A spiritual life, though, is only led under the guidance and orders of the Avatar or Perfect Master, who knows the pulse of everyone and treats everyone according to his particular "malady ."
You don't like Aloba's behavior, but his behavior was quite natural and necessary for him. How can you understand that? People of the world act according to moral standards and socially acceptable behavior, but the Avatar or Perfect Master deals with everyone according to his or her sanskaras. Thus spiritual life is totally different and cannot be judged on the basis of morality, ethics or any principle.
Smiling, Baba asked Bhau, "Now, tell me which ashram you intend to go to?"
"None," Bhau replied.
The fact was that Bhau was sympathetic towards the boys because he himself was under the thumb of Aloba's rough treatment. Baba had ordered him to do as Aloba instructed, and Bhau had to do much of the hard work, such as cleaning the lanterns and bicycles, sweeping, weeding the garden, draining dirty house water — besides attending to Hindi correspondence, escorting Baba back and forth to his bungalow, and writing work, et cetera. Aloba would always find some extra work for him and tell him to do it. That, too, with much harshness, demanding it be done immediately! But for Bhau, it was all a great lesson in forbearance, and Baba himself was creating such situations. He would create strife between the mandali members so that none would be partial to another.
Life with Meher Baba was like walking on the edge of a sword — walking on it even though crippled in one leg! Such a life cannot be imagined. Daily, one had to bear lightning-like blows; yet, strangely, one would be in such a condition that, although pained by the wounds, one would not like to be left "unharmed" without them! On the one hand, the mind would reel under the attack, but on the other, the heart would desire more punishment! Thus, because of the continuous shower of "blows to the ego," the mind was becoming powerless and the heart strong. Such was the spiritual life with the God-Man.
During January 1955, Baba received letters from Keshav Nigam in Hamirpur and Babu Ramprasad of Nauranga. Ramprasad intended to establish a Meher Temple and wished that one of the mandali would come to Nauranga to lay the foundation stone. Baba told Bhau to go.