… I am a past master in the art of telling lies, of giving promises and not fulfilling them. But remember, I am beyond all that too, and therefore I fulfill every promise given.
– Meher Baba
…“I am Ustad [Expert, Master]. No one tells lies like me, and no one speaks the truth like me. I am both simultaneously. So, I cannot be caught. I am God and appear human. I have lost everything, but I have still retained my sense of humor. I cannot be fathomed. I am so unfathomable that even I cannot fathom my own self! Yet, I am the only One, the Ancient One, who can be one’s own by love, honest love.”
– Meher Baba [29 September 1954]
… “I have stated, when it is necessary, these Perfect Souls express their perfection in everything. For the spiritual benefit of the world, I can be perfect in any mode of life I have to adopt, not merely to show perfection [but for my work]. Every aspect of life is contained in the highest state of perfection — perfection in the world, perfection in yoga, perfection in attachment, perfection in detachment!”
– Meher Baba [13 April 1939]
वफ़ा के भेष में इक बेवफा ने लूट लिया
करार दिल का है इक इक अदा ने लूट लिया
हमें अब और किसी राहजन का खौफ नहीं
हमी वो लोग जिन्हें रहनुमा ने लूट लिया
बेवफा से दिल लगा कर रो पड़े
दिल पे हम इक चोट खाकर रो पड़े
शायद इसी का नाम मोहब्बत है शेफ्ता
बेवफा से दिल लगा कर रो पड़े
दिल पे हम इक चोट खाकर रो पड़े
बेवफा से दिल लगा कर रो पड़े
मेरे पास से गुजर कर मेरा हाल तक न पूछा
मैं ये कैसे मान जाऊँ के वो दूर जाके रोयें
बेवफा से दिल लगा कर रो पड़े
जिसने पूछा हमसे बिछड़े यार का
उसको सीने से लगाकर रो पड़े
हाँ दिल पे हम इक चोट खाकर रो पड़े
बेवफा से दिल लगा कर रो पड़े
यारो सितम का हाल सितमगर से क्या कहें
ये दिल की बात है किसी पत्थर से क्या कहें
बेवफा से दिल लगा कर रो पड़े
दिल पे हम इक चोट खाकर रो पड़े
अपने दिलबर की ख़ुशी के वास्ते
हाँ अपने दिलबर की ख़ुशी के वास्ते
मरने की क्या मैं मर भी चूका हूँ हजार बार
इक तेरी याद है तो जिए जा रहा हूँ मैं
अपने दिलबर की ख़ुशी के वास्ते
हमको जीने की है खुशी इतनी
जी रहे हैं तेरी ख़ुशी के लिए
अपने दिलबर की ख़ुशी के वास्ते
अपने दिलबर की ख़ुशी के वास्ते
दिल का हर इक गम छुपाकर रो पड़े
जी दिल का, दिल का, दिल का
दिल का हर इक गम छुपाकर रो पड़े
दिल पे हम इक चोट खाकर रो पड़े
बेवफा से दिल लगा कर रो पड़े
लिखके उसका नाम दिल के वर्क पर
उसका नाम आ दिल, आ दिल के वर्क पर
लिखके उसका नाम दिल के वर्क पर
हाँ दिल, दिल, दिल, दिल
लिखके उसका नाम दिल के वर्क पर
लिखके उसका नाम दिल के वर्क पर
अपनी हस्ती को मिटा कर रो पड़े
दिल पे हम इक चोट खाकर रो पड़े
बेवफा से दिल लगा कर रो पड़े
आहे दिल पे हम इक चोट खाकर रो पड़े
बेवफा से दिल लगा कर रो पड़े
जो मिले है जख्म सादिक प्यार में
हाँ, हाँ, हाँ, हाँ, हाँ
जो मिले है जख्म सादिक प्यार में
जो मिले, जो मिले, जो मिले
जो मिले है जख्म सादिक प्यार में
जो मिले है जख्म ‘सादिक’ प्यार में
वो जमाने को दिखाकर रो पड़े
वो जमाने को दिखाकर रो पड़े
आहे दिल पे हम इक चोट खाकर रो पड़े
बेवफा से दिल लगा कर रो पड़े
दिल पे हम इक चोट खाकर रो पड़े
बेवफा से दिल लगा कर रो पड़े
बस दिल पे हम इक चोट खाकर रो पड़े
बेवफा से दिल लगा कर रो पड़े
दिल पे हम इक चोट खाकर रो पड़े
बेवफा से दिल लगा कर रो पड़े
Bewafa Se Dil laga Kar Ro pare
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Dillagi [Mehr Ali · Sher Ali]
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Bewafa Se Bhi Pyar Hota
by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
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… On Thursday, 13 April 1939, a rare interview with the Master was granted to a journalist. The subject of perfection was discussed at length. Baba explained:
Just as everything in the domain of duality is based on the proportion of degrees, so also is perfection based on degrees when concerned with duality. Good and bad, virtue and vice, strength and weakness are all based on degrees when considered in relation to duality. Bad and good, vice and virtue, weakness and strength are all aspects of duality; but, in Truth [Reality], all are a degree of oneness in duality. Evil is not evil, but the lowest degree of good. Similarly, weakness is not weakness, but the lowest degree of strength.
