DISCOURSES & TALKS BY MEHER BABA

 

WHAT DOES A GOD-REALIZED PERSON HAVE IN COMMON

 

 

Early 1930s. Meher Baba giving a message to Charles Purdom in London. Image rendition by Anthony Zois.
Early 1930s. Meher Baba giving a message to Charles Purdom in London. Image rendition by Anthony Zois.

 

26th September, 1926

 

Later that day, Baba asked the mandali to solve the following riddle: "What does a God-realized person have in common with each of these: a materialist, an animal, an atheist, a child and an idiot?"

 

No one could guess the answer, so Baba explained:

 

"There are two who do not care about religion — a materialist and a God-realized person.

"There are two who do not care about money — an animal and a God-realized person.

"There are two who do not worship God — an atheist and a God-realized person.

"There are two who are free from lust — a child and a God-realized person.

"There are two who have no anger — an idiot and a God-realized person."

 

 

Lord Meher O/L p. 716-7