"If you are really keen about the Truth, try to meditate with love on the Divine Form of your choice, or remember the name of God wholeheartedly. Then with divine grace, a fortunate one sees God face to face, everywhere and in everything far more clearly and intimately than you see the things in this room now with your physical eyes.
"Before the real 'seeing' is revealed, one gets many experiences on the Path. If not rightly valued, these experiences prove very alluring and deceptive, too. If one starts feeling proud about one's flight in a dream, how much pride will the experiences on the Path nourish? One has to be very watchful about the tricky nature of the ego which tries to maintain its separateness more and more.
"One thing is certain. The more importance and attention you pay to such experiences, the more bound you get. Don't run after experiences, but remain steadfast in your love for God."
Wing Commander Manohar Sakhare managed to come by plane to Poona for darshan that day, but he was unable to bring his wife Mona, who was longing to be near Baba. Sakhare told Baba about her love for him and her disappointment at having no chance to come even for a short while.
Hearing this, Baba said, "Tell her I am not only here but there also. I am everywhere. Also tell her I love her more than she loves me."
He asked one of the mandali to recite a few lines in Urdu which he translated as follows: "The Master says: 'My light stretches from here to the Beyond! I simply watch to see to what extent my lovers can succeed in seeing me.' "
Baba concluded: "I am on your level, on all planes and beyond all planes too."
From Wednesday, 13 April 1960, Maharani Shantadevi began coming every morning to see Baba from 8:30 to 10:30 A.M. The time set for darshan was from 9:00 to 11:00 A.M.
To those seeking personal interviews, one day Baba stated: "I want to rest for 700 years. All here want me to see them alone. Therefore, let two or three see me privately, and the rest go out. Everyone says he will only take two or three minutes, but once the interview starts it takes a long time to end. Meanwhile, the others get tired of waiting."
Every afternoon, except Sundays, Baba would hand out glasses of cold sweetened sherbet to the mandali and everyone present. They had afternoon tea at 1:30 P.M., and within half an hour, the sherbet distribution would take place. Baba would first give everyone one glassful, and then refill their glasses. Sometimes, when there was more, he would hand out a third round.
On 14 April, the following couplets of Hafiz (which Baba had previously translated into English) were read out:
Hafiz says:
O ignorant one! Strive, so that one day you become a Master of Wisdom. Unless you yourself have traversed the Path, how can you guide others?
In the Divine School, in the presence of the Perfect Master, O son, Try, try, try to obey, so that one day you may also become the Father.