Another man said, "In my dream, I saw Baba in a
violent mood. He caught hold of me and pushed me against Gadekar's stomach,
and Gadekar likewise threw me back at Baba. I immediately woke up and could not
go back to sleep because of this dream."
Baba joked, "One thing pleases me. I am happy that
even in the dream I threw you on Gadekar's tummy!"
Baba embraced three or four other men who dreamed of him
the previous night and stated:
"The dreams that you dream, your seeing me
in a dream, and my giving you instructions in them and so forth, all this is due
to your own impressions, formed through your love, faith, and being with me in
this surrounding. Therefore, do not think that because Baba is great, he is
showing himself in your dreams! I have come to awaken you from this long,
often-repeated dream of illusion, not to create more dreams for you!
"Another thing: those who have accepted Dada
Maharaj, Dhuniwala Baba and others as their Master, I have no objection.1 You may even
repeat their names. Why should I object when I myself am in all? Yesterday,
during personal interviews, three or four persons raised this question whether
they should stop taking their guru's name and take Baba's name. I say it
is no use doing so. If you take God's name or anyone else's, I am there. It is not only bodily that Baba is Baba!
"But if you really want God, if you are in search of
God, the only solution is to hold fast to my daaman. There is no other
way!"
The poor program was about to start, and Baba concluded,
"The moment I start washing and bowing at the feet of the poor, take
God's name and continue taking it until the poor work is finished."
Baba walked to the pandal, where 250 poor men and women
had collected. At 8:30 A.M., the program started and he washed the feet of each,
turn by turn, dried them and after placing his head on their feet, gave each his
love-gift of four rupees. The atmosphere was charged with the silent chanting of
" Parabrahma Paramatma, Ahuramazda, Allah hu Akbar, Yezdan ,"
while God in human form, becoming the poorest, laid his head on their feet.
Footnotes
- 1.Dada Maharaj was a great saint in Rishikesh; Dhuniwala Baba (also called Dada Dhuniwala) of Saikhed was also a saint.