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Chapter 24: Dehra Dun, 1953

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Baba concluded by saying: "He on whom God showers His grace, He tears to pieces!"
Kumar had brought the colt, Sheba, to Baba, and on 27 June, Baba told him to bring a deer. The deer was also kept as a pet for a while. At one point, Baba explained to Kumar:
You should know that lately I feel very disgusted. It will go on increasing. I do all this for a purpose. But there is one thing: I feel that July will prove most critical, crucial, for me. Everything else is a play. Gird your loins, and be fully prepared by the 10th of July. You have carried out 100 percent the work of buying Sheba. It does not matter to me now whether the horse lives or dies. I am happy you fulfilled my wish as instructed.
My method is to create and to abolish. If I tell you tomorrow to sell the horse, you should do it willingly. If I tell you to give it away to someone, that too you should carry out joyfully. You should never have a thought that all your labors spent on buying it were in vain. Had you not bought it, I would have been thinking about it all the time.
My methods and ways are unique. Once a thing is done, I never care what happens thereafter. And so, if you want to please me, then do as I say. You should not think why Baba does this and why he wishes so. If ever the thought of why creeps into your mind, the whole thing is spoiled!
A youth named Singh, from Hamirpur, had attended the Andhra darshan program, but his parents were against Baba. Running away from home, Singh came to Baba in Dehra Dun on Sunday, 28 June 1953. Before he arrived, his father's telegram was received, asking Baba to send Singh back immediately.
"Why have you come here?" Baba asked him.
"I wish to stay with you," the boy replied.
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