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If it had been dedicated to the worship of God, how much greater!" Baba turned to me. "What do you say about it?" I replied, "Since I have seen you, Baba, no outer beauty could satisfy me any more." Baba spelt out on his board, And you do not yet see my real beauty!"

 

From Agra we continued our journey by train to Rawalpindi, the junction for Kashmir. Here we were met by three of Baba's men Mandali, Vishnu, Pendu, and Adi Sr. After supervising the removal of our luggage, Baba motioned us to follow him out of the station—everywhere we went we seemed to attract attention, for Baba, as usual, took the initiative in supervising every detail. On most occasions, he tried to hide his identity by wearing dark glasses and a hat drawn well over his ears. Between stations he would let his hair loose, and at station halts, just put on a beret.

 

At Rawalpindi there lived, so Baba told us, a great Saint who was one of his chief agents in India. and gave orders to thousands on lower planes. Baba pointed him out to the group. Quoting from Dr. Donkin's "Wayfarers," this particular mast of the 5th plane had 7,777 invisible ways of working; and that he, Sain Puda, was the spiritual chargeman of Rawalpindi.*

 

The drive from Rawalpindi to Kashmir was one of indescribable beauty, through the innumerable grandiose and majestic ranges of the Himalayas. One important stop on the way up to Kashmir was Murree. Baba was in a very serious mood at Murree, and seemed to be working very hard. He again emphasized that we were all with him in India for spiritual reasons. One afternoon he explained the pure outcome of two human beings who overcame the "I" by loving above their own selfish interest.

 

"Love between two human beings, when it reaches the zenith, destroys the 'I' and all desire. Nothing is left but the lover and God, so they unite. This is ... Perfect Union. You do not know what love is. Emotional feeling, sex appeal, is nothing. When someone wants to possess, this is low love. Love me, follow me, and serve me."

 

One of us asked, "How can we help your work, Baba?" Baba replied, "Love me and do as I say. Pure love makes one understand."

 

Murree was very beautiful with its vari-colored mountains and wild flowers. At this period, it was a great British military base. This affected the atmosphere.

 

* See page 341, Supplement, "The Wayfarers. "

 

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