The Law is there; the Avatar has to suffer. My time of humiliation is nearing, and I am glad about it. My pleasure is that you should love God. From the beginningless beginning, I am the Paramatma, the Parameshwar [the Beyond God and the Beyond, Beyond God]. If you happen to have even an infinitesimal glimpse of my Reality, you would be walking the streets of Ahmednagar naked! I am what I am, and no amount of disbelief or scorn can change this fact. I remain unaffected.
Discussing things about me and bringing people to your way of thinking about me is all right. Your work is to tell people who Baba is and also to clarify that Ram's bhakti [path of love and devotion] is Baba's bhakti. There should be no quarrel over "Jai Ram" or "Jai Baba." When people have faith in me, they will begin saying "Jai Baba" when they meet one another, as a mark of salute. This they are already doing in Hamirpur.
There is not the least doubt that Baba is God in human form. Explain about this to those interested. If they do not listen, stop talking. But your faith should always be staunch.
Every Center has its quarrels, but, as elsewhere, such quarrels are as a result of the organizers' and workers' love for me. Now that Rangole is caught as the chief worker of the Ahmednagar Center, people will start speaking against him and backbiting him and, at times, he will find himself in a quandary.
To Rangole, Baba said, "Since you are the secretary, you should be prepared to be beaten with sandals and shoes by all! And you still must keep your head bent. If after receiving a beating, you are able to check your resentment, I will bow to you."
On hearing that the three-month nam-japa (repetition of God's name) was not going systematically, Baba clarified, "Everyone should be free to take the name of God most loving to him. It may be Allah, Parvardigar, Ram, Krishna, or simply God. In shariat [orthodox religious tradition] there are all these quarrels. In tariqat [being on the Path] everything is washed out; and in marefat [knowledge of God and the Path] there is the vision, seeing only One Reality. It does not matter if you disagree, but keep your hearts clean."
Baba concluded, "I have dictated a message to Francis which, after typing, is to be posted to all the group heads and important workers."