Sung by Jagjit & Chitra Singh
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While giving his contact to worthy souls, a Perfect Master creates impetus within them. Man’s innermost being is the House of God, and when contact with a Divine Being is established, the heart echoes with his sweet Song. This echo is the gift of the Master. By creating the silent impulse within, he makes it resonate.
– Meher Baba (26 September 1931)
सुना था के वो आयेंगे अंजुमन में
सुना था के उनसे मुलाकात होगी
हमें क्या पता था, हमें क्या खबर थी
न ये बात होगी, न वो बात होगी
मैं कहता हूँ इस दिल को दिल में बसा लो
वो कहते हैं हमसे, निगाहे मिला लो
निगाहों को मालूम क्या दिल की हालत
निगाहों-निगाहों में क्या बात होगी
हमें खींचकर इश्क़ लाया है तेरा
तेरे दर पे हमने लगाया है डेरा
हमें होगा जब तक न दीदार तेरा
यहीं सुबह होगी, यहीं रात होगी
मोहब्बत का जब हमने छेड़ा फ़साना
तो गोरे से मुखड़े पे आया पसीना
जो निकले थे घर से, तो क्या जानते थे
के यूँ धूप में आज बरसात होगी
ख़फ़ा हमसे होके वो बैठे हुए हैं
रक़ीबों में घिर के वो बैठे हुए हैं
न वो देखते हैं, न हम देखते हैं
यहाँ बात होगी, तो क्या बात होगी
April 1928,
. . . In late April 1928, Baba again entered seclusion. He was in the underground crypt and gave orders that no one was to be sent up the hill. One day three groups of visitors unexpectedly arrived at Meherabad for Baba’s darshan. The first group was a large number of Parsis from Bombay who had come to Ahmednagar for a few days. Since they were close to Meherabad and had heard of the “Irani Saint,” they decided to visit and arrived at about ten o’clock one morning. Only a few of them sincerely wished to take Baba’s darshan; the rest merely wanted to sightsee.
Just before the group arrived, a Hindu couple also came to Meherabad with the explicit intention of having Baba’s darshan. The couple and the group of Parsis were told that Baba was in seclusion and was not seeing anyone or giving darshan. On hearing this, those who had come to sightsee merely laughed cynically and decided to go back. The sincere Parsis who had come for darshan were disappointed but decided to stay, hoping that Baba would come down the hill or call them up. They sat with Chanji and inquired about the Master, listening attentively to his stories. They left around four o’clock, after six hours of waiting.
Also deciding to wait, the Hindu couple sat near Baba’s gaadi by the dhuni and began meditating. They continued meditating, waiting patiently until nine o’clock that night in hopes of having Baba’s darshan. Finally, believing it was God’s will that they not see Baba, they left with heavy hearts.
The same day, a mendicant showed up at about five o’clock, expressing his desire to see Meher Baba. On being told the Master’s instructions, he spoke very forcefully, saying that he would have Baba’s darshan or else he would not leave. He went to the well where he washed himself in preparation for meeting the guru. Afterward he sat under the neem tree near the dhuni, silently repeating God’s name.
According to Baba’s wish, travelers and fakirs who came from long distances were always given a meal, and so the mandali requested that the mendicant join them for supper. He answered, “Without the guru’s darshan, I shall not touch food or water!” The mandali tried to persuade him not to act so stubbornly and overrule the Master’s orders, but the fakir would not listen. That night, after hours of useless persuasion, he was invited to come and sleep inside with the men, but he even refused this and continued to sit by the main road.
The next morning the mandali found the fakir sleeping on the verandah of their quarters and concluded that he must have given up his foolish behavior. But when the man awoke, his face was beaming, and he declared, “The guru heard my voice! My desire has been fulfilled. I had the guru’s darshan last night.”
Thinking he must have seen Baba in a dream, the mandali told him that Baba often appears to his followers in their dreams and he was fortunate to have had such an experience. At this, the man jumped up, rebuking them, “What are you talking about?! This was not a dream! Meher Baba came to me, in person, gave me his darshan, and then returned up the hill.”
The mandali did not believe him, as Baba was in seclusion and never came down the hill once he retired for the night. But then one of the mandali who had been on nightwatch appeared at lower Meherabad and related how for some unexplained reason, Baba had walked down the hill during the night and then returned. The fakir was proved correct. He was given breakfast and left happily.
Baba later explained to the mandali the events of the previous day:
The three groups that came yesterday reaped the benefits according to their capacities. Those who came to sightsee carried back, unbeknown to them, the benefits of this sacred atmosphere. The Hindu couple who came with devotion and stayed to listen to stories about me gained more spiritual benefit.
They reaped the fruit of their faith and devotion, though they are unaware of it.
But the one who was the most fortunate was the fakir. Due to his firm determination and intense devotion, I had to disturb my seclusion and come down the hill. There has to be such true faith and longing to have the darshan of God — to move Him and bring Him down from the mountain!
On Tuesday, 1 May 1928, Baba concluded a discourse with the boys on Union with God, by stating, “In the end, the lover, the Beloved, and love all become one.”
He then quoted a Persian couplet:
The inmost core of my heart is so filled with the thought of my Beloved
That my own name and existence are lost in thinking of Him.
Baba urged the boys, “So create love and you will see your Master. The Beloved can be loved even from a distance. There is no question of distance or nearness. Love is required and love can be awakened by constantly thinking of the Master.”
(Lord Meher, page 923)
https://www.lordmeher.org/rev/index.jsp?pageBase=page.jsp&nextPage=923
September 1931,
. . . One of Purdom’s friends came to see Baba on 26 September 1931 and said, “After reading the articles in Everyman, I felt I must see you. It was not a superficial thought; I was inspired to see you.”
Baba expressed his pleasure at meeting him and observed:
It is not within the bounds of the intellect to judge spiritual perfection or to enter the realms of One who has attained perfection. This can only be achieved through love — surpassing the intellect. This love is born only in the pure heart of a real lover of God.
It can never blossom in the hearts of those swayed by the intellect’s achievements.
For this reason, divine personalities when explaining about themselves rely more on impulse and inspiration than on intellect. While giving his contact to worthy souls, a Perfect Master creates impetus within them. Man’s innermost being is the House of God, and when contact with a Divine Being is established, the heart echoes with his sweet Song. This echo is the gift of the Master. By creating the silent impulse within, he makes it resonate.
“What should I do?” the man asked.
“Meditate on the highest ideal. That is love,” Baba urged him. “I will help you.”
https://www.lordmeher.org/rev/index.jsp?pageBase=page.jsp&nextPage=1273
3 February 1954,
. . . At 6:00 A.M., this message “The Language of the Heart” was delivered to the crowd at Orai:
God does not listen to the language of the tongue or of the mind, but He responds to the language of the heart. The language of the heart is the song of love for the Beloved.
When the heart weeps for the Beloved’s union and the mind suffers the pangs of separation, then the Beloved’s response is the final embrace into Oneness.
This means to love God one has to keep Him present and never be absent from Him. This means while doing all duties, doing all deeds, while thinking all thoughts and speaking all words, we have always to have His remembrance, remembering Him as the background to everyone and everything. This means in every little thing, good or bad both, we should remember Him and then all responsibility rests with Him.
https://www.lordmeher.org/rev/index.jsp?pageBase=page.jsp&nextPage=3431
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