Chapter 36: Interested In Remaining Disinterested
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Do not seek material pleasure and you will find the spiritual treasure. This means, seek only God by not seeking material pleasure and you will find God.
You can only seek God through self-denial. The spiritual treasure cannot be obtained by merely stretching out your hand for it. Only in the completeness of self-denial can the spiritual treasure become self-evident.
There are three ways of obtaining the spiritual treasure: First: to earn it yourself by self-denial. Second: to receive it as a spontaneous gift from God given to His lover whose self has become effaced in the intensity of his longing for his Beloved. And third: to inherit it directly from the Perfect Master who bequeaths it to those who remain completely resigned to his will.
Therefore if you wish to find the Treasure, stop seeking material pleasure. Seek the kingdom of Heaven by not seeking the kingdom of Earth, and you will find it.
During his nightwatch on Friday, 26 August 1960, Baba dictated this ghazal to Bhau in Hindi:
Do not fall in love with maya, it will ruin you. It will drag you from love and leave you a pauper.
Surrender to the Perfect Master, he will better your lot He will adorn you with the jewelry of spirituality and make you the richest of the rich.
Then what power will the angel of death have over you? It behooves you to always remember this!
Two days later while on nightwatch, Baba dictated another ghazal to Bhau as follows:
Sip the nectar of love and become like a mast [for the Beloved]. Turn the heart to kabob and eat it; then drink its blood.
How long will you sew stained patches of sins to the daaman? Let the Master-Tailor-of-Love stitch the pieces of your heart.
Die that death which makes you live after dying. Die to your self and live exclusively for others.
Surrender your all to the Perfect Master and receive All from him. Bhau says if you want to talk about anything, speak only of love.
Baba played a game of seven tiles with the mandali for a few afternoons during the last days of August. During this six-month seclusion period, Baba had stopped Adi Sr. from coming to Meherazad daily. Adi, however, was permitted to see Baba on 27 August, when he brought Meherjee, who was allowed to stay overnight. Khorshed also came for a week on the 23rd.