Perfection also has degrees, when compared with imperfection. So you see, one perfection in duality does not include every perfection. He who is perfect in science is probably not perfect in singing, and one perfect in singing will not be perfect in painting. So all these “perfections” are in the field of duality. Have you ever heard of perfect crimes? When murder is so cleverly perpetrated as not to leave a single clue behind, it is called a perfect crime. So even in crimes and so-called sins, there is perfection.
But spiritual Perfection is not in the domain of duality. All these relative perfections explained come within the scope of intellect, but the perfection of spiritually Perfect Souls is beyond intellect. When one is perfect spiritually, one experiences that nothing except God alone exists. To a Perfect Being, everything that exists under the intellect and under the domain of duality is illusion. So for the Perfect Man, nothing exists but God — science, art, music, weakness, murders are all dreams to him. His knowledge, his perfection, is one indivisible existence.
When this Perfect Soul, for spiritual reasons, wants to use all his power and knowledge, he does it purely for the spiritual good of others. He then applies his Universal mind in that subject and knows all. To express everything outwardly is not necessary, but he does know everything.
How? All languages have their root in the mental world [of thought] and are then expressed orally. But he, the Perfect Man, knows the mind of everyone! He knows the purport of every thought before it is uttered! So it is with everything — science, art, et cetera — if he wants, he can know it even before it is actually manifested. But he does that only when he thinks it necessary.
Then a series of questions and answers ensued:
The journalist asked Chanji, “Does Meher Baba believe in the theory of previous births, as mentioned in the Bhagavad Gita?”
“Yes,” Baba dictated, “the whole existence depends on the law of reincarnation.”
“Even materially, Lord Krishna was perfect. So aren’t you also perfect materially?”
“Perfection includes all perfections, but there is no need to express them. Krishna was perfect spiritually. That means he was perfect in everything, but he never showed his perfection materially, as it [material perfection] has no meaning and is in the realm of illusion. He could have shown himself a perfect drunkard, a perfect sinner, a perfect rogue.
But that would have shocked the world. So, he did not express that. He was a perfect drunkard, perfect sinner, perfect rogue — perfect in everything. He must have been because he was, above all, a perfect God!”
“But was it necessary for Krishna to show himself as a perfect murderer?”
“I have stated, when it is necessary, these Perfect Souls express their perfection in everything. For the spiritual benefit of the world, I can be perfect in any mode of life I have to adopt, not merely to show perfection [but for my work]. Every aspect of life is contained in the highest state of perfection — perfection in the world, perfection in yoga, perfection in attachment, perfection in detachment!”
Baba then asked him, “What is it you really want? What is it that you really desire and need?”
The man said, “I am in search of a Perfect Teacher who can lead me to Perfection and satisfy me.”
Baba said, “And I too am looking for a perfect disciple who could satisfy me! But I don’t find any! Tell me the truth, what do you really want?”
The man, somewhat confused, answered, “I want to gain perfection by material ways and means. I must first find the ways and means to fill the hungry bellies of my starving countrymen before launching on a spiritual campaign.”
“Yes, you are right,” replied Baba. “When people are starving, you cannot preach spirituality. They will not listen. Come after fifteen days. I will then reveal to you something — something very simple.”
