this "burning" [in love] should be smokeless. Kabir puts this in one line: "Lift the veil of seven colors!" He does not say "remove" the curtain, but uses the word khole [lift, open].
In fact, this veil is so subtle that even the finest and highest thought cannot pierce or tear it. This veil has seven layers and seven knots. The seven layers are of different colors, and of seven kinds of sanskaras. These impressions are of the phenomenal illusory life. To make it more clear; this world that we see, hear and experience through the senses is an illusion, and is based on seven illusory desires.