But when God [the sun] is at His zenith at the time of His manifestation, maya [the shadow] disappears, being virtually nonexistent and powerless under the full and direct force of the sun's rays. This will be the victory over maya, when the forces of ignorance and darkness disappear in the glory of God's manifestation through me.
Applying the analogy to yourself as an individual, when you turn your face toward the sun [God], your shadow [maya] lies behind you, and although still existent, it has no power over you. But when you turn your back to the sun, you carry your shadow before you and are constantly aware of it, following in its wake. Therefore, even though you cannot by yourself get rid of your shadow, if you turn your back on it and keep facing the sun, at the time of God's full ascendance and glory, your shadow will disappear forever.
I want all my lovers to guard against maya's tricks and hold firmly on to my daaman.
From Friday, 14 August 1959, the "crucial period" of Baba's work began. Baba would work with Kaikobad daily inside Kaikobad's room from 8:00 to 8:30 A.M. No one was to enter or leave the boundaries of Meherazad.
As Baba had indicated, he issued additional orders for Eruch and Francis. Both were put on silence at night from 7:00 P.M. to 7:00 A.M. daily. Nightwatch duty was now divided into four shifts:
Bhau - 5:00 P.M. to 11:00 P.M. Vishnu - 11:00 P.M. until 1:30 A.M. Pendu - 1:30 A.M. to 4 A.M. Rano - 4:00 A.M. to 6:00 A.M.
On 15 August 1959, Padri was called from Meherabad to repair the well pump at Meherazad. Jalbhai also came that day from Poona with Sheroo. Later that evening, Baba had the mandali watch him fly a kite. (The mandali also took turns.) Baba did so again two days later, and also took a few strokes with a cricket bat. On the 18th he played seven tiles with the mandali.
On the 16th, Baba dictated: "When the God in man becomes one with the God in the Beyond, the God in man becomes Man-God.
"When the God in the Beyond becomes the God in man, the Beyond God becomes God-Man."