Like the brave men on the Path, wash your hands of this copper-like existence,
So that one day you gain the alchemy of love and become gold.
Wants of the body, sleep and food have kept you away from the threshold of Love.
You will attain union with the Beloved when you become free from all wants.
Baba explained:
“”It is very difficult to be without wants. "I want to sleep, I want to eat" — these are wants. "I do not want to sleep or to eat" — this also is a want. It is therefore rather impossible to be without wants. What then is the solution? Hafiz provides one.
Hafiz has said: Only the grace of the Perfect Master can make you free from all wants. Even if a wee bit of the effulgent glory of God were to be revealed, you would become millions of times brighter than the Earth's sun. If for one slight moment you have the fortune to drown yourself in the Ocean of Love, do not hesitate. That moment does not come frequently. As soon as the Master says, 'Drown!' do not hesitate. Drown the moment the Master commands you to drown. Don't worry about what the world will think of you. The world will call you mad, but you should not hesitate.
If even one hair of yours is dipped in the Ocean of Love, you become "wet" eternally. In that bliss of Union with the Beloved that you then enjoy, there is no break. It is continuous. From head to foot you become God if in this Path you become footless and headless.
“”"How to become footless and headless?" asked Baba.
Do whatever I tell you. Do not use your mind. When the Will of the Beloved becomes your will, then you are footless and headless. Yet all this is impossible — even the very desire for union with Beloved God is madness. So there remains only one solution, and that is to become the very dust at the feet of the Perfect Master.
Implicit obedience to the Perfect Master is the only answer. Where his orders are concerned, follow them literally. Do not use your head to analyze their significance. Do what the Perfect Master wants you to do. Let your feet move at his command. Let your life be lived in accordance with his behest. This is becoming footless and headless.
