After taking darshan, V. P. Jha of Bilaspur gave some new marbles to Baba, and Baba immediately began playing with them on the dais. Abdul Majid Khan picked up a marble which had gone flying off the platform and brought it to Baba, who told him to keep it. Adarsh Khare also brought back a marble that had fallen from the dais, and Baba demonstrated to him how to strike with it.
Baba then explained how he experienced the sahavas:
It is I alone who bow down to myself and embrace myself; it is I who smile, I who weep. It is Baba who sits on the dais, and it is Baba squatting on the floor of the pandal. Baba meets Baba, Baba comforts Baba. It is Baba who pats each one lovingly, and it is Baba who is being patted. It is all Baba, Baba, Baba! That is my experience.
Baba asked those men who had had darshan to go for lunch, stating, "I have to listen to the management, those who have made the arrangements, and do what they have scheduled. By following my instructions, you will be helping the management also."
Baba stopped the singing for a few minutes, and there was absolute silence as his fingers worked. One man was standing before him, eyes closed in contemplation.
Again the darshan and bhajans started.
When Zal B. Aidoon of Poona, a friend of Jalbhai's, came for darshan, Baba remarked, "Seeing you makes me happy."
Baba got up and sat down again after adjusting his sadra. One poor devotee offered a paisa coin (penny) to Baba as dakshina, which Baba accepted.
Interrupting the queue, Baba stated, "The management says it is now twelve o'clock and your food is waiting. Those who have taken darshan should go for food. Those who have not taken it, and those who are hungry, should go and then come back for darshan. I will remain here."
Baba urged Niranjan Singh to eat well, be mindful of his health and sleep well.
To Rao Bahadur N. E. Navle, a lawyer from Ahmednagar, who came again to Baba after many years, Baba remarked, "I have not seen you for ages!"
Pritam Singh stood before Baba and sang of his glory. He introduced his son, Wayram Singh, who was standing next to him, and Baba praised Pritam Singh's love and embraced his son. Baba expained:
When I, the Ancient One, embrace you, I awaken something within you which gradually grows. It is the seed of love that I have sown. There is a long period and great distance between the breaking open of the seed and the flowering and fruiting. Actually the Goal is neither far nor near and there is no distance to cross nor time to count. In eternity, all is here and now. You have simply to become that which you are.1 You are God, the Infinite Existence.
Once at Meherabad, Pritam Singh told Baba, "I am very happy and fortunate to be with you in your presence. But at the same time I feel sorry also, because one day I have to drop this body."
Baba reassured him, "Love knows no separation. Wherever you are, wherever I am, when you have real love in your heart for me, I will be with you forever."
One lover gave Baba a framed pencil sketch of Baba which he had drawn.
Footnotes
- 1.Baba's Grace, Wayram Singh Sahni, p. 41