Krishna replied that prasad was for his lovers and no one else. It consisted of laddoos or Indian sweet balls. At last the rishi, who was very intelligent, begged Krishna's favorite disciple Pendya, who was a cripple, to ask Krishna for him. This Krishna permitted, because he was the slave of his lovers, and as a result the rishi gained illumination — not Realization.
There will be no more embraces after this second prasad. You should each kiss my hand and then leave immediately. I will come to the Lagoon Cabin tomorrow at 10:00 A.M. for one hour. But you will only get my smile then, that's all!
After chatting with them for a few more minutes, Baba went inside his house and the men left.
Although he had previously indicated he would arrive at 10:00 A.M., it was 9:20 A.M. when Baba appeared at the Lagoon Cabin the next morning, Thursday, 29 May 1958. He held several private interviews. He explained about conviction to one group and emphasized,
"Conviction is most important. It is more important than faith. Mind and heart support faith, and faith gives conviction. For this conviction one would give up mind and body, but not the conviction."
Jane Haynes had been so moved by Baba's company that she wished to give him something in return. "You have given me a new life," she thought. "You have lifted me up from despair, transformed my life, put your hand of grace on me and my children. I have nothing, nothing to give." Then she remembered a book of Norina's titled Jesus, The Son of Man written by Kahlil Gibran, which Elizabeth had given her to read.1 The section about Mary Magdalene's description of meeting Jesus had touched Jane especially. She decided she would read this passage to Baba, and she phoned Elizabeth, saying she wished to do this.
On the morning of the 29th, Elizabeth greeted Jane brightly, saying, "It is all arranged; I have seen to it. You will read that piece in the Barn this afternoon."
Jane was aghast. "I didn't mean that!" she shouted. "I wanted to read it to Baba privately . How could you have done such a thing?"
Just then someone came, "Jane, Elizabeth! Baba is calling you." In the Lagoon Cabin, Elizabeth started weeping. Then her emotions subsided. The problem was told to Baba, who remarked,
"It is all right. Elizabeth loves Jane very much."
He brought his two fingers together and remarked,
"Spiritual twins.2 But Elizabeth loves Baba far more. My sign for her is this [a fist] — a rock! Now stop the tears."
Footnotes
- 1.The Lebanese-American writer, poet and artist Kahlil Gibran (1883–1931) fused elements of both Eastern and Western mysticism in works such as The Prophet.
- 2.During the 1960s, in a letter from Mani, Baba conveyed: "It is rare that one soul would have two spiritual twins in one lifetime. Elizabeth has had Norina, and now Jane."