Chapter 36: Interested In Remaining Disinterested
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Mind, the issue of maya, imagines infinite divisions and so creates innumerable worlds of worries. As long as mind exists, ignorance persists. And what a joke that mind tries to gain bliss through furious thinking and worrying, which is empty dreaming! For bliss to come into being, mind has to be quiet. You cannot invite bliss. It is ever-present, everywhere.
Sarosh saw Baba at Guruprasad on 17 May 1961. Dolly Dastoor of Bombay came for Baba's darshan that day.
Baba asked, "Why hasn't Roshan [her sister] come with you?"
Baba then remembered and innocently asked, "Isn't she pregnant?"
Dolly said yes. She returned to Bombay that day and learned that Roshan had given birth early the same morning, to a daughter who was named Mehernaz.
Ten days later, Roshan and the baby came for Baba's darshan. Baba inquired whether the baby was covered properly.
"Otherwise, she will catch a cold," he warned.
As per Baba's conditions, those who came to have his darshan could only have it once for one hour. Many had traveled from a long distance despite the fact that Baba had discouraged this in his circular and also hinted that later they might have a better opportunity of his company for a much longer period.
When one such group was in Guruprasad, Baba referred to this point, inquiring, "Didn't you read the circular properly? Haven't you noted about the possibility of a much better opportunity mentioned therein?"
Someone from the group replied, "We have implicit faith in you as God, but not so much in your promises! So, we could not even dream of missing such a chance and so here we are."
Baba smiled and remarked, "I, too, have complete faith not only in myself as God but also in my words, although not as you understand them."
One afternoon a physician from Nagpur who suffered from leukoderma (a skin disease called white leprosy) came for Baba's darshan. He requested a five-minute personal interview.
Baba asked, "Haven't you read the Life Circular ? You have come here, taking me to be God. I am God and I know everything. So what is the use of telling me anything? And suppose I didn't know anything, then what would be the advantage in informing me? Mental leprosy is the worst suffering! You seem very fine to me. I see only inner beauty. I know everything, so don't worry."
When Niranjan Singh approached, Baba asked him to sit near his chair. In the course of the afternoon, Baba made reference to the heartfelt talk Niranjan's wife had given to the college students in Delhi about Baba's divinity during Baba's visit there.
He turned to Niranjan and teased him, "Your wife loves me more than she loves you."