On 13 May 1960, Baba asked Deshmukh's daughter Sanjeevani (who held two master's degrees), "Have you read Stay With God ?"
The young woman had a poor excuse of "no time."
Baba asked, "Is that really so? Are you being honest in your answer? Hypocrisy is the worst thing, and in every walk of life it consciously or unconsciously persists."
Sanjeevani put forth another excuse of "pending work" at her job.
Baba continued, "It is good to be frank and honest in all matters, whether most ordinary or important. Let not hypocrisy persist and try with every breath to keep it at a distance."
The girl had one more excuse: "Unlike my father, I have no interest in philosophy."
Baba replied, "There is no philosophy in the book. A simple thing made difficult is philosophy. The book contains food for the brain and a feast for the heart."
Someone interrupted, saying, "Expounding of a certain principle is philosophy."
Baba remarked, "Statement of facts and philosophy are not the same. Can you call the Gita a philosophy?"
The person claimed, "It can be called so."
"Then here is my philosophy: I am in everything; I am everything; and I am beyond everything. To know me as I am, you must lose your all in me.
"I am the Ancient One. Also, remember well that this is not mere philosophy but a statement of fact based on Experience."
Baba had asked another visitor, Govind Joshi, a learned lecturer in a college, to come on a certain date, which Govind had missed. He came to see Baba a few weeks later (on 19 May), and Baba also asked him if he had read his books. Joshi replied, "Yes, Baba. They are truly a blessing to the whole world."
Baba inquired, "But what about you? What have you digested by reading? Had you read the books as they should have been read, you would have left the work at hand to keep the previous appointment with me. It was for your own good. My love is impersonal and unconditional, too. In spite of your failure to keep the previous appointment, I love you nonetheless."
Joshi asked, "Baba, are you coming to Poona next May also?"
Baba replied, "For me, there is no tomorrow, and you talk of next May! Even so, I know what is to happen at any time in the seeming endless future, including the next day. I live in the Present Moment, which has Eternity within it. Time is not there. The
past and the future exist for you.