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

294 THE GOD-MAN28 November the invitations to the sahawas as planned were sent off. Baba said:"I tell Harry that as long as he is here and attending to me I will do what he says, and in his absence willtry to carry out his instructions. But I cannot promise to carry them out fully because I have work to do. Hehas satisfactorily attended to his business and I have to attend to mine. I have taken on this body forhumanity's sake, and during the year I have to use my body for the work I have to do in my love forhumanity. Therefore I must not take care of it to the extent of letting it interfere with my work. On theother hand I must take enough care so that it stands up to the strain of work that lies ahead of me."Baba was staying at Guruprasad and darshan was held there for about four hundred people.It lasted all day. Among those who came was a blind Bengali girl with her parents. Baba gave her specialinstructions to fast for forty days on milk, tea, coffee and bananas, and during that period to repeat hisname 1,001 times daily. She was told to participate in the February sahawas and to break the fast the daythe sahawas started. He made clear to the girl and her parents that he did not perform miracles and theymust not get the impression that by carrying out his instructions her sight would be restored. He said:"The eyes of man see things that are not worth seeing and that which is Real is not seen by physical eyes.My instructions will help her to see inwardly what alone is worth seeing."