Introduction
‘‘Mind is like a barking dog, give it a few words to
eat and keep quiet’’ - Meher Baba
If I am allowed to interpret the above in my own way then my
arguments are: -
· That since
human being are said to be ‘mental-beings’, therefore, a man, specially an
intellectual one, can be called a ‘Dog-Man’.
· Thus, an
attempt to understand a God-Man, the Avatar, the Dog-man must quit barking.
· As such, the
words become an essential commodity to feed, in order to keep the barking dog
quiet and the other faculties of human consciousness may be put in use.
· Considering the
dog, being very loyal to his master and very useful for the whole household,
well fed mind may be useful and it can be tamed to cooperate in bringing
desired harmony of the intellect and emotions, reason and imagination,
understanding and realization (harmony of Mind and Heart)
The above arguments are to justify the feeding part of the
‘Barking Dog.’ In the process of feeding the mind and trying to grasp the
esoteric meaning of the doings, sayings and commandments of the God-Man, Meher
Baba, when my attempts proved futile the Grace has always helped me in bringing
home. The stories of these failures are dear to me because they are embedded
with the element of His Grace. Although
Meher Baba has warned us by saying, ‘‘Do not try to understand me you will
miserably fail, just love me’’, yet I am happy to share the moments, incidents
of my miserable failures during His pilgrimage tours because they have
invariably proved Baba and His omniscience, compassion and love on the top even
to unworthy infant like me.
Born and brought up in unorthodox but spiritual background
yet prior to 1996, I had not heard the name, Meher Baba. Thus till this date I
don’t claim to be a Baba-Lover. Nevertheless, long years of academic and
professional activities that provided me opportunity to travel, and to asses
the situations and objects for their rational pertinence and values in the
context of non-animal human instincts and behaviors termed spirituality.
Occasionally I have contemplated the hairline difference between the traits of
so called civilization
The object of presenting these excerpts from my tour dairy is
neither to convince anyone about the divinity or Avatarhood of Meher Baba, nor
to preach, but to share my experiences, which as said above are so dear to me.
By doing so some incidents and my analytical comments thereon may not fall into
the category of spirituality at all. They are included simply to maintain the
continuity and to keep up with the context thus making the reading more
enjoyable and impersonal.
Most of the narrations are edited to suit a single relevant
topic. A single journey has been broken into two. In this attempt the essay
‘Meher Brindaban’ has been narrated not as a journey but an essay.
All this exercise is for keeping my ‘Barking Dog’ quiet. To
readers they are just chitchat about the Ancient One. I salute Him in you and
offer my poor effort to you, the readers.
Safarchand
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