“I come down to your level to such an extent that I mix with you all . . . I appear to you to be gay, cheerful, playful. (But) you have no idea of My Divinity, of My all-pervading state . . . I have the greatest sense of humor, like Krishna. That sense of humor should not mislead you or make you forget Who I really am. Don't mix Me up as one of you! It is possible only for the saints and those on the higher path, the real saints of higher consciousness, to know Me a little. If you had just a glimpse of Me, you would lose your body consciousness completely.

"I am like a child, playful, free, and also like an old man. I am soft as butter and hard as steel—simultaneously. Only those who love Me sincerely, with all their hearts, can know Me a little. Mind can never know Me, mind can never touch Me. I am beyond that, beyond Mind."

This echoed a statement of Baba's the previous day, "I'll walk with you, I'll talk with you, I'll play with you, but I want you to remember I am the Highest of the High:"

Baba continued: "Here we are all sitting, waiting patiently for the television people to come. For Me, all this is immaterial. I do not like being bound by programs or such, but I do get Myself bound because of your love. My lovers try to see that people in the world come to know of Me. They learn the truth that I bring with Me, and they try their best in one another . . . they have fixed this TV program: therefore I don't mind even getting Myself bound, though I do not like to be bound. Of course, you all have to wait patiently with Me. There is no chance of leaving . . . Even if you feel thirsty, simply keep quiet about it . . .

"I asked Don to be here in ten minutes. He said, 'Yes, Baba, ten minutes.' I think—not less than 30 minutes! Whenever I ask anyone here how long you will take to do this or that, you simply say, 'Baba, just a minute Baba. Wait a minute and I’ll be doing that! Just five minutes. Baba, and I will be coming!' And I know I have simply to multiply by five!"

The Beloved was keeping us amused as we waited.

"I had a center at Toka (India), 40 miles from Ahmednager. There were many boys there in the Center. (There's a book about it.)* A separate section was for the boys. The grown-up mandali were also there,

*Sobs and Throbs , by Ramjoo Abdullah.