Koi Samjhega Kya Raz-e-Gulshan

13 April 1937,

… “My work and I are inseparable, like the rose and its fragrance. Both are inseparable. But the rose is not the smell, and the smell is not the rose. The thorn and its pricking are inseparable, but the pricking is not the thorn, nor the thorn the pricking.”

Baba expounded on creation and its ultimate purpose and ended by stating, “God has power, bliss, light and peace, but He wants to express Himself. But to express Himself, consciousness must be gained. Therefore, to gain consciousness, all this fun has started. I love the fun, yet in this fun I suffer infinitely.”

Someone asked, “Why is there suffering?”

Baba gave this succinct reply: “Suffering is essential for the elimination of the ego, just as it was necessary for you to scrub and scrub to wash the stain from my coat.”

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कोई समझेगा क्या राज़-ए-गुलशन
जब तक उलझे न काँटों से दामन
कोई समझेगा क्या राज़-ए-गुलशन

यक-ब-यक सामने आ न जाना
रुक न जाए कहीं दिल की धड़कन
कोई समझेगा क्या राज़-ए-गुलशन

गुल तो गुल ख़ार तक चुन लिए हैं
फिर भी ख़ाली है गुलचीं का दामन
कोई समझेगा क्या राज़-ए-गुलशन

कितनी आराइश-ए-आशियाना
टूट जाए न शाख़-ए-नशेमन
कोई समझेगा क्या राज़-ए-गुलशन

अज़्मत-ए-आशियाना बढ़ा दी
बर्क़ को दोस्त समझूँ कि दुश्मन
कोई समझेगा क्या राज़-ए-गुलशन

उन गुलों से तो काँटे ही अच्छे
जिन से होती हो तौहीन-ए-गुलशन
कोई समझेगा क्या राज़-ए-गुलशन

Jab Tak Uljhe Na Kaanton Se Daaman by Vithal Rao, 1975
https://youtu.be/_yMsmQLERNM