By saying so, Hafiz never meant giving up life itself, for instance, by cutting one's throat. He was referring to giving up one's will , which is 100 percent impossible. He who gives it up Realizes — becomes one with — the Master, the Beloved. Another couplet of Hafiz asks:
Why are you after Union, love and spiritual progress?
Leave all these to the will of your Beloved!
Therein you will find everything!
To achieve the will of the Beloved, do not argue. No why and wherefore here because the chosen ones accept from the bottom of their hearts what the Master says. If I tell Nilu, "Tomorrow I will make you the King of Persia," don't doubt it. Accept it. If the next day I tell him, "Nilu, I will make you a sweeper in Africa," accept that too, willingly. The third day I may order him, "Nilu, leave everything and go out begging." Accept this too, with full devotion. Then Nilu will become Nilkanth!
Baba asked Nilu what his reactions would be under these three circumstances. Nilu replied, "I will accept being a king in Persia and a sweeper in Africa, but I would not like to beg."
"Have you any responsibility left?" Baba asked him, and emphasized, "It is not love if you have not relinquished all responsibility completely."
Baba continued at length:
In obedience, only one thought of acceptance remains. One willing to obey 100 percent has no thought of one's self, relations or of anything else for 24 hours a day, except the will of the Master. The Master's order, his movement, his will or any other action of his are not like those of an ordinary person. To live such a life is really not practical because the Master has no "will" to express. The will of the Master is spontaneous. This "will" is something quite different, which a very, very few from among rare ones can satisfy for 24 hours. For such a hero, the Master's words, indications and movements are, in fact, the Master's will. If the Master does not speak with him, that too is the Master's will.
If the Master orders one to cut someone's throat, the rare one will unquestioningly, without even the thought of why, do it. Such a rare one is not concerned with the consequence of such an order but takes it only as his will. Others may also act accordingly, but in their hearts they have a thought that the Master's order is a test for them, or that it is for their spiritual upliftment. Under such circumstances, there is no question of the will of the Master.