THE GOD-MAN The Life, Journeys and Work of Meher Baba with an ...

238 THE GOD-MANreturned. Then he and Baba both faced the portrait and Don read the Prayer of Repentance, at theconclusion of which Baba touched both his forehead and the ground, and bowed down before his picture.PreludeO the eternally benevolent Paramatma! O all-merciful Allah!O the most merciful God Almighty! O giver of all boons, Yazdan!Being fully aware of your absolute independence and your absoluteindifference, Baba, with all humbleness, implores you, O allmercifulGod! to accept the prayer of repentance from him onbehalf of all his lovers and on behalf of all who are worthy ofbeing forgiven.The Prayer of RepentanceWe repent, 0 God most merciful; for all our sins;for every thought that was false or unjust or unclean;for every word spoken that ought not to have been spoken;for every deed done that ought not to have been done.We repent for every deed and word and thought inspired by selfishness,and for every deed and word and thought inspired by hatred.We repent most specially for every lustful thought and every lustfulaction; for every lie; for all hypocrisy; for every promise givenbut not fulfilled, and for all slander and back-biting.Most specially also, we repent for every action that has brought ruinto others; for every word and deed that has given others pain;and for every wish that pain should befall others.In your unbounded mercy, we ask you to forgive us, O God, forall these sins committed by us, and to forgive us for our constantfailures to think and speak and act according to your will.At the conclusion of the prayers, Baba ordered the doors and windows to be opened and resumed hisseat. 'Today', he spelt out on his alphabet board, 'you have joined God praying to God. God and I are one.Now we go up the hill.'On the way Baba showed us Donkin's dispensary. He said, 'I have nothing to worry about regardinghealth, because here is the doctor and he is most dear to me. The faith and love with which this dear son ofmine has stuck to Baba is unique. As I told you yesterday, if anything bothers you, if even the slightestthing is wrong with you, tell Donkin.'