DISCOURSES & TALKS BY MEHER BABA

 

WORLDLY AFFAIRS HAVE NO IMPORTANCE

 

 

Pandoba Deshmukh. Image rendition by Anthony Zois.
Pandoba Deshmukh. Image rendition by Anthony Zois.

 

17th November, 1926

 

At night, Baba overheard Pandoba remark that there was nothing important or worthwhile in the world, and Baba commented:

 

That is quite true. Worldly affairs have no importance. To a Realized One, the whole world is less important than a dream. Even an intellectual giant and great poet like Shakespeare had not the slightest idea of even the shadow of Real Existence and Bliss.

 

The original state of God is the sound sleep state. To attain Godhood means to enjoy this sound sleep while fully awake at the same time. Really, it cannot be described. Hafiz rightly says, "This world is nothing into nothing."

 

LM O/L p. 744