KISHAN SINGH
1954 : Kishan is standing 2nd from the right. LM p. 4453
Kishan Singh belonged to Rawalpindi and was an ardent lover of Baba. He has to wait long 4 years to have Baba’s Darshan finally in 1945 in Hyderabad.
The story of his coming to Meher Baba and events of his long association and dialogues are described as under:
Kishan Singh had first heard of Meher Baba in 1933. He had tried to meet Baba in Dehra Dun in May of 1941, but by the time he got there, Baba had left. He began corresponding with Baba through Adi Sr., and longed for His darshan. He had been called to the meeting in May, scheduled for the 24th, but as it coincided with some official work he had to attend to, he found it impossible to get leave.
Finally on 3rd May 1945, Kishan arrived in Hyderabad, determined to have Baba’s darshan after all these years. He did not know Baba’s address, but after much searching through the city, a Tonga driver brought him to the mandali’s residence, where he encountered Vishnu. Vishnu greeted him with strong words: “Baba is not seeing anyone. He is fasting. Now you should leave.”
Kishan was not so easily dissuaded, replying, “Baba Himself has created this restlessness in my heart for His darshan, and I won’t leave without His darshan.”
“If Baba has called you, you have come,” Vishnu countered. “Now, it is Baba’s order that you go back.”
Kishan was adamant. “I won’t leave this place. If you want me to leave, let me have His darshan.”
“If you don’t go, I will be forced to remove you physically!” Vishnu threatened. “Without Baba’s permission, even a king cannot see Him!”
Kishan Singh was, in fact, an influential government official; however, he had no idea that Baba’s mandali, when instructed, would humbly serve as sweepers to the poor and beggars, and at the same time were capable of preventing emperors from entering Baba’s presence.
Kishan Singh explained his difficulties about not being able to come in May. Vishnu sympathized, “Were I not helpless myself, I would take you to Him, but it is His order. At this time, Baba is on a fast and is not seeing anyone. This is the third day of His ten-day fast.”
“I’ll stay for ten days,” Kishan replied.
“You cannot stay here, but you can stay elsewhere and write a short application to Baba requesting darshan. I’ll forward it to Him and see what He says.”
Kishan agreed and wrote out his heart’s petition, then and there. As he finished, Baidul happened to pass, and took Kishan’s letter to Baba and told Baba about the man from Rawalpindi. Baba sent word through Baidul that Kishan Singh could see Him from a distance of 200 yards for two minutes, but Kishan should not bow down to Him.
Kishan Singh, of course, agreed, and Baidul led him to the gate of Baba’s residence, again reminding him not to bow down or even to bow his head, but simply to fold his hands to Baba when He appeared on the upstairs terrace. Kishan Singh was led to the gate of the Jubilee Hills bungalow and Baba came out of the house onto the balcony. Here is Kishan Singh’s description of what he saw:
It is still beyond my power to explain or write what I saw in Baba when He appeared. Suffice it to say that I simply felt stunned at the very first glance. The luster on Baba’s face at once attracted my mind to surrender to Him wholeheartedly, regardless of His spiritual attainment — whether He was or was not the Avatar or a Sadguru, or even an ordinary saint or not a saint at all! Baba’s smiling countenance cemented the tie of the little love that I then had for Him in my heart.
His brilliant eyes formed the index for what was in store for me in the near future. In fact, I presently felt the dawning of a New Era in my heart.
And in that bewildered and dazed state filled with ecstasy, Kishan Singh totally forgot all the previous instructions and laid himself face down on the ground in worship. Baidul raised a loud hue and cry, trying to stop him!
After exactly two minutes, Baba clapped and went back inside the bungalow, and Baidul helped Kishan to his feet. He was given food at the mandali’s quarters and, according to Baba’s orders, left for home. Returning to Rawalpindi, he delved into spreading the word about Meher Baba. Later, Kishan Singh was to prove an important link in Baba’s work.
