These powers that the yogi wields are very, very great powers indeed, compared with those of ordinary human beings, but they have absolutely nothing to do with Truth. For Truth is far, far beyond all of this. Powers of this type are like spectacles of colored glass that do no more than seemingly to transform things that are really colorless or white into different colors.
A Sadguru does not have to exert himself in breathing or by exercises as do the yogis, but has only to think as he wishes and he achieves the result. What does it matter to the Sadguru if someone is dead or alive? To him both are equally false as both are mere dreams — illusion. The world is as he wishes, which is not the case with yogis. To them, the conditions that exist are real and have therefore to change from one thing to another as they desire. And it is for these changes that yogis exert themselves in performing different sadhanas, meditations, and exercises. Although the powers they attain are tremendous, they are after all only "rays" of the Sun and not the Sun itself, as is the Sadguru.
Nusserwan Satha came that day. He was asked to draft a leaflet about the establishment of a high school, mentioning the advantages and benefits that the boys admitted would get, along with all the terms and conditions of enrollment.
Baba explained, "The idea of offering free education, lodging, boarding, clothes, books, et cetera, is merely an inducement to enable me, firstly, to put as many boys as possible in the spiritual line; secondly, to give the boys the benefit of my close contact; and thirdly, to mold their morals and characters in an ideal way."
Baba stressed that the parents should understand that only those children who were firmly prepared to remain in the school until the completion of the course would be allowed admission. The obligatory course might last from two years to seven years. To derive the fullest benefit of being in the Master's company, it was considered inadvisable to allow the children to return home, except in cases of emergency. Priority in the curriculum was to be given to the teaching of spiritual subjects.
Nusserwan wrote the draft at Meherabad that day, and when it was ready, Baba and the mandali read and corrected it.
The next day Baba declared, "The teachers of the new school will not be paid. They will work for food and clothing."