DISCOURSES & TALKS BY MEHER BABA

KEEP UP YOUR WORSHIP SCHEDULE

20th June, 1925

At times, Vishwanath, the Hindu priest, would be lax in performing his puja at the fixed morning and evening times of worship at the temple. On 20 June, he was sternly reprimanded by Baba to be careful to strictly observe the schedule that Baba had fixed. The Master then gave the priest a brief but poignant explanation:

Although the face may be handsome and beautiful above, there is always that dirty rectum below. But one has to tolerate both good and bad, because both are part of the same body. The same is the case with me: I have to care for all types of people because all belong to me. It has been well said by a poet: 'You are the cow; You are the butcher; You are the grocer; and You are the eater.'

If there is a boil festering on our arm, we have to make an incision to heal it. But we won't cut off our whole arm to remove the boil; nor do we allow the boil to become infected. We make a small cut in our arm although, for a time, the boil forms part of our flesh. Understand that I have therefore reprimanded you for your own good.

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