In 1948, one time, Baba returned to lower Meherabad and began giving interviews to those who had come, including Kishan Singh, After inquiring about Kishan’s journey and health, Baba asked, “Now, what do you want?”
Kishan replied, “Is it for me to say what I need or for my Master to decide what I should have?”
Baba was quick in spelling out this reply, “Forget the idea of Master and just answer the question!”
“Then I need your love, devotion for you and inseparable union with you,” said Kishan. “Will you give it to me?”
Baba smiled, and though He did not answer, when Kishan left Meherabad he felt Baba had given him much. He was told to return again on 4th September 1948 and on that occasion, Baba commented to him, “You are one of the few people whom I have selected for My spiritual work, and I will call you even without your asking.” Kishan was called once every three months to meet Baba.
On 16 August 1948, at Meherabad, two key men, Todi Singh Verma of Aligarh and Kishan Singh of Delhi, were also allowed a brief darshan and then sent away. These two individuals were to prove important links in Meher Baba’s work as events unfolded during the New Life.
A final meeting to present the New Life conditions had been arranged at Meherabad for 31st August 1949. Thirty-two close disciples were called, in which Kishan Singh was one.
Kishan Singh had come to Meherabad on 15th August 1949, Baba met with him the next day, and to Kishan’s surprise, after just five minutes with Him, Baba sent him back to Delhi. Kishan was called to attend the meeting of the 31st. He also wrote “Yes,” but when he returned home, he found so many difficulties confronting him that he could not go. He had to appear in court as a witness, and he informed Baba. Baba sent him this telegram: “In view of your letter, I forgive you and free you from your ‘Yes’ promise, and want you definitely to stay at home. Rest assured your spiritual connection with Me will remain as before.”
On 22nd January 1950, Kishan Singh of Delhi had sent many things for the companions with his friend Prakashwati Sharma’s mother and Kishan’s son Madan. Keeping only a few of the items — such as sheets, towels, et cetera — Baba returned the rest (such as shaving articles and a watch) with instructions that Kishan should not send any more things.
Kishan Singh wrote to Todi Singh from Delhi that he should send two large tins of butter to Baba as a gift. He gave him Keki Nalavala’s address in Dehra Dun, and Todi was delighted at this fortunate turn of event.
At their residence, Prakashwati Sharma from Delhi was waiting with her two-month-old baby. Kishan Singh had told her about Baba. Even though there was a ban on darshan, Baba saw her, but asked, “Didn’t anyone in Delhi tell you that darshan has been stopped?”
“They did, “Prakashwati replied.”But the gates of one’s father’s house are always open for His daughter!”
Baba smiled, touched his forehead three times and said, “You are very fortunate. In the New Life, I have stopped seeing visitors and giving interviews, darshan and blessings. Tell others not to come here.” Before leaving, Prakashwati prayed for His blessings. Baba told her, “In the New Life I give only love — not blessings — to others. And I expect love from others in return.”
Kishan Singh, Harjiwan Lal, Todi Singh and Was Deo Kain were called to attend a meeting between Baba and the men companions held at noon on Sunday, 30th April 1950, at Manjri Mafi.
After the meeting, Baba expressed His desire to go mast hunting. Along with Eruch, Harjiwan, Todi Singh, Kain and Kishan Singh, Baba left for the town of Okhla.
Kishan had a high fever and it was difficult for him to keep up, but he exerted himself.
Reaching Okhla, Baba sat by the side of a river and asked the group to tell Him jokes and funny stories. Seeing some fishermen, Baba remarked, “All of Jesus’ early followers were fishermen; later on He netted them in His own net!”
Kishan cracked, “But here we have a Master who does not reel us into His net but is throwing us out!” (Meaning Baba’s followers were being denied His contact during the New Life).
To this Baba answered simply, “But I am not Jesus.”
Returning to Delhi, Baba spent the night of 24th May at Kishan Singh’s, 45 Pandara Road.
