Hakumat Rai said, "If I cannot realize God, I do not want that life of discipline. My sole aim is to attain Him."
Baba stated, "All past Sadgurus never advised seekers to assume a certain posture and sit in meditation. They taught them to love God and obey the Perfect Master, but this is extremely difficult. Compared to it, a yogic life of discipline is easy. Meditation is good, as it silences the mind. Saints are, after all, advanced souls trying to guide others. The lives of genuine saints are for others. They lead others toward purity, toward God; but to attain God, one must die for Him. Now of these two, choose one: either a disciplined life, or God-realization. For the latter you will have to follow me 100 percent. If you do that, I will bow to you!"
"I will follow your instructions," Hakumat replied.
"Then listen. Go to Mussoorie and stay there for two days with your family. From there, come back to Dehra Dun and take darshan of either Sant Mangat Ram or Sant Ishwar Singh. Don't sit there; after bowing down, leave immediately. If he asks you to sit, say that you have come only for darshan.
"Then proceed to Rishikesh to see Swami Shivananda, Swami Ram Krishna and other good saints. Bow down to them, but do not remain there, either. Also visit one called Nilkanthwala Mast in Bhajan Ashram and bow to him. Then touch the feet of 101 sadhus.
"From Rishikesh go to Hardwar. There also bow down to 101 sadhus. While doing all this, do not tell anyone that I have ordered you to do it. When you finish bowing down or touching the feet of saints and sadhus at all the places I have told you to go, then write a letter to me. Thereafter, after your leave from work expires, return to Delhi, and when I send for you come to me, leaving everything, prepared to obey me 100 percent. Lastly, try to love your wife as much as possible before I call you."
At the end of the interview, Baba beckoned Hakumat Rai close and gave him some raisins as prasad. Hakumat Rai obeyed Baba's instructions and waited for his call. The wait itself was the best spiritual practice possible, and it continued for the rest of his life! He would come to Baba occasionally during functions, but "the call" was constantly postponed. One day, when Hakumat Rai's heart thirsts only for the Ocean, he will have that preparedness and the call will be heard.