"I am the Avatar of this age. Next year (1963) is a very critical year. See that My daaman does not slip from your hands then. Hafiz says, 'Don't try for Realization because even to try for it is sheer madness. Have only one madness―to become the dust at the feet of the Perfect Master.' To become dust means to completely surrender your heart and mind, so that you are, as it were, already dead. There is no shanti (peace of mind) on this Path. If you want peace of mind then you can get it elsewhere, and in other ways. You can go for nice long walks or listen to soothing music or take sedatives or go to Sants or Sadhus. But here is not the place to come for it; for if you come to Me, remember that the spiritual Path is full of hardships and sufferings; while at other places you can get peace of mind for they know nothing about the Path. Hafiz says that he who does not surrender at the feet of a Perfect Master cannot get God. There is thus only one remedy―hold fast to the Perfect Mater's daaman even if you feel that He is going to drop you into a ditch. Hafiz says, 'Leave all prayer to God, pray only to the Perfect Master. Hold fast to His daaman and you will realize God!'"

Baba then said that from tomorrow (10th December) He would have to suffer a lot. He said, "Why and how can I suffer when I am the Ocean of Power, Knowledge and Bliss? God has Infinite Power, Infinite Knowledge and Infinite Bliss. The Avatar is God Himself incarnate on Earth as Man. During His ministry as Avatar, He uses only Infinite Knowledge. He does not make use of His Infinite Power and Infinite Bliss. This is because God incarnates as Man and goes through universal suffering and helplessness in order to emancipate mankind from its ignorance of suffering and helplessness. If the Avatar were to use His Infinite Power, how could He experience helplessness? If the Avatar were to use His Infinite Bliss, how could He suffer? He therefore does not use either His Infinite Bliss or His Infinite Power. Such is His Infinite Love and Compassion for His Creation! Jesus Christ, Who had Infinite Power, let Himself become helpless and suffered the humiliation of letting the people spit on Him and jeer at Him. He suffered crucifixion on the cross, but did not help Himself from the Power and Bliss that were His. Instead He cried, "Father, why hast Thou forsaken me!” He said it to Himself, of course, for He was One with God—the Father.

"Again and again, God takes human form to suffer for His creation. I am that One. Like you, I also have a body and mind and so I feel hunger and thirst, etc. But I also have the Universal Body and the Universal Mind,