Rumi was greatly upset, and so Shams had all the books drawn out of the well. They were completely dry! This amazed Rumi, and Shams said, "As long as Rumi does not become the slave of Shams, he will learn nothing!" Henceforth, Rumi became his Master's slave, and Shams eventually made him God-realized.
Baba ended by saying, "Become men of Experience, and for that be like the dust at the Master's feet."
At this point, Baidul wanted to ask Baba something, but Nilu stopped him, saying, "There will be no end to questions."
Hearing this, Baba asked, "When there is no beginning, how could there be an end?"
Referring to Sheba, the colt, Baba lamented, "This filly has come — when will there be its end? It needs bedding, it needs fodder, it needs medicine and many other things. So, where is the end?"
"Today's discussion was quite good," said Nilu.
"This was not a discussion, but chitchat — gossip," Baba replied.
"Then, is the Gita a discussion?" Kumar asked.
"It is a conversation between Krishna and Arjuna," replied Baba.
"Isn't such a conversation good?" Nilu questioned.
"How could it be bad," Baba asked, "since from it you come to learn about good and bad? Nothing is bad, and this you have to know by Experience."
Baba continued:
I am very much harassed, and the only remedy is that God should be prayed to in order to free me from this boredom and harassment in His infinite mercy! God is absolutely independent, infinitely independent. He is absolutely perfect within Himself. He is also beyond Perfect Independence, because when we call Him independent, then we have also the contrary thought of dependence. His independence is such that it can never be imagined, and nothing opposite to it can ever happen. When we say He is without attributes, we begin having thoughts of attributes. When we say He is One, we have the thought of two. So, the best is to say God IS.
In His independence is infinity, and similarly everything is infinite. Because He is infinite, we see finiteness everywhere. So, in His infinitude, His mercy is infinite in His infinite independence.
One should call on His mercy from the depths of one's heart. If you go on praying for 100 years without heart, you will gain nothing. But a second's heartfelt prayer is heard. So, with inner devotion, call on Him; you will experience the rays of His mercy.