DISCOURSES & TALKS BY MEHER BABA

SADGURU  WAY

8 July, 1928

Later that day Baba recounted this tale:

A Sadguru once caught hold of a boy and said how he wished that he would become his disciple. The boy was not interested, but the Sadguru persuaded him to be his disciple by promising him progress on the spiritual path. He promised to take the boy through the planes and let him have powers. Day after day, the boy regularly came to the Master solely in hope of this achievement. He waited six years, but never entered the planes. He eventually realized that the Master's promise was a ploy and meant something else.

It is the work of Sadgurus, it is the profession of Sadgurus, and it is the wish of Sadgurus to keep those of past connection near them by giving them "false" promises to make them stick to them.

Lord Meher On-line page 948

Lord Meher Vol.3 p.1068