Once Baba was in Rishikesh. This place is situated at the foot of the Himalayas. Baba referred to it as the holiest place in India. At the entrance to a certain cave Baba pointed out three very old yogis. Baba said. "These men have been sitting here for nearly 600 years in samadhi, but they still do not see Me as I really am!"

My companion Cowas was not feeling well. Baba asked him to consult Dr. Goher and said, "Take care of your health. It is for my work that you must keep well."

This day Baba seemed to be in a mood to give discourses. He started the subject of Noor. There is no equivalent English word for it. Baba said, "The Noor of God is infinite, it is different from your electric power. All types of powers, electric, atomic, heat, light, etc., are only small branches of God's Noor. Noor is not light; it is far more than that. But to explain it we take a simile. If a number of suns are put together the light produced would be only a fraction of the light of Noor. But the light of the sun has heat accompanying it. Noor has no heat. If a number of moons are put together the coolness of these would only be a fraction of the coolness of Noor. From Noor the sun, stars, etc., derive their light. Noor is infinite, it cannot he divided and so suns, stars, moons, etc., must be contained in it. It is difficult to explain this since you have no experience of it. For example, suppose Cowas has had wine and you have not. However much he may explain what intoxication means, you will not be able to grasp it, i.e., without experience you cannot know what intoxication means. If Pukar tells the doctor that he is getting pain in the chest, the doctor may only get an idea of the pain from his knowledge of medicine but he cannot experience the pain."

We again had a gramophone session this morning. Baba gave explanations of the songs: "Those who are afraid of the difficulties on the Path are not brave and those who are afraid to be slaughtered by the sword of the Beloved's love will remain far from the goal. Those low-minded men who talk against the Master and doubt him will never attain the goal." "The Master is not under any obligation to the lover and so he does not apparently care for the lover's difficulties and sufferings. In fact he remains as if unaware of them. The lover says to his master, 'I pine so much for union but why do you not respond?' The Master says, 'Do you oblige me with your love?' In other words the lover should not complain about his difficulties to his Master nor expect anything from him. The lover says to his Beloved, 'Which night of suffering should I relate to you, as in my life of love there is only one everlasting night of suffering’."