One Bohri [Muslim] who was working at Meherabad in the Mad Ashram spread a rumor in Poona that Baba had given his spiritual charge to Fakir Bua! The result to this day is that this madman is revered as a Jagat Guru [Master of the Universe]. He is made to sit on a fine cushion; people take his darshan. Marwaris go there, spend money on him, take him for a drive in their cars; but Fakir Bua is absolutely mad! He does not speak like an ordinary man, and every gesture of his is taken as divine. Every year a fair is held and he is considered a [Realized] majzoob or bal-unmant-pishash [a majzoob with childlike habits].
About the Balyogis, Baba commented:
I don't say that these Balyogis are not genuine. At such a tender age, these Harijan [lower-caste] boys being Balyogis makes me feel proud. My only concern is that they should not be exploited to make these beloveds of mine entangled in superficialities, because now in the West, just like the breaking of other records, people have started breaking records in fasting and yogas. It was circulated that one Westerner was put in a glass case for 45 days without food, water or air. This record was broken by another man for 60 days, who also sat in a bottle-shaped glass case without air, water or food.
But these Balyogis [of the Andhra ashram] seem to be genuine, and if genuine, I bow down to all who are genuine lovers of God. I am the slave of my lovers. So be honest, and don't be led astray, remembering that all that glitters is not gold. There are some so-called yogis and gurus who send their blessings even to me through letters.
Now about Deification: This does not concern God becoming Man [the Avatar], but concerns man becoming God [Sadguru, Qutub]. Four journeys cover the spiritual path. The first begins with gnosis [divine knowledge], and after the pilgrim has crossed all the planes, this First Journey ends in fana, meaning the end of the First Journey. This second state of fana is "deification." Man has now become God and experiences God's Knowledge, God's Power and God's Bliss, but still it is not Perfection, although it is the goal. Man has "entered" God but has not entered His Life! Very, very few can leave this Infinite Bliss and enter the Second Journey, which ends in baqa [abiding in God's Life], but not yet living His Life.