My Wish
1. Do not shirk your responsibilities.
2. Attend faithfully to your worldly duties, but keep always at the back of your mind that all this is Baba's.
3. When you feel happy, think: "Baba wants me to be happy." When you suffer, think: "Baba wants me to suffer."
4. Be resigned to every situation, and think honestly and sincerely: "Baba has placed me in this situation."
5. With the understanding that Baba is in everyone, try to help and serve others.
I say with my divine authority to each and all that whosoever takes my name at the time of breathing his last comes to me. So do not forget to remember me in your last moments. Unless you start remembering me from now on, it will be difficult to remember me when your end approaches. You should start practicing from now on. Even if you take my name only once every day, you will not forget to remember me in your dying moments.
After this was read, Baba called on some to tell jokes. Harry Kenmore and Mickey Florsheim each told one. Then Baba had "My Wish" read out again.
He remarked, "This is in addition to the orders I will send from India between the 10th of June and the 10th of July."
The statement was read a third time.
Baba commented, "I want you to follow everything that was said here point by point, but this discourse excludes one point — on obedience. Any order I may send between the 10th of June and the 10th of July, you should follow implicitly and carry it out at any cost."
This ended the meeting. Baba left the Barn and was slowly driven away by Elizabeth in her blue Ford. As the car passed, a line of lovers formed to touch or kiss his hand as he extended it. Baba had private interviews in the Lagoon Cabin until 2:00 P.M.
That afternoon a children's party was held around the circle area on the Center by the Caretaker's Cabin. Some of the boys and girls, such as the Carpenter and Haynes children, garlanded Baba with yellow carnations, and he embraced each of the 40 children.1 Baba cut a huge five-tiered birthday cake as all sang Happy Birthday To You! Everyone knew it was not Baba's actual birthday, but for the sake of the children, he had agreed to the party.
Baba then ladled out lemonade into paper cups for the children, and also gave each some candy.
Footnotes
- 1.Virginia Carpenter and her sons Mark and Chip were from Myrtle Beach.