Baba asked Ghani to explain himself. "According to you, when God has a father, what error is there in supposing He has children, too?"
Baba retorted, "Having a father does not necessarily mean one must have children! But it is true that God has innumerable children. The multifarious powers that emanate from Him can be said to be God's children. The Hindus call God Deva , and His 33 crore [330 million] powers are called devtas ."
When Baba returned from his bath, he found Asar Saheb asleep. He immediately reproached him for sleeping during the day. After calming down, Baba explained to him about the third eye:
In addition to our two outward eyes, there is a third eye internally which sees through the two outward eyes and is situated between the eyebrows — the yogis know about it. The real yogi, in his advanced state, sees God, or Brahmand [the God of the universe], through this third eye contained in his mind — within the skull.
The Sadguru sees three different things as it pleases his fancy. With his external eyes, he can see the universe and the world; with his inner eye, he sees God. And with his external eyes he actually sees all that exists coming out of himself in the form of innumerable circles — through the point of his inner third eye. Those yogis who see the Brahmand can be counted by the thousands, while Perfect Masters are always very, very few.1
After these explanations, Baba reclined in the dining hall, seemingly asleep, while Ghani massaged his legs. When the Master awakened at 5:45 P.M., after sleeping so long, he remarked that he thought it was morning, asking Gustadji, "Are tea and breakfast ready?"
When he was told it was evening and time for supper, Baba remarked, "I have never slept like this before. I must have brought it [the restful sleep] from Sakori."
The next evening, after dinner, Baba called the mandali to the hall and said: "From the 1st of November, I am beginning my inner work very seriously, and those who want to continue to stay with me should sign an official agreement on stamp paper.2 But they should think it over carefully before signing it; for after putting their signatures, they should be ready to hold fast to my feet even if any calamity befalls their families.
Footnotes
- 1.Later, Meher Baba clarified that there exists on earth at all times 56 God-realized Perfect Persons (Shivatmas), five of whom are Perfect Masters (called Sadgurus in Vedanta and Qutubs in Sufism).
- 2.Stamp paper is a government-issued form of different denominations on which various legal transactions are recorded.