BE FIRM AS A ROCK

 
Baba stated, "Today, I have to embrace four thousands lovers from out of town. On the 4th of November, more than ten thousand will come for my darshan, since it is the darshan day open to the public. So, be prepared. It might rain again today and you might have to change clothes.

"Did you get wet yesterday, Ben? Were you awake when it rained?" Ben Hayman jokingly replied that during the rain he fell asleep.

Baba commented, "I get infinitely bored, so I brought on the showers. I would like to retire to my sound sleep state for seven hundred years, but I have to give my Word to the world. The heart of the world has to feel the impact of my Word. I cannot help it, though I would like to go to sleep for seven hundred years."

Baba inquired who got wet yesterday and remarked, "No matter how hard it rains or blows, stick to your posts."

Baba quoted this couplet of Hafiz:

"Be firm as a rock in the midst of the storm of love,
or it might turn you topsy-turvy."

"That was nothing yesterday, only a shower. Let us see what happens today. Dr. Chamberlin, were you wet?"

Chamberlin said, "I had no protection."

"I was the protection there. Joseph, did you get wet?"

Joseph Harb answered, "It was the universal baptism!"

"Harry, did you get wet?"

"The outside was as wet as inside," Kenmore quipped.

"I am happy to hear it. But when you feel completely wet, soaked in love for God, it will be so glorious that even the brilliance of the sun will be dim before that glory. You must become saturated with love!"