In 1951, Was Deo Kain and Kishan Singh of Delhi were asked to have models of five religious symbols made: a Buddhist temple; a Hindu temple; a Christian church; a Mohammedan mosque; and a Zoroastrian fire-urn (representing the fire-temple). With the assistance of Madan Mohan Agrawal of Agra and Kishan’s friend Auri Shankar Verma, the models were carved out of alabaster at Agra and sent to Hyderabad.
In 1952, to ensure that Kirpal Singh was accorded an equal position with Baba, they had placed two chairs side by side on the dais in the tent, one for Baba and the other for the saint. Kishan Singh and Prakashwati prevailed upon them to remove the second chair, but the women objected. Harjiwan Lal approached the saint directly, who agreed at once, and on entering the pandal, Harijiwan Lal had the chair placed at a lower level. Baba arrived immediately afterwards. Darshan was given and Baba spelled on the alphabet board, “The worst scoundrel is better than a hypocritical saint.”
(Although Baba had promised to meet Kirpal Singh at his ashram, and later even extended the fixed time by fifteen minutes so he could meet his disciples also, Baba shortened His stay in Delhi and left without going to the saint’s ashram. Kishan Singh was sent to Kirpal Singh to express regrets for Baba’s inability to pay a visit, and the saint was disappointed. This, however, was not the end of the saint’s contact with Meher Baba as events unfolded.
In 1953, after Kishan Singh’s return to Dehra Dun from Andhra, Baba, through correspondence, instructed him to arrange for Baba and the mandali’s stay. Kishan Singh made all the arrangements responsibly.
After completing His work in Rishikesh, the next day, Tuesday, 3rd March 1953, Baba and the mandali drove to Hardwar. Hellan was driving Baba in Kishan Singh’s car, after contacting several sadhus in Hardwar; Baba stopped the car at a spot where Kishan Singh had once thought about committing suicide by jumping into the Ganges and drowning himself. Kishan remembered the place and narrated to Baba that in 1941 he was so distraught and miserable at not having Baba’s darshan that he had gone to Hardwar to die. He was about to leap into the river when he suddenly saw Baba standing before him.
Baba asked Kishan to pay one rupee to a sadhu who was sitting there. Afterward, Baba approached the sadhu and touched his feet.
While group was moving the jeep went out of order. The damaged jeep was attached to the truck which reached Muzaffarnagar at about ten o’clock that night. With all these mishaps, Kishan Singh felt rather worn-out and depressed. Baba called him, remarking, “Whenever I go out on tour for mast work, My journey is always beset with difficulties, as you must have read in The Wayfarers. Wash your face, have dinner and don’t think about it.
Back in Dehra Dun, while conversing with the mandali one day, Baba explained to Kishan Singh, using the metaphor of a train: “To a freight train are attached many wagons. Some contain good material, some bad — iron, copper, oil, waste products, et cetera — in different wagons. But, whether it is good material or bad, when attached to the engine the carriages go where the engine goes. The engine does not carry wagons of only good things, leaving the bad behind. Similarly, I am like an engine, and those who remain attached to Me reach their destination, whether they be virtuous or vicious.”
Baba had told Kishan Singh that He would not allow any darshan or interview in Dehra Dun, since He wished to work undisturbed, nevertheless after His arrival people frequently came seeking darshan. A lawyer named Harish Chander Kochar would sit from morning to evening in front of Baba’s bungalow, and Baba often sent Kishan Singh to tell him to leave. At one point, however, Baba did go once to his house to console him.
A youth from Kashmir named Jagdish insisted on touching Baba’s feet. “I will touch His feet under all circumstances,” he shouted. He was prevented but cried out, “No power on earth will stop me from doing it!”
Eruch tried to console the boy, “To touch his feet would be against his express wish.”
Jagdish replied, “I am not going to obey this instruction.”
Kumar and Kishan Singh were about to lead Jagdish away, but Baba stated, “Let him touch My feet.” He did it and wept bitterly. Baba lovingly pacified him, spelling out, “I do not permit anyone to touch My feet or bow down to Me. You have done it with love and that is good. Now, make the most of it by keeping Me in your heart always, and go on loving Me more and more until you realize Me! Would you do it?”
