such a worship not only does NOT reach Him but holds the worshipper more firmly in the grip of ignorance.

(2) Your second query is: Whether at the opening of Mehersthan Baba does or does not concur with you that Vedic hymns be sung in praise of the Highest in the Installation ceremony, as was done in the past during incarnation of Sri Rama when He installed "Sri Ramalingeshwar' at Rameshwaram. Before replying to this query I must first draw your attention to the fact that a statue of Beloved Baba is not to be installed BUT that Beloved Baba's dear Person embodied in bronze is to be unveiled.

After the unveiling , not only Vedic hymns may be freely sung in Praise of the Highest, but then also full freedom should be given to Muslims to recite their Koran in praise of the Highest, to the Christians to sing their hymns in praise of the Highest, to the Zoroastrians to sing their "Monajats" in the praise of the Highest, and the Harijans to sing their bhajans in praise of the same Highest of the High!

Indeed, Lord Rama may have installed Sri Ramalingeshwar with Vedic rites and singing of hymns, but remember that any action of the Avatar's doing is NEVER the same as our doing that same action. As Baba Himself has often told us, "Do as I tell you, and not as I do."

Also we should remember that although whatever the Avatar does must be right (since He is God), His actions at a particular time are not necessarily for all time. Furthermore, in each successive Advent, Avatar has to clear away abuses which have become attached to His former actions even at the cost of apparently denying the validity (at the time) of those actions.

(3) Your third query is: That Baba should prescribe the procedure of installing the statue or idol; His wish as to how you should all conduct it.

This very question arises from the misleading idea that you will be installing an idol of Baba! Baba says that His living Person is by itself the real idol of God and no other idol can replace it—it will be replaced only with His next Advent after 700 years! No amount of ceremonies for "Pranpratishtha" can ever breathe life of Baba into any idol!

The moment you think of an idol of Baba in Mehersthan, you wash away the very foundation of your own faith in Baba, your own love for Baba and your own obedience to Baba's dictates! Only those who fail to feel His Presence anywhere else than in the bronze image of Baba, will