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anything, he doesn't feel cold. In the winter, even when it is raining, he sits there in the same position as we find him in the summer. Baba has been there several times by day and by night, and found him always in the same position. Baba goes there and comforts him, kisses his feet and caresses him; He sits near him, and the mast feels very delighted, very happy to be near Baba. He remains happy; he is like a child; but he knows that all this world is nothing but an illusion. He does not want anything. It is our wants that bind us. We want something and so we get bound. When we truly do not want anything, we are like emperors. We are everything; therefore we do not want anything . . ."

 

Someone present said, "I'd like to learn how to love."

 

Don Stevens volunteered: "I'd say to be with Baba or near Baba as much as possible. Or, if you cannot be with Baba, see Baba in people, love people. Because apparently it's only by loving people that one is loved by them in turn."

 

Eruch continued: "Someone in India asked Baba how to love Him; and the reply Baba gave was very nice. Baba said:

 

"'I don't know how you should love Me. It is for you to show Me the way you should love Me. I am the Ocean of Love, how am I to know how you should love Me? It is for you to love Me. I say, Love Me. How to love Me is your lookout—being the very Ocean of Love, how am I to know how to love Me?' Do you follow what Baba means?"

 

"Here is Baba's explanation: 'If you happen to meet a beautiful girl, and you fall in love with her at first sight as you call it, you become restless. You begin to love her so much that you cannot sleep, you have no appetite, no interest in the world. You want only to possess her. Baba says that one should love Him to such an extent that one forgets about sleep, food, rest . . . becomes absolutely restless to be one with Baba, to possess Baba. That does not mean that we really should give up food or sleep. The restlessness should come naturally, spontaneously. How will it come? Think of Baba. We have to think about Baba . . . think of Him frequently."

 

"Christ said, 'Leave all and follow Me.' What did He mean by that? He didn't mean leave the body, food, sleep, and all that. No. He meant leave all thoughts of possessions, all worldly thoughts, and think only of Him.

 

"Baba says, ‘Think of Me to such an extent that you see Me, however

 

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