DISCOURSES & TALKS BY MEHER BABA

SADHU

 19 November, 1927

On Saturday, 19 November 1927, an emaciated sadhu arrived at lower Meherabad at 2:00 P.M. After walking around the Mess Quarters, he put down his sack of belongings and began to dance. "There is fire here," he sang. "I've been searching for Him here, there, and everywhere." Baba was informed and sent Baidul with instructions that the man be given something to eat and then sent on his way.

After the sadhu had left, Baba commented:

He is a real man — the first of his kind to have come here — highly advanced. He will remain restless till he finds what he wants. He has no consciousness of his body or of the world. He is lost in love and desire for Paramatma. Very few find God, but he will, and that too in this birth. He came for giving his "presentee" [being present; like a student would do in a class roll call]. From here he will go to Kedgaon to contact Narayan Maharaj, and from there he may go to Babajan. One day one of them will bestow their grace on him. He will see [God]. In Nagar, people flocked to him for his darshan and gave him so much food. He didn't like it. He has no desire except for God. [People were expecting some benefit from him.] But when God is not seen by him, how can he show it to others?

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