In the evening, for the first time in his life, Baba himself led the arti. It was performed at Deshmukh’s house before a life-size portrait of Baba. “I alone can perform my real arti,” Baba commented. He then bowed down to each of the mandali and told them to take darshan of the photograph displayed.
Baba then stated:
People say that I am the Avatar, but when it is impossible for rishis and munis to understand me, how can they know me? Only the Perfect Masters know me. I am that Ancient One — Zoroaster, Ram, Krishna, Buddha, Jesus, Muhammad. But how will you know that I am the Adi Purush [Supreme Power]? Rare are those who have the fortune to know me. So do one thing. Leave the thought of understanding me altogether. Love me, obey me; that is all.
-www.lordmeher.org, p3227
Dec, 1952; Amraoti