Then Baba looked at those before him and said, "Don't worry. You haven't come to die unless a snake bites you! Let us hope, because you do love me, that you will be happy here. You should not mind inconvenience. Just remember that I am suffering. I have not eaten properly for three days because of the pain. It is your love that has brought me here. I love you all alike."
Baba also assured them not to worry if he called one person to be near him repeatedly during the sahavas and another not at all; it was his way of working. Any worry on their part over whom he called would be a disturbance in their love for him.
After a break everyone rose, Baba also, while Harry Kenmore recited the Master's Prayer and the Prayer of Repentance.
Baba resumed: "Is everyone here prepared to obey me 100 percent? You should be very honest. [Everyone raised his or her hand.] Can you obey me 100 percent?"
John Lawton, a man in his twenties who had come from Wales with his wife Dawn, exclaimed, "It is impossible!"
"One should try," Baba replied. "Harry Kenmore has had a [heated] discussion on this point and has said one must obey, not try to do so. That is one of the reasons he has come here. What I want is love and obedience. I might manifest in you if you have them. Discourses and messages are good, but they are mere words. What I want is your love and obedience. 100 percent. I want one who does his best. In the time of Jesus, I said the same thing: 'Leave all and follow me,' and the same in the time of Krishna and Zoroaster.
"I do not mean you to leave all your responsibilities, but that my will becomes yours. My will should be your pleasure. God is infinite honesty. To love God you should be honest. Who will obey me 100 percent? I asked the same question at the Indian Sahavas. People said they would lay down their lives for me, including many intelligent people, scholars, lawyers and the like."
A discussion ensued. Some said they would try. On being asked, Harry Kenmore boomed, "If one says one will try, one will always find excuses. One must do it! If Baba asks beyond one's capacity and one fails, it is Baba's fault!"