Pleased with Rustom Kaka's melodious voice, Baba, at 1:20 P.M., told him, "When there was nothing but the Beyond, Beyond state of God, some urge made me sing to know 'Who Am I?' And that has made me bear the burden of the whole creation! Now, once again, I will sing that Song and become free. This is a fact."
To explain about "the seventh shadow," Baba asked Gulmai to try to speak through her closed mouth, and when she did it, the sound that came out resembled "Om."
Baba said:
This sound of "Om" that has emanated from Gulmai's mouth is the seventh shadow of the Original Sound. Were anyone to hear this Original Sound, he would really go mad and begin tearing his clothes. This Sound can be heard on the fifth plane.
These days, Kaikobad is having wonderful experiences. He actually sees the sun and the moon coming out of his eyes and passing through his body — Baba in their midst. At times, he becomes dazed; but such an experience is a spiritual phenomenon [not Realization].
I am not as you see me. Only the Truth is real, and everything else is nothing. The human ego cannot visualize spiritual experience. It is all so simple to grasp, but its very simplicity makes it infinitely difficult. This self itself is ignorant of Self; and, how can "ignorance" — the human ego — experience Knowledge — the Real I. Even if one of you understands it, I will be very happy.
Why can't this be understood? The reason is that he who gains divine consciousness comes down to normal consciousness and is simultaneously on every level and on every plane. Just as I am now on your level, which means that I am like you. I talk like you, sit on the ground like you; but, at the same time, I am on all levels of consciousness. One who has consciousness of a particular level finds me on his respective plane. Those on a higher level see me there. But, there is a difference in seeing. Yet ultimately, when Knowledge dawns, it is found that everything is illusion, because I am the One in all.
This is all illusion and a zero! A zero has value if linked to a number; otherwise, as zero, it is a big zero!
Baba then addressed Godavri: "By the end of this year, I will surely drop my body. There will be a great spiritual upheaval when I break my silence and drop my body. But I will come back after 700 years when Maharaj will have to come back to bestow on me my Ancient State."1
Footnotes
- 1.Perfect Masters do not come back into creation after they have died; only the Avatar returns in different forms age after age. This statement refers to the future Perfect Master, who will play the same role as Upasni Maharaj played for Merwan.