no difference. Baba gestured: "It went in one ear and out the other!" Daily he was embraced and gave his love to all. Many offered to die there in joy. Five persons really did die very shortly upon their return home with Baba's name on their lips, so great was their joy.

Baba then looked at all before him and said, "Don't worry. You haven't come to die unless a snake bites you! Let us hope, because you do love me, you will be happy here; you will not mind inconvenience. Just remember that I am suffering. I have not eaten properly for three days because of the pain. It is your love that has brought me here. I love you all alike." Baba also said not to worry if he called one person to be with him over and over during the sahavas, and another not at all, it was his way of working. Any worry on our part over whom he called would be a disturbance in our love for him.

After a break we all rose, Baba also, while Dr. Kenmore recited the Master's Prayer and the Prayer of Repentance. Baba resumed, "Is everyone here prepared to obey me 100 per cent? You should be very honest." It seemed that everyone raised his or her hand. "Can you obey me 100 per cent?" asked Baba. A young man exclaimed, "It's impossible!" "One should try;" said Baba. "Henry Kenmore has had a great discussion on this point and has said, one must obey, not try to do so. That is one of the reasons he has come here. What I want is love and obedience. I might manifest in you if you have them. Discourses and messages are good, but are mere words. What I want is your love and obedience, 100 per cent. I want one who does his best. In the time of Jesus I said the same thing: leave all and follow me! And the same in the time of Krishna and Zoroaster. I do not mean you to leave all your responsibilities but that my will becomes yours. My will should be your pleasure. God is infinite honesty. To love God you must be honest."

"Who will try to obey me 100 per cent? I asked the same question at the Indian sahavas. People said they would lay down their lives for me; including many intelligent people, scholars, lawyers and the like."

On being asked, Harry Kenmore said, "If one says one will try, one will always find excuses. One must do it. If Baba asks beyond one's capacity and one fails, it is Baba's fault!"

"In the spiritual path there is no room for compromise," said Baba. "Raise your hands who cannot obey me." None raised a hand. "Now raise your hands, all who will try to obey Me!" Everyone raised his hand.