On one occasion, when Adi went to the hotel where Kenmore was staying to deliver some food. He returned late. In fact, well after Kenmore arrived back at Guruprasad, Adi was noticed to have returned. On Baba’s questioning him why he was so late, Adi began to justify his omission with a rather verbose explanation.
In response, Baba remarked, “My heart is as soft as wax, and yet as hard as stone. Hafiz says:
‘Do not be arrogant with the Beloved for, in his hand,
even the hardest rock becomes like wax!
Once the Beloved becomes upset, there remains no solution.’ “
He corrected Adi, “I am intimate with my mandali, but the latitude I give should not be taken advantage of by you. If you make a mistake, acknowledge it; do not go on arguing.”
-www.lordmeher.org, p5012
May, 1963; Guruprasad