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"I give you my blessing that one day each of you may have this love."

 

Baba then gave a special message. He said, "Play cricket for the sake of playing the game. Don't think of victory or defeat, but like a real sportsman, give pleasure to the spectators. If you play with all your heart to make the spectators happy it is a great work done by you. But if you play with the thought of not getting 'out' you will make the spectators unhappy and will have wasted their money. I give my blessings so that you may play the game for itself. Once when I was a student at St. Vincent's School, we had a match with New High School. I was a good wicket keeper as well as a good batsman. In that match I was the opening batsman. I came back from the field not 'out' while my whole team was ‘out’, but I had scored only 33 runs. When I came back to the pavilion all the boys hooted at me. I did play steadily but the spectators were unhappy. So play the game in such a way that the spectators feel happy."

 

A few bhajans were sung, followed by Baba's Arti, after which the cricketeers dispersed. Baba lovers again filled the assembly hall and heard the great singer, Mr. Deshpande, till 4:30 P.M. Those who had not embraced Baba that day came to him for a parting embrace after the program was over.

 

June 1st : Baba mentioned that Dr. Harry Kenmore had arrived from New York five days back. His coming was a big surprise for all. I was told that during these five days Baba had given many discourses. Harry had brought with him a camera that took and developed colored pictures in 30 seconds! He took many pictures of Baba with this camera.

 

Attending to a small personal problem of a lover, Baba said, "I am dragged down from my Highest state to look after such small problems. The whole universe is a zero and yet I have to take care of this zero. All the miseries of the world that you experience at present will become insignificant when I break my Silence. Even now, these miseries are insignificant, but you do not feel them so."

 

Baba said that the first copy of his new book of discourses called "The Everything and the Nothing," printed in Australia, had been sent to him by air. Baba said that it was a very well-printed book. He also said that

 

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