“This whole creation is the outcome of the mind”

Baba then explained to Dedolchow about this imaginary creation: “Close your eyes and imagine a ten-headed elephant. (Dedolchow did so.) Now when you open […]

“Nothing can ever be serious except lack of love for me”

Ala Sathiraju of Kovvur sent a telegram to Baba that he was undergoing an operation because his condition was serious. […]

Meaning of real service

During nightwatch at this time, two incidents occurred. Bhau was having terrible anal-fistula trouble and could not sit for long periods.

One night, the […]

That which comes from the heart is the true arti

[During Baba’s visit to Arangaon…]

Jangle’s eleven-year-old daughter, Prabha, began to sing Baba’s arti melodiously. Overcome with emotion, tears began streaming down her cheeks […]

Becoming is the objective – experiences mislead the seeker

The real danger of these experiences is that it misleads the seeker into thinking that he has reached the Goal and has […]

Becoming is the objective – The danger of “experiences” on the path

Eruch related the experience of Balak Bhagwan, the seventeen-year-old boy from Madhya Pradesh, who was filled with Baba’s light and presence, and saw Baba […]

God IS!

Harry Kenmore seated at Baba’s feet, Meherazad*

 

After going to Kaikobad’s room, Baba returned to the hall at nine o’clock. He […]

The filth of desires

 

Baba frequently cleaned the masts’ pan-type toilets. All of the waste material from the iron pans was dumped into a deep […]

Hold firmly on to Baba’s daaman

Applying the analogy [of sun and shadow]* to yourself as an individual, when you turn your face toward the sun [God], your shadow […]

“The easiest way is to hold on to my daaman”

On one of the walls in the room hung a wooden board on which was written the Marathi verse of Tukaram’s about beating […]