“Assuredly, Baba.”
“I am very happy with you. Now My conscience tells Me to touch your feet. Let e do it!” Jagdish kept crying as Baba touched his feet. To make amends for the homage paid to him, Baba also touched the feet of seven of the mandali. The boy was led to the verandah, much distressed, where he sat weeping.
A local resident named Mr. Sehgal brought his wife, who was mentally unbalanced. Baba instructed him to repeat His name continuously for 21 days in front of her. Baba later sent Kishan Singh to Sehgal to remind him to carry out Baba’s instructions. Nilu was also sent several times for the same reason, but Sehgal ignored Baba’s advice, wishing that Baba would cure her through some miracle.
Baba sent Kishan Singh to Rishikesh to see Swami Shivananda on 5th April 1953, instructing Hellan to drive him. A “Parliament of Religions” conference was taking place at Shivananda’s ashram, chaired by Shuddhanand Bharati, the yogi who had met Baba in Andhra. Baba sent Kishan again the next day also with this message for Bharati:
Meher Baba sends His love and blessings to you.
He says that these conferences, societies and functions murder spirituality. Baba further says that he will always be with you, as he told you at Tadepalligudem.
The yogi was anxious to meet Baba again. Kishan brought Bharati with him when he returned to Dehra Dun. Baba did not object and conferred with him for a few minutes. The yogi admitted that the conference had been a “farce.”
Prior to Baba’s move to Dehra Dun, He had instructed Kishan Singh and others to look for an “ideal boy,” because he wished to wash the boy’s feet and offer him seven rupees as prasad every day for two weeks. A suitable boy was not found, but during the darshan on 23th March 1953, Dev Dutt Sharma came accompanied by his teenage son, Shashi. Baba liked the lad and had Kishan Singh bring him to Mussoorie on 2nd May. Baba kept him with Him for about two weeks and then sent him home.
Since the time Baba had first arrived in Dehra Dun, Kishan Singh’s domestic affairs had been under constant discussion. Kishan was a widower and had become involved with a married woman from Delhi named Prakashwati Sharma, who was staying in part of his house.
Baba wished Prakashwati to stay with her husband, but she wanted to remain in Dehra Dun. On 2nd June, Baba met with her and Kishan and remarked, “All are dear to Me, because I Myself am in everything and there is nothing except Me. I cannot loathe anyone as I Myself am indivisibly in everyone. So if you both wish to remain together, so be it!”
Baba asked Kishan Singh, “What would you say if anyone asks you about Me?”
Kishan replied, “Generally, when I get a chance to talk about you with others, I refer to you as the Avatar or a spiritually advanced person.”
“For heaven’s sake, don’t call Me spiritually advanced!” Baba interrupted. “How can you call Me an Avatar and also spiritually advanced? Either say, I am spiritually perfect or an ordinary human being, because I know I must be either ordinary or perfect.”
Baba again repeated, “When the time comes, God will make the whole world come to Me.”
On Saturday, 13th June 1953, looking at Kishan Singh, who was involved with a married woman, Baba quoted this verse from Tulsidas on his alphabet board:
“Consider others’ wealth as stone, another’s woman as mother.
If, following this, God is not found, Tulsidas’ tongue has no value!”
Kishan said, “I don’t agree with what Tulsidas says. He, too, had a wife, and due to her, realized God.”
Baba responded sternly, “Give up your shame so that God may be pleased! There is a vast difference between realizing God and pleasing God! It is better not to meet God than to meet and displease Him! Now, stop all this gorakh business (meaningless, ridiculous chatter)!”
Baba said to His mandali, “Fasting is no great thing. Now the time has come when you should understand Me better. My fast relates to My work, and is not with a view to achieve any self-importance. So many persons fast daily. Hunger-strikes are a daily news feature in the papers. So, of what significance is a fast? Here, Kishan Singh has been making a big noise about the fact that I am on a fast!”
