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SHRI MEHER BABA'S TOUR 25
have been large enough for a
bed to rest upon. A delicious
luncheon prepared in Nagpur is
unpacked by Adi. After that
Baba invites us all for a little
siesta which does not last very
long. Baba wants to play. So
He invites us all in a humorous
mood to play dice, when a man
walks along—apparently very
poor—burdened with old bundles.
Baba sees the man and
suddenly interrupts the game
ordering Adi to give him food.
Adi has to unpack the baskets
which he already, and not
without difficulty, had carefully
packed inside the car. An
excellent luncheon of patties,
cheese, bread and fruit are presented
to the man with these
words: "Shri Sadguru Meher
Baba is the Giver." To this the
man answers in a natural
manner," It is my good fate
that I should be fed by Him."
A few miles further on Baba
draws to our attention a temple
and also the house nearby
where Upasni Maharaj is resting.
Furthermore Baba explains
to us that Narayan
Maharaj's home is not far from
here. The fact that appears very
interesting to me is that within
an area of four thousand miles,
in Central India, the five Godrealized
Men are living and
functioning each in His own
individual way; and that in this
great spiritual drama, the overemphasized
importance of the
Himalayas did have no greater
part to play, as Baba Himself
often remarks humorously,
than the part of the "stone".
We arrive at "Meherabad". It
is noon. Baba in quick manner
disposes of all the ordinary
activities that during His
absence have accumulated.
The luggage is packed on
the strong heads of the tiny
servants waiting at the foot of
the Hill. This sweet fold
untiring in devotion to serve
their Master and us, their
affectionate friends, walk
silently ahead.
I walk up to the Ashram on
the Hill. The gate is open. The
work in Being is revealing. I
pass on into the atmosphere of
life in feeling. The life in
feeling in Being we here
realize—" Peace that passeth
all understanding reigns in the
Ashram on the Hill."