I am That

15. The Jnani
Questioner: Without God's power nothing can be done. Even you would not be sitting here and
talking to us without Him.
Maharaj: All is His doing, no doubt. What is it to me, since I want nothing? What can God give me,
or take away from me? What is mine is mine and was mine even when God was not. Of course, it is
a very tiny little thing, a speck -- the sense 'I am', the fact of being. This is my own place, nobody
gave it to me. The earth is mine; what grows on it is God's.
Q: Did God take the earth on rent from you?
M: God is my devotee and did all this for me.
Q: Is there no God apart from you?
M: How can there be? 'I am' is the root, God is the tree. Whom am I to worship, and what for?
Q: Are you the devotee or the object of devotion?
M: I am neither, I am devotion itself.
Q: There is not enough devotion in the world.
M: You are always after the improvement of the world. Do you really believe that the world is
waiting for you to be saved?
Q: I just do not know how much I can do for the world. All I can do, is to try. Is there anything else
you would like me to do?
M: Without you is there a world? You know all about the world, but about yourself you know
nothing. You yourself are the tools of your work, you have no other tools. Why don't you take care of
the tools before you think of the work?
Q: I can wait, while the world cannot.
M: By not enquiring you keep the world waiting.
Q: Waiting for what?
M: For somebody who can save it.
Q: God runs the world, God will save it.