May 11 and 12:―A woman came with a garland for Baba. Baba told us that she was once very rich, but her relatives had deprived her of her property illegally. She went to court and she had to face 83 lawsuits against her. Baba said, "In spite of such mental and financial troubles, it is her good fortune that she has still stuck to Me." Baba asked her to leave all her troubles to Him and then wait and watch the results.

Dr. G.* brought grapes for Baba, who distributed all of them to us. Baba then asked M.** to sing a few bhajans. In spite of not having practiced for a long time, she sang and also played the harmonium very well.

Somehow the topic drifted to the experiences on the planes. Baba said, "On the Fifth Plane man experiences a little of 'Anhad Naad' (celestial music), which he feels is coming from within himself. On the Sixth Plane he sees God everywhere as effulgence. It is on this plane that the lover pines for union with the Beloved, but to attain union with God is not easy. Once union is achieved, everything becomes endless. boundless and continuous. From that sublime state I have come down to your level. Babajan often used to remark on my having come down from that exalted state to get myself bound over here. Now that I have accepted being bound, I have to come and go every 700 to 1400 years."

He continued: “Law holds illusion; Love takes you beyond illusion. When God comes in human form He controls the laws and abides by them, but gives love to all. He is the Master of the Law, while you are the slaves of this Law. You are addicted to Maya, just as you are addicted to many things in Illusion. You may be able to overcome these addictions, but to break through the addiction to Maya requires the Master's Grace. Saint Tulsidas left his home when young, and did a lot of penance. Once, after many years, he came back to his native village. An old woman, on seeing him, called him 'Tulasia,’ the pet name of Tulsidas in his boyhood days. Tulsidas felt insulted at not being respectfully called and so left the village. He did this because he was still addicted to some aspects of Illusion. I used to be insulted in the early days, yet I remained unaffected because I am God and above the addiction of Illusion. When I break my Silence, all will know Who I am."

Once again referring to the 101 names given in praise of God in the Zoroastrian prayer book, Baba said, “These names were supposed to have been given by Zoroaster.*** These names are the attributes of God in the Beyond State and not of the Beyond-the-Beyond State. These names are

*Dr. Ram Ginde, a famous neurosurgeon from Bombay

** Manu Jessawala

***Vol. IX, No. 3.