Annoyed, Baba turned to Kishan and declared, “Go and tell people that Baba is fasting as a penance! … Penance for Himself, for His lovers, for those who cry out for My mercy and, in short, penance for the whole world!”
Kishan Singh and Prakashwati were staying in the same bungalow, and on occasions Baba would see Prakashwati. Later that day, Baba suddenly asked Kishan Singh about her and came to know that she had gone to the woman saint Anandamayi Ma.
Baba cuttingly remarked, “It is good Prakashwati visits other saints. Now I am no longer responsible for her!”
Kishan attempted to explain, “Prakashwati went just to pass the time, because she is alone at her house and feels bored. Her mother is also there with Anandamayi Ma.”
“If Anandamayi Ma tells her to do a thing, and if she does not do it, she will be in big trouble; and if she does it, I will be free of her responsibility.”
Baba then admonished Kishan, “You are mine, and I seriously warn you that Prakashwati will lead you to disaster!” Anandamayi Ma and Ishwar Singh are on the Path, but if you take Me as the Head of all, then it behooves you to act responsibly and not go to every door.” (This meant no association with other gurus.)
Baba continued, “If Prakashwati benefits or finds any advantage at the hands of Anandamayi Ma, then up to July take her to all saints here. If at the end of July both of you still feel that only Baba is real, then you should fulfill your promise of dedication to Me.” (This meant paying some amount of money to Baba for his poor work.)
“If I am what you take Me to be, then you should catch hold of only Me. On My part, I must see that you become so helpless that you cannot leave Me! And then, no third power should interfere or influence you.
“I do everything 100 percent spontaneously. To My mind, greatness lies in that. The Highest of the High is always most spontaneous.
“When Prakashwati is not confused, she says she cannot live without Baba. If she said this from the bottom of her heart, she would not dream of ever going to Anandamayi Ma. It is quite a reasonable and logical assumption. Were Prakashwati to love Me 100 percent, and were I to disregard her completely, still she would have no place for anyone in her heart and would not leave Me.”
According to Baba’s behest, Kishan Singh took Prakashwati to different saints and also to Anandamayi Ma. Baba had given Prakashwati freedom to visit other saintly persons, and she did so.
The result was not harmful but wonderful, because in the end she remained uninfluenced by any saint. When Prakashwati went to a saint, she would feel a sort of uneasiness, and that Baba was pulling her away inwardly.
Consequently, on her own, she stopped going to any saint, and began singing kirtans about Baba at the residence of Bal Kisan Bakhshi and his wife, Meher Kanta. Every week, Prakashwati would perform kirtans in their bungalow, with this favorite line echoing: “Born of Shiva’s phallus! Jai Meher Baba, Jai Merwan!”
Kishan, too, would sing so loudly that he was heard in the mandali’s quarters, and Baba also would hear him. Thus, an amazing transformation in Prakashwati occurred, and Baba played His game of keeping Kishan Singh bowed forever at His feet. At His holy feet lies the Tavern, which provides ample shelter for all, and even those unwilling to come to Him were drawn there by His infinite mercy.
During this period, Baba would daily call a sixteen-year-old sweeper’s son, named Isa, to him in Dehra Dun. Isa’s mother and father were working in the men and women mandali’s quarters. Since Kishan Singh was an official, the parents would work according to his orders; but Kishan had to be careful to be deferential to Isa, because Isa loved Baba and would complain to Him if anything went wrong.
One day Isa went to pick a few mangoes. To bring down the fruit he would throw a stone with a “Jai Meher Baba!” on his lips. If no mango fell, in exasperation he would curse, “Meher Baba be damned!”
He went on doing this, and a friend of his overheard him and informed Baba that Isa was abusing His name. Baba replied, “What’s wrong with his abuses? Isn’t he taking My name and remembering Me?”
One day Baba asked Isa, “What do you want to study?”
