DISCOURSES & TALKS BY MEHER BABA

 

TEASING  BUASAHEB

 

1920s. Image rendition by Anthony Zois.
1920s. Image rendition by Anthony Zois.

 

 

6th November, 1929

 

"Baba, I am terribly harassed. I cannot bear your taunts and teasing any longer," Buasaheb pleaded.

 

 

Baba then replied, "I get angry because of you; your ways cause me anger. How could I be angry without reason? Now that I am angry, you should try to pacify me. But no, you people get upset by the smallest things, so I have to console you — and that makes me angry again. Your duty is to serve me; but on the contrary, it is I who serve you! What is the purpose in staying with me like this?"

 

 

Baba then explained, "My work is to wound and kill you gradually, but what am I to do when the wound makes you fret and fume? Should I stop wounding you? I try to appease you; I give you explanations. I give you courage. I have to wound you, so I want you to be brave enough to bear it. But you remain impervious to my mercy."