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29 September 1954,
… Keshav began the introductions. He first introduced a boy named Singh, who had accompanied Baba to Andhra in 1953 and subsequently had run away from his home to join Baba in Dehra Dun. Baba asked Keshav if Singh was behaving normally now. He replied that there was still something lacking.
Baba asked Singh, “Do you know what real love is like?” and then explained, “The flame of love within does not even give out smoke for others to see. When you love me, you burn within yourself, and yet seem cheerful with a broad smile upon your lips. You bear the pangs of separation calmly and quietly. Even a sigh of the pangs of separation is an insult to that love!
“Attend to all your duties; you can still love Baba by dedicating all your good and bad to me. Just as you cover your body with clothes and forget all about the dress you wear all day, similarly dress your soul only once in a day with thoughts of Baba, and Baba will then be all the time with you, even without your paying any further attention.”
Introducing Ayodhya Prasad Rathor of Dhagwan Village, Keshav said that he had come to the meeting defraying his traveling expenses by selling his wife’s jewelry. Baba asked, “Why did you do that? I was there [with you at your home]!”
Rathor answered, “Jewels can be obtained again in life; but there will not be another chance to attend such a rare meeting as this for 700 years.”
When Bhagwat Prasad stepped forward, Keshav said he was a retired tahsildar (revenue official) and was a devotee of Ram. “I myself am Ram,” Baba replied.
Calling Suresh Chandra Nigam, a student, to him, Baba stated, “You are very lucky. Is it not your luck that you have attended this meeting? Now, from today do one thing: that is, be absolutely honest and on no account speak a lie, even if your throat is slit!”
Forty men from Nauranga had come. Baba made them stand before him and urged Babu Ramprasad, “You should tell people about me and my work, and act accordingly.” Ramprasad then introduced each lover, one by one, and Baba was deeply touched on hearing of their love for him. Among them was also a sadhu. He had no money to attend the meeting. He had left Nauranga two days before the others’ departure, and was somehow able to be present in Meherabad on time.
When introduced to a barber named Ramacharan Nai, Baba asked him, “Can you shave me? Have you brought your materials?”
Ramacharan said he did not have any equipment. Baba stated, “I am the Universal Barber … I shave and shape the heads of all!”
All laughed, whereupon Baba commented, “My humor is eternal. Due to it, people have no idea of my eternity, and I myself cannot gauge it! There is no one as true as I, and also as false!”
Gaya Prasad Khare, an old lover, was introduced. Baba asked Keshav to finish the introductions soon. Commenting on his infinity, Baba observed, “I am Ustad [Expert, Master]. No one tells lies like me, and no one speaks the truth like me. I am both simultaneously. So, I cannot be caught. I am God and appear human. I have lost everything, but I have still retained my sense of humor. I cannot be fathomed. I am so unfathomable that even I cannot fathom my own self! Yet, I am the only One, the Ancient One, who can be one’s own by love, honest love.”
Baba gave some special prasad to Gaya Prasad and told him to eat it on the spot.
Dr. Nath of Benares had come. Baba stated, “He, Dr. Khare and old Gaya Prasad did their utmost in the New Life to satisfy my nakhra [every fancy or whim]. I said I wanted a white horse, and there it was. I wanted a camel, and there it came. I wanted donkeys, and they were brought to me. I feel so happy to see dear Nath here. You are seeing me for the last time in this body. So, I feel happy you came at the opportune moment.”
Adarsh Khare said, “I want such love whereby I can really see you!”
Baba replied, “For such love, my grace is required. If showered spontaneously and of my own accord, it is like nectar. If asked for, it is like plain water. If anyone insists on it, it proves like poison. So, just go on thinking of me, and leave everything to me. Say, ‘Baba, your will is my will.’ “
Baba continued, “I will tell you something about lust and love. It has such a feeble link of demarcation that lust can be thought of as love, and love as lust; and yet, love takes you to God, and lust binds you in illusion. The sign of love is one: love never asks for anything. The lover gives all to the Beloved. Lust wants everything. Remember that one who wants nothing is never disappointed. He who wants nothing has everything.”
Baba reminded Raisaheb Ravindra Singh, “I am the slave of my lovers.”
To Raisaheb Ramashankar, Baba affectionately joked, “I like him because his heart is sound, his body is round and his love is all-round!”