“I don’t want to go to school,” he replied. “I want to work, but I should have an easy job — one which can be done sitting on a chair — with nothing much to do.”
Baba asked Kishan Singh to procure him such employment. Since Isa was uneducated, it was difficult for Kishan to find him this type of job. Baba would ask him about it every day, and take him to task for not carrying out His order.
So, Kishan consulted one of his influential friends who, as a favor to him, readily agreed to employ Isa at his office. A chair was to be placed outside his office for Isa to sit on, and his duty was to carry files to other offices.
Kishan informed Isa, and instructed him to be at work promptly at 11:00 A.M. But the next day, Isa did not go to the man’s office. Acting as if he was unaware of this, Baba in the evening asked Kishan about Isa, who proudly informed Him that he had found Isa an easy job. Baba sent for the boy and asked him if he liked the work. “I didn’t go!” Isa declared.
“Why not?” Baba asked him.
“It was for Kishan Singh to take me to the officer and first introduce me. He did not do this, so I didn’t go.”
Baba turned to Kishan, “What he says is true. Why didn’t you take Isa with you? Take him tomorrow.”
The next day, Kishan Singh drove Isa to the office in his car, and while he was speaking with another officer, Isa boldly entered his boss’ room and sat down in a comfortable chair in front of him. When Kishan Singh came in the man pointed to Isa, saying, “Who is he?”
“He is the boy I mentioned,” Kishan replied.
“Are you recommending this manner-less urchin to me? You’re my friend; otherwise, I would teach this scoundrel a lesson!”
Embarrassed, Kishan returned to Baba with the boy. Isa immediately complained to Baba that Kishan had insulted him. On Baba’s reproving him, Kishan argued, “He is a most ill-mannered boy, Baba. What could I do?”
“He is ill-mannered, but aren’t you also?” Baba chided. “Because he is a sweeper, you look down on him. I, being God, permit him to sit beside Me, while you treat him contemptuously! I don’t say you should put him on your level, but don’t despise him — have love for him.”
In another event in Hamirpur, the driver tried to restart vehicle. Kishan Singh, sitting on the right side, casually leaned out the window to have a look and at once cried out to the driver to stop. The driver got out and saw that his right wheel was inches away from going off the road into the deep canal. Everyone got out, including Baba, who simply smiled at their narrow escape. The truck would certainly have overturned had it gone forward just a little. In gratitude for Baba’s inner help, the Hamirpur workers riding in the vehicle burst out in acclamations of “Avatar Meher Baba ki jai!” and their faith in him was strengthened.
At the shrine of Sabir, Baba was provided with a room to sit in, and a brick platform was raised for the poor to stand on, to enable Baba to wash their feet and bow down on them. Baba had covered His head with a scarf and appeared to be in a pleasant mood. The caretaker of the shrine brought a list of the 50 deserving poor, who formed a queue. Four rupees were to be given to each as prasad after the ritual bowing down. When Baba was to hand them the prasad, upon receiving it, each was to say: “May Allah help you! May Allah give you good health! May Allah bless you!” Kishan Singh wiped the feet of the first poor person after Baba had washed them. Looking gravely at Kishan, Baba again washed that man’s feet, and He himself wiped them again and placed His forehead on them. Thus He showed Kishan that He wanted to do this work Himself without any assistance from anyone.
In Dehradun, Kishan Singh held an umbrella over Baba’s head, and his eldest son, Madan Lal Arora, walked ahead with a camera, filming the event. The atmosphere was surcharged with expectancy. Loud cries of “Avatar Meher Baba ki jai!” rent the air as Baba walked toward the canopy.
