EVERY BABA LOVER A BABA CENTER
Bal Natu
A free discussion in Baba's presence continued. One
of the workers said, "Baba, how is propaganda
possible without raising money?"
With a meaningful look Baba's immediate response
was, "It is only without money that Baba's real work
can be done. What do you mean by propaganda?
The very word makes Me look down [belittles Me].
Since ages My work has been done without money."
After a variety of subjects were discussed during the
intimate conversation that ensued, Baba eventually
announced His decision:
I have heard what you have said. Now I will make
some points clear. I know KDRM are not
dishonest. K is very particular about money; D has
some money with him; R has no money; M, the
same. It is natural for them to think that for
spreading Baba's message far and wide they need
money. But to depend on money to do Baba's
work and to extract money by hook or crook is
absolutely dishonest.
From the day I kept silence, I stopped touching
money. But from that day till today, you have no
idea how much money has "flowed" through My
hands. Yet I have not a pie with me. I am the
Fakir. But money comes and money goes. If
you depend upon money for My work, then do
not work for Me, because how will you get money?
Let us be very practical.
K. Sastri said, "I feel it is the life we lead which is
important."
Baba continued:
Very good. Live such a life that you show others
that you love Me. To ask people to give money
and then in return to propagate Baba's "message
of love," how does it sound? Absurd! So, unless
you four have something else to suggest other
than raising funds to disseminate My message, it
would be better if you stop what you call work
and begin to live the life of love. Let there be no
compromise in this, otherwise the whole thing will
merely be a show, a mixture of honesty and
dishonesty.
Katta Subba Rao might say, "I am not a fool; I
can do Baba's work independently [of KDRM]."
Kovvur people will say, "We are capable of
spreading Baba's love, why must we be directed
and controlled by KDRM?" And likewise from
others.
Remember, in these sixty years of My life this is
the first time I have attended such a meeting. . . .
Not even in Hamirpur was a workers' meeting like
this called. But because I felt that something is
seriously wrong here, I called this meeting.
Absolute honesty must be there, or there is no
Baba-work. I am Baba and I know everything.
KDRM must stop functioning as a committee
from now on. Have you anything to suggest?
Am I unjust in dissolving KDRM?
Each of the four members of KDRM were then asked
in turn whether they thought Baba was being unjust in
dissolving KDRM. Each said, "No". Baba then declared:
KDRM is dissolved. Andhra Meher Center and all
other Meher Centers in Andhra should be
discontinued as they are presently functioning.
Neither KDRM nor any center nor Meher
Publications nor any literature on Baba will have
anything to do with Me directly as I shall have no
concern either with KDRM as a whole or with any
of the centers in Andhra.
Let each Baba lover be a Baba center radiating
My message of love through living the life of
sacrifice, love and honesty for the divine cause.
Let every lover, whoever and wherever he may be,
be Baba's center in telling people Baba's message
that God alone is real and everything else is unreal
and that therefore all should love Baba.
So, from today, KDRM, Andhra Meher Center, and
Meher Publications are dissolved. Let true workers
become Baba's centers. And, for God's sake, for
Baba's sake, beware of money. One pie taken
from others with false pretensions makes one die
a million deaths! Let principle in work and honesty
in life prevail.
I know definitely I love Andhra, and the Andhra
people have expressed their love in a way to touch
My heart. I know also that every one of you here
tonight loves Me. So, I feel very happy. The unique
love expressed in Andhra during all the programs,
big and small, has really touched Me very deeply.
Now, once again, I will confess before God,
whoever He be, on behalf of all, because the
Eluru people were not here when I confessed the
first time. After the confession, if you really love
Me, even a little, I want your hearts toward each
other to be clean. Forget your past differences,
clean your hearts and live for Baba if you love
Baba.
At this point, before the prayers began, one of the
workers asked Baba, "How, if all centers are
abolished will Your messages reach us and the people?"
Baba replied:
All those who love Me and want to work can share
My message with others. Those who have money
and can afford to go from place to place should
spread My message of love in distant nooks and
crannies. Those who have little money can easily
go around their own towns and, by living the life
of love, inspire others to love God. Those who
have no money, large families and no spare time,
should share their love with their own family
members and friends. Let Baba's love be the
center, the office, and the work. Is that not right?
The light of God sparkled like a flame in Baba's eyes
as He announced these drastic decisions. None had
expected such a turn of events and many looked
anxious as Eruch was reading out Baba's board,
wondering what else Baba was going to declare.
GLIMPSES OF THE GOD-MAN, Vol 5, pp. 244-245
1987 © Avatar Meher Baba Perpetual Public Charitable Trust
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