DISCOURSES & TALKS BY MEHER BABA

KASHMIR

31st July, 1929

Baba explained about Kashmir:

In Kashmir there is a balance between the powers of God and maya, and that is the way it should be. Where there is the real I [God], results of actions cannot hurt you; but in maya, the results of actions become bindings. For example, take the confluence of two rivers. A river is independent when it flows by itself, but where there is a junction of two rivers, it is fettered.

Kashmir has a maharaja [king]. He has made laws for the Kashmiris and they have to obey them. These laws are for the good of the common people. But for his own close ones, there is freedom from these laws; they take life easy. Similarly, in many respects you are also free by staying with me.