After Baba returned to Mahabaleshwar, He called Kishan Singh and Kumar from Dehra Dun. They arrived on the evening of 25th January 1953. For the tour, Baba dictated the message “Existence Is Substance and Life Is Shadow”
Kishan Singh described that hectic day in Andhra tour as follows:
Baba worked on earth like lightning in the sky, moving from place to place so hurriedly and quickly expressing His love to all the family members and relatives of the respective lovers, as they were introduced by them when Baba visited their homes, embracing some of them, giving special prasad, posing for family photos, sipping a little coconut water or other cold drinks at some places, and giving the rest to His lovers and their families to drink, and so forth. Arti was performed practically at all places visited by Baba. All sorts of garlands — flower, golden lace and camphor beads — were put around His neck in quick succession. The tempo was much increased as Baba had said this was his last visit to Andhra.
Baba discussed with Krishnaji His situation, informing him: “I have decided that what you have been doing these past years, you should now do just the opposite for the next four months, from August until the end of November. Do not stay in any ashram; do not stay near any saint; do not touch any woman; do not do any propaganda work for Me; do not roam about but stay in one place; keep silence as much as possible for the four months and think of Me.
Later on 26th July 1953, Baba played cricket at the men’s bungalow with the mandali plus Elcha, Hellan, Kumar, Keki Nalavala, Harish Chander and Kishan Singh. Elcha was made captain of one team and Kishan captain of the other. Baba played on both sides. The game started at nine o’clock, and except for a few, the rest were bumbling participants, some of whom did not even know the rules. Baba batted and bowled with a small kerchief tied around his head, sometimes arguing over a call. Elcha’s team eventually lost and Baba gave him two “strokes” on his backside with the bat. Baba decided that they would play cricket every Sunday and their weekly games continued for some time. Both sides would want Baba on their side, since he was by far the best player. At times they would toss a coin to decide the issue. Baba’s side inevitably won.
In 1955 Sahwas, at Meherabad, Baba asked Kishan Singh to sing, and he very loudly began: “From Shiva’s phallus has emerged Merwan! Jai Meher Baba, Jai Merwan!” His voice was so loud it carried over 200 yards, and the entire assembly shook with laughter. Baba, too, was smiling.
During the four sahavas programs, as mentioned, Feram and Kishan Singh were writing down Baba’s words, and Ramjoo later compiled these notes into a booklet titled The Company of God.
Philippe (foreigner lover) did not obey any of the instructions Baba had given him and seemed to do just what Baba had told him not to do. For example, Baba had told him not to visit saints and holy men, yet Kishan Singh reported to Baba that Philippe had traveled to Delhi and had an audience with Kirpal Singh. Baba was not pleased about this and was displeased with Kirpal Singh, also, when He heard that Kirpal Singh had referred to Baba as the “head of majzoobs.”
Eruch wrote to Kishan Singh about this:
Next time, if you happen to meet Kirpal Singh, you should bring home to this sant, the gross mistake that he is always committing by calling Baba as the head of majzoobs. Baba has explained to us that majzoobs (of the seventh plane) have neither any Head nor Tail among them. This is the status of one who is merged in Infinite consciousness – completely drowned in Infinite Bliss. There is no such thing as the head of majzoobs.
Had Kirpal Singh taken Baba as an ordinary man and called Baba just a man (instead of head of majzoobs), he would have said it without untruth, for Baba is also a man and the Lord of the Universe. A majzoob cannot give discourses, and cannot indulge in travels and in giving messages, for a majzoob (of the seventh plane) is completely absorbed in God consciousness.
Further, Baba instructed Adi Sr. to write to Kishan Singh to meet Kirpal Singh again and inform him:
Baba says that a majzoob on the lower planes is a mast intoxicated with divine love to the extent of being oblivious of his surroundings. A majzoob of the seventh plane, merged in his own Ocean of Divinity, is completely dead to the world.
Meher Baba sees people, meets people, holds sahavas and darshan programs, goes on world tours so many times, gives discourses, dictates God Speaks (the only spiritual book of its kind according to many scholars). To call Baba, who in fact is the King of Saliks, the head of majzoobs (which He also is) shows complete bankruptcy of spiritual knowledge.
After relaying this to Kirpal Singh, Baba wants you to convey to him Baba’s love and to tell him that Baba still holds him as one of His precious beloved children.