DISCOURSES & TALKS BY MEHER BABA

INDIA'S INDEPENDENCE FROM BRITAIN

1st October, 1926

One of the workers asked, "Will India attain swaraj [self-rule], and if so, when?"

"What do you mean by swaraj?" Baba asked.

"Political independence from Britain," replied the man.

Baba wrote on his slate, "If by swaraj you mean the gaining of Truth, that is already the property [right] of everyone — the spiritual independence. As for the political independence, no doubt India will gain it in the future. There is no need to worry about it. Political independence can be gained very easily, but the real spiritual independence is very hard to achieve.

"My advice to all is: Seek that Truth which will give you everlasting bliss and real dnyan [knowledge], and thus be able to raise others too, and save them from the entanglements of the world."

Then Baba predicted, "Within ten years, India will enjoy extraordinary freedom."

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