Let us mark and note carefully, what Baba has taught us, by this incident. He has advised us that before the senses, mind
and intellect enjoy their objects, he should first be remembered, and if this be done, it is in a way an offering to Him. The
senses etc. can never remain without their objects, but if those objects are first offered to the Guru, the attachment for them
will naturally vanish. In this way, all the Vrittis (thoughts) regarding Desire, Anger, Avarice etc. should first be offered and
directed to the Guru and if this practice be followed, the Lord will help you in eradicating all the Vrittis. When before
enjoyment of the objects, you think that Baba is close by, the question whether the object is fit to be enjoyed or not will at
once arise. Then the object that is not fit to be enjoyed will be shunned and in this way our vicious habits or vices will
disappear and our character will improve. Then love for the Guru will grow and pure knowledge will sprout up. When this
knowledge grows, the bondage of body - consciousness (we are the body) will snap and our intellect will be merged in spiritconsciousness
(we are the spirit). Then we shall get Bliss and contentment. There is no difference between Guru and God.
He who sees any difference in them, sees God nowhere. So leaving aside all ideas of difference, we should regard Guru and
God as one, and if we serve our Guru as stated above, Lord (God) will be certainly pleased and purifying our minds He will
give us self-realisation. To put the matter in a nut-shell, we should not enjoy any object with our senses etc. without first
remembering our Guru. When the mind is trained in this way, we will be always reminded of Baba, and our meditation on
Baba will grow apace. The Sagun Form of Baba will ever be before our eyes and then devotion, non-attachment and
salvation will all be ours. When Baba's Form is thus fixed before our mental vision, we forget hunger, thirst, and this
samsar; the consciousness of worldly pleasures will disappear and our mind shall attain peace and happiness.
and intellect enjoy their objects, he should first be remembered, and if this be done, it is in a way an offering to Him. The
senses etc. can never remain without their objects, but if those objects are first offered to the Guru, the attachment for them
will naturally vanish. In this way, all the Vrittis (thoughts) regarding Desire, Anger, Avarice etc. should first be offered and
directed to the Guru and if this practice be followed, the Lord will help you in eradicating all the Vrittis. When before
enjoyment of the objects, you think that Baba is close by, the question whether the object is fit to be enjoyed or not will at
once arise. Then the object that is not fit to be enjoyed will be shunned and in this way our vicious habits or vices will
disappear and our character will improve. Then love for the Guru will grow and pure knowledge will sprout up. When this
knowledge grows, the bondage of body - consciousness (we are the body) will snap and our intellect will be merged in spiritconsciousness
(we are the spirit). Then we shall get Bliss and contentment. There is no difference between Guru and God.
He who sees any difference in them, sees God nowhere. So leaving aside all ideas of difference, we should regard Guru and
God as one, and if we serve our Guru as stated above, Lord (God) will be certainly pleased and purifying our minds He will
give us self-realisation. To put the matter in a nut-shell, we should not enjoy any object with our senses etc. without first
remembering our Guru. When the mind is trained in this way, we will be always reminded of Baba, and our meditation on
Baba will grow apace. The Sagun Form of Baba will ever be before our eyes and then devotion, non-attachment and
salvation will all be ours. When Baba's Form is thus fixed before our mental vision, we forget hunger, thirst, and this
samsar; the consciousness of worldly pleasures will disappear and our mind shall attain peace and happiness.
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