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

308 THE GOD-MANBaba explained that Shariyat are the prayers and rituals of the man of the world; God pays no attentionto them. Tariqat is the experience of the split 'I'. There are also Haqiqat and Marefat. But there are nodistinctions in God. He went on:"Here is Fred Marks from London. He is actually God; he is omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent. ButGod in Marks says, 'I am helpless, I am here, I do not know everything.' The God in Marks says, 'I am aman'. The God in Mrs. de Blasio says, 'I am a woman'. But God is neither man nor woman. Thisdistinction is due to imagination. For example, Don Stevens has a mind. There are innumerable thoughtsor divisions in that mind; but there is only one mind. With this mind, Don imagines a cobra with tenheads; he creates that cobra, he preserves it, and then he destroys it; but in reality there was no cobra."In the same way, God imagines in the beginning and creates many divisions. All one sees and does is aplay of the imagination. On the higher planes one experiences that there are no divisions. Kaikobad seesdivisions but sees Baba in all the divisions. He has to go beyond this and see no division but see himselfeverywhere. Of millions of men of God, a rare one will realize God. It is so difficult, so impossible. EvenPeter did not realize me when I was in the body as Christ."But remember all these are mere words. What has to happen is for the individual to become completelyunconscious, as in sound sleep. When you are completely unconscious, that is the state of God; but youmust also be conscious of everything. So you must be unconscious; yet a hundred per cent conscious. Insound sleep you go back to the original state but are not conscious of it; when you are in that state all thetime but conscious at the same time, then you have found me."In the afternoon Baba and the whole party attended a showing in Jane Barry's theatre in Myrtle Beachof the film taken by Charmian Corrinet of Baba's trip to the U.S. in 1956. Baba was very pleased. Therewas also a short film of the recent Indian sahawas.The next day, Friday 23 May, Baba started by clearing up a misunderstanding. He said, 'I do not wantto give interviews. I want to stop all interviews. But this does not bind me. I made it clear at the beginningthat I might call a single person for half a day or I might not call anyone at all. I might call a small groupto my house, or I might call the girls to my house. This means I cannot be bound by my decision. I feelsome of you are thinking, "Why does Baba call five near him, or why does he call Anita every day, orMargaret? Why not the