That morning, Baba also spoke about obedience:
Hafiz says: “Don’t hanker after love and Union, but seek only the will of the Beloved.”
Even the very gods are pleased with those who obey implicitly. To obey me, regarding me as a Sadguru or the Avatar, is not loving me, but loving one’s own expectations. Those who obey me without expectation of reward really obey and love me. And those who obey me heartily and happily, and relish the very act of obeying, are fit and worthy of my doing their arti!
-www.lordmeher.org,3261
January, 1953; Eluru