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Chapter 30: 1956 Trip To The West

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Baba called for a full explanation of the Hospitality Committee accounts from Marion Florsheim, then untangled another quarrel over a movie camera, calling on the persons involved (Ivy and Ben Hayman) to speak up.
At one point, he said, "No one wants to pay attention to my wish or will! Let your wish and will be done."
The rest of the people sat silent, each feeling his or her sanskaras too were under attack, even if indirectly.
Baba continued:
Keep your hearts clean with all Baba decides. Let there be no lingering misunderstanding. If you all have the love and faith that I am Christ, which I am, then you must obey me, you must love me. If you are not prepared to obey me, or if you have doubts and wish to carry out your own will, then you must leave me. If you love me, you must hold fast to me. I lectured the mandali for half an hour this morning for having breakfast.
Eruch explained, "We should have our tea or coffee in the morning, then our lunch in the afternoon. But this morning we called for a second breakfast."
I told them, "If you want to be of help, then you must not use money that was contributed in this way." The mandali are near to me, they know I am the Christ. They should not have called for breakfast. Most of the people of this world have only one square meal a day, and many in India do not have even that.
If you want to stick to me, you must have a clean heart. There is no use in sometimes having faith and sometimes having doubt. It is best then to leave me; then you can lead your life in the world and be free. If you want to love me, you should not try to create confusion among yourselves. All of you love me, but you would be loving me best by loving each other. If one has to say something behind the other's back, how can you tell the world about my love? If you all cannot love me as I want you to love me, it is best not to speak to the world about me.
Let's put an end to all hypocrisy! Let hypocrisy be completely wiped out from your hearts! I would love to see that. You should all have one heart, a clean heart, without prejudices. I will be leaving you all tomorrow. Today is the last day. Now we will make a confession. Who can say the Prayer of Repentance? Who has a copy?
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