Baba reminded Bhavani Prasad Nigam, “Remember how you used to serve me the best of achar [pickle] in Hamirpur?”
And to Paliwal he added, “What tasty food you served in Ingohta.”
Baba informed Pukar (who was stoutly built), “You are my Hanuman. Do you know it?”
“When you give me that experience, I will know it,” Pukar said.
Another student named Narayan Singh had come to Meherabad without his parents’ permission. Baba informed him, “On your return, seek your parents’ pardon on my behalf, and say that it is Meher Baba’s mistake that he gave you such love.”
Vishnu of Dhagwan sang the song “Jai, Jai Jagat ke Samarth!” — “Hail, hail the All-powerful One in the universe!” The song made Baba happy.
Gauri Shankar Vaidya (ayurvedic doctor) of Rath came forward, and Baba asked him to take his pulse. “It is normal, Baba,” he said.
“The pulse of the whole world is controlled by my pulse,” Baba stated.
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November 1926,
… Throughout his life, Baba was rigorously hygienic and keenly observant that all his personal things be kept clean and in order. On 30 November, Baba was served tea from a kettle that was not properly soldered. Baba was furious about it. He had the tea thrown away and reprimanded the mandali at length:
You must always be extremely careful about cleanliness in all matters, especially about my food and drink. For me, cleanliness and uncleanliness are the same and make no difference, but one or the other should be observed perfectly. If you want me to remain clean, then you should pay the greatest possible attention in keeping my food, water, and clothes thoroughly clean. Otherwise, if I start appearing dirty, I will be so dirty that people would think twice before approaching me! I can live in the filthiest ways, in totally unhygienic surroundings, which you people would never be able to do. So remember this.
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18 February 1958,
… Baba enjoyed the singing for some time and beat time to the music by tapping the head of Balak Bhagwan, who was seated on Baba’s left. After one song, Baba appeared deep in thought, and then began this discourse:
The affairs of the universe will continue without my paying any special attention to them, and without there being any burden on the Creator. The subject of discourses and explanations is a headache to me. One’s breathing is natural and one has not to pay any attention to it, but after some exertion, the mind becomes conscious of it. In the same way, the affairs of the universe go on without my paying any special attention to them.
But when it comes to the matter of giving explanations, I feel like one who has climbed a steep mountain and becomes breathless. Giving discourses is a burden for me. It reminds me of the affairs of the universe, and the discussions and explanations that are included in the affairs of the universe become more of a burden to me. Playing marbles, flying kites and playing gilli-danda and cricket are also included in the affairs of the universe, but they “unburden” the burden. It is like coming down a hill; it is more a relaxation than an exertion.
Elcha and Dhake, by their jokes and witticisms, lighten this burden and I relax. These are the things that give me relaxation. But, whether burdened or relaxed, I play my role equally well. Burden or relaxation makes no difference to me, for I am beyond all this.
God is One — both Father and Mother in one. Of course, He is in everything and everyone, and everyone knows it. But God is beyond this, too. I will tell you about God in His Divine Beyond state. In the Beyond state, God is both Father and Mother in one. Now, let us consider the worldly father and mother. Suppose a couple has seven sons. It is but natural for the father to love those who are useful to him, who are healthy, strong, intelligent — and obviously he will remain pleased with such sons. Now six sons of the father are healthy, hearty, brilliant — good in all respects — and he loves them very much. But the seventh son is a cripple, a simpleton, dull-headed, gullible and innocent. The father has comparatively little love for his seventh son, but the mother loves her seventh son the most: more so because he is a weak, disabled, guileless child. Such is the general tendency found among worldly fathers and mothers.
Now, we again come to the Beyond-God, Who is both the Father and Mother in one. During cycles of cycles of time, after ages, when God descends as the Avatar on this material plane, he always takes a male form. He is never born as a woman. Avatars are the Sons of the Father in the Beyond state. All the past Avataric periods witnessed the presence of the Avatar as the healthy, bright, intellectual Son of the God-Beyond. This means in my previous advents I always remained the Beloved Son of my Father. I was like the six sons of the worldly parents.
