"Experiences?" Kaikobad said. "How can I explain to you about the experiences? I will tell you in a nutshell. Do you see the sun?"
"Yes, I see it," said Kirpal Singh.
"How bright is it?"
"It is so bright that it gives light to the whole world."
"The light of the sun is very bright to you," said Kaikobad. "But I see also the light in my heart. It is so bright that the light of hundreds of suns are nothing before this light which I see within. I lose my consciousness, and I fall down."1
The saint was highly impressed. He said, "It is because of the grace of Baba that you are having these experiences. Such experiences could only be had with Baba's blessing! I have had no such experiences!"
Kirpal Singh then left and rejoined Baba. He was invited by Baba to sit in a chair but preferred sitting near Baba on the steps. About what he had heard from Kaikobad, he commented to Baba, "It is because of your grace that he has this experience."
"My grace?" Baba said. "When my grace falls upon anyone, it results in complete ruination [of the false self]!"
The party had brought a movie camera and desired to have some footage of Baba and Kirpal Singh together, which Baba allowed. Baba then ordered Kirpal Singh's disciples to "hold fast to the daaman of Kirpal Singh and follow his instructions with love and devotion."
Once again, Baba embraced the saint, who reciprocated with deep affection. One person in the group asked Baba to pay a visit to Delhi sometime soon. Baba, nodding his head, accepted. A person from Poona then invited Baba to pay a visit there and hear Kirpal Singh's discourses. Baba replied, "I continually hear everything at all times from where I am."
Again embracing Kirpal Singh with great love, Baba led him back to his room. Picking up a slip of paper from one of the tables, Baba handed it to Kirpal Singh. On the paper was written in a bold hand "15 Feb. 1957" (the date of the end of Baba's one-year seclusion).
Baba asked, "Would you like to spend the night of that day with me?"
"Willingly," Kirpal Singh replied, "if I am not out of India."
Baba indicated, "That is your lookout."
Footnotes
- 1.Kaikobad was nearsighted and could not read after sunset unless he had a strong light to read by. But he once related this experience to the mandali: "One night, in pitch darkness, I picked up a book and found that I could read it very clearly by the light radiating from myself, without the help of any ordinary light."