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

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346 <strong>THE</strong> <strong>GOD</strong>-<strong>MAN</strong>over again a mech<strong>an</strong>ical religion <strong>of</strong> it - as a h<strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong>y staff to le<strong>an</strong> on in times <strong>of</strong> adversity, as a soothing balmfor his conscience or as a tradition to be followed in the footsteps <strong>of</strong> the past. M<strong>an</strong>'s inability to live God'swords makes them a mockery. How m<strong>an</strong>y Christi<strong>an</strong>s follow Christ's teaching to 'turn the other cheek', or'to love thy neighbour as thyself'? How m<strong>an</strong>y Muslims follow Muhammad's precept to 'hold God aboveeverything else'? How m<strong>an</strong>y Hindus 'bear the torch <strong>of</strong> righteousness at all cost'? How m<strong>an</strong>y Buddhists livethe 'life <strong>of</strong> pure compassion'? How m<strong>an</strong>y Zoroastri<strong>an</strong>s 'think truly, speak truly, act truly'? God's Truthc<strong>an</strong>not be ignored; <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> thus by m<strong>an</strong>kind's ignor<strong>an</strong>ce <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> weakness a tremendous adverse reaction isproduced <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> the world finds itself in a cauldron <strong>of</strong> suffering through wars, hate, conflicting ideologies,<strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> nature's rebellion in the form <strong>of</strong> floods, famines, earthquakes <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> other disasters. Ultimately when theapex is reached, God m<strong>an</strong>ifests <strong>an</strong>ew in hum<strong>an</strong> form to guide m<strong>an</strong>kind to the destruction <strong>of</strong> its self-createdevil, that it may be re-established in the Divine Truth.My silence <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> the imminent breaking <strong>of</strong> my silence is to save m<strong>an</strong>kind from the forces <strong>of</strong> ignor<strong>an</strong>ce,<strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> to fulfill the divine Pl<strong>an</strong> <strong>of</strong> universal unity. <strong>The</strong> breaking <strong>of</strong> my silence will reveal to m<strong>an</strong> theuniversal oneness <strong>of</strong> God, which will bring about the universal brotherhood <strong>of</strong> m<strong>an</strong>. My silence had to be.<strong>The</strong> breaking <strong>of</strong> my silence has to be - soon.At a quarter to eleven <strong>Baba</strong> declared it was eleven o'clock '<strong>Baba</strong>'s time' <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> left for <strong>Meher</strong>azad.On 25 August <strong>Baba</strong> sent the following warning cable to his devotees throughout the world:Circumst<strong>an</strong>ces during these three months will be put to test love <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> faith <strong>of</strong> my lovers so try best tokeep firm hold <strong>of</strong> my daam<strong>an</strong>. Do not talk ill <strong>of</strong> others <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> try not to think ill <strong>of</strong> others. Remember nocorrespondence <strong>with</strong> me or Eruch.He remained in seclusion, <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> on 19 October sent the following to all his devotees:I declare that a unique <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> unprecedented occurrence will soon take place in the spiritual realm. Butapart from this <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> irrespective <strong>of</strong> whatever mayor may not happen after November end I w<strong>an</strong>t you to

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