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

THE FINAL DECLARATION 245Bliss. I suffer and suffer. From October, for three months, there will be the climax of my sufferings, andthen the world will recognize me."Sometimes I feel, Why explain anything? Just come, sit down, you all here, be quiet, and be incompany with Baba."Sometimes I feel like explaining things. I wonder which is better. What shall we do? Shall we go onexplaining, or shall we be quiet?"We also were divided on the subject, so Baba decided that on one day he would explain, and on the nextwe should be quiet with him:"Your work has to be defined. It has to be practical and yet divine; practical in the sense that in every lifeit can be achieved, not just sitting quiet, aloof, renouncing the world."All four prayers say the same thing. Since Babajan kissed me on the forehead, I bow down to my ownSelf. Why?"What is needed is to become, not only to see. You have to become what you already are.You are God, but you have to know how to become God. Christ humiliated himself to teach this - throughlove, become what you already are."The above is an example of one of Baba's silent 'talks', read from the alphabet board by Eruch, otherexamples follow. On Saturday, 18 September from 9 to 9.30 a.m., all sat quietly, thinking of Baba as hehad ordered. At 10.05 Baba was seen walking up the hill; on the way he stooped down three times, pickedup a stone each time, and threw it into the grass. At the top of the hill he greeted each of us warmly,clasping our hands. He began inquiring about the meditation asking each in turn. Then he said:"Today I will explain about trance and inner sight - samadhi. Trance, which the Sufis term haal andVedantists bhav, is just a momentary ecstasy which, in the true spiritual sense, has no great value. Duringthis state of haal one feels unconscious of his surroundings and of his own body, but conscious of anoverpowering force of bliss pouring in on his soul. As soon as this bhav ends, he is just his ordinary self.There are four different types of samadhi - yoga samadhi, tantric samadhi, nirvikalpa samadhi and sahajsamadhi."Yoga samadhi and tantric samadhi have no importance, spiritually. In these samadhi, one feels at peacewith everything and everyone, and finally finds his mind still; but as soon as this samadhi is over, he isagain his own ordinary self. Most yogis, after these samadhi, feel the strain of illusion even more. It is likeintoxication; one feels in harmony with everything for a while, but when the intoxication is over, one gets