Don Stevens then read Baba's discourse about God being both Father and Mother in one (given previously at Meherabad on 18 February 1958). Twice during the discourse, when it referred to Baba's physical helplessness due to his accidents, Baba touched or pointed to his right foot and touched his forehead. Then, the discourse "Love Is The Remedy" (about not giving undue importance to words and explanations) was read out. Baba asked:
Have you heard of the two lovers, Majnun and Laila? They had human love at its height. Majnun was at a great distance from Laila, always trying to love her and repeating her name wherever he went. Though Laila was at some other distant place, one day a thorn went into Majnun's foot and it bled, at the very same moment, Laila felt a shock and blood trickled from her foot. Even such human love falls short of divine love. Human love at its zenith is ishq-e-mizaji . Divine love is ishq-e-hakiki .
Baba asked Don Stevens, "How did the story of Majnun and Laila end?"
He did not know.
Kenmore interjected, "Majnun would have been happy even if Laila loved and married another."
Baba continued:
Majnun's end has been revealed. His whole life was Laila. He saw her in everyone. Of course, he was not careful of his clothes, health, or food. He roamed about, always thinking of her. Then he met a Spiritual Master sitting under a tree. The Master called him, saying: "If you had tried to love God as intensely as you love Laila, you would have seen Him everywhere, in everything."
Majnun answered: "I am not after God, I am after Laila. I see her in all." The Master called him, embraced him and in an instant Majnun had the experience of God [being] everywhere. Then he started to cry, " Anal Haq !" — "I am God!" instead of "Laila!" This Anal Haq was different from that of Mansur.1
Don Stevens then read another of Baba's discourses about the false I :
In the subhuman stage, the consciousness of false self or false I, which is very slight, provides scope for evolution. In the human form, the evolution of consciousness is completed and it becomes full. Love comes into play actively for the first time. As love plays the part more actively and fully, the false I begins to get consumed more and more.
Footnotes
- 1.Mansur was a Muslim Perfect Master who declared that he was God; Majnun realized God, but did not live on as a Perfect Master.