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Glimpses of the God Man, Vol. 3, Part 2 MEETINGS BEFORE THE GREAT GATHERING 1952-PART VII Informal Talk with the Mandali It was November 4th. Baba arrived at about 7:30 A.M. On His way to the hall He asked about the health of some as was usual. He was wearing a silk coat, unbuttoned at the collar, over a white muslin sadra. As He rested on the gadi He looked so divine that His radiance seemed to stretch in all directions. He gestured to us to sit down. Although I almost never looked into Baba's eyes, I often focused my attention, after taking my seat behind someone, on Baba's broad, resplendent forehead. I also loved to watch Baba gracefully move His hands to brush back His hair. Being in a happy mood, He was joking and in general relaxing in His companionship with the mandali. He called for all the five "priests"—Kaikobad, Kalemama, Ramjoo, Murli and Daulat Singh. Four of them were in the hall, but Murli had not yet come. Someone went out to call him. Baba remarked, "He is so lazy that even if I were to promise him God-realization, he wouldn't come on time!" By this time Murli rushed in the hall. Baba then asked each of the five to repeat seven times a short prayer glorifying God, the Lord of all. Ramjoo had a cold. The next day he was to read from the Koran on behalf of Baba, so Baba remarked, "May he be relieved of his cold by tomorrow." And with a pause He suggested, "What if he takes the medicine from Baidul? With Baidul there is no such thing as checking or studying one's symptoms. Baidul administers his medicine in his own way and the patient is either totally cured or his heart beats no more!" A little later He gestured, "As there will be a special and serious program beginning November 7th, let us have some light talk today." Feram Workingboxwalla was not feeling well and Baba commented, "Why worry, Feram, perhaps you will outlive all of us!" "Gustadji," Baba continued, "is the one who is always in 153 GLIMPSES OF THE GOD-MAN perfect health. He was the one who had no complaints about his health when we were in the West. He likes ice cream and there he had that aplenty so he was in a good mood as well. Sometimes he says, 'If you want me to live for 125 years in perfect health give me a dozen bananas each day.' Baidul likes non-vegetarian dishes, and when he gets them he forgets everything else!" Addressing all, Baba concluded, "Eat well and rest well during your stay at Meherabad but also remember that from November 15th, our Fiery Life—Karbala68 begins." By this time Anna 104 had arrived and Baba gestured that He always felt happy to see Anna with his peculiar dress and mannerisms. Baba announced to all that Anna liked buttermilk, but even more than that, he liked chewing tobacco. When Anna talked to others with his mouth half-full of tobacco and saliva, it was hard to understand what he mumbled, but it was frequently an amusing sight. Baba's mood changed and He began to talk about some work. He instructed Adi to print in English and Hindi some of His messages which were to be delivered on the tour of the Fiery Free Life. He also gave some day-to-day instructions to various mandali and then discussed the important items of the November 8th program. While we were all gathered in the hall that morning, a bed bug was discovered on Baba's seat. God alone knows how it got there, since Baba's gadi had been carefully made up with a nice mattress and a spotless white sheet covering it. But the bed bug's presence, or perhaps its bite, had upset Baba, or at least it seemed so. Baba reprimanded the mandali for not being more careful in checking things for Him. He looked at them and remarked in Gujarati, "I am trapped in the hands of these demons!" This loving admonition resulted in the entire hall being thoroughly cleaned. During lunch time Baba's seat and mattress were put in the sun, and everything was taken from the hall and put on the verandah for a careful inspection. Then the entire hall was scrubbed down. Baba's slightest wish and comfort were of immense importance to all of the mandali. In the afternoon, Baba talked with the mandali about the 68 The place in Iraq where Hassan and Hussain, the Prophet's grandsons, were killed in a battle and became martyrs. 154 MEETINGS BEFORE THE GREAT GATHERING copies of the form He had sent with Eruch and Pendu to be filled in by those who were ready to dedicate either their money, services, or life in Baba's cause. Baba asked Minoo Kharas to sort out the forms later and remarked, "Until now I have not sent out a form of this kind. I do not expect even a paise (cent) if not given with love, even though at present I do not have a single paise." Baba then put His hands into His pockets and demonstrated that they were empty. "However," He added, "Today, in spite of being the poorest of the poor, I have resolved to plunge into the ocean of Divine Love in my Fiery Life. And from November 15th onwards I won't accept money even if someone offers it." God's Sense of Humor It was a day for light talk and it seemed most appropriate that Baba touched on the subject of God's sense of humor. He stated that Creation is God's Lila (Divine Sport) and that it is sustained by His sense of humor. He also explained that the expression of God's humor varies with the scope and range of work that is ordained and accomplished in each Advent through the Avatar, Sadgurus, saints and masts. In fact, God's sense of humor is so pervasive that there is not a person who is totally devoid of it. Baba began in a humorous vein, "Whether I am the Avatar or Shaitan (Satan) one thing is certain and that is I have a great sense of humor. It is my sense of humor that makes me rejoice to see Anna 104 and happy to listen to the irrelevant talk of Babadas. Anna's type of personality is more than enough to exhaust the patience and forbearance of rishis and munis (saints and sages). Yet, I cannot help but humor them both, and going out of my way to keep them near me. Both of them have rendered great and unique service to me and I know that they both love me sincerely." Baba then referred to incidents from the different lives of the Avatar that expressed a deep sense of humor. He continued: 155 GLIMPSES OF THE GOD-MAN It is said that once Rasool-e-Khuda (the Messenger of God) felt indisposed and someone suggested that that was due to an evil eye and that he should sleep on a pillow with an open knife underneath it. He did so, and thereafter declared himself to be all right. Call it ordinary or call it Divine; it was Mohammed's sense of humor. It is a fact that, during the childhood of his grandsons, Hassan and Hussain, the Prophet predicted the Moharram "Karbala" to his daughter Fatima, the mother of (the) martyrs... the Prophet did not try to avoid (or avert) the . tragedy and... that was only because of God's Divine sense of humor in Mohammed. Likewise, the strife between the Kauravas and the Pandavas and the consequent bloodshed was not only due to the Divine sense of humor in Krishna, but its height was reached when Krishna himself died through an arrow that accidentally struck one of his legs from the bow of an ordinary hunter who never had any intention of harming the Rangila (playful) Avatar in any way. The kind-hearted Jesus knew very well that his nearest disciple would betray him and thus lead to his crucifixion; but, because of the Divine sense of humor, Christ could not help getting himself crucified, although the world rightly continues to look upon him as the Savior of humanity. The funniest Divine sense of humor was on the part of Buddha when he simply died of simple dysentery, though his "medicine" for the spiritual beemaries (illnesses) of mankind holds the field to this day. In short, save for a change in the circumstances, the atmosphere and the surroundings, the same old, old story goes on repeating again and again which by itself proves the Divine sense of humor…. The manifestation of the Divine Fun (Sport) or Lila, however, depends upon the Great Ones (Perfect Ones) of God who achieve Oneness with God; and, thus, in spite of raising themselves above the Law of Duality, they still retain the Divine sense of humor to uphold the universal 156 MEETINGS BEFORE THE GREAT GATHERING law of ignorance through which Knowledge Divine is achieved for all eternity. Those who were with me at the spot at the time of my car accident in America can alone well describe my own sense of humor as to how thoroughly battered, bruised and literally helpless and hopeless I was when lying with broken bones in a pool of my own blood together with my dearest ones, I yet maintained my silence and my consciousness throughout the crisis and the long period of convalescence.69 The Avatar is the total manifestation of God in human form.
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