Eruch then finished reading the last five points:
17. To be ever present with God, never be absent from Him.
18. Do not desire Union with God, but long for Union until you go beyond longing for Union and long only for the will and pleasure of Beloved God.
19. Mind may die, maya may die, body dies and dies, but hope and thirst never die. Thus has said the slave Kabir.
20. Complete forgetfulness of self is to even forget that you have forgotten!
21. Complete remembrance of God, honesty in action, making no one unhappy, being the cause of happiness in others, and no submission to low, selfish, lustful desires, while living a normal worldly life — can lead one to the path of Realization. But complete obedience to the God-Man brings one directly to God.
Baba then asked all to leave and return at 2:45 P.M.
He said, "There will be no discourse or explanations then. Just sit there quietly and be witnesses. There is nothing beyond sitting near me, loving me, remembering me. This session of discourses is good for Charles [Purdom] because he has to write a book that will do my work.
[Purdom had begun updating, The Perfect Master, his biography of Baba's life.]
It is also good for Harry's baby [Kenmore's tape recorder]."
Baba mentioned how hot it had been in the hall of Guruprasad last May:
"Even Colonel Goldney could not bear it and had to dash out after a few minutes."
Baba commented that many Easterners were trying to attend the three days of the East-West Gathering, demanding sahavas badges so they could enter the pandal.
"Charles, are you happy?" Baba asked Purdom. "Who is not happy? Raise your hands!"
The hand of Kenneth Timur of New York went up.
Timur said, "I cannot say I am unhappy, either." When asked why, he replied, "I don't know; that is the problem!"
Baba remarked to Timur, "I am ready to make up for it. I will give you five minutes near me. Now others will want to put up their hands, too."
Everyone laughed.