at any moment, and also to be with Him as much as possible, still He may at times appoint duties to certain ones that take them away from Him for hours. As for example, two or three were given by Baba the daily duty to go to town with numerous errands for those staying at the Center, mostly without cars. (Although Mrs. Patterson's nephew and his friend were behind the scenes heroes in keeping the Center supplied with all that was needed.) Can one be blamed for feeling put out at being away from Baba when one sees Him so seldom?

"Later it came to Baba's notice, as everything does in most mysterious a way, that such was the feeling. He called the group together and said. 'Don't you want to do My work?' Inwardly some may have felt, Is it really Baba's work to go and choose films, materials, note paper, and so forth? Baba then looked their way, and what could be the answer, but, 'Why of course, Baba, I want to do your work!' Baba then enumerated the many who were kept away from Him with various tasks. Yet deep down He knows the cause of the mood and cannot help forgive when love for Him is the reason."

After a few private meetings to settle some confusions that arose about the TV film, Baba waved goodbye to all and retired as usual about sundown.

Saturday, July 28

After the early breakfast, we gathered around Baba as He seated Himself overlooking the sparkling lake. The TV men, who had stayed overnight to complete their work, were photographing an interview between Ivy Duce and Baba. She asked Him the age old query:

"Why should misery perpetually exist on earth in spite of God's infinite love and mercy?"

To which Baba replied in eloquent gestures, interpreted by Eruch at His side, "The source of eternal bliss is the Self in all. The cause of perpetual misery is the selfishness of all. As long as satisfaction is derived through selfish pursuits, misery will always exist.

"Only because of the infinite love and mercy of God can man learn to realize through the lessons of misery on earth that inherent in him is the source of infinite bliss and that all suffering is His labor of love to unveil His own infinite Self."

Mike Loftus played the tape back very fast to test it, saying, "It