I have only two pink-colored coats, and this one has already been spoiled by your garlands. They won't last long. Don't shout "Avatar Meher Baba ki jai!" every time, either. What is the use in doing that? Shout within your heart; it must be heard only by you, not by others.
Today and tomorrow, I will give you some explanations regarding the four subjects in the Directions. I have explained the same things to the Gujarati, Telugu and Hindi groups. We will spend the first two days in explanations. We will not hurry, but proceed slowly.
Be very attentive. Whether a point sounds small or big, be equally attentive. Try to grasp what I say. If you cannot grasp it, then at least listen carefully. Listening to me will not be in vain. You will be able to grasp what I say today, after years, or even after some births! I may crack jokes. I may be serious, but be attentive.
Baba asked Yeshwant Rao of Sakori, "Are you listening?"
"Yes, I am listening, Baba," he said.
Introducing him, Baba remarked, "Yeshwant Rao is my old companion." Baba continued:
For the five days you are here with me in my sahavas, you should forget completely all your worries. Let the atmosphere you have been living in be left behind and remain where it is. Physically and mentally, be here. Follow me wherever I go. If you cannot do that, then although physically present here, mentally you will always be in your old atmosphere.
Dhake was translating in Marathi what Eruch was conveying in English from Baba's gestures. Baba inquired if any other language translation was necessary besides English and Marathi, but no one said he felt the need for it.
I will come straight to what I have to say, without beating about the bush and speaking in a roundabout way. It is very difficult for one to understand the spiritual path, and still more difficult to be on the Path. If you merely want to hear and understand about this Path, there are volumes written about it. You can also go to saints and sadhus and listen to their explanations. But the Path is beyond intelligence, beyond mental understanding, beyond mind itself.
God Speaks narrates this from the beginning to the end. Anyone who reads it from the first word to the last will understand it mentally, but that does not mean that thereby he has become God or has caught hold of God.