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

THE FINAL DECLARATION 293"I do not mean that you intend to disobey me or that you disobey me deliberately, when I insist so oftenon your obedience. On the contrary, I do not forget your sense of duty."The point I wish to drive home is that it is never too late to obey me, and that you should obey me to theend, that you should obey me with courage undaunted by any disaster, and that, above all else, you shouldobey me when I stand face to face with the dark cloud."For six months you should take care of what I say to you, and after that I shall take care of you. I sayagain, do not leave me and live to repent later when there will be no remedy for your loss. For six months,do not give up obeying me at any cost - come what may, remember me and do as I say. Make all otherthoughts subordinate to your resolve to please me with all your heart·."Now, for six months, up to March 1958 -(1) Be ready and determined to do whatever I ask you to do. (2) Do no lustful action whatever; evenhusband and wife had better remain celibate. (3) Be honest. Honesty demands that you deceive no one,give no false hope or empty promise. (4) Try your very best not to hurt the feelings of others, but not tothe extent of doing any lustful action."Those who have not surrendered to me or who cannot do so, but would nevertheless like to obey me,should consider the last three as my orders to them."At the end he embraced each man, reminding him before his embrace to concentrate forcefully upon hisresolve.A member of Baba's mandali, A. Gustadji died on October 30th, after a few days of not feeling well. Hehad never been away from Baba except by his orders, and had been observing silence since 1927. Heaccompanied Baba to the West on some visits.By the beginning of November Baba declared that provided his condition did not get worse there wouldbe sahawas at Meherabad in February and Western sahawas at Myrtle Beach in May, followed by sahawasin Australia in June. He had been receiving treatment from a number of specialists, and now in Novemberthere was treatment from a blind American chiropractor, Dr. Harry Kenmore from New York. The doctorshad said that Baba would never be able to walk as before, because of the condition of the hip-joint, butnow there became a prospect of it. Dr. Kenmore was confident. Indeed, he treated Baba not onlyprofessionally but as a devotee. The outcome was that on