DISCOURSES & TALKS BY MEHER BABA

 

EDGE OF A SWORD

 

 

22 May 1929

 

 

After a few minutes, Baba remarked to the other men, "I trouble Chhagan a lot. The whole night he keeps watch by my side, and when he is about to rest during the daytime, I don't allow him to sleep. What can he do? But what can I do? I don't like his sleeping and want him to be near me, but how can he maintain a good mood without sleep? Therefore, neither of us is to blame."

 

 

"This Path is strewn only with hardships, and only heroes can tread it. Many pundits are there to give lectures and speak about philosophy, but only a hero can tread the Path. It is like balancing oneself on the edge of a sword. What am I to do? I have to keep you alive while jabbing my knife in your chest, which causes you to cry out. What can we do? This is our situation."

 

 

Failing to find a suitable residence in Quetta, Baba remarked to Rusi, "What is the use of your residing here when there is now no place for me to stay? You had better take your family and leave Quetta permanently." There was hidden meaning in Baba's casual remark. Unfortunately, Rusi was only able to understand its significance some years later. 

 

*Rusi moved his family to Meherabad a couple of years later.

His daughters were Goher & Katie.

 

 

 

Footnote :

 

An earthquake occurred on 31 May 1935 between 2:30 am and 3:40 am at Quetta, Baluchistan Agency (now part of Pakistan), close to the border with southern Afghanistan. The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.7 Mw [3] and anywhere between 30,000 and 60,000 people died from the impact.[2] It was recorded as the deadliest earthquake to strike South Asia until 2005.

 

 

                  CHHAGAN DESHMUKH                                     RUSI IRANI

 

 

 

AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE