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

THE SAHAWAS 331It is to make the Beloved happy without sparing himself. Without giving a second thought to his ownhappiness the lover should seek the pleasure of the Beloved. The only thought a lover of God should haveis to make the Beloved happy.Thus if you stop thinking of your own happiness and give happiness to others, you will then indeed playthe part of the lover of God, because Beloved God is in all.But, while giving happiness to others, if you have an iota of thought of self, it is then not love butaffection. This tends to seek happiness for the self while making others happy.As for example: (1) A husband's affection for his wife. The husband wants to give happiness to his wife;but while doing so he thinks of his own happiness, too. (2) A mother's affection for her child. From thisaffection the mother derives happiness purely out of giving and seeking happiness for her child.Baba commented: 'You are the individualized ocean.' He pointed to the brim of the hat he was holdingand said: 'Visualize this hat as you. You see this gross world (pointing to a box); and with the help of asaint you jump backwards and begin to experience the subtle world (putting the box behind the hat andpointing to the notebook). Then again, with the help of another saint, you see the mental world, not thesubtle or the gross. But what does a Perfect Master do? He makes the self turn completely around, make acomplete roundabout tum, and the self disappears. The self goes, and God remains.'The question is, how is individuality retained? The stamp of individuality remains, it is left behind tosay, "I am God", "Beryl is God". Jesus said, "I am God." This stamp or mark remains. It is still realindividuality. Remember the Real Self is within. When helped by a Perfect Master, the Real Self isremoved, the imprint that remains is the original individuality. That is as far as I can explain it or touchyour understanding. The Real Self is removed and the Real Individuality remains as an imprint.'Suppose this is the infinite ocean. It is full of drops. Each drop is the ocean as long as it is not separate.So there are innumerable drops in the ocean. One says, "I am stone"; another says, "I am man", "I amwoman", "I am this", "I am that'.... Suppose there are three drops whose Real Self is removed and Godremains; but the individuality is there. So Purdom (one drop) says "I am God" and his experience of hisown ocean of bliss is continuous, without a break. Another drop, called Lud, is from the same ocean. ItsReal Self is removed,