But in the past, the Beyond-God did not have the occasion of playing the part of God the Mother. In this Avataric period, God the Father is very pleased with me at my being infinitely bright, infinitely intelligent, infinitely brilliant, ustad [masterful], and so forth. I give promises and never fulfill them. [The group laughed.] I am bright and shrewd, as my Father wants me to be, and I am the Beloved Son of my Father.
At the same time, in this form, I am physically disabled. In America in 1952, I broke the left side of my physical frame from head to foot. Now in India, the right side has been completely shattered in the recent auto accident. Besides being physically disabled, I am infinitely bhola [innocent], guileless and easily duped. Therefore, I always listen to all that you say and yield to your wishes. I have not the strength to say no to any of you, nor refuse any of your requests, despite my plans, instructions and circulars. Thus, I am the well-beloved Son of God as the Mother also. In this incarnation of the Avatar, God has the chance, as it were, to play the part of both Father and Mother.
Baba wanted to know the time. It was 10:45 A.M. Baba indicated he would enjoy some singing and then give another discourse. So the singing was resumed, and at one stage, Vishnu of Dhagwan gave a combined song and dance performance, greatly enjoyed by all.
Over the microphone, Keshav Nigam recited his composition (in Hindi) Meher Chalisa, a prayer of praise to Baba in 40 couplets. Baba was so pleased he embraced him.
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… On the morning of Thursday, 17 November 1949, no sooner was Baba with the companions than he sent them to wash their feet. On their return, without explanation, he touched their feet with his hands. In the New Life, mention of the word mandali was prohibited. The members, including Baba, were called “companions.” This meant that, at that time, the level of Baba’s work was of gross-plane consciousness; and being centered on the gross world for his work, Baba was playing the part of a devotee. While acting the role, to the companions, he displayed all the weaknesses of a devotee. At the same time, by his own conduct, he was pointing out the Path to be free of weaknesses.
“Embodied Perfection is complete in every aspect of perfection,” Age explains. “When perfection compels a Perfect Man to do a sweeper’s work, while doing it he manifests perfection. Similarly, when acting as a king, the perfection is perfect. In this way, playing the role of a destitute, a faithful man, a scoundrel, and in other aspects, a Perfect One manifests perfection. There is as much perfection in acting the part of a sinner as there is in playing a fakir.
“During this phase of the New Life, Baba had completely turned from a Master into a devotee, and his divine consciousness fully manifested that part. Thwarting the imperfections of the companions at every step, Meher Baba was leading them toward perfection through the medium of “imperfect” Perfection!”
After touching their feet Baba stated, “It was the amount earmarked for the donkeys that has brought us this far, but the gesture on the part of Dr. Nath, who secured this bungalow free of cost, has enabled us to replenish the amount for the donkeys to some extent.
This saving of Rs.200 plus the balance on hand of Rs.500 — Rs.700 in all — has already been given to Dr. Nath for purchasing two cows if possible and two she-donkeys, the latter being imperatively necessary. If any additional amount is needed, Dr. Nath should contribute it from his own pocket by way of bhiksha [alms].”
Lunch received from both doctors’ families was delicious, and Baba remarked, “They are exceeding the limit in their love and devotion.”
In the afternoon Baba gave each companion the money kept aside in Belgaum for the purchase of clothes, explaining, “Fourteen rupees will be given to each of you for shoes and other knickknacks, and five rupees for gloves. Cotton jackets and scarves will be supplied from the amount with Kaka.
“The companions can touch money only for the purpose of spending this amount, from which nothing should be saved. If anything remains, it should be given away to beggars. From this amount, you are not to spend a pie on anything else such as tea, paan, et cetera. The purchasing of gloves is compulsory; any little amount saved from this item can be utilized to buy any other item.”
Baba concluded, “From today onward, be overcautious. I will no longer correct and help. If you are not cautious and alert, then you are doomed. I am trying to keep my mood. If I fail, I have a master remedy.” Thus arrangements for buying clothes for each was underway at last, and the companions had some hope of being protected from the cold.
Eruch and Vishnu brought all the luggage from the train station, including the missing trunk. The companions had been wearing the same clothes they had on when they left Belgaum five days before. When the baggage arrived, they changed clothes and arranged their personal things. In spite of the house being large, Baba had ordered the men to camp on the verandah, and they were thus living like “beggars in a palace.”
