Baba then called the entire group. Each person was introduced by name. Baba asked, "Who slept well? ... Who did not?" A few raised their hands.
He asked, "Were you thinking of Baba? It is not better to be awake and be thinking of Baba. Sleep-time is for sleeping. You should sleep. But if you cannot, don't worry and think: I must go to sleep, I must have a sleeping pill. Just utilize the time and think of me."
Baba then asked, "Who is willing to love me?" One person had not raised his hand and Baba asked the reason.
"I feel inadequate to love you," the man answered.
"Do you love me enough to throw your children into the ocean if I asked you to?" The man said he would do it for Baba if ordered.
"Love means fulfilling the will of the Beloved at any cost."
Turning to another man, he inquired, "Can there be any fear where there is love?"
"One could be afraid of displeasing the Beloved," was the man's reply.
"That is a different kind of fear altogether," Baba stated.
He continued, "I am so happy to be here today with you and to be in the house which you have built for me. Make the most of this opportunity to be in my company."
Caressing two of the children, Baba remarked, "One must remember to become either like a little child or an old man in love."
Then he spoke of the large meeting he would convene at Meherabad the following year, and assured those present that he would invite some from Australia also.
Baba then gave a short discourse on the two types of ego:
There are two types of ego. One, the false ego, has innumerable wants and desires. It says, "I am a man — I want this; I am a woman — I want that; I am sick — I have a pain; I want to be happy — I am not happy; my wife does not love me; I am very rich; I am very poor."
It is always I. But when it is annihilated, then a transformation takes place, and the false is replaced by the real I, and then the experience "I am free from desires and wanting" is gained. "I am infinite; I am one with God; I am Christ" — that is the Real Ego.
Turning to one member of the Australian group, Baba addressed him: