… And yet, how unique it is that those who could live in palaces, in all comforts, do a sweeper’s work by staying with me. Therefore, there is none so blind as those who do not see, though having eyes!
You are my soldiers, and to destroy your self — your ego — you have to fight for me. While fighting in my arena, remember that you are dealing blows to your ego.
– Meher Baba
Now I’ve heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don’t really care for music, do you?
It goes like this
The fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you
To a kitchen chair
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
You say I took the name in vain
I don’t even know the name
But if I did, well really, what’s it to you?
There’s a blaze of light
In every word
It doesn’t matter which you heard
The holy or the broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Baby I’ve been here before.
I know this room I’ve walked this floor.
I used to live alone before I knew you.
I’ve seen your flag
On the marble arch
But listen, love is not some kind of victory march,
It’s a cold and it’s a very lonely Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
There was a time you let me know
whats really going on below
but now you never show it to me do you?
I remember when
I moved in you
and the holy dove was moving too
and every breath we drew was Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Now maybe there’s a God above
As for me, all I ever Learned from love
Is how to shoot at someone who outdrew you
But it’s not a crime
That you hear tonight
It’s not some pilgrim who claims to have seen the light
It’s a cold and it’s a very broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
I did my best, it wasn’t much
I couldn’t feel, so I tried to touch
I’ve told the truth, I didn’t come to fool you
And even though
It all went wrong
I’ll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah …
Hallelujah, Leonard Cohen
https://youtu.be/ttEMYvpoR-k
9 December 1939,
… Continuing on the same topic, Baba commented:
It is a pity that people, in their excitement or enthusiasm, do not realize what they are doing and spoil their own cause. The very thing for which they ought to be proud and happy is misunderstood and taken for misfortune. There is a hue and cry raised over things that have no substantial bearing or ground at all. Petty points and questions are raised, and so much valuable time and energy are wasted over such trivial matters, which [could] be so well utilized for better purposes, benefiting themselves and others.
Jealousy is a great weakness. It blinds or obscures the vision to Truth and facts. It drives one to a frenzy and makes one engage in flimsy arguments. Meaningless talks are freely indulged in, which bring nothing but shame and misery in their wake, before they realize what harm they have done in their weakness.
Truth can never be blurred or clouded by the hue and cry, however great. It shines in its own light. Clouds come and go, casting shadows and a temporary gloom. The sun is never disturbed, much less perturbed or affected by the clouds. So is Truth never clouded by fallacious or false propaganda. Trying to throw dust at the sun blinds the person himself, not the sun.
But there are few who understand these simple truths. The majority are misguided and ruled by some self-styled leaders, who seek the limelight by fair means or foul. They don’t want the Truth for their [own] selfish ends, lest they be lost and out of the picture. So, to be in the public eye, they invent lies, concoct stories, distort facts, and, in the name of public service, they present these lies before the public. The public is misled either by their big names or by the tricks of the originators, who form the ability to misrepresent facts with sensational talks that influence the weakness of the mass mind.
It is the same all over the world — a game of winning and losing — the inevitable struggle for existence in all departments and aspects of life — religion, politics, morality, ethics, industry [business], et cetera, at different times and places, in different ways, according to the conditions.
Laughing, Baba spelled out:
So it is for Meher Baba, too! You have been observing, over the past many years, that despite this hostile agitation against me, my work goes on spreading. You have watched with mixed feelings of pity and regret for those who do not understand, nor do they want to listen to the facts, and thereby bring themselves in for ridicule. How can my work ever be affected by this lying campaign through the press and before the public? All this hue and cry against me, all this propaganda, has not affected my work adversely in the least. On the contrary, it has brought my name and work into greater prominence, by arousing the idle curiosity of people with silly rumors and sensationalism. Those who come to ridicule me, return penitent after seeing me and gathering the true facts!
My work, begun from Poona and Ahmednagar and covering Bombay, Madras, South India and North India, has now reached the West. It spread to England first, and from there, has extended through Europe, to America and the whole world! Is this in itself not proof? Up to now, I have often been working in seclusion. Still, day by day, the number of my followers increases. I do not see the public and also do not meet those who outwardly make a show of seeing me. And yet, how unique it is that those who could live in palaces, in all comforts, do a sweeper’s work by staying with me. Therefore, there is none so blind as those who do not see, though having eyes!
You are my soldiers, and to destroy your self — your ego — you have to fight for me. While fighting in my arena, remember that you are dealing blows to your ego.
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23 November 1930.
… When Brunton questioned Baba about his mission, Baba stated:
I shall change the history of the whole world. As Jesus came to impart spirituality to a materialistic age, so I have come to impart a spiritual push to present-day mankind. There is always a fixed time for such divine workings, and when the hour is ripe, I shall reveal my true nature to the entire world.
The great teachers of religion — Zoroaster, Ram, Krishna, Buddha, Jesus and Muhammad — do not differ in their essential doctrines. All these Prophets came from God. These Divine Ones appeared in public when their help was most needed, when spirituality was at its lowest ebb and materialism was apparently victorious everywhere. Mankind is rapidly approaching such a time.
At present, the whole world is enmeshed in sensual desires, in racial prejudice, selfishness and money-worship. God is forsaken! True religion is abused. Man seeks life and the priests give him stones! God, therefore, must send his True Prophet among men once again to establish true worship and to awaken people out of their materialistic stupor. I but follow in the line of these earlier Prophets. This is my mission.
The Prophets lay down certain rules and practices to help the masses lead better lives and to incline them toward God. These rules become the tenets of an organized religion; but the idealistic spirit and motive force, which prevail during the Prophet’s lifetime, gradually disappear after his death. That is why organizations cannot bring spiritual truth home to people. Religious organizations become like archeological departments trying to resuscitate the past. Therefore, I shall not attempt to establish any new religion, cult or organization. I shall rejuvenate and revitalize the religious thought of all people and instill a higher understanding of life in them.
Remember, though, that the fundamental truth of all religions is really the same, because all issue from the same source — God. But the Avatar considers the times, circumstances and prevailing mentality of the people before his public manifestation. He therefore preaches doctrines best understood and best suited to such conditions.
Baba then brought up a different point to Brunton:
Have you not noticed how all nations have been brought into instant communication with each other during this modern epoch? Do you not see how the railways, steamships, telephones, telegraph, radio and newspapers have caused the whole world to become a closely woven unit?
An important event happening in one country is made known within a day to the people of another country 10,000 miles away.
There is a special reason why all these developments have recently taken place. The time is soon coming to give mankind a universal spiritual belief, which will serve all races of people in every country. In other words, the way is being prepared to enable me to deliver a worldwide message to humanity.
“But, when will you tell the world about your mission?” asked Brunton.
I shall break my silence and deliver my message only when there is chaos and confusion everywhere, for then I shall be most needed — when the world is rocking in upheavals, earthquakes, floods, volcanic eruptions — when both East and West are aflame with war! Truly the whole world must suffer, for the whole world must be redeemed!
“Do you know the date of this war?” inquired Brunton.
“Yes, it is not far off. But I do not wish to reveal the date,” Baba dictated.
“This is a terrible prophecy!” exclaimed Brunton.
Baba looked sad for a moment and explained:
Yes, it is. The war will be terrible in its nature, because scientific ingenuity will make it more intense than the last war. However, it will last only a short time — a few months — and when it has reached its worst, I shall make myself known publicly and declare my mission to the entire world …
After the war, a long era of unique peace will come — a time of world tranquility. Disarmament will no longer then be a matter of mere talk, but an actual fact. Racial and communal strife will cease. Sectarian hatred between religious organizations will come to an end. I shall travel widely throughout the world and all nations will be eager to see me. My spiritual message will reach every land, every town and every village, bringing universal brotherhood in its wake, peace among men, compassion for the poor and the downtrodden. And most importantly, I will bestow love for God.
“What is India’s future?” asked Brunton.
In India, I shall not rest until the pernicious caste system is totally uprooted and destroyed. When this happens, India will find itself to be one of the most influential countries in the world. Despite its shortcomings, India is still the most spiritual country in the world. The future will find India to be the moral leader of all nations.
All great founders of religions were born in the East, and it is to the East that the people of the world must continue to look for spiritual light.
Brunton thought this over for a moment and then said, “Europe is hard and skeptical. How can you convert unfamiliar peoples to your brand of belief? The average Westerner will tell you that it is impossible and very likely laugh at you for your pains!”
Baba remarked:
Ah, you do not realize how changed the times will be. Once I publicly announce myself as the Avatar, no one will be able to withstand my power! I shall openly perform miracles as proof of my mission, not to satisfy idle curiosity, but to convince the skeptically-minded.
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… After returning to Ahmednagar, on 22 February 1948, Baba in the evening discussed matters with the mandali in the Ice Factory Bungalow. In the course of the conversation, the subject of the Master’s manifestation came up and Baba asked those present, “What do you think constitutes 100 percent proof of my manifestation as the Avatar?”
Khak Saheb, Babadas, Kaka (who was on silence), Ramjoo, Adi Sr., Ghani, Dhake, Ramjoo and Nariman (who was visiting from Bombay) expressed their views, but Baba further observed:
You people say that at the time of my Avataric manifestation, mankind will receive a shock like an earthquake and I will appear at different places in my physical form. But such ideas do not prove the Avatar’s manifestation 100 percent.
In the Avatar is contained the whole of creation. All the lives contained in the world are like his limbs. If a scorpion stings a man on one part of his body, the brain immediately knows it and pain is felt throughout the body. Similarly, when the Avatar will ‘sting’ [manifest], every life sustained in creation will feel it. Thus, the Avatar’s presence on this plane and the scorpion’s sting [manifestation] will be experienced by all.
If the sun were to shine 24 hours a day and there was no darkness, the presence of the sun would not be recognized, unless there was complete darkness once. The rising of the sun consequent to darkness would make humanity appreciate the presence of the sun. The dark night is signified by the scorpion’s sting.
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Meher Songs 