Emancipation from the grip of Life and freedom from the labyrinths of actions is made possible for all and attained by a few when a Perfect Master, Sadguru or Qutub is approached and his grace and guidance are invoked. The Perfect Master's invariable counsel is complete surrender to him. Those few who do surrender their all — mind, body, possessions — so that with their complete surrender they also surrender consciously their own "self" to the Perfect Master, have their very being left conscious to commit actions, but activated now only by the dictates of the Master.
Such actions, after the surrender of one's "self," are no longer one's own actions. Therefore, these actions are capable of uprooting all other actions which feed and sustain Life. Life then becomes gradually lifeless and eventually succumbs, by the grace of the Perfect Master, to its final death. Life, which once debarred the persevering aspirant from realizing Perpetual Existence, can now no longer work its own deception.
I have emphasized in the past, I tell you now, and I shall age after age forevermore repeat that you shed your cloak of Life and realize Existence which is eternally yours.
To realize this Truth of unchangeable, indivisible, all-pervading Existence, the simplest way is to surrender to me completely , so completely that you are not even conscious of your surrender, but conscious only to obey me and to act as and when I order you.
If you seek to live perpetually, then crave for the death of your "deceptive self" at the hands of "complete surrender" to me. This yoga is the Essence of all yogas in one.
Baba had dictated a portion of God Speaks to Eruch in Dehra Dun and in Mahabaleshwar he continued dictating more "points," which Eruch would write down. At night, Eruch expanded the points into sentences, and the next day, they were read out to Baba, who would make corrections. (This would include the arduous repetition of the alphabet by Bhau with Baba stopping him with a clap at each letter required to spell out a critical word necessary to the text.) This work went on for several months.
On 28 January 1954, Baba dictated this short poem:
If understood, life is merely a jest. If misunderstood, life becomes a pest. If overcome, life is at rest. For pilgrims on the Path, life is a test. When annihilated through love, life is at its best.
Baba called Adi Sr. and Padri to Mahabaleshwar and discussed certain work with them. Baba's brothers Jalbhai, Beheram and Adi Jr. were called also for individual interviews and advice. Baba was to leave for Hamirpur on the 1st of February.
He warned the mandali accompanying him, "Take me [to Hamirpur] as you would a flower, and bring me back the same way. Remember this well; it is a warning to you!"