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repeated Baba's Name with all sincerity Baba would help him. We also stressed that he should seek the best medical advice, since Baba has said that Science too was God's gift to man, and then to accept the outcome as God's Will and be resigned to it. He left, freer in mind, we felt, taking with him Baba's Message and Sparks.
Many workers at the booth have told the same story: the great attraction some visitors felt towards Baba's picture (the large colored picture). They would suddenly stop dead as they passed, and pause before asking who He was; and even after hearing His Name, would remain spellbound. A few might refuse the folder; sufficient to them was the memory of that unique person. His name could be clearly seen under the portrait, on a beautiful bronze plaque bearing the words MEHER BABA.
I would like to mention here the contribution executed by Vivian Agostini for our project—a bronze medallion―on one side Baba's profile and on the reverse side the Baba Seal. This unique medallion will endure for all time, a memento of the occasion when beloved Baba's Western lovers had the opportunity of bringing His message to seekers after Truth.
Many found comfort at the booth, and the philosophy that they were searching for. This was illustrated in part by the rather shy young man who came in; and though he stammered, was not deterred from asking about Baba's work and teaching. He wanted no dogmas, no beliefs, no religions, not even a God if it was just something outside of himself. He felt that human behavior should be governed by some standard from within. This was my cue!
I asked him to sit down and gave him The Seven Realities to read; I told him that Baba had said that "God" was a name given by man to express the Unknown Supreme Reality, the Truth that resides in us all. He went along with this . . . said he had just ordered the Bhaghavad Gita, and continued: “I am a pacifist and do not believe in war and killing. What does Baba say?" Here I referred him to Baba's discourse on non-violence; and also told him that Baba says that war can be fought for a spiritual reason and bring about spiritual results; also it can be fought for material gain with harmful results. I then observed that the Gita and Baba's teaching both stressed that man has to be free from jealousy, greed and hate, to recognize the Oneness in all. He said that Baba's teaching was just what he was looking for. He went off taking with him the Discourses and the Universal Message.
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