Beloved Avatar Meher Baba Ki Jai!

I am very happy to inform everyone that my return trip to India was really comfortable and safe, and I do not feel tired. I am now strong, and as I always do, I’ve already started my Trust work.

It is Beloved Baba Who wishes me to visit the West, and I have to obey. It is really a great thing for me that I feel it my responsibility to see Beloved Baba’s dear ones.

This time, wherever I went in the West, I felt a new wave of Beloved Baba’s love. It is amazing how He is bringing people closer and closer to Him. Nobody knows how close they have come. Our Beloved is really very, very great. His compassion is unfathomable. Apparently, everyone appears different, but internally, everyone is just the same. The Beloved is working very, very hard to create these feelings of Oneness in them. We cannot fathom what He does for us, and how He suffers. One life is nothing. It requires thousands and thousands of lives to come closer to Him and recognize Him. What a gift Beloved Baba is giving us that we have at least recognized Him, and we are trying to follow His Wish!

Beloved Baba is really working infinitely hard to clean the world.

On one side, there is a lot of destruction. People are always feeling fearful. And there is another side, which is very small, where construction is going on. Destruction is easy, but construction is very difficult and creating infinitely hard work, which the Beloved is doing. Destruction will increase, and it will go on increasing. So also will construction go on increasing, but it will not be very big. When His Manifestation takes place, there will be construction all over the world, and destruction will be stopped. This destruction will wipe out the binding impressions of the world. Those who have come to Him up until now are included in the little part of the world which is already constructed and which will go on increasing. How fortunate are they who have come to Him now! The rest of the world will come afterwards.

But it is definite: this time, the whole world will recognize Him, and the Sun will remain smiling.

I stayed one day in Bombay (the 29th July), to give a talk at the Bombay Centre after so many years. Though it was not a meeting day, many Baba lovers attended the program. I felt joy that so many came.

Because terrorists had blown up a bus in Bombay on the 28th, killing several innocent people, political leaders had declared a “bandh” [general strike] throughout the entire city for 30th. No one was to travel on the roads except for police and emergency vehicles. If anyone else did so, their automobiles would be stoned or burnt.

But one Baba lover in Bombay, Raj, who is a police commissioner, arranged for an escort out of the city. A police jeep accompanied us safely to the outskirtsof Bombay. Except for one or two police cars and ambulances, there were no other vehicles on the roads!

From there, I went directly to Meherabad. I quietly prayed at Beloved Baba’s Samadhi for all you dear ones. First, I knelt down, but then thought it better to stand. So I stood as I read out to Baba the names of all the dear ones who signed the sheets at my programs in the West. Though some signatures were not clear, I tried my best to read them. Even if I could not, still I prayed for those who had signed. I also prayed for those dear ones who wanted to see me during my Tour but could not meet me.

My prayer to Beloved Baba is always is that He give His lovers whatever they really need. And whatever is unnecessary or not required, even if they want it, He should not give it to them. Everyone needs to recognize Him, and in order to recognize Him, we don’t need anything but His love.

I remained so engrossed that my head was not working while I was praying for everyone. And when I emerged from the Samadhi, my mind had become completely blank.

I had remained standing for over two hours, and therefore, today my legs have become very stiff. Still, it was a very joyful day for me. This is my duty, to pray to the Beloved for every one of His dear ones. I feel happy that I offered them all to Beloved Baba and thus completed the duty of my tour.

Once, I did this, I felt free.

I was very, very happy to hear that the sun is shining in America. The sun is not only shining here, but it is very, very hot and humid. This is now the end of July, and there is no sign of rain. There were good rains in Bombay and elsewhere in India, but not in Poona or the villages around Ahmednagar. There is no drinking water in Arangaon, and the villagers come to Meherabad for it. The village gets water from eight tankers, which make a single trip each day, but it is not sufficient. The river has dried, and therefore they cannot wash their clothes or take baths. Such is the situation is there. Fortunately, Meherabad got the pipeline on time. Otherwise, we would have had to vacate. Meherazad, too, is getting its water from tankers. Perhaps in August it may rain, but nothing can be said. It will be a difficult year.

When we need rain, clouds have to come. Then it rains. So also, when we need something strong internally, outward clouds will come. They are a sign of rain. Therefore, do not worry. The clouds and the rain are in the hands of the Beloved and are only a passing show. The clouds approach in order to make you scared, but remain fearless, and everything will be all right. You will feel the effect of the rain, but there will be no effect from the clouds.

I arrived in Ahmednagar yesterday afternoon around 4:00 p.m. and met the office staff. This afternoon, they brought a stack of paperwork to the office. Already, a lot of work is pending for me.

I am really very, very thankful to all you dear ones in the West. How lovingly you treated me, and how much trouble you took! It is unforgettable! I really had a nice time with you all, and I was very, very happy to see many people so energetically doing Beloved Baba’s work. You are serving His cause wholeheartedly, lovingly and sincerely.

With all love and Jai Baba to you,

In His love and service,