I don't see any reason for your objection to people playing games. Shams-e-Tabriz and his disciple Rumi were very fond of playing chess. Once, Rumi lost the game and cried out in frustration, 'I have lost again!' 'No,' said Shams, 'you have won!' and instantly Rumi realized God."
Mildred Kyle had died several months before in America, and her ashes had been sent to India by Elizabeth. At 2:30 P.M., that day Baba was driven up the hill in the blue Chevrolet. Don Stevens was called to witness Baba lowering her ashes into a grave near his Tomb, before the sahavas group arrived.1
By 2:45 P.M., the entire group had assembled on the hill. Baba sat for about fifteen minutes in a section of the women's quarters with the gathering around him and reminisced. He recalled the days of the Prem Ashram when Chhota Baba was overcome by God. In an emotional outburst of divine love, the youth had lost consciousness for four days. Baba said that had it not been for the enema administered on the fourth day according to his orders, the boy would have died. When Chhota Baba regained his normal consciousness, he was weeping and wailing, asking why Baba had dragged him down from that blissful state in which he saw nothing but Baba.
Baba further observed, "Union with God is very difficult to attain. He who enters the seventh plane and remains merged in divine bliss for three days oblivious to all other planes, if he does not regain consciousness on the fourth day, he drops the body. But he who regains consciousness on the fourth day is a real majzoob. Even in the case of ordinary human beings, the link with this world does not break with death. For example, after the brake is applied to a running train, it does not come to a halt at once. It takes some minutes.
"Once, Kaikobad was about to become unconscious. His body was wet with perspiration. He also had experiences in Dehra Dun and Mahabaleshwar."
Baba continued, "Try to see me as I really am. Formerly, I was very lean and thin, but my body was supple, and I was quite energetic. I used to get up at four in the morning and even in the severest cold was dressed only in a sadra and pajamas. There were different institutions in Meherabad then, and I was generally found in a jalali [fiery] mood. With or without excuse, I used to hit anyone. Once, Buasaheb, who was quite hefty and strong, was slapped and knocked down. Adi Sr., Sarosh and others were all treated in the same way [by me]."
Footnotes
- 1.Later a tombstone was erected which read: "Mildred Kyle Has Come to Baba."