If Srivastava feels that I am not the Avatar and he takes it that I am a lover of God, it is all right. Let it be so; that is sufficient. But then remain fixed in your belief.
I am on the level of God, too. Aspirants of different planes take me to be belonging to their particular plane. Another feels that Baba is a Sadguru, not an Avatar. I am that, too. If some say I am a fraud, I am that, too. Whatever you may imagine, know that I am that.
Don't give a twist to your feelings because of posing, as hypocrisy can never be forgiven by God. I have become you and you cannot help it, but I can help you become me. Those who lose their all in me find their all in me ever after.
It is only I who am everything. If Srivastava takes Baba as Avatar, it is Baba who takes Baba as the Avatar. The same with fraud. In India one thing is common. No sooner people see a sadhu dressed in ocher-colored garments, they flock around him. If one starts worshiping him, there will be hundreds following suit.
At this point, Baba repeated the story about Fakir Bua and how naïve people began revering him in Poona, even though he was mentally ill.
The spiritual path is totally different. It is extremely hard. With every step we take on the path, we should be most cautious. Every step further magnifies the ego. "I have now advanced so much, people will throng around me, they will bring offerings, they will worship me!" Such thoughts feed and magnify the ego of the aspirant. The ego is pleased and things begin happening, resulting in his fall. He does not understand what is the matter. Occasionally he attempts to collect crowds around him and blesses them. He well knows that he is unrealized, so what enjoyment is there in gathering crowds about him when he knows that he is not That! What pleasure can he derive knowing all the while that he is only human, without any spiritual powers?
In the absence of eternal bliss, how can a seeker be led to pretend? Every individual sitting here says: "I am sitting here, I am rich, I am happy, I am unhappy." Eruch says he is Eruch. Niranjan Singh says he is Niranjan Singh. Eruch says he is healthy. Niranjan also says so. The root is I .