Baba continued: "I ask you, if everyone is Avatar, and the Avatar never suffers, how is it that you seek redress when you suffer? All this is a mess created by Vedanta. It says everyone is God. It is true, but only a Realized One can say that.
"If, on the strength of this statement in Vedanta, one were to say 'I am God,' then Godhood would not be at peace even for a moment. Knowledge says so; the Upanishads say so; but if we go by this theory, how can love for God be created? Whom to love then? Knowledge does not dawn automatically. So, they [the false Avatars] are led by the intellect and act accordingly. Thus, they become truly deluded."
Speaking about masts, Baba remarked, "When one gets intoxicated by divine hallucinations, later on one becomes genuine. There are a number of such Nangas [the Naked Ones] in the world, of whom even God is afraid! They do not care even for the Avatar. They are merged in samadhi [bliss]; the world is dead for them, and they are dead to the world."
Referring back, he stated, "An atheist and a Vedantist are one and the same. Vedanta is all gossip [intellectual gymnastics]. Only when God makes me speak and prove His Godhood will people come to know."
Mentioning charity, Baba remarked, "The greatest virtue is called charity, not this ordinary charity. Real charity means tolerance due to big-heartedness. Tolerance and forgiveness are included in real charity. It is also charity to offer the other cheek when slapped. In fact, to lose to make others gain is charity. It is a vast thing."
Prayers were offered at 8:00 A.M. on the 19th.
Baba first bowed to Gustadji and then, with his hands folded, he stood quietly in a reverential mood before Eruch, who read out these lines, dictated by Baba: "My salutations to all the past, present and future Perfect Ones, Qutubs, majzoobs, masts, lovers and seekers of God: I today remember with my love, in accordance to their love and faith, my physically departed following lovers ..."
As the mandali remained standing, Elcha read out the names of the departed ones who loved and served Baba. Baba then laid his head on the feet of each of those present.
Baba ate a few biscuits at noon, and thus broke his fast.
