Chapter 35: Guruprasad 1960
1960· Baba age 66Page 4,630 of 5,444
Baba explained:
These "experiences" are like the trickles of water oozing from tiny chinks in a great big dam, and which I have to watch out for and constantly keep blocking up, lest they cause destruction. There are many who have various experiences, such as seeing colors, circles and lights, levitating and so forth. They attract a group around them by giving them similar experiences through a common process, which is never indulged in or dreamt of by the pilgrim who experiences the various planes of consciousness on the Path. Thus not having progressed on the Path [planes], they can bring their followers up to only their own level of experiences, and no further. Then there often follows dissension, and the group splits, forming yet another branch with its own following under a different head.
The real danger of these experiences is that it misleads the seeker into thinking that he has reached the Goal and has mastered the Path. This even applies to the experiences of the Path, which remain insignificant when compared to the one and only real experience of God-realization.
Hafiz depicts this beautifully in his verses. Hafiz says that in the beginning he was like a man who goes down to the seashore and paddles in shallow water, and in his enjoyment, thinks he has gained the Pearl. Then after a long time, Hafiz realized that he had yet to learn to swim; and when he learned how to swim, there were the many waves he had to encounter and overcome. Then he realized he had yet to learn to dive. The next step he had to master was holding his breath under water before, at long last, he could reach the bottom of the ocean for the Pearl — the Goal.
For one who is an aspirant on the Path, it is not seeing, but becoming that is the objective.
Baba then asked Eruch to say what he wished on the subject at hand, and the others were free to add their remarks and ask questions. In the end, Khorshed Jessawala chose to continue to associate herself with Mirchandani, and Baba ordered her not to write to Eruch or him, or see either of them ever again; however, he assured her of his continued love for her. Baba made it clear that from now on Khorshed would be responsible for her own actions. She was ordered to remove her things from Bindra House (where she had been staying) and to shift to Akbar Press.