Evolution always consists of opposites. The bravest man today will be a first-rate coward in the next birth, or he was in the last birth.
Even the present life is one of opposites. A baby lives on milk and is absolutely free of lust; but as the child grows, and changes his diet from liquid to solids, he becomes aware of lust. As he grows older, he experiences old age and the outlook of life is thus changed again. He took birth and he dies — all opposites. If in one life there are so many points of opposites, how much more are there in the whole evolutionary process, whose very nature is opposites.
On the morning of the 21st, Baba revealed to the mandali and other disciples that whether the long-awaited end of material bondage and the beginning of spiritual freedom, which he had of late repeatedly emphasized as drawing near, came by the end of April 1953 or at some other time, there are four events which must come to pass before he finally drops his body. Four incidents were to occur as preordained by God. He explained:
It is an absolute certainty that before leaving my body I will have to face universal humiliation, apparent universal defeat and violent death, culminating in universal Divine Glory. By "violent death," I mean that I will suffer great physical violence preceding the glorious victory of Divine Truth, and this violence endured by my body will ultimately be the cause of my physical death. The manifestation of the Divine Truth will go hand in hand with the breaking of my silence.
Let those sitting here with me today, and those away from me at this moment, beware and be ready. The time is close at hand — the moment has almost arrived when your sincerity and your utter surrender to your Master will be put to the extreme test. It is not I, personally, but circumstances that will test the extent of your self-dedication to me, your Master.
Baba further explained to the group that those who had adhered to him, and those who were at present with him, must be fully prepared for the necessary forthcoming humiliation, apparent utter defeat, and bodily violence, even at the cost of their lives:
On the other hand, humiliation, defeat and physical violence will not necessarily be encountered by all who are connected with me.