THIS DARSHAN WILL HAVE MEANING

 
During the month of October, 1968, when Meher Baba was in seclusion, like a fool I would often have such thoughts as, "Why isn't Baba giving darshan to the people? Why does he remain in seclusion and not allow anyone to see him? There are so many people eager to have his darshan, but he does not allow any of them to come to see him."

One night during this time, Baba asked me, "What are you thinking?" I told him everything that was going on in my mind.

In reply Baba gestured:

"My work is different. It isn't my work to travel continuously, holding darshan programs, allowing people to bow down to me. It isn't my work to give discourses continuously, to perform miracles and attract the masses. I do not come for this purpose. I come for all and I come to awaken them.

"You have no idea what I am doing in my seclusion. The more you stretch the bow, the greater the distance the arrow will fly, and the harder it will hit its target. I am stretching my bow in seclusion, more and more, to strike one and all. And when the arrow will be released, it will strike hard and cause wounds in all! Then the wound of each heart will have my darshan continuously!

"So I am working to give them darshan, but this darshan will have meaning for them!"