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

who works for me, does not oblige me, for he works for his own self.THE SAHAWAS 303The ultimate experience can be had only after the heart is completely purified. God forgives everythingexcept hypocrisy.I am the Light of the Universe. One day, as soon as you get a glimpse of my reality, you will come toknow me; and you will get the glimpse. Very rarely one can see me as I really am; you see everythingexcept me. You see the curtain that surrounds my reality. Fortunate are they who see even the curtain.When, at the Indian sahawas, Baba's brother's son, Sheriar, approached Baba for an embrace someonesaid that he was Baba's nephew. Hearing this, Baba said: 'All of you gathered here are my near relatives.'When someone was introduced to Baba there and all his qualifications were enumerated, Baba said: 'Iam unmindful of these qualifications. The only qualification I want you to have is love. I see whether oneloves me or not. You love me and I am pleased with you.' When someone spoke against the display ofemotion, Baba said: 'Emotion is not bad; but love is quite different.'After their references to the Indian sahawas, the 'talk' went on:There is a mast at Meherazad. He has no body consciousness. He remains in the same position forhours together without moving his limbs in the slightest degree. He appears as though he were dead; buthe has become the dust beneath the feet of his Beloved God. He is my beloved child. Even he who hasbecome like dust does not know my real state. Some of the sahawasees have already seen him. He is notmad; but looks like it. He is also childlike. If you make him stand up, he will remain standing until you tellhim to sit down again. His mind does not function as the mind of an ordinary human being; yet his mind isnot blank. Intense love and longing for God has made him like dust. This mast does not belong to thisworld, though he is in it. This does not mean that I want you all to become like him; with your presentnormal mental state I want you to love me as much as possible.'This reminds me', interposed Baba, 'of Mahavira Vardhamana about whom many books are written andwhose teachings became the foundation of Jainism. For fifteen years Mahavira behaved just like this mast.People thought him mad and stoned him; children teased him, dogs barked at him. But later he regainednormal consciousness and became a Perfect Master.' The reading concluded: