I was fed up this afternoon and I said I wanted to leave. You looked serious and kept quiet. I said what I did because of your negligence. It is not possible for a Sadguru or the Avatar to give up the physical body until he has completed the work of preparing his circle.
My mood was spoiled this afternoon, but I could not say it was because of you. I have told you before that my being out of sorts or fed up is because of outside reasons. For example, consider a one-eyed fellow. He is looking at something with one eye and you think he is staring at you. It is the same in my case. I am occupied with my work and my outward behavior is so peculiar that you do not understand it.
What do you know of the powers of the Acharyas [Perfect Masters] who, for the sake of duty to humanity, come down from their highest state of Infinitude to this lower plane and undergo unimaginable suffering? You have no idea what terrible bliss it is!
Baba then advised the mandali:
A stone remains unmoved under any circumstances; you may kick it, spit on it or worship it, but all these things have no effect upon it. As long as you do not disregard your likes and dislikes, and as long as you do not become indifferent to being kicked, spat upon, slandered and ridiculed, you cannot hope for God-realization. You have to burn up your ego. You have to become dust! Only the contact of a Sadguru can bring this about.
Consider a man who is well perfumed. If he comes and sits among a crowd of people, his presence makes the surroundings fragrant. Similarly, if someone passes gas, the place smells foul and people turn their noses. For that reason, you should keep the company of saints, whose godly atmosphere is beneficial to you. If you merge yourselves in the filth of the world, it will adversely affect your spiritual health.
On the 5th, Baba urged the mandali never to fear illusion and gave them this simile:
Take, for example, a movie in which the villain harasses and oppresses a poor innocent child or woman. What great anxiety is caused when the same poor creature is tied down to be either burnt up in a fire or crushed under a motorcar or a railway train.