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

THE FINAL DECLARATION 249from one subject to another. I seldom sleep till after 3 o'clock in the morning. When I am in seclusion, thenight watchman is called every few minutes until then. When do you all go to sleep? At ten. Don't let thetwo young men sit tonight, as you have to be up so early, but from tomorrow.' Baba gave Ludwig sometablets to enable him to sleep: they were what the boy had brought.'You asked about planes', he said to Malcolm. 'Planes meant what?' Malcolm answered, 'States ofconsciousness'. Baba replied by giving a discourse on worlds, planes and consciousness, at the end ofwhich he said:"Let us have music. Indian music is all about love. Some of you may not like it, but I will explain. Inever question about God. I put questions to you about your health and food, but never about God."After the first record, Baba said: "This is a wonderful state of love. The lover is not concerned with theplanes and the different states of consciousness. He is only concerned with God and how to love God. Hearrives at a state when this love fills his world, and the pangs of separation are so unbearable that he says,'I now want to forget you; but the more I try the more I remember you'. This torture is unbearable." Heproceeded to give interpretations of the words sung in the different records:"Oh my beloved God, only he is fortunate and big-hearted who cannot avoid shedding tears in his love.Oh you, who are training to be lovers of God, beware; you will be shown innumerable supernatural sightsof different kinds; beware; only love God and do not be ensnared by these visions and powers."Oh you, who love to talk of love, do you know the difficulties and hardships facing you?The Master tests you at every step on the Path of Love."Baba asked us to say whether we liked the music. Nearly everyone said he liked it and was muchmoved; only I said it meant nothing to me. 'The majority has it', said Baba. 'Don't talk to me about music',he went on, 'the first song I sang has brought the burden of all this universe upon me.'He went on to say, 'God is eternal; illusion semi-eternal. God does not change; illusion changes. Yourshadow is always with you, but it changes in the morning from what it is later, and at midday you do notsee it; the shadow is semi-eternal.'