On 27 December, Baba touched upon what happened at the beginning of creation:
When Energy clashed with Matter four things appeared — fire, water, air, and earth — in quick succession. Stones, metals, and vegetation have connection with Earth; worms with Earth and water; fish with water; birds with air; animals with fire; and human beings with all elements.
By "fire" is meant lightning. Lightning is everywhere, but it is covered by a layer of ether. It has direct connection with animals and so their digestive powers are strong and they eat a lot — to such an extent as if they are born only for eating. (In the zoo in Bombay is an elephant, which, if you happen to see it, spends all its time eating.)
The first worm form after the vegetable kingdom is totally green in color. The last worm form is the crab. It is found in moist earth; that is, it goes in water, too. It has to become a fish and therefore seeks water. After this form is frog, the last form of fish.1 It wants to leave water, so it has a [turning point] form. After frog is the jal-kukdi [waterfowl]. In birds, you will mark that some species have an affinity with water. These are the first forms after fish. The next most advanced forms of birds have affinity with air, and the last most bird forms with the Earth — such as roosters. After that is the kangaroo form — the first form of animal life; and the last form of animals, as you can guess, is the monkey or ape.
On Wednesday, 28 December 1927, after remaining closeted in one of the rooms of Sadhak Ashram for 26 days, Gulabsha suddenly ran away. A life of strict seclusion and fasting on only milk proved too much of a restriction for him, preventing him from living the independent life he desired. His abrupt departure, however, did not affect Mehrabanpur, Shankarnath, Gopal Swamy, and Manekar, who continued to remain fasting in their cells.
A woman came for Baba's darshan the same day and referred to him as the Omniscient One. Thereupon Baba discoursed on the four types of knowledge — worldly knowledge, inner knowledge of the planes, Self-knowledge of the seventh plane, and all-knowledge, which only the Avatars and Sadgurus have in order to work in and for the three worlds.
Footnotes
- 1.In several subsequent explanations, Baba stated that the crab was the last form of fish.