What I have said so far is about lovers of God. For those who realize God and do not regain normal [gross] consciousness and yet return to their bodies, for them their bodies have no existence at all and no illness touches them. These are real majzoobs. But those who come down to normal consciousness after God-realization and live among humanity, their bodies are susceptible to all sorts of sickness and diseases like ordinary human beings.
Now, what is the difference between you and me? I know that this body is nothing but a coat, just like the coat I wear. This is not mere conviction or intellectual knowledge; it is my continuous experience that this body is just a coat. This experience you have not. My continuous, eternal experience is that all of you are me, and you all are in me. I am in you and in everything indivisibly. I say this on my divine authority.
Now we will turn to Kaikobad. At times I tell him to keep his hand on my head. Kaikobad loves me, experiences me, sees me when he wishes to see me, utters my name for 24 hours a day and, when he wants, creates light in darkness in which he sees my image. In spite of this experience, Realization is an absolutely different thing and far, far away. Kaikobad has surrendered everything to me. When I tell him to keep his hand on my head, he hesitates, cries at times and says, "Baba, I know who you are. Why do you ask me to do this? You are all in all. How could I bless you?" I order him to be obedient, because obedience is greater than love. Compared to all spiritual experiences, obedience is much greater.
Every one of you, every one of the mandali and all beings are God. Why? I understand it. I am responsible for the whole creation. If I am not there, then there is nothing — neither you all, nor the entire creation.