Baba left for Nidadavole, reaching there at 4:15 P.M. Kutumba Sastri and Mallikarjuna Rao had arranged a darshan program that evening to which almost 5,000 came. As usual, Baba's arti was performed, he was garlanded and his Vijayawada messages read. The following is another message, given at the time, on "Liberation":
God is eternally free. To realize God is to attain liberation from the bondage of illusion. The greater the strife and the more intensified the struggle to attain liberation, the more the shackles of illusion are felt, as this very action brings greater awareness of the illusion, which then becomes all the more impressive and realistic. All actions, whether good or bad, just or unjust, charitable or uncharitable, are responsible for making the bond of illusion firmer and tighter.
The goal is to achieve perfect inaction, which does not mean merely inactivity. When the self is absent, one achieves inaction in one's every action. However excessive, karma yoga, dnyan yoga and other yogas can be instrumental in one's achieving the end to all actions by practicing inaction in the midst of intense activity.
However, the only way to live a life of absolute inaction is to completely surrender to a Perfect Master, so that one dies to oneself entirely and lives only for the Perfect Master, to act and fulfill the dictates of the Beloved One.
My blessings to you all.
After the darshan, Baba visited the homes of Kutumba Sastri and Mallikarjuna Rao, and also the Andhra Meher Center. Introducing a woman at his house, Sastri told Baba, "Her husband has left her; she is most unfortunate."
To which Baba countered, "Why do you say most unfortunate? She sees God standing before her in person, and is most fortunate. More fortunate than the rishis and munis who are very, very old and long for my darshan."
Addressing the woman, Baba said, "Think of me and don't worry."
Leaving Nidadavole, Baba arrived in Kovvur at eight that night. He first went to the lawyer Palakodeti Ramalingeshwara Rao's house, next to which a canopy had been erected where many were waiting for him. Baba went under the canopy and sat on a chair placed on top of a lion skin.
The lawyer wanted to introduce his family and friends to Baba, but before he could say anything, Baba remarked to him about the busy day he had spent, concluding, "I thought you would make certain that I rested, but here I find quite a different atmosphere."