Purify your hearts completely — not a stain, no desires, not even the desire for God-realization — and just be conscious. That is the solution.
I have been telling my lovers: No ceremonies, just love me. Ages have come and gone, but I keep telling them that they should worship God with love, step after step within, until they find within them the Infinite Ocean. Yet, they seek God outside.
Changing the topic, Baba also said: "I am with those who wanted to come, but could not."
And: "Do you know what would happen if I gave you my real embrace? Maybe I would crush you and make you the dust at my feet. If I gave you the real embrace, you would burst. Christ did not give this embrace, even to Peter.
"Repeating my name is not enough. It should be done with all love and faith. You should continue to love me more and more. It is true that man can become God just through loving me. Hafiz has said:
It is foolishness on your part to desire union with God. But if you are mad enough, Become the dust under the feet of the Perfect Master!
Referring both to the recent global crises and rain in Poona, Baba stated, "The clouds will disperse; the end of the crisis is coming."
Putting his thumb and forefinger almost together, he gestured, "But it was that close to a full-scale nuclear war."
Fred and Ella Winterfeldt had stopped in Geneva on their way to India, where they met Max and Gisela Haefliger. The Haefligers were unable to attend the gathering, but Fred conveyed Max's message of love to Baba, who smiled radiantly.
The men then returned to their hotels to rest for the big day to come.
Baba had observed that the clouds would disperse, but that night a heavy deluge fell. Rain began leaking inside the pandal, wetting the chairs.
The program was to start that afternoon, and Baba remarked to the workers, "I am omnipotent, but helpless. If the rain is to stop, you must stop it."
He did not explain how, but fortunately the rain stopped in the morning on Thursday, 1 November 1962. Early that morning truckloads of earth were brought to spread over the wet ground. The chairs were wiped dry, and by the afternoon, everything was ready.
Red ants were also discovered, and Baba informed Eruch to have the entire area sprayed with a pesticide, for although he had once ordered them not to kill ants, he remarked that "The love of my lovers who will be coming are more important in this instance than the ants."