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

THE SAHAWAS 307this process, and is eternally trying to forget and to remember at one and the same time.In another type of yoga (bhakti-yoga) the real 'I', while acting the part of the false 'I', tries to worshipthe real. The false 'I' cannot be anything but false, and cannot have any conception of the real 'I'. The real'I', acting as false 'I', forms a false conception of the real 'I'.Then what does the false 'I', say? It says, 'O Real "I"! I worship Thee in all!'And the tragedy is that when the false 'I' prays to and worships the real 'I', it comes across only theinnumerable false 'I's'. In fact it worships other false 'I' is, rather than the One and Real 'I'.However, the path of Love (prem-yoga) is unique, because on it the Real 'I' plays the part of the false 'I',while it itself covertly remains in the background as the Beloved. And, while continuing to play this part,it bums or consumes its false ego, to remain ultimately itself as the Beloved.In Eruch, for example, the real 'I' acts as the false 'I' and loves the real 'I', within. On one hand there isthe real 'I' and on the other, there is the false 'I' as Eruch. But these are not two separate 'I's'. The false 'I',as Eruch, tries to bestow love on the real 'I'. And that is why with gradual increase in love and with greaterintensity of longing, the false 'I' by degrees gets more and more consumed, effaced, by love. All the while,the real 'I', as the Beloved, remains in the background, as it really is. Eventually, when the false 'I', istotally consumed, there remains neither the false 'I' nor love. The Beloved, as the real 'I', reigns supreme asthe One Infinite, Indivisible Self.In the subtle planes, the inner experiences of the real 'I' may be said to be Divine Hallucination. In themental planes, the inner experiences of the real 'I' may be said to be Spiritual Nightmare; inner experiencesend in Divine Awakening.When someone asked Baba whether the physical body was the false 'I', Baba said:"That which asks this question is the false 'I'. He who translates and those who hear the translation - allare false 'I'."When one says, 'I am Eruch', 'I am hungry', 'I am happy', 'I am a Muslim', this is false 'I' speaking. Aman bows down and worships Allah as the only Reality: at the same time, while bowing down, his mind isfull of worldly things, his family, his business and so on. Thus, instead of bowing down to the Real 'I', hebows down to forms of the false 'I' that he has in mind at the time of worshipping."