Chalking out their schedule for the next two weeks in Benares, Baba stated:
For personal bazaar purposes, you can start from the 21st of November to the 23rd, both days inclusive. The 18th, 19th and 20th should be spent sightseeing in the ghats and around the city. The companions should go in batches of four accompanied by Sadashiv as a guide on all three days.
I and the ladies will go to see the ghats on the 26th, 27th, 28th and 29th, accompanied by Baidul, Kaka and Sadashiv.
On the 20th, Don is to go to Sarnath to see the bungalow there and give his opinion as to the feasibility and possibility of a ten-day stay there for the langoti-life training.
The begging-training at Benares will be introduced by my going out with some companions to beg at Dr. Nath’s and Dr. Khare’s residences on the 24th and 25th at ten o’clock each morning. Khare’s family should be ready at Nath’s place on the 25th, as I cannot go as far as the university, where the latter stays.
The 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th and 30th of November are the dates on which the companions are to go out begging in pairs. How to beg and what to say will be explained on the 20th.
For personal shopping in the bazaar, from tomorrow [the 18th], you can go out from noon to 5:00 P.M.
Baba directed Ghani and Adi to prepare a list of the activities from the 18th to the 30th of November with dates and exact timings. As permitted, the companions in groups of four went sightseeing to the ghats along the Ganges River. Pendu and Mani had contracted flu, and they were attended to by the doctors.
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… Garrett was full of questions about what constituted spirituality, renunciation, and the spiritual path. On Thursday, 17 December 1936, Baba stated to the group, while directing his comments to Fort:
Divinity is not devoid of humanity — it lifts mankind to God. Nor does spirituality necessarily imply the renunciation of worldly activities. True spirituality signifies the internal renunciation of mundane desires. Mere external renunciation — asceticism — does not lead to spirituality.
Perfection is not perfection if it tries to escape from entanglement by shrinking from the dual expressions of nature. The Perfect One must assert his dominion over all illusion, however attractive and however powerful. A Perfect Being functions with complete detachment in the midst of the most intense activity and in contact with all forms of life.
Baba would ask individuals to tell amusing stories and Garrett was pleasantly surprised at Baba’s keen sense of humor. Baba smilingly reminded him, “Divinity includes all that is beautiful and gracious. How then could you expect a Perfect Being to be devoid of a sense of humor?”
Satisfied, Fort replied that he understood.
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… The next day, 1 April[1938], while discussing future plans and ideas for a center, Baba revealed some of his own characteristics in working, as well as those of other past Avatars:
Vagueness, building plans in the air, regular shifts from one place to another, and changes from one plan to another are the principal traits and characteristics of all the Avatars. If one reads the lives of Avatars like Ram, Krishna, Buddha, Jesus and Muhammad, and if one minutely marks the trend of events throughout their lives, it will be found that they had no definite program or any scheme or organization, except a purpose to spread their teachings and impress upon humanity the worthlessness of the world and worldly life, through the very vagueness of their own plans and schemes.
For ordinary people involved in organizations, definite plans are necessary to maintain the organizations according to the funds available. For this, plans are to be made in advance, all arranged ahead, to establish the organization and conduct it; otherwise, the whole scheme would fail.
But in the case of the Avatar, quite the contrary is true. His methods are strange, peculiar and quite the opposite of the world’s. First of all, Avatars do not plan anything, and if at all they do, it is all an outward show, a bluff — all without any sound basis or firm foundation (such as provision of funds, et cetera). All is in the air with the risk of apparent failure at any moment.
Yet, they do take the risk and indulge in the game, but their schemes hang in the air! And even if their schemes are going well and are on a sound basis, they may destroy them any moment. Such plans and schemes are created for some definite purpose as a means to a certain end. No sooner the end is achieved, the Avatars and Sadgurus will not continue running them, however flourishing they might be. Once their purpose is served, they are dropped. If the Avatars and Sadgurus prepared their schemes on a safe, firm, sound, permanent basis, what would the difference be between them and ordinary human beings?
