will then see your Real Self. On the Path perfect honesty and selfless service are needed. If you have even a single thought of self, your service is not selfless. A poet has said, 'First renounce this world, then the next, then God, and lastly renunciation itself.'"

One of the lovers questioned Baba, "What action is not motivated by the 'I' thought?" Baba replied. "Love. In true love the lover wants to see the happiness of his Beloved without thought of self. He then feels that he loves all. This is the highest state of love. All other actions whether good or bad are binding. The actions of one who has surrendered 100% to a Perfect Master or the Avatar has no 'I' thought. In true surrender, there is no thought of why or wherefore. Once surrender is complete, all actions done by you are not yours. You have to renounce nothing but your own self. One has ultimately to go beyond the mind as Reality is beyond it. How can you go beyond the mind? The only solution is Love. This comes only with the grace of the Perfect Master. Once the 'I' thought goes, nothing remains. But this is very difficult. One unconsciously asserts one's ego when one says, 'I am hungry,' etc. This is one's natural ego, however, it is egoless 'I.' The real ego still remains when one asserts, ‘I am a doctor,' 'I am rich,' ‘I am serving the poor,' etc. This ego creates anger, jealousy and greed. The status of love is beyond the reach of the mind. Only those who carry their lives in their sleeves can reach the threshold of Love. In perfect Love there is perfect obedience. Very few have this courage. Even Arjuna who loved Krishna dearly did not obey Krishna when he was ordered to fight in the battle of Mahabharat against his own relatives. Krishna, as a last resort, had to show Arjuna his Virat Swaruup (Universal Body). Obedience on the part of Arjuna after this experience was of no value. Obedience must be unquestioning. Only then is it of the highest order. But this is impossible." Baba concluded by saying, "I am the only One who loves everyone. No one loves me as I should be loved."

He asked one of us whether she had slept well the night before. She said she had not. Baba said, “If you do not get sleep it is good, for you can then remember me all the more."

Baba then asked if anyone could repeat the 101 names given in the Zoroastrian prayer book in praise of God, with their meanings. No one could. He said, "If you repeat these names with love, no other prayer remains to be said. Anyone can repeat these names with love, irrespective of the religion to which he belongs."