All this is fun, tamasha [a show], a play. The mind must go; only manonash [annihilation of limited mind] takes one to Reality. How can the mind be annihilated? The fun is that the mind must annihilate itself! But the moment mind tries to annihilate itself, the mind works! If I tell you to jump over this person or this thing, you can do it. But if I tell you to jump over yourself, you can't do it. You can do a somersault, but you cannot jump over yourself. There is a suggestion, there is a remedy, and that is love.
Now, let us consider ordinary human love. Say a man loves a woman deeply, and both are sitting together. Both love each other. They do not think: "What if the other were blind, sick or maimed?" The mind does not work on these things, but it is all focused on possessing him or her (as the case may be), and to kiss or embrace the other person. The mind is at rest and completely forgets other things. In this situation, when love and loving are at their zenith, there comes a moment when the mind apparently annihilates itself just for a fraction of a second. This brings about a state similar to a trance. If ordinary human love can go to such an extent, what to say about divine love?
Baba touched upon his explanation of different yogas and the Split I and added, "Time permitting, I will give the full discourse sometime during the sahavas.
It is something original from me. If time does not allow, I will give it after 700 years when I come back!"
Baba continued, "Listen, please.
Now we will have prayers. After prayers, I want you all to approach me, one after another in an orderly fashion, and embrace me. Every one of you should meet me intimately and embrace me, but only today. After today, don't come onto the dais for darshan. Meet me like the man and woman in love with each other. Have no other thought except of me. Even if any of you have the flu or other illness, I won't mind. Also, don't come to me apprehensively, remembering that I have pain in my hip joint."
At his request, Dr. Dhanapathy Rao felt Baba's pulse and said Baba had fever. Baba observed, "Despite fever, I want to meet each one of you.
Who knows, tomorrow my temperature may reach 105° and then you may not have the chance of meeting me. So make the most of this opportunity."