None of the past Avatars like Krishna, Jesus or Muhammad ever did this. Their lives and work are all full of hectic movements and gestures that were entirely vague, with no sound basis behind them in the material sense, except a great purpose which every Sadguru and Avatar has, which is their mission in life; that is, to depict and prove the transitoriness and falseness of the world and all its things, through the very vagueness of their own moves and schemes. Thereby they turn to sound, solid causes of the Life Eternal and its attainment through a spiritual life. By the capricious plans and vacillating ways of the Masters, they prove that this changing world and everything in it is illusion! They then lead the aspirants toward the stable and lasting values of the spiritual life and guide them toward Realization.
Krishna was either occupied with playing with the gopis or thinking of war. Jesus too had no definite plan — reread the Sermon on the Mount. Muhammad was absolutely vague, always on the run, to the extent of one marriage here and one there, and so on. All vague, but all the same with a definite precise purpose behind it.
I, too, am like them! I build on sand or in the air, planning schemes without at times a penny in my pocket or without any definite arrangement for future maintenance if started at all. And even when established, I break it up, or abandon it. Plans were laid for Meherabad, the school, ashram, hospital, the Nasik Retreat — all were well planned, but all were broken up and pulled down the instant the purpose was served, as I alone know.
But people cannot grasp it and misunderstand. That is how the Avatar’s work is always misunderstood and misjudged by the world. The work of the Avatar always goes unappreciated in his lifetime. So it is with mine.
If a Nehru or Nariman shaves or cuts a poor Untouchable’s hair, the press and the public hail them as saviors of mankind. But a [Meher] Baba or Upasni Maharaj doing the same work silently in secluded spots would neither be noticed nor appreciated — rather ridiculed and overlooked. On the contrary, they would be criticized! Such is the world, going after glamour and outward show, and giving undue importance to ordinary things because they are being done by individuals who in the public’s eyes are great.
Norina and Elizabeth further discussed the idea of establishing a center and told Baba, “For ourselves, it is not necessary; but it will be necessary for the other Western women who will be coming.”
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January 1956,
… Baba asked Kumar to repeat the story of Krishna and his blessings. Kumar narrated the incident: “It is said that when Uttara’s son Parikshit was born, he was stillborn. Krishna said, ‘I have performed no miracles, but if I have never spoken a lie, if I have never broken promises given, if I have never done anything harmful to others — only then let the child breathe with life!’ “
Baba commented, “The child did become alive to the surprise of all, but the prayer offered by Krishna was a source of great amusement. Krishna had knowingly emphasized all his apparent drawbacks, playing upon the minds of his kith and kin and his devotees in order to open their eyes to the fact that all that he appeared to say was in fact only appearances. And whatever he actually said, he fulfilled every word of it.
“Krishna was telling lies in the general opinion of all, and I am Krishna. I am a past master in the art of telling lies, of giving promises and not fulfilling them. But remember, I am beyond all that too, and therefore I fulfill every promise given.”
Baba explained, “Originally I gave you a promise to stay at Sakori for seven days. Then I sent word that I would stay for two days. I have now fulfilled the original promise by staying here for seven hours! In eternity, seven days or seven hours are just the same.” Everyone present, including Baba himself and Godavri, had a hearty laugh.
Baba concluded with this advice: “Keep your hearts clean and love me. Don’t let any other thoughts intervene. When the heart is clean, I abide in it. As soon as the heart is cleansed of filth [sanskaras], I am found there, as I am there already.”
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November 1967,
… One day in mid-November, Baba asked Bhau to write ghazals. Bhau replied, “Baba, it is not possible to write ghazals in Hindi. They can only be written in Urdu or Persian.”
Baba said, “What do you take me to be? I am Ustad [the Master]! I taught Ghani to write ghazals, and I will also teach you. But first, try.”
So, Bhau tried and wrote almost 200 songs in ghazal form (which were later printed as Meher Geetika). Baba liked them, but noted, “These are songs, not ghazals. I will teach you when we’re in Guruprasad next summer.” Meanwhile, Baba instructed Bhau to translate Don’s The Wayfarers into Hindi, and Bhau began this work.
Baba had actually paved the way for Bhau to write ghazals seven years before when he dictated two ghazals in Hindi to him in 1960, but at that time Bhau never thought Baba would ask him to compose them.
Francis Brabazon also continued to write poems and ghazals in English for Baba. At the end of each new recitation, Baba would beam with pleasure and, at times, would compliment Francis, “This one is the best you’ve done. This time you surpassed yourself!”
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Meher Songs 