Chapter 36: Interested In Remaining Disinterested
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When he arrived, Baba walked up the three steps to the Center's front verandah, cut the seven-colored ribbon and opened the doors. He then walked around to the two other side doors, cut red ribbons on each of them and entered the hall. It had been beautifully decorated and Baba took his seat on the dais. Sarosh garlanded him first, followed by his son Merwan's fiancée, a Swiss girl named Anita. Baba assured her not to worry and to remain happy.
The Ahmednagar bhajan party, including Lata Limaye, sang a few welcome songs composed by Bhau. Lata had not been selected as a candidate for a singing competition to be held in Delhi that year, but Baba assured her not to worry about it.
"A day will dawn when you yourself will be one of the selectors," he told her.
Eruch then read Baba's message for the occasion: "Baba declares the Avatar Meher Baba Ahmednagar Center open for all those whose hearts are open to receive his love-blessing."
Baba said:
All of you present today will always be able to receive my full blessings if you love God wholeheartedly — so wholeheartedly as to completely forget the affairs of the world. But remember, the slightest hypocrisy on the spiritual path debars one from further progress. To love God wholeheartedly is to see God in everyone and in everything. Therefore, you should love God in such a way that everywhere you look you see nothing but God!
For Sarosh, the renovation of the Ahmednagar Center, which has been done so beautifully, has been a true labor of love. My love and blessings to him and all those who have worked to make this Center possible.
After a song, Baba gave this discourse about love:
Love for God is a gift from God to man, and therefore it is impossible for man on his own to love God as he should be loved. Unless man becomes the recipient of this gift, it is not possible for him to love God. However, the grace of the Perfect Master can enable man to love God as He should be loved, and when one begins to love God, the world and its affairs no longer exist.