DISCOURSES & TALKS BY MEHER BABA

INFINITE  NUMBER  OF  WORLDS

 24 December, 1927

On Christmas Eve, all had tea near Baba and gramophone records were played from 8:30 to 10:30 P.M. Ajoba, being a Christian, gave a nice talk about Jesus. On the 25th, Baba's feet were washed at noon and a special music program was held from five to ten o'clock in the evening. The lead singer of the group shed tears as he sang before Baba, who afterwards presented the singer with his shawl. Visitors were permitted to come to Meherabad and tour the ashram.

In the course of his explanations the following day, Baba revealed:

As previously explained, there are an infinite number of worlds which have cooled down, and for each such world to cool down takes cycles and cycles. Imagine how long! But when a man attains Realization and ascends to the seventh plane, he feels as if only a second has passed; that is, no time has actually passed during the numberless changes of forms and deaths and births of 84 lakhs [8,400,000 times].

Now I know that according to you, it accounts for billions of years, and there is no limit to accounting. But my experience is that nothing has happened and there is no "time" spent.

Lord Meher On-line page 874-5

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