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Chapter 28: 1955 Meherabad Sahavas

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For you [those prepared to take Baba's name], it is difficult, because you have to be careful for the rest of the 24 hours, so that, except for the fixed number of times at midnight, Baba's name does not escape your lips. This means that at every moment you will have me in your thoughts.
It is not necessary for me to tell you that you will do it. If you say I should, then it would seem you cannot do it, or are doubtful of your merit to love me.
Love is a thing about which nothing can be said, uttered or expressed; it is only to be experienced! Don't think that you cannot love. If you forget to sit one midnight to take my name, you should not stop but continue it from the next night.
If you cannot do this, then at least remember me sincerely before going to bed each night and upon rising each morning, and leave all your good and bad to me. While doing this, have this understanding that everything belongs to Baba and so it is being dedicated to him. I have made it quite clear in God Speaks about the mind and its activity, and after reading it, you will know what I mean.
Where there is "nothing," who is good and who is bad? There exists only God, the omniscient and omnipresent. He is in you also. He is infinitely merciful. He knows all. He knows all your thoughts. He knows what you will think after 50 years; and since He is all-powerful, why does He not put a stop to your thoughts? Where is the question of using His power to stop your thoughts? If you think deeply you will understand that I am the only doer of good and bad!
Still, instead of inviting this complication, do one thing: Do as I tell you, leaving aside everything else! Look after your family and carry out your daily obligations; but don't become attached to them, and think of me as many times as possible. Thereby you won't get [enmeshed] deeper into maya.
Remember what I tell you. Do not distinguish between good and bad; don't think that you are good and others bad. If people vilify you, slander you, don't worry; remember me. Be happy in the happiness of others, and sympathize with those in difficulty or sorrow. Then alone will you please me.
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