“The whole creation is a shadow and it has no importance. It is my shadow. Your mind makes you feel that it is not a shadow but real. There was a Muslim who would enter a wine shop through the back door lest he be seen by anyone. He would drink till he got drunk. He would then fearlessly come out of the front door of the shop and challenge anyone he met. Once the intoxication abated, he would sheepishly slink away home. This is not the sort of intoxication one gets in God's love. Love's intoxication is continuous."

Once Baba asked me what I was thinking about. I said, "Why don't you share your burden with us?" He replied, "The time is very near. Don't worry. You will become like reeds bearing the burden." He asked Aloba to repeat a couplet from Hafiz, then translated it: "The Beloved says to the lover, how long your friendship remains with me is what is important, and is what remains to be seen."

Baba asked us to go for lunch at 11:15 A.M. In the afternoon an old lady who had paralysis of her right hand came to see Baba She had recovered some movements of the hand already. Baba asked her to do exercises. She said, "Baba, bless me." Baba answered, "When I ask you to do exercises, that itself is a blessing. Remember me more and more." After this incident Baba meaningfully said, "The five Perfect Masters bring me down. Even if 500 of them want to bring me down, I will not come for another 700 years!"

Baba asked one of his old lovers who had formerly worked in the railways to relate some funny incidents in his life. He did so, much to the amusement of Baba and other lovers in the room. Baba then related a funny incident that took place in Panchgani. One of the Mandali went out into the jungle to ease himself. As soon as he reached there, he saw a tiger just a few feet away from him. He was so shocked that by reflex mechanism his bowel action stopped and he raced inside the house. Baba later reprimanded him by saying, "I am the tiger also, so why feel afraid of me? If the tiger had eaten you, it would have been no other but me who would have eaten you!"

Baba once said, "When I break my Silence, the hearts of all those who have come in contact with me will be ignited with love."

At about 3:00 P.M. the renowned singer Sri V. Patwardhan stepped into the assembly hall and gave a wonderful performance till 4:30 P.M. Baba and all others were greatly pleased with the singing. Baba often kept saying,