what happened at one of these ceremonies. After the ceremony was over, a learned Pandit (theologian), posing as a saint, started giving a speech. After his speech, another man sitting among the audience, and also posing as a saint, stood up and began to say things contrary to what the former speaker had said. The result was that the spiritual talks came to an end and a regular duel started between the two so-called saints, much to the amusement of the spectators. Baba said, "When I speak, all this fuss will be over."

Baba then took us to His house where Mani played some "Qawwali" records. In these "Qawwali" songs the poet referred to the Perfect Master as a wine-giver or "Saki." The wine refers to Divine Love and the cup is our heart. Baba explained, "There can never be a compromise between the pious and the mad lover of the Beloved. The pious one (ritualistic person) abhors the cup of wine while the mad one craves for it. A moth has great love for the candle flame and is only satisfied when it burns itself in it. The mad lover tells the moth that it is in love with the flame and he is madly in love with his Beloved. ‘You burn yourself only once in the flame, but I have to burn till eternity in the Beloved's love.' The flame destroys the moth, but this love does not destroy the lover."

Explaining another song Baba translated for us: "Oh Saki, give me such a brand of wine that I may be intoxicated in your love, be immersed in it and forget the world. In short the time has now come for the drunkards to have their fill so that the darkness clears. Oh master 'Saki,' for the sake of God at least today do not refuse me wine. Why? Because today I am having an infinite craving for it. Give me such wine that I become the Ocean instead of remaining the drop that I am at present."

That afternoon Baba remarked, "It is more important for people to come to know about me at present than after I manifest as the Avatar of the age." During the game of cards He once mentioned, "If you see Me as I really am, then everything else will appear as illusion." Another time, He remarked, "After union (7th plane), the coming down to the human plane is still more difficult. It is not as easy as playing cards! Kaikobad's experience is quite different from the experience of a Qutub (Perfect Master). The Qutub's stage is the highest stage. Once you reach that stage, you know the past, the present, and the future in a split second."

This serious talk was suddenly interrupted by Padri bringing in a small golden-colored bird which had fallen from a tree in front of the mandali quarters. Baba asked him to put it in a cage and to repeat daily the word