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

70 THE GOD-MAN"The 'sanskaras' originated from the moment the individual 'drop' came out of the 'CreatorPoint' of the Infinite Ocean of Reality to be conscious and to gain knowledge of Self. Allsubsequent forms and births are necessary for consciousness and self-knowledge. Sanskarasare created continually, until they become so thick that they remain about a man whether he isalive or dead: they must be separated from him before he can realize God, for until they are gonethe 'drop' forgets its original mission and is conscious only of the motion given to it by thesanskaras. A man does not realize God until all sanskaras are wiped away, but to wipe them awayis very difficult."On another occasion, while some were sitting around him, Baba conveyed hints as to hisspiritual working."The troubles of the world are due to thinking. Soon I shall take this thinking upon myself,when my health will, most probably, be seriously affected. This is essential for my futureworking which will affect the whole world."It is the duty of Perfect Masters to give an onward push to the subtle universe; but the Headhas also to prepare the Circle and to make the members realize God as well as to give anonward push to the gross universe. When they - the Perfect Masters - give such a push, theyhave to work for it; they have to come down from the state of Eternal Bliss, which issymbolized in the human body at the top of the head, and take their position in the Brahmand,symbolized between the eyebrows. This point is also called the junction between the UpperBliss state and the lower human form, from which we can see the whole of the lower parts ofthe body - equivalent to seeing the entire chain of past lives and forms, which one has to passthrough before God-realization."A duty is placed upon some few of the God-realized ones to come down to the junction andbring up those in the world who are worthy to be taken up, that is, worthy to be God-realized,because of their preparedness and spiritual connection. But such preparedness does not comeeasily. It requires ages upon ages of suffering and sacrifice and deep connection with aGodrealized one. It is after ages of suffering that one is deemed worthy of being admitted intoa Circle for God-realization. God-realization means the destruction of all sanskaras, the'stopped' state of the mind, the end of all thinking. This is very difficult; for if the mind tries tostop thinking it tends towards the sound sleep state, that is, the unconscious. Even great yogisare unable