Afterwards, Baba commented:
There can be no compromise; one cannot love the world and also love God. The worldly man has to compromise; but in regard to obedience to me, there can never be any compromise according to the ways of the world.
Baba is God, he is pure; it is the impurities in you that prevent me from entering your hearts. You keep me away, yet I am in you, too.
Baba had discourses he had given in America read to the group. Although these were read, the attendees felt it was almost as if Baba himself were speaking. He would interrupt from time to time to give a further explanation. At the end of the discourse on the meaning of sahavas , Baba added:
This is the last time you will see me in this body. I am going to drop this body in the next twelve months. Time is an illusion; you must forget the past and future and live for the Eternal Now. All else is illusion, only God is eternal. Only a few will hold on to my daaman. Make sure you hold on to it during the coming year.
During this sahavas, you must forget your problems, families, jobs, et cetera, and enjoy my presence. I know all about your problems, as I am in each of you.
I have now completed the most important part of my work today, that which I came to Australia to do. Although time is an illusion, you should meet me again at nine o'clock tomorrow morning!
Young Colin Adams had tears in his eyes, and Baba gestured to him, "Baba loves you, you must not be sad." He pointed outside to the rain gently falling and added "When you cry, see, Baba cries, too!"
This did not console Colin, so Baba gestured to his mother Clarice to stand up.
She did, and Baba urged her, "You are to talk to Colin. Explain things to him. You are to see that he is happy, and see that he is kept happy."
Clarice was wondering how she could explain obedience to a twelve-year-old boy when she caught Baba's eye. "At that moment," she recollected, "I believed for the first time that Baba knew everything. Clearly and without any pondering, I believed it. Baba knew everything!"
Later, Colin came running up and asked, "Mum, how could you promise [to obey Baba]? He might ask you to hurt someone!"