Baba did not explain much during the afternoon session. He once said, "I see myself in everyone. You don't see me in everyone. When I feel like worshipping, I worship myself. Who else is there to be worshipped? This is my continual experience." At 6:00 P.M. we all sang Baba's Arti and then dispersed as per his orders.

April 21:― Baba asked us whether we had slept the night before. He said that he had not slept for even five minutes, as the pressure of work was tremendous. Baba asked one of his lovers to read out a poem written in Hindi by one of the Mandali. The poem was in praise of Baba. It said Baba was everything in this world and also beyond it. The talk drifted to the workings of Maya. Baba explained that it is said that Maya can be compared to ringworm on one's skin. He said, "The more you scratch, the more you want to scratch and the more miserable you become. Even so, the more you indulge in Maya, the more you want to get involved in it and become all the more miserable."

A lover came in and sat down. Baba asked him, "Did you sleep well last night?" He replied, "Very well Baba." Baba humorously said, "What sort of love do you have for me? I did not sleep for even five minutes, while you enjoyed very good sleep!"

Some Baba lovers in Delhi had met the President of India some time back and told him about Baba. The President said that he was very pleased to hear about Baba and expressed a desire to meet him soon. Baba said, "The President will come some day. Everyone will come one day. Even saints, real or false, will come. They have no alternative but to come to me."

Baba then asked Dr. C. D. Deshmukh to recite his English Kirtan. Baba said there has never been anything of the like in history before. He asked another lover to sing with the doctor. This lover had a voice of which the less said the better. Even Deshmukh's voice was not much better, and the Kirtan had to be abruptly stopped as Baba said with a smile that he got "palpitation" with it! Baba remarked, "For one who gets Self-Realization, everything illusory vanishes. Yet I have maintained my sense of humor, and hence I can bear the universal burden."

He continued: "The Beyond State is achieved when one gets Real Knowledge. It cannot be attained with the mind. You see everything with your eyes but you cannot see your own eyes, unless you place a mirror in front of you. Similarly, place the mirror of